October 2011 Archives
Arts:
The California Art Club, one of the oldest and most active fine-arts organizations in California, wrapped up its Centennial Celebration with "Paint Out," an invitation to 25 club artists to paint "en plein air" (in the open air) the lush gardens surrounding La Casita, a Pasadena cultural landmark overlooking the Arroyo Seco.
Arrival Stories:
"It thrills me to know that I'm part Apache, part Irish, part Ukrainian-Russian, part Mexican, and part American." Cal State L.A. student Lucas Benitez traces his family's varied history.
Murals:
Muralists and art administrators are being invited to speak their mind, and stake their claim, in the ongoing overhaul of ordinances that block production of murals at a meeting on Wednesday.
Richland Farms:
Departures has sought out and collected oral histories from nine prominent current and former Southern California elected officials. This week Land of Sunshine takes a tour of the first five* of those politicos' Departures presence.
Arrival Stories:
KCET Departures asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?" Today, we hear from musician, deejay and member of the creative collective dublab, Alejandro Cohen: "I arrived in Los Angeles in late August 1996. "Back in 1994, I...
Murals:
When the nonprofit Falling Whistles began installing a wheat paste on an Arts District wall last week, the political piece calling for the end of violence in the Congo also became a demonstration project on street art culture's unwritten rules.
LA River:
In any urban setting, it's hard not to notice the presence of signs.
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