Helms Design District

From Copenhagen & New York: In Conversation with Øivind Slaatto
2020-07-22 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, July 22nd from 9 to 10:00 am, please join Danish Designer, Øivind Slaatto, creator of the Patera lamp and Be Original Americas Ambassador, John Edelman, Design Consultant, as they engage in a virtual exploration of design processes and lighting philosophies.
A Q&A will follow the conversation. This event is presented by Be Original Americas & Louis Poulsen.
Register to Attend

Textile Arts: Community. Short Talks. BYODinner.
2020-08-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, August 12th from 7 to 8:30 PM, join in the fun with the next installment of Textile Slam!
Please Zoom-in with Textile Arts LA for a series of six-minute presentations from artists, curators, and friends. Until we are able to meet again in person, enjoy a bit of “facetime” with old and new friends while hearing (and seeing!) from LA’s textile-artist-creative community.
Applications to speak in August are open.
Tickets are $10 for members; $20 non-members. Thank you for supporting this amazing program and the Textile Arts community. Zoom information will be sent to all RSVPs.

September Opens with Singer/Songwriter Analiz Castillo and Al Fresco Music
2020-09-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2020-09-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
First up this weekend is Analiz Castillo. Analiz is a local artist from the South Bay. She is first generation Mexican American and her music reflects her grandmother’s love for romantic 70s and 80s ballads. Analiz has been writing and creating music since she was a teen, but really honed into her skills while majoring in music/vocal performance in college. She is a singer-songwriter and you may find her music on all streaming sites.
Complete Schedule
Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th: Analiz Castillo
Friday, September 11th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Show Your Work: Tips for Portfolio Photography, A Virtual Workshop with Cecily Brown
2020-09-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
Whether you’re trying to sell work online, participate in virtual exhibitions, or update your website, capturing an accurate and well-lit photo of your work is essential! Spend a morning learning about the best practices and quick tips for documenting your artwork with Cecily Brown, a Los Angeles based photographer and artist. Cecily will be leading a Zoom workshop on Portfolio Photography, giving helpful tips and answering questions related to the challenges of documenting works of all shapes, sizes, and mediums.
$75 | Thursday, September 10th, 10 am – 1 pm PST | Limited Spots Available
Register for the workshop here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/events/p/showyourworkshop

About Cecily
Cecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio, lifestyle, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!

Al Fresco Music @Helms Welcomes Tom's Rag Tag Band
2020-09-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
Tom’s Rag Tag Band came out of a bunch of professional musician friends who just wanted to do some playing during the Pandemic of 2020. So they got together in a backyard, put on their masks, took out their instruments and started playing some classic and original tunes. Pretty soon neighbors starting coming to listen with chairs, masks, dogs and drinks. Now it’s a regular thing!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Tom Nolan is a musician, bandleader, teacher, and actor. He has been leading the Tom Nolan Band for over thirty years. The band has played up and down California, and has produced 8 CDs. Tom is honored to be in the Rag Tag Band, and loves playing music in his driveway.
Dan Radlauer has composed for TV and Film for decades. His music has been on every major network and inhabited continent. Dan plays many instruments, including the accordion. (unfortunately)
Caitlin Tortorici is a singer, songwriter, music producer, educator, and one woman show putter-onner.
Guitarist Jory Schulman earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College in Boston, and a Master’s degree in guitar from the University of Southern California. He is an associate professor at Santa Monica College.
David Brown, bass guitarist, has played locally & globally since the 20th Century. Artists include Peaches & Herb, Heatwave and the Manhattans.
Schedule
Friday, September 11th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Continues with The Culver Collective
2020-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
We continue the series with The Culver Collective. From the sounds of smoky jazz clubs and late night blues bars, pop/rock arenas and R’n’B/soul theaters, The Culver Collective takes the listener on a journey through the finest of American music.
MUSICIANS
Woody Mankowski – Vocals and Saxophone
Ethan Emerson – Guitar
Eric Sittner – Bass
Adam Gust – Drums
Schedule
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with Cecily Brown
2020-09-17 - 2020-09-18 | Zoom, CA
Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with photographer Cecily Brown are the perfect opportunity to professionally document your recent artworks at a discounted rate! Packages options range from One to Three Artworks documented and include a custom background and lighting setup, a Virtual Session Design and “Last-Looks” Check-In, and a Professionally Edited Online Gallery to choose your favorite images for high-res download. All sessions will take place remotely in order to maintain a safe social distance. Local artwork pickup and drop off services are available for an additional fee.
Book your Mini Session Here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/remote-portfolio-mini-sessions
Packages range from $150-$300 | Limited Spots Available

About Cecily
Cecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio, lifestyle, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!

Al Fresco Music @Helms Welcomes Tom's Rag Tag Band
2020-09-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
Tom’s Rag Tag Band came out of a bunch of professional musician friends who just wanted to do some playing during the Pandemic of 2020. So they got together in a backyard, put on their masks, took out their instruments and started playing some classic and original tunes. Pretty soon neighbors starting coming to listen with chairs, masks, dogs and drinks. Now it’s a regular thing!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Tom Nolan is a musician, bandleader, teacher, and actor. He has been leading the Tom Nolan Band for over thirty years. The band has played up and down California, and has produced 8 CDs. Tom is honored to be in the Rag Tag Band, and loves playing music in his driveway.
Dan Radlauer has composed for TV and Film for decades. His music has been on every major network and inhabited continent. Dan plays many instruments, including the accordion. (unfortunately)
Caitlin Tortorici is a singer, songwriter, music producer, educator, and one woman show putter-onner.
Guitarist Jory Schulman earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College in Boston, and a Master’s degree in guitar from the University of Southern California. He is an associate professor at Santa Monica College.
David Brown, bass guitarist, has played locally & globally since the 20th Century. Artists include Peaches & Herb, Heatwave and the Manhattans.
Schedule
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Continues with The Culver Collective
2020-09-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
We continue the series with The Culver Collective. From the sounds of smoky jazz clubs and late night blues bars, pop/rock arenas and R’n’B/soul theaters, The Culver Collective takes the listener on a journey through the finest of American music.
MUSICIANS
Woody Mankowski – Vocals and Saxophone
Ethan Emerson – Guitar
Eric Sittner – Bass
Adam Gust – Drums
Schedule
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Wraps Up The Final Weekend With Del Rey Community Jazz Band
2020-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
This weekend wraps up our Friday and Saturday evening Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. We hope you will stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
To close out the month, The Del Rey Community Jazz Band performs this evening with classic American jazz, Brazilian bossa nova, and swinging blues. Run by bandleader Captain Dan Meyer with a mix of professional, weekend warrior, and student jazz musicians, they have brought the joy of live music to over 300 community functions in the last 8 years.
SCHEDULE
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Join Us For A Screening of Public Trust on National Public Lands Day!
2020-09-26 07:00 - 23:30 | Online, CA
Free
On Saturday, September 26th beginning at 7:00 am and ending at 11:30 pm, please join us for a free screening of the film PUBLIC TRUST.
​​In a time of growing polarization, Americans still share something in common: 640 million acres of public land. Held in trust by the federal government for all citizens of the United States, these places are a stronghold against climate change, sacred to native people, home to wildlife and intrinsic to our national identity. But today, despite support from voters across the political spectrum, they face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians who support these endeavors. Part love letter, part political exposé, PUBLIC TRUST investigates how we arrived at this precarious moment through three heated conflicts—a national monument in the Utah desert, a proposed mine in the Boundary Waters and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and makes a case for their continued protection.
Please register for your tickets to receive your log in information.
Wishing you all a Happy National Public Lands Day!
Image Description: Musk oxen have been around for almost two millions years. Along with caribou, they are the only hoofed animals that survived the end of the Pleistocene era. Today, they roam the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, in search of grasses, mosses and herbs in the permafrost.
Image Credit: Florian Schulz

Al Fresco Music @Helms Wraps Up The Series With L.A. Love Band
2020-09-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
This evening wraps up our Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. We hope you will stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
To close us out, The L.A. Love Band charms fans with a wide variety of Souldies, Classic Rock, Pop, Reggae, Blues, Latin, Mardi Gras, Country, and Childrens music. The L.A. Love Band’s mission is to raise the vibration of any gathering with a fun presentation featuring crowd pleasing vocalist Elizabeth Hangan, versatile keyboardist/vocalist Valerie Taylor, drum groove king Louis Gonzales and fearless leader/vocalist/guitarist/bassist Captain Dan Meyer. They never met a gig they couldn’t groove. So join us for a soul-stirring musical journey.
Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you enjoyed the series! Be well, be safe.

Louis Poulsen Presents a Design Dialogue with Alfred Homann
2020-10-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom, CA
Free
On Wednesday, October 21st at 9:00 AM, please join Louis Poulsen for a lighting design conversation with distinguished lighting designer and architect, Alfred Homann, as they explore landmark projects, design processes, and lighting philosophies.
Alfred Homann grew up in South Zealand, Denmark. In 1976, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts in Copenhagen. During his years as a student, he worked at renowned architect Vilhelm Wohlert’s office. Homann has partnered with Louis Poulsen for many years, creating innovative lighting designs which have been specified on architectural projects throughout the world. Homann designs with Louis Poulsen include the Homann Park, Kipp Post, Nyhavn, Pulsar 172 and many others.
Register Here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/419249691252512016

Join Artists Aneesa Shami and Monica Lloyd For a Livestream Studio Tour + Discussion
2020-10-26 13:00 - 13:30 | Helms Design District, 8800 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
Free
On Monday, October 26 from 1:00PM to 1:30PM, please join artists Aneesa Shami and Monica Lloyd for a livestream discussion about their current exhibition, The Sketchbooks, on view at Studio 203. This exhibition was inspired by Aneesa and Monica’s collaborative sketchbook project, which led to new ways of creating with recycled paper and textiles.
Register for the event here! Links for the Facebook and YouTube livestreams will be sent to ticketholders prior to the event.
Studio 203 is an artist-run space that collaborates with fellow artists to feature exhibitions, workshops and performances, founded by Aneesa Shami and Grant Zizzo.
Photo by Cecily Brown

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2020-10-27 - 2020-11-02 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home.
When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Trine Churchill – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
Click here check out the work, or to learn more about the art.
For questions and inquiries, please contact the artist at tc@trinechurchill.com / 310-699-2560.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Trine Churchill is a Los Angeles-based, contemporary painter from Copenhagen, Denmark. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and studied at the école nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. Churchill works in what she describes as the “fictive landscape.” Charged yet effortless, her paintings offer the viewer a walk through scenery of symbolic meaning with a composition that combines abstract landscape with references from current life to ancient times. Her art has been exhibited in a number of galleries in Europe, California, and New York, including George Billis Gallery in LA, The Torrance Art Museum, Nancy Margolis Gallery NY, and Galerie Hübner + Hübner in Frankfurt.

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2020-11-02 - 2020-11-09 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home.
When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Gay Summer Rick– a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
For questions and inquiries, please contact the artist at gaysummerartist@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gay Summer Rick is a Los Angeles-based artist whose practice is focused on creating urban and coastal atmospheric landscapes rendered with a keen sense of place and a flair for abstraction. She applies layers of oil paint on canvas using palette knives to reveal scenes often bathed in the luminosity of clear blue white light, or set aflame inside the warmth of a blood orange glow.
Born and raised in New York, Gay Summer Rick began her arts education early, surrounded by artists, immersed in art. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in New York at the School of Art and Design, Alfred University and a Master’s degree from the University of Puget Sound. She has exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Her paintings have been featured in solo gallery exhibitions, and in national and international gallery and museum group exhibitions where she has received awards and honors. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, California Art Club, Malibu Art Association, and is listed by the Malibu Cultural Arts Commission. Her work has been featured in publications including Artillery Magazine, Huffington Post, ArtScene, Medium, Dive Madhouse Magazine, Santa Monica Mirror, Malibu Surfside News and others, and in several books and short documentary films. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections around the world. A resident of Southern California for over 25 years, the artist maintains studios in Inglewood and Malibu.
There’s a quiet vibration and unexpected beauty in commonplace elements found in the urban environment. My work describes this in an atmospheric and dreamlike yet familiar manner. – Gay Summer Rick

An Instagram Takeover: Art, Home, and the Art OF Home!
2020-11-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Online, CA
Free
Looking for ways to create feelings of calm and warmth in your home during these uncertain times? On Wednesday, November 11th at 12:00 pm PST, tune into a casual and meaningful conversation about Art, Home, and the “Art” OF Home.
Intuitive design consultant & feng shui practitioner Alyssa Mannis takes over the Helms Bakery District for an Instagram LIVE event with feng shui expert, residential and commercial architect, and founder of Mindful Design School, Anjie Cho. Alyssa & Anjie will talk about the art of home, feng shui, and a few great ways to create warmth and support within your home this fall/winter season, especially as we won’t be gathering with friends, family, and all of those who are important to us.

ABOUT ALYSSA
Alyssa is an intuitive design consultant obsessed with all things home, house plants, and California sunsets. She is a BTB feng shui practitioner and forever student. Alyssa helps people create living and working spaces that resonate, support, and inspire them. She also looks to guide people, helping them energetically embed their values, goals, and vision into their design projects. If you are looking to shift the energy of your living spaces, manage decision fatigue, get truly honest feedback, or cultivate your intuition within a home or business design project, Alyssa can start you on the right path.

ABOUT ANJIE
Anjie Cho is an architect, feng shui educator and author of Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. Since 1999, she has been designing beautiful and nourishing spaces (inner and outer) with balance and harmony, informed by the ancient practice of feng shui. Her focus is to create nurturing and supportive environments, tailoring her practice to each individual’s specific needs. Anjie is a sought-after expert in the fields of feng shui and interior architecture. She is the owner of Anjie Cho Architect, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School, and founder of Holistic Spaces which hosts a blog, podcast and online store.

December #GiftableGiveaways @Helms
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-24 | Online, CA
Nothing pleases us more than sending you good cheer during the holidays. Let’s face it. 2020 has been heartbreaking at times, but we feel fortunate to have your continued support. To show our appreciation for all the #lovelocal and #shoplocal you have shown us, Helms Bakery District is giving away gifts during the month of December!
The Rules are simple. To be entered:
(1) you must be Following us on Instagram,
(2) tell us why you’re feeling grateful (and add your fave emoji),
(3) and tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too!
The IG Giveaway begins December 1st on #GivingTuesday at 4:00 pm PST with an ornament from Rejuvenation to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ends on December 31st at 4:00 pm PST. Other Bakery swag includes author-signed books from Arcana: Books on the Arts, a Market Bag with goodies from Pasta Sisters, a carpet from The Rug Warehouse, a vase from Room & Board, Gift Certificates and so much more! We have many items to give away so be sure to check back with us every day throughout the month.
May the Holidays bring you joy and delight. Plus a little dose of giveaway luck!
Rules & Regs
(1) No purchase is required to enter.
(2) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(3) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older.
(4) This is a “GIFTABLE GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(5) The Helms Bakery #GiftableGiveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(6) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.

Join Culver Arts for Holiday Fun in Support of Artist Resiliency
2020-12-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Online, CA
Art is at the heart of resiliency. And Culver City’s Honorary Poet Laureate Dr. Janet Cameron Hoult has a big place in her heart for artists. Here is a poem Janet wrote simply called Art and Community Resiliency, about how to keep going in times of crisis by using creativity to stay resilient.
Please join the Culver Arts Foundation on December 27th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm to honor Janet for her lifetime of dedication and support of the arts. Plus there’s origami fun for the whole family. Help lend your support to keep #CulverCityResilient!
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Textile Arts LA Presents practiceLAB with Ferne Jacobs
2021-01-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 pm ONLINE, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles in a spirited, freeform conversation with Ferne Jacobs. Where does an Idea come from? What is an Idea? When does it emerge? How do you know it is an idea? How do you relate to the idea?
Textile Arts kicks off 2021 with an idiosyncratic, unconventional, open-ended dialogue about the provenance, shape, and meaning of an idea. They will open the floor right away for Q&A and commentary from the audience. Please come with your own research, quotes, and experience with ideas.
Tickets $FREE members; $20 non-members

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-07 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home. When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Nina Jun – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
For questions and inquiries about Ceramic Balloons, please contact the artist at ninajunart1@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
One day, Nina Jun saw a Mylar balloon fly into the sky after it was accidentally released from her hand. She felt sad, her eyes followed the balloon disappearing into infinite space, and began wondering: what if there was a balloon that could stay with us forever?
Five days after the party all the balloons had drifted down near to the floor with a deflated memory of past happiness. She thought what if they kept hovering forever there in limbo?
These questions of the levity and gravity of the balloon inspired Nina to create ceramic balloon sculptures. Korean born, Nina Jun received her MFA in sculpture at California State University, Long Beach. She has had 14 solo shows in the U.S and Korea and her works have been shown in numerous international art fairs. Her works are currently represented by Skidmore Contemporary Art in Santa Monica and BluePrint Art Gallery in Dallas.

Westside Urban Forum Hosts the Mayors Panel
2021-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, February 10 from 12:00 to 1:00PM, please join Westside Urban Forum (WUF) for the annual Mayors Forum!
This is a WUF signature event that brings together the Westside Mayors for a candid discussion of each Mayor’s priorities for 2021, the land use policy issues of importance to each city, and provides the opportunity to understand the different ways in which these unique cities are responding to current issues in what is already another extraordinary year.
In 2021 our Mayors will be faced with a myriad of issues, including the central conflict of land use and social and racial equity, police reform, and housing and homelessness – all within an environment of shrinking budgets resulting from the pandemic. To begin to address these complex matters, what are the cities’ near-term responses to retail spaces left vacant by the pandemic? How are cities going to change as a result of the pandemic and what temporary COVID policies would the Mayors like to see adopted permanently (such as encouraging telecommuting to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, greater diversity in housing typologies and private outdoor space, growing park space for all community members, or allowing outdoor dining to remain permanently)? How are the cities working to address structural racial and social injustices in land use and government agencies’ operations? What measures are cities considering to address police reform and community mental health? What is the outlook for public transit and the extension of the Purple Line Subway? And what does all of this mean for the cities’ plans to address climate change?
Panelists:
Mayor Lester Friedman, City of Beverly Hills
Mayor Alex Fisch, City of Culver City
Mayor Sue Himmelrich, City of Santa Monica
Mayor Lindsey Horvath, City of West Hollywood
Registration: Registration closes for this Zoom panel on February 9 at 9:00 pm.
WUF Members Free
Nonmembers $35.00
Student Nonmembers $10.00
REGISTER NOW to be a WUF Member for 2021 and attend all monthly panel events for FREE through December 2021.

Textile SLAM! An Evening of Short Talks, Conversation and Community
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, February 10th from 7:00 to 8:30PM, please join our friends at Textile Arts LA for Textile Slam! This is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking, featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation.
Members, artists, designers, architects, educators, and all-around neat thinkers will talk about their work, ideas that interest them, or projects they are exploring. The Slam! is a casual, community, conversation-oriented event.
TICKETS
New ONLINE format: $20 non-members; $10 members. This event is hosted on Zoom. Info to join will be sent to all RSVPs.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Skylar Tibbits of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab
2021-02-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, Feb 11th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Skylar Tibbits of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
Register for the Zoom Webinar

Skylar Tibbits
Skylar Tibbits is a designer and computer scientist whose research focuses on developing self-assembly and programmable materials within the built environment. Tibbits is the founder and co-director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, and Associate Professor of Design Research in the Department of Architecture.
Tibbits has a professional degree in architecture and a minor in experimental computation from Philadelphia University, as well as a masters in design computation and computer science from MIT. He has worked at a number of design offices including Zaha Hadid Architects, Asymptote Architecture, and Point b Design.
He has designed and built large-scale installations and exhibited in galleries around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and various others. He is the author of the book Self-Assembly Lab: Experiments in Programming Matter (Routledge, 2016), Active Matter (MIT Press, 2017), co-editor of Being Material (MIT Press 2019), and the Editor-In-Chief of the journal 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing.
Awards include LinkedIn’s Next Wave Award for Top Professionals under 35 (2016), R&D Innovator of the Year (2015), National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2015), an Inaugural WIRED Fellowship (2014), the Architectural League Prize (2013), Ars Electronica Next Idea Award (2013), TED Senior Fellow (2012) and 2008 he was named a Revolutionary Mind by SEED magazine.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Skylar Tibbits, Image of Macrobot & Decibot, Image of Self-Folding Straw.

Architecture is a Social Act with Lorcan O'Herlihy + Frances Anderton
2021-02-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom, CA
Free
On Thursday, February 18th from 6:30 to 7:30PM, please join Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, and Frances Anderton for a livestream discussion about LOHA’s latest monograph Architecture Is a Social Act. Lorcan and Frances will talk about his work, and how he navigates tight budgets and stakeholder needs to integrate common space. He will also share insights into 410 Rossmore, his latest Los Angeles project, where he will add five new floors of co-living space to the 90-year-old apartment building in Hancock Park.
Register here. Once you register, a Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event date.
To purchase a signed copy of the book, please visit Arcana: Books on the Arts.

Lorcan O’Herlihy is the founder and design principal of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA], a Los Angeles/Detroit based architecture and urban design firm.
Lorcan O’Herlihy spent his childhood as a thespian’s son. His father Dan O’Herlihy was an actor and took his family on overseas shoots. From time spent hanging out in Rome, London and other great urban cities, Lorcan developed a deep appreciation for social space.
He has since made his mark as an architect with housing, workplaces and cultural buildings that put human connectivity at their center, while emphasizing bold design. Formosa 1140 in West Hollywood, for example, connects residents and neighbors in a pocket park, and it bursts with the color and spirit of the nearby Formosa Cafe, a one time drinking haunt of Dan O’Herlihy and his buddy Orson Welles. O’Herlihy has tackled social inequity in Detroit with a conversion of the African Bead Museum, new housing and neighborhood plans. At Isla Intersections in South LA, he has put supportive housing in a complex of prefabricated structures attached to a paseo. These are just some of the projects featured in his latest monograph, Architecture Is a Social Act published by Frame, with an introduction by Frances Anderton.

Frances Anderton covers design and architecture in Los Angeles for radio, podcast and print. A series she co-produced, Wasted: Neat Solutions to the Dirty Problem of Waste, is currently airing on KCRW public radio station. She is writing a book entitled Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles; and she is working with Helms Bakery District on the programming of events and talks about design, architecture and art.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman
2021-03-04 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, March 4th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman
Unwalling Citizenship
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
Register for the Zoom Webinar

Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman
Teddy Cruz (MDes Harvard) is a professor of Public Culture and Urbanism in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. He is known internationally for his urban research of the Tijuana/San Diego border, advancing border neighborhoods as sites of cultural production from which to rethink urban policy, affordable housing, and public space.
Fonna Forman (PhD Chicago) is a professor of Political Theory and Founding Director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California, San Diego. A theorist of ethics and public culture, her work focuses on human rights, climate justice, border ethics, and equitable urbanization.
Together Cruz + Forman are principals in Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, a research-based practice, investigating issues of borders, informal urbanization, civic infrastructure, and public culture, with a special emphasis on Latin American cities. Blurring conventional boundaries between theory and practice, and merging the fields of architecture and urbanism, political theory and urban policy, visual arts, and public culture, Cruz + Forman lead a variety of urban research agendas and civic/public interventions in the San Diego-Tijuana border region and beyond. From 2012-13 they served as special advisors on civic and urban initiatives for the City of San Diego and led the development of its Civic Innovation Lab. Together they lead the UCSD Community Stations, a platform for community-based research and teaching on poverty and social equity in the border region.
Their work has been exhibited widely in cultural venues across the world, including the Museum of Modern Art; the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum; Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt; and M+ Hong Kong. They represented the United States in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. They have two forthcoming monographs: Top-Down / Bottom-Up: The Research and Practice of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman (Berlin: Hatje Cantz); and The Political Equator: Unwalling Citizenship (London: Verso)

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, Image of The UCSD-CASA Community Station at Living Rooms at the Border (2019), Image of The UCSD-Alacran Community Station + Migrant Sanctuary (2020).

Join Textile Arts for an Intimate Studio Tour with artist Ruth Katzenstein Souza
2021-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join them in a series of intimate, behind-the-scenes looks at artists’ studios, and a discussion of the habits and practices that allow them to thrive and make new work.
On Friday, March 12th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM take a lunch time walk-and-talk-about through the studio of artist, gleaner, mender Ruth Katzenstein Souza. Ruth is a practicing artist, as well as the force behind Mending as Metaphor. Ruth will walk us through her studio – if you’ve seen it before, you know it’s a real treat.
TICKETS
$10 public; $Free for members
UPCOMING STUDIO TOURS
Friday, April 30th: Lesley Kice Nichigawara
Friday, May 14th: Ann B.
ABOUT TEXTILE ARTS
Textile Arts | Los Angeles cultivates and promotes textile art and design. As a professional membership organization, we encourage dialogue, share resources, and build community in order to elevate the practice of the textile arts, create opportunity for our members, and advocate for this vibrant and enduring artform.

Reading Materials, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
2021-03-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join READING MATERIALS, a book club with an art and material focus. We will be reading books about the artist’s life, about ways of seeing and reasons for making, and about our inextricable relationship with material. The titles and conversations should appeal to all creatives, regardless of medium. Offered in partnership with Studio203, an art gallery / creative space in Mar Vista, they will gather on Tuesdays at 7pm. Admission free for members; $40 for the public (for the year). Please consider purchasing your books from Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City, or your favorite local indie shop, or bookshop.org
On Tuesday March 16th from 7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is ART & FEAR: OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERILS (AND REWARDS) OF ARTMAKING by Ted Orland, and David Bayles
Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn’t get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. This is an old favorite, and a quick read (and worth re-reading several times).
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A Convo with Jiseon Lee Isbara, Provost of OTIS College of Art and Design
2021-03-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, March 17th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join them for Displaced, a conversation with the new provost of OTIS College of Art and Design, artist, and curator Jiseon Lee Isbara.
Jiseon Lee Isbara will speak about the inquiries addressed in her work and the use of visual languages and processes developed over time to communicate her concepts and emotions. Her work mirrors her life and its complexities of a displaced person in two countries: conversant in the language and culture of both places, but not considered a full-fledged member of either one. Through her work, she embodies two cultures, times and identities colliding and merging together.
TICKETS
$10 members; $20 public
PracticeLAB is a series of talks exploring the ideas, issues, and inspiration that inform a robust creative practice. Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites artists, authors, architects, and creatives to present content that addresses the nature of a practice, as well as educational sessions that offer an opportunity to practice. We look forward to meeting more of LA’s creative community with these engaging sessions.

ABOUT JISEON LEE ISBARA
Jiseon Lee Isbara is an artist and educator who serves as the Provost at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA. She exhibits nationally, engages with viewers through lectures and discussions, and collaborates with and contributes to the community by serving in various roles for regional and national art and education organizations. Amplified by her experience as a first-generation immigrant, she engages with socially and culturally charged dialogue through the accumulated aesthetics, materials, and processes she has garnered as an emigrant from her native culture. Through her artwork, Jiseon questions the congruity around her emotions and cultural topics. Jiseon earned her MFA in Fibers, one from Colorado State University and one from Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea. She is Professor and Dean of Academic Affairs at Oregon College of Art and Craft.
