SANTA MONICA’S BUILDING BRIDGES ART EXCHANGE PAIRS VENICE ARTIST J.J. L’HEUREUX WITH ITALIAN ABSTRAC

It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what language you speak: Art is a universal language.

For the past 10 years, the Building Bridges Art Exchange at the Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica has been working to connect artists across the globe to exchange ideas and share creative breakthroughs.

On Saturday, the nonprofit launches two new solo exhibitions — one from far away and one from close to home.

The main gallery space hosts international artist Franco Marrocco’s “The Red Studio & Other Works,” and concurrently in the project room Venice-based artist J.J. L’Heureux is showcasing her collage work in “Etichette.”

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