Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
Willy Wyatt - Old Timer
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Oakwood Park used to be the gathering place of the African-American community. Amidst the changes in the neighborhood, you can still catch a glimpse of the way things were watching games of dominoes or overhearing discussions among the elderly who can no longer afford to live in the community. Willy Wyatt, a park regular, gives us his perspective on why he refuses to move from the area.
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JUDSON STUDIOS
In 1867, William Lees Judson founded the Colonial Glass Company in Garvanza. Judson, a skilled painter and craftsman, had originally come to the area because he thought the climate might be suitable for a weak constitution.
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PLEIN AIR
Plein Air was a style of painting descended from French Impressionism, the French term for "open air" indicating the artist painted outdoors.
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ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT
In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, a desire for the handmade craftsmanship of wares and decorative items begin to influence design philosophies in Great Britain. This movement spread throughout Europe and then to North America and became what we now know as the Arts and Crafts movement. Southern Californian artists and architects involved in this movement found special forms of inspiration and opportunity along the Arroyo Seco.
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GARVANZA
Originally, Garvanza was one of the many sectioned plots of the Rancho San Rafael and was mainly a collection of garbanzo bean fields - hence its original name "Garbanzo."
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