Tag: Arts District

• The Santa Monica Museum of Art Heads East

  Last spring, in a strategic move that I related to on a very personal level, the Santa Monica Museum of Art decided to pull up stakes on its Bergamot Station location to re-evaluate its mission in a self-reflective, revitalization effort called SMMoA Unbound. Today the museum announced that it would be relocating from Santa Monica…

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  May 6, 2016

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, black history, Business, Career, Collecting, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museums, Uncategorized

  Arts District, DTLA, Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, SMMoA

• Mural Buffings Confirm Fears of Runaway Development in DTLA’s Arts District

  Early on in my career I was given a small piece of advice that dictated how I presented myself professionally: “Dress for the job you want.” In the intersecting space between gentrification and street art, developers have applied that age old career advice to the neighborhoods they invest in.  When it comes to street art,…

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  April 21, 2016

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, Business, Contemporary Art, graffiti, Los Angeles, Street Art, Uncategorized

  Arts District, Dabs & Myla, DTLA, graffiti, How & Nosm, LA Freewalls, Los Angeles, murals, Street Art

• DTLA Gallery Brings a Revolution to the Arts District

  At the beginning of Women’s History Month the National Museum of Women in the Arts asked an intriguing question when they created this hashtag: It was a call to action with a simple challenge:  Name 5 women artists. Can you name them off the top of your head?  Sure that may be easy, but if you walk…

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  March 11, 2016

  Art, art books, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, Collecting, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museums, sculpture, Uncategorized

  #5WomenArtists, abstract art, abstract sculpture, Arts District, DTLA, Hauser & Wirth, Louis Bourgeois, Lynda Benglis, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Phyllida Barlow, Ruth Asawa, Sculpture, Shinique Smith, Women’s History Month, Yayoi Kusama

• Wandering: DTLA’s Arts District

  Last year I went to a meeting at the CleanTech Incubator near the L.A. river and I was surprised to see how much development has gone into the Arts District.  Over the last few months I’ve been getting acquainted to L.A.’s latest gentrified, “it” neighborhood.  Here’s what I LOVE about it:  The energy is phenomenal (I…

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  June 9, 2015

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, Design, Fashion, Food, graffiti, Music, Photography

  12345, adrian younge, Apolis, Arts District, Building Block, cafe gratitude, Clare V, DTLA, graffiti, JR, murals, Photography, Poketo, Street Art, the artform studio, Vinyl