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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Pita & Bloom Inside the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, February 23 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Florencia Pita nd Jackilin Bloom of Pita and Bloom\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. \nUPCOMING SCHEDULE: \nSaturday\, February 25th: Patrick Tighe of Patrick Tighe Architecture\nTuesday\, March 14th: Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architects \nPita & Bloom\nPita & Bloom is an architectural research and design collaborative based in Los Angeles. Started in 2010 by Florencia Pita and Jackilin Hah Bloom to test ideas on their shared notions of color\, form\, and material applications\, Pita & Bloom aims to represent attitudes of contemporary culture while addressing each project’s specific challenges. Their projects to date include speculative cultural buildings\, indoor and outdoor environments\, social housing in Mexico\, as well as objects to be viewed or used. In 2014\, Pita & Bloom were called “two female visionaries” in Architecture Magazine’s Next Progressives\, and they were selected as one of five finalists of the MoMA PS1 YAP competition. Recently they were selected as one of twelve teams to represent the U.S. Pavilion’s exhibit\, The Architectural Imagination\, at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Heads to Printed Matter's Los Angeles Art Book Fair! 
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year again when you get to visit Arcana: Books on the Arts during the Printed Matter’s Los Angeles Art Book Fair at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Please check the event website for complete hours. \nBeginning with a preview on Thursday\, 2/23 through Sunday\, 2/26\, you will find them at Booth P05 with another enticing assortment of rarities including Pop and Conceptual artist books and catalogues\, (maga)’zines\, artworks + multiples\, and an array of coveted posters\, announcements\, and ephemera. It’s a unique opportunity to shop many of the exquisite\, inspiring\, and rarely-seen items from the Arcana hidden-recesses and flat files. \nIn addition\, they will be hosting two great book signings during the festivities! At Thursday night’s opening benefit\, renowned gallerist\, archivist\, and editor Johan Kugelberg will be signing copies between 7:00 and 8:00 PM of his recent publication God Save Sex Pistols – the unseen and definitive visual history of the incendiary punk band. Presented by Arcana: Books on the Arts and Anthology Editions\, both the Deluxe and swanky Ultra-Deluxe Anthology editions as well as the Rizzoli trade edition will be available. \nOn Saturday 2/25\, New York-based photographer Aaron Stern will be joining Arcana at 3:00 PM to sign his hot-off-the-press We Live Behind The Moon Sometimes – an edition limited to fifty copies each containing a 5 x 7″ print. “Our memories are so often distorted to fit a narrative we create for ourselves. We replay memories the way we wish to remember and rebuild them to fit our own story. These images explore these themes as well the overarching theme in my work: love and loss\, and how they relate to the landscape in our minds and around us.”  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-heads-to-printed-matters-los-angeles-art-book-fair/
LOCATION:MOCA\, 152 N. Central Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Patrick Tighe Inside the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, February 25 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, exhibition\, and book signing with Patrick Tighe of Patrick Tighe Architecture\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. \nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nTuesday\, March 14th: Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architect\nPatrick Tighe FAIA\, FAAR\, is a Los Angeles architect and educator. The highly acclaimed namesake firm\, Patrick Tighe Architecture\, is committed to creating an authentic\, contemporary architecture informed by technology\, sustainability\, and building innovation. Since its inception\, the firm has produced a strong and diverse body of work. The firm has gained international recognition for their award winning projects and for their work in the affordable housing sector.  \nThe firm has received over 50 design awards\, has been published extensively and exhibited globally. Tighe was recently awarded the Pacific Design Center’s 2017 Star of Design. A monograph of the firms work\, entitled “Buiding Dichotomy” was just released. Available on Amazon.\n\n\nPatrick Tighe Architecture: Building Dichotomy\nWith Essays by Thom Mayne and Stephen Philips\n\nFrom the publisher: This beautifully designed and illustrated monograph sets out Patrick Tighe’s innovative\, diverse\, and wide-ranging collection of contemporary work towards the post-digital\, showing the reader a hyper- detailed analytical investigation of digital forms and their practices.\n \nIt sets out how his architecture has brought a return to the real in an attempt to rethink the language and practice of architecture. The book’s many inspiring and intricate drawings render clear the ideas that show the palpable energy and momentum that exists in this practice. In every instance\, this firm embraces dichotomy\, mining its potential to produce a more vital and consequential architecture.\n \nThe book’s stunning imagery and nuanced narratives tell the story of Tighe’s architecture across 35 projects spanning across the globe\, to help establish how his work draws from and builds upon existing polarities to find resolution\, and how tensions yield a more dynamic architecture. The work is multiple and varied: from the small-scale residential to the urban scale\, from the United States to Europe to China to North Africa\, from high-end villas for royalty to art installations to social housing projects.\n \nThis compelling collection of work follows the following five key themes: CRAFT (from the manufactured to the technological); MATERIAL (from the natural to the synthetic); EXPERIENCE (from the actual to the perceptual); GEOMETRY (from the simple to the complex); and METHOD (from the analog to the digital). This distinguished monograph also includes an incisive introduction by Patrick Tighe and is augmented by two essays by Thom Mayne and Stephen Phillips\, who also provide clarity and insightful discourse on how Tighe’s work is continuously in transition and evolving\, and how he’s rethinking and engaging in a discourse to defamiliarize the familiar.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-patrick-tighe-inside-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:H.D. Buttercup Hosts a Guest Designer Event on March 2nd
DESCRIPTION:Free\nTo kick off the month of March\, H.D. Buttercup is hosting a Guest Designer Event. Please join them on Thursday\, March 2 from 5:00 to 7:00PM for a meet and greet with five top designers from Los Angeles. The award-winning list includes: Lucie Ayers\, Lindsay Chambers\, Breeze Giannasio\, Natalie Marom and Alexandra Rae. The designers will create in-store vignettes\, exclusively with H.D. Buttercup products\, inspiring customers to go for the unexpected. \nStop by for snacks\, drinks and a whole world of inspiration!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/h-d-buttercup-hosts-a-guest-designer-event-on-march-2nd/
LOCATION:H.D. Buttercup | Coco Republic\, 3225 Helms Avenue\, Los Angeles\,\, CA\, 90034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Tom Wiscombe Inside the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, March 14 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architect \nTom Wiscombe\nBorn in La Jolla\, California in 1970\, Tom Wiscombe is an Architect living in Los Angeles. He is founder and principal of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\, an internationally recognized design practice. His work stands out in terms of its mysterious figural features\, its alluring graphic qualities\, and its tectonic inventiveness. \nWiscombe has developed an international reputation through winning competition entries\, exhibitions of work at major cultural institutions\, and publications worldwide. In 2014\, Wiscombe began planning and design of the Main Museum of Los Angeles Art with Tom Gilmore\, the developer known for leading the re-vitalization of downtown Los Angeles. This project involves 105\,000 square feet of renovation and new construction beneath\, inside of\, and on top of several historical bank buildings. In 2016\, Wiscombe\, together with Orange Barrel Media\, MOCA\, and Imaginary Forces\, won the West Hollywood Sunset Spectacular competition\, a new form of billboard for the 21st century. In 2014\, Wiscombe also received Second Place in the international competition for the Kinmen Passenger Service Center\, Taiwan. In 2011\, Wiscombe won first place in the competition for the 123\,000 square meter. Chinese National Games Civic Sports Arena in Shenyang.\n \nWiscombe is Chair of the Bachelor of Architecture Program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)\, where he has taught for over 10 years. Wiscombe has taught Advanced Research studios as Visiting Professor at PennDesign (U. Penn) for 4 years\, and in 2012\, held the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professorship at Yale University. He has published texts on architectural theory in journals such as AD\, Project\, and LOG. His work is part of the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre Paris\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, MoMA San Francisco\, and MoMA New York.\n \nPreviously\, Wiscombe worked for Coop Himmelb(l)au\, where he was the right hand of Principal Wolf Prix for over 10 years. He was responsible for multiple international projects and large project teams from competition through realization. Notably\, he was Chief Designer for the UFA Cinema Center\, Dresden\, BMW Welt\, Munich\, and the Lyon Museum of Confluences\, known as three of the most important works of contemporary architecture.
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:AIGA Presents "Designers Are Not Makers" at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 15 please join us as we welcome AIGA to the Helms Design Center for a series of discussions and presentations for the design community. \nThe first topic\, “Designers Are Not Makers”\, addresses the growth we have witnessed in “maker” culture\, leading to increased access to the tools and information needed to tinker\, program\, and build custom products and solutions. Manufacturing can now happen on a desktop as easily as in a home workshop. The benefits of stepping away from a computer to work with your hands continues to gain influence in business and culture. Yet\, with all the focus on making\, it is the designer who gets celebrated once the “making” becomes mass production. \nQuestions to be discussed:\nAs digital technology continues to insert itself into our daily lives\, what is the role of the tactile?\nWhat is the importance of physical creation in a world of digital technology\, virtual reality\, 3D printing and rapid prototyping?\nAnd where does the act of designing stop\, so the role of making can take over? \nAgenda\n6:45 PM: Meet & Greet\n7:30 PM: Introduction\n7:35 PM: First Speaker\n8:05 PM: Second Speaker\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:50 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:55 PM: Giveaways\n9:00 PM: After Party \nTicket Pricing\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nNon-Members: $25 \nRequests for cancellation refunds may be granted only up to 24 hours before the event starts. \nAbout The Speakers \nAndrew Byrom is a British-born designer and educator based in Los Angeles. His clients include The New York Times Magazine\, Sagmeister Inc.\, Penguin Books\, The Architecture + Design Museum and UCLA Extension. His interdisciplinary work has been recognized by AIGA and the Type Directors Club. He has been featured in many design related publications and has exhibited his design work in venues across the United States\, Europe and Asia. Andrew is currently teaching Advanced Typography and The History of Graphic Design at California State University\, Long Beach. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWill Ayers is the Founder/Creative Director of fashion label WILLIAM; and the Principal of Design for the signage and wayfinding studio GNU Group. WILLIAM\, with its atelier based in Downtown Los Angeles has debuted collections at Paris Fashion Week\, Milan Fashion Week\, and Pitti Uomo; collaborates with prestigious accounts including Farfetch. GNU Group\, a design studio specializing in global programs of environmental graphics\, branding\, signage\, and wayfinding; opened a new studio in Los Angeles established by Will Ayers\, expanding their international presence. \n \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/aiga-presents-designers-are-not-makers-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts B+U Architecture at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 4 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HERWIG BAUMGARTNER & SCOTT URIU of B+U ARCHITECTURE\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \n\nAbout the Architects: \nBaumgartner+Uriu Architecture\n \nHeadquartered in Los Angeles\, California and established in 2000 by architects Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu\, Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U) are an internationally recognized design duo operating at the forefront of contemporary design. Their design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. Baumgartner+Uriu’s work consistently pushes theboundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts\, intesnfiying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural locations (including museums\, concert halls and exhibition spaces)\, educational and transportation facilities\, master planning and urban design\, offices and mixed-use developments\, restaurants\, and residential work.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles\, California; the FRAC center in Orleans\, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris\, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice Italy\, the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles\, California; SITE gallery and David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe\, New Mexico; INSITE gallery\, Bangalore\, india; the 2011 AIA Emerging Professional exhibition in Washington D.C.; the Stadtkrone 2030 Exhibition in Milan\, Italy; the University of Applied Arts in Vienna\, Austria; at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); and the Los Angeles Form for Architecture and Urban Design in Hollywood\, California.\n \nBaumgartner + Uriu recently have been named the world’’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50. Two Monographs have been published on Baumgartner + Uriu’s work. The most recnet one\, B+U- Designpeak 12\, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record\, Architectural Digest\, The Los Angeles Times\, Los Angeles Magazine\, Azure\, FORM\, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research (2010)\, the AIA national award for emerging professionals (2011)\, the A+Award for Sustainability (2012)\, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts (2014)\, the COLA fellowship for 2015 from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs and their Aperture project won the Best Design Innovation Project in the 2016 Blueprint Awards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHerwig Baumgartner\n \nHerwig Baumgartner\, an Austrian native\, is a licensed architect and principal/co-founder of Los Angeles based Architecture firm Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U). He received his diploma in Muisc and New Media from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and his Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Baumgartner has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor teaching design and applied studies in the graduate and undergraduate programs at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently\, he represented SCI-Arc at one of the leading symposiums on recent developments in architectural geometry and computation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Prior to founding B+U Baumgartner worked as a senior associate and project architect at Gehry Partners and also collaborated with artist Richard Serra.  \n\n\n\nScott Uriu \n\nScott Uriu is a licensed architect and principal of B+U\, which he co-founded. He was born in Davis\, California\, and was initially an undergraduate mathematics major at the university of California\, Davis. He then received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic Pomona and studied at the Architectural Association in London\, Diploma Unit 7. Uriu has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor and teaches design studio and applied studies at the University of Southern California (USC) and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). He was previously part of the design faculty at Woodbury University. Prior to founding B+U\, Uriu worked as an architect at Gehry Partners.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-bu-architecture-at-the-helms-design-center/
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SUMMARY:Unmentionables: LA's 1st Interior Architecture Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Over the past two decades\, Chu+Gooding have been honing their craft toward the mastery of the interior architectural experience. They have recommitted to their roots to create thoughtful and lasting architecture for those who dwell within it. A significant milestone in this twenty-year endeavor is the Unmentionables Symposium\, an inaugural 2-day event hosted by Woodbury University’s Interior Architecture Department\, where founding principal Annie Chu has taught for the past six years. \nUnmentionables is aimed at exploring new narratives for interior architecture and establishing a precedent for welcoming previously unmentioned ideas in spatial practice and theory. The symposium will serve as a provocation for marginalia\, taboos\, illicit ideas\, and undertheorized issues such as critical interiority and physical and virtual constructed environments. \nUnmentionables brings together a range of notable thinkers and designers drawn from literature\, architecture\, film\, art\, philosophy\, and interior design. Over the 2-day period\, the symposium will feature persistently critical voices from around the country. \nMore info\, full schedule\, and tickets available at UnmentionablesSymposium.com
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a Book Signing With Photographer Moshe Brakha
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Sunday\, April 9th from 4:00 to 6:00PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with photographer Moshe Brakha on the release of L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975-1988. \nMoshe Brakha’s acidly crisp\, otherworldly images evoke a certain stylistic sensibility and a knack for innovative and sensual photography that engages the viewer. This latest release\, collects his most compelling subjects from the late seventies and early eighties – the various women he encountered all over Los Angeles. The book includes vintage portraits of legendary proto-punk band The Runaways\, LaToya and Janet Jackson\, Patricia Arquette\, longtime Los Angeles scene-maker Angelyne\, and many\, many others. From Beverly Hills High School cheerleaders to brash bartenders and groupies\, L.A. Babe captures the essential Los Angeles at its sunniest\, coolest\, grittiest glam and punk peak. \nIn a career spanning five decades\, Moshe Brakha has created scores of iconic editorial images including work for the legendary Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and Beyond\, and album covers for the likes of Devo\, The Ramones\, Sparks\, Neil Young\, Cat Stevens\, Cheap Trick\, Aerosmith\, Pat Benatar\, The Weirdos\, and Alice Coltrane.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-book-signing-with-photographer-moshe-brakha/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a Celebration for Photographer Lenard Smith
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, April 15th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts as they welcome their friend Lenard Smith to celebrate his lovely new limited edition\, nearly-sold-out survey of recent work: A Sort Of Looking. \nSmith’s first publication presents a selection of seductive images from the past five years of work that draw lines connecting the artist’s hand and chance. The formal compositions of his still lifes bring attention to the banal object form; tissue paper\, flower\, and in between the exploration of sculptural arrangements. Smith’s portrait work commands attention – bringing the viewer up close up to his subjects – whether they are photographed in the studio or quickly on the streets. These powerful portraits act as a metronome throughout the entire book\, grounding the audience. The title reveals the artist’s engagement with institutional critique\, and plays with the discourse that is commonly used in art conversations. A Sort of Looking is in fact Lenard Smith’s own looking\, and not a “sort of”\, but exactly how he is able to view the world in front of his lens just as he sees it.\n     \n  \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-celebration-for-photographer-lenard-smith/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Heather Roberge at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HEATHER ROBERGE of MURMUR\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\n\nAbout the Architect: \nHeather Roberge is an LA-based designer and educator. She is the founder and principal of Murmur: Architecture and Environments and is associate professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA where she currently serves as Vice Chair. Ms. Roberge’s research and professional work investigates the spatial\, structural and atmospheric potential of digital technologies on the theory and practice of building. In graduate level courses in design and technology\, her teaching emphasizes innovative approaches to material\, computation\, and manufacturing as opportunities to expand the formal vocabulary and spatial implications of building envelopes and assemblies. In recognition of her distinctive work\, she was selected for the prestigious 2016 Emerging Voices Program by the Architectural League of New York. In 2015 her installation for the SCI-Arc Gallery\, En Pointe\, was awarded an AIA design merit award. In 2011 Murmur’s proposal for the Succulent House received an AIA Next LA design merit award. Her work has been published in A+U\, Praxis\, Metropolis\, I.D.\, Wallpaper\, Architectural Record\, Log\, 306090\, Form Magazine\, The New York Times\, and The Los Angeles Times and exhibited in group shows in the U.S. and abroad. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Heather Roberge; Succulent House; En Pointe at SCI-Arc Gallery
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-heather-roberge-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Welcomes Tabitha Soren for a Talk + Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, April 29th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts in celebrating the publication of Tabitha Soren’s thought-provoking monograph FANTASY LIFE : BASEBALL AND THE AMERICAN DREAM. A talk and presentation by the photographer will begin at 4:30. \nIn 2002\, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of twenty-one minor league draft picks for the Oakland A’s – young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. For the past fifteen years\, she has followed these players through their baseball lives spending time on farm teams waiting to get called up to The Show\, with frequent trades\, big breaks\, broken hearts\, day jobs\, long bus trips\, injuries\, waiting around\, calling plays from the dugout\, gum and tobacco chewing\, praying\, bonding\, and aging. It turns out\, getting drafted isn’t the same as making the team\, making the team isn’t the same as playing\, playing isn’t the same thing as a star turn or a star’s paycheck\, and getting paid isn’t the same as having a secure future for when you retire in your early thirties. \nThis project examines meritocracy’s myths and the precariousness of a person’s fate when it hangs by the thread of perpetual self-perfection. In Fantasy Life’s case\, it is professional baseball players who are in that position. But that feeling is not limited to athletes in America. The United States is a striving culture unlike any other. Some of the subjects\, like Nick Swisher and Joe Blanton\, have gone on to become well-known\, respected players at the highest level of the game. Some left baseball to pursue other lines of work such as selling insurance\, and coal mining. Others have struggled with poverty and even homelessness. \nFantasy Life portrays a selection of these decade-plus stories\, gathering together a richly textured series of photographs taken on the field and behind the scenes at games\, along with commentaries by each of the players and memorabilia from their lives from kindergarten-age baseball cards to x-rays of career injuries. It includes a five part short story by noted author Dave Eggers about a fictional minor leaguer that compellingly condenses the roller-coaster ride of the farm team everyman\, from youthful pursuit of stardom through the slog of endless hardscrabble games\, to that moment of realization that success may not be just around the corner after all. Additionally\, ten players from the project have contributed essays for the book about their experiences with success and failure – and how they had to piece together a new identity after their professional sports careers.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/2928/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts West of West at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 4th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with JAI KUMARAN & CLAYTON TAYLOR of WEST OF WEST\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nAbout the Architects: \nWest of West \nWest of West is an architecture and design studio founded by Jai Kumaran and Clayton Taylor in 2012\, formed in California and currently headquartered in Portland\, Oregon. Inspired by the explorative spirit of the American West\, the studio engages architecture and design to activate new frontiers of viewing\, framing\, and occupying the landscape. Each project is an opportunity to build a new reality by creating progressive spaces and shaping new experiences. West of West is dedicated to collaboration. With an emphasis on open dialogue\, we work alongside our clients to develop and realize projects while balancing the specific social\, economic\, and environmental conditions of every project with function\, beauty\, and opportunity. Since its inception\, the studio has completed multiple projects ranging from commercial and cultural to residential and product design in cities across the United States. \nJai Kumaran\, Associate AIA \nJai is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. He has worked for multiple internationally recognized design firms\, most recently Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles). There\, he was a design leader on large scale urban developments including the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chengdu Financial Center\, among many others. He also was a member of the construction administration team for Emerson College\, Los Angeles\, a project which brought together student housing\, administrative offices\, and educational facilities on a dense urban site. The project has since won multiple design awards both nationally and internationally. Jai’s longstanding dedication to the craft and detail of architecture allows W/W to consistently execute the highest level of work possible. \nClayton Taylor\, AIA \nClayton is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. Clayton has worked at a series of well-recognized Architectural Design firms including Coop Himmelblau in Vienna\, as a Project Designer at Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles)\, and most recently
as an Associate at Rios Clementi Hale Studios in Hollywood. At RCHS\, Clayton led design efforts on many creative office and multi-family developments in the Los Angeles area including\, Columbia Square\, Crossroads of the World\, The Telephone Building\, and Flight at Tustin Legacy. He also completed many competitive design proposals for RCHS like the Rancho Cienega Sports Complex and the Southwest School of Art\, which won the AIA Next LA Honor Award in 2013. Clayton is a NCARB certified
architect and licensed to practice in California and Oregon. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Jai Kumaran & Clayton Taylor; Roadside Hotel; GLCO New York
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-west-of-west-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Welcomes Harold Bronson
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Sunday\, May 14th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM\, Arcana: Books on the Arts invites you to a book signing with Harold Bronson and an evening to twist\, shout\, and dine on humanely raised\, grass-fed hot dogs from Let’s Be Frank. \nHarold Bronson grew up in Los Angeles as a passionate Anglophile. Through his career first as a music journalist\, then as a label executive\, Harold met and befriended many of those performers whose music he loved. With his newly released My British Invasion from Rare Bird Books\, Harold pens his insider’s account of London’s cultural youthquake of the sixties and seventies that brought us The Yardbirds\, The Dave Clark Five\, Manfred Mann\, Herman’s Hermits\, The Hollies\, The Kinks\, The Troggs\, The Zombies\, Johnny Rotten\, Pirate Radio\, and much\, much more. A co-founder of the legendary Rhino Records label\, Harold is the author of Rock Explosion: The British Invasion of America in Photos 1962-67\, Hey\, Hey\, We’re The Monkees\, and The Rhino Records Story: Revenge of the Music Nerds.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-welcomes-harold-bronson/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a Conversation About L.A.'s Dynamic Drinking Scene
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, May 16th from 6:00 to 8:00PM\, head over to Arcana: Books on the Arts as they welcome Adrienne Stillman\, the author of Where Bartenders Drink (Phaidon)\, and a panel of the city’s best bartenders and cocktail experts for a conversation about LA’s dynamic drinking scene\, and what truly makes a great bar. \nFollowing the conversation\, attendees will sip cocktails and have the chance to get a personalized copy of Stillman’s new insider’s guide to 700 of the world’s best drinking destinations.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-conversation-about-l-a-s-dynamic-drinking-scene/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T180000
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a Discussion and Book Signing for SO-IL's "Solid Objectives: Order\, Edge\, Aura"
DESCRIPTION:Free\nLA Forum joins with Arcana: Books on the Arts in hosting a publication launch for Brooklyn-based architecture and design office SO-IL who are presenting their first monograph – “solid objectives: order\, edge\, aura”. \nA beautifully illustrated collection of built and unbuilt projects\, texts\, processes\, and experiments from the firm’s first eight years of work (2008-2016)\, “solid objectives” proposes an architecture that requires interpretation. The publication is at once a visual and textual manifesto that introduces an attitude towards the design and realization of architecture in an interconnected environment.\nThe event will feature SO-IL’s Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu in discussion with Johnston Marklee‘s Mark Lee\, and photographer Iwan Baan. \nCome to Arcana this Sunday\, May 21st between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking event! If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a signed copy of Solid Objectives please click here or call us at 310-458-1499.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-discussion-and-book-signing-for-so-ils-solid-objectives-order-edge-aura/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170601T220000
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SUMMARY:Rejuvenation Hosts a Reception with Cheyenne Parker
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, June 1st from 7 to 10 PM\, Rejuvenation hosts an opening reception for Black Room\, an installation featuring the work of designer\, collector\, artist\, model\, LGBT influencer and Fire Island reality star\, Cheyenne Parker. A portion of proceeds will benefit LA LGBT homeless youth programs\, a cause close to Cheyenne’s heart. The installation will remain in-store until June 3rd. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/rejuvenation-hosts-a-reception-with-cheyenne-parker/
LOCATION:Rejuvenation\, 8780 Venice Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034\, United States
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170604T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170604T170000
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a day of Art + Salad with Julia Sherman and Evan Kleiman
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Sunday\, June 4th from 3 to 5 PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for this extra special event celebrating the publication of Julia Sherman’s fantastic new Abrams book: Salad For President! \nQ + A between Ms. Sherman and Evan Kleiman will begin around 3:30\, concurrent with the nude figure and vegetable life drawing. Listen\, sketch from life\, snack on Sherman’s Mexican Fruit Salad (recipe from the book!) and raise a glass! Bring your own art supplies or use the charcoal and newsprint provided by Arcana.\n \nThe creator of the immensely popular Salad for President blog presents a visually rich collection of more than 75 salad recipes\, with contributions and interviews by artists/creative professionals like William Wegman\, Tauba Auerbach\, Laurie Anderson\, and Alice Waters. Sherman loves salad\, and she encourages her readers to consider it an everyday indulgence that can include cocktails\, soups\, family style brunch dishes\, and dinner-party entrées. \nSalad—with its infinite possibilities—is a game of endless combinations\, not stifling rules. And with that in mind\, Salad for President offers a window into how artists approach preparing their favorite dishes. Sherman visits sculptors\, painters\, photographers\, and musicians in their homes and gardens\, interviewing and photographing them as they cook. Utterly unique in its look into the worlds of food\, art\, and everyday practices\, Salad for President is at once a practical resource for healthy\, satisfying recipes and an inspiring look at creativity.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-discussion-and-book-signing-for-so-ils-solid-objectives-order-edge-aura-copy/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170610T180000
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SUMMARY:This Modern Life: A Design Field Day at Helms Bakery
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to This Modern Life: Embracing Life’s Imperfections\, a campus-wide day of design celebrating the Japanese tradition of wabi-sabi\, the art of recognizing beauty in imperfection. Participating showrooms and stores will feature workshops\, demonstrations\, tastings\, sweepstakes and special guests! Plus Local Mercato and Beautiful Things L.A. pop-up for one day only. Pick up a map at the information booth on Helms Walk and explore! Complete info on our dedicated event page. \nFree Valet Parking by the Rejuvenation showroom at Helms and Venice. \n#thismodernlife
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/this-modern-life-2017/
LOCATION:Helms Design District\, 8800 Venice Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034\, United States
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170618T180000
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Hosts a Special Event Celebrating Dan Hicks' Autobiography
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Sunday\, June 18th from 4 to 6PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a special event to celebrate the publication of the late\, great Dan Hicks’ autobiography I Scare Myself.  \nCoinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of “The Summer of Love”\, Dan’s editor and close collaborator Kristine McKenna will be signing copies of the book and moderating a panel discussion about Dan’s life and music featuring Van Dyke Parks\, Maria Muldaur\, Jim Kweskin\, and Hot Licks guitarist Paul Robinson. There will also be a short musical performance by the participants following the discussion. \nThough he passed away in early 2016\, Dan’s music\, and the stories he tells in this book\, remain as fresh and irresistible as ever. Combining those stories with dozens of rare photographs and a detailed discography by esteemed writer and critic Kristine McKenna\, I Scare Myself takes readers on a journey behind the music\, and into the life and mind of the fantastic artist who created it.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-hosts-a-special-event-celebrating-dan-hicks-autobiography/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T180000
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Welcomes Authors Barry and Barbara Shaffer
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, June 24th between 4 and 6 PM\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts as they welcome Echoes of Bhutan authors Barry and Barbara Shaffer. \nEchoes of Bhutan is the first fine art publication from Los Angeles-based photographer Barry Shaffer. Compiled during Mr. Shaffer’s visits to Bhutan in 2001\, 2014\, and 2015 as a private citizen\, a photographer for the Tribal Trust Foundation\, and at the invitation of Bhutan’s government and travel Industry\, the stunning photographs are accompanied by written contributions from Dr. Robert Thurman\, Bhutan’s Queen Mother\, Bhutan’s Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck\, Honorable Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay\, National Geographic editor Costas Christ\, and Samten Wangchuk. The book has been selected to receive its Asian release at the “Mountain Echoes International Literary Festival” in Thimphu\, Bhutan in August 2017. All proceeds from the sales of Echoes of Bhutan will benefit Bhutan’s Tarayana Foundation.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-welcomes-authors-barry-and-barbara-shaffer/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join us for a Special Screening of "Landfill Harmonic"
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, July 15th from 5 to 7:30pm\, please join us in welcoming The Possibility Project and Mending as Metaphor for a reception and special film screening of Landfill Harmonic\, immediately followed by a Q+A with The Possibility Project‘s founders\, Kim Pearce and Kath Davis. Also featured is a clothing pop-up from the slumwear108 line\, with proceeds supporting the social justice work of Pearce and Davis. \nAbout Landfill Harmonic \n‘The world sends us garbage\, we send back music’ \nWe live in an unprecedented time of social and environmental upheaval\, so what might the possibilities look like when there is harmony between the two?  Landfill Harmonic is a feature length documentary that follows the journey of a Paraguayan Youth Orchestra that makes its instruments entirely out of waste. The film masterfully demonstrates how ordinary people can make extraordinary choices to rise above conflict and create so much hope in the process. \nThe Possibility Project is an Australian based social enterprise\, that collaborates with slum communities in India to create a slow clothing label called slumwear108. The founders will share their insights on how people around the world are collaborating to enact peaceful\, social\, and environmental cohesion. \nSpace is limited. Please RSVP to ruthkatzensteinsouza@gmail.com.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-possibility-project-and-mending-as-metaphor-host-a-special-screening-of-landfill-harmonic/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre Screens Their Performance of "Technicolor Drip" on Helms Walk
DESCRIPTION:The third in the 1988 series\, Technicolor Drip\, features Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre dancers in the window frames and hanging window/art vitrines of the parking garage where Technicolor Drip by artist Jen stark (2015) is installed. The artwork highlights Culver City’s movie history through the rainbow concept in the film The Wizard of Oz. The title references the historic film coloring process employed in movie making. This work is 12 minutes and will continuously loop between 1-3pm. Later that evening from 8-9pm we will host a screening of the performance on Helms Walk\, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue\, followed by a Q & A with Heidi Duckler\, Jen Stark and Marla Koosed. \nThe performance and screening are free and open to the public though reservations are required. All necessary day-of information (parking\, check-in procedures\, etc.) will arrive in a “Know Before You Go” email prior to the performance. \nTechnicolor Drip Performance \nSunday\, August 6\, 2017\n1:00pm-3:00pm\nPlatform\n8850 Washington Blvd\nCulver City\, CA 90232 \nTechnicolor Drip Screening \nSunday\, August 6\, 2017\n8:00pm-9:00pm\nHelms Walk\, pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue\n8800 Venice Blvd\nLos Angeles\, CA 90034 \nFor additional information visit heididuckler.org.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/heidi-duckler-dance-theatre-screens-their-performance-of-technicolor-drip-on-helms-walk/
LOCATION:Helms Walk\, 3270 Helms Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Rejuvenation Hosts "Modern Royal" with designer Ryan Saghian
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, August 31st from 6 to 8PM\, please join Rejuvenation in hosting Ryan Saghian\, one of Beverly Hills’ rising stars of interior and furniture design. He will be presenting a pop-up capsule collection featuring new selections from his own line\, vintage pieces\, and Rejuvenation furnishings that remind him of what the Persian Royal family residence might look like today had they continued their reign. \nCome catch Ryan’s exuberance and truly modern take on a “more is more” maximalist tradition. Persian teas\, light bites and good design!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/rejuvenation-hosts-modern-royal-with-designer-ryan-saghian/
LOCATION:Rejuvenation\, 8780 Venice Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034\, United States
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Room & Board Hosts an Evening with LA Family Housing
DESCRIPTION:Free\nIn collaboration with Angeleno magazine\, please join Room & Board on Wednesday\, September 13 from 7 to 9 pm\, for a special art show featuring works by over 100 local\, contemporary artists in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH)\, which is dedicated to helping people transition out of homelessness and poverty. \nThrough September 24th\, designated artwork on display in their showroom will be available for purchase for $400 with 50% of proceeds going directly to LAFH. \nStop by for inspired conversation and light bites. Please RSVP.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/room-board-hosts-an-evening-with-la-family-housing/
LOCATION:Room&Board\, 3231 Helms Avenue\, Culver City\, CA\, 90034
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join us for "PLACE"\, an Art Installation + Reception Featuring Four Artists
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Sunday\, October 1 from 3 to 7 pm for an artist reception and special installation of PLACE: Works by Renée Amitai\, Kim Abeles\, Rachel X Hobreigh\, and Debra Dobkin.  The exhibition will be on display from September 28 through October 7. \nPLACE refers simultaneously to a location and the action for going there. In this way\, we can remember the places of our past\, and imagine others through a sense of longing. The four artists in the exhibition make use of painting\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, and sculpture to define the dream that is PLACE. \nRenée Amitai’s gates imply passage\, and as we move from one place to another\, a threshold of the journey is defined. Kim Abeles considers place as the desire to physically engage with the urban environment. Rachel X Hobreigh’s work reflects the human impact on the sacred feminine ocean\, where the power of water gives life ten-thousand-fold and asks for nothing in return. Debra Dobkin defines a sense of place by combining the dynamics of real and imagined environments in relation to the people who move through them. \nWe are living in a time when our individual relationships with the world are shifting and the tangible blends with the ethereal. The mixed media artworks in this exhibition use the metaphor of PLACE and move through its multiple meanings. \nHours: Thursdays and Fridays 11 am to 2 pm\, or by appointment. \nAbout the Artists \nRenee Amitai graduated from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris\, France and gained professional experiences in Fine Art and architecture in France\, Israel\, Italy and America. Her artistic interest evolved from printmaking to painting to sculpture. She moved to the United States in 1984\, where she taught printmaking\, painting and architecture in San Antonio Texas and in Los Angeles California. She currently resides in Los Angeles\, CA and Paris\, France. Her work is exhibited in California\, France\, China\, Japan\, Korea and around the globe. \n  \nKim Abeles is a Los Angeles-based artist whose installations and community projects cross disciplines and media to explore biography\, geography and environment. She has created projects with the California Science Center\, air pollution control agencies\, health clinics and mental health departments\, and natural history museums. Abeles received fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\, J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts\, California Community Foundation\, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work is in public collections including MOCA\, LACMA\, Berkeley Art Museum\, California African American Museum\, and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Abeles’ journals\, books\, and process documents are archived at the Center for Art + Environment\, Nevada Museum of Art. \nDebra Dobkin was born in Chicago and started painting at an early age at the Art Institute of Chicago children’s program. In addition to pursuing a life in the visual arts\, she is an accomplished percussionist/drummer. While traveling and playing music professionally around the world\, she has continued to study\, draw\, photograph and paint. Her work now holds the richness of those experiences.  Dobkin has exhibited in Los Angeles\, around the U.S.\, and internationally. These mixed media pieces are inspired by her original photos taken on her travels. They evolve through a combination of painting\, collage\, and photo transfer to convey a captured moment in time. \n  \nRachel X Hobreigh’s work focuses on the environment and the divine feminine. She uses painting\, performance art\, photography and sculpture to reflect a visual history of moments in her life and her great love and respect for nature. Hobreigh has shown work internationally\, most recently at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys\, the Marie de Paris 8 Gallery and the Mu Gallery in Paris\, France as well as the FH Gallery in Jena\, Germany. Her US shows include: A solo show at Gallery 417 Los Angeles\, CA 2017; The Museum Contempo in Olympia\, Washington\, Building Bridges Art Exchange at the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as well as the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. She has a Masters Degree in Public Art from California State University Northridge\, where they also retain a permanent public installation of her work.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-place-a-special-art-installation-reception-featuring-four-artists/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:"STRANDS"\, an Art Installation + Performance with Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, October 7 from 2 to 6 pm\, please join us for STRANDS\, a special presentation and performance of three artists\, Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo\, in partnership with the Culver City Arts District. \nAmabelle is a fiber artist and sculptor with extensive background in clothing design\, Joy is a masterful Chinese dulcimer player trained in China Central Academy Of Fine Arts who also plays the electric bass\, and Si Jie is an ink painter who dives into the spirit of ancient China to contemplate modernity. All of them work in mediums that are traditionally passed down from generation to generation but yearn to grow and innovate in this ever changing world as citizens of today. \nThe performance piece is a visualization & reenactment of how  ‘strands’ is perceived by three female Asian artists: Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo. These artists are using traditional tools to give voice to contemporary issues\, using lines from textile\, brush strokes and instruments to connect us\, bind us\, and hopefully de-tangle all the knots of illusions that are detracting us from the ‘truth’. Two 15-minute performances are scheduled at 3 pm and 4 pm. \n“Strands” draws from these artists’ unique mediums and perspective to demonstrate a common contemplation of the past and future\, traditions and modernity\, eastern and western art practices\, and the struggle to juggle multiple identities\, such as women and artist\, ALL at once within one given time and space. \nAmabelle Aguiluz has joined Helms as an artist in residence from September 21 thru October 8. You may visit her in the studio on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 3 pm. \nAbout the Artists \nAmabelle Aguiluz is a fiber artist living in Los Angeles. She expresses the flow of life as an infinite web of interconnections using the medium of fiber as a symbolic map; linking us to the past\, revealing stories about culture\, and connecting us together. Her preference for using found materials allows her time to explore the process of transformation while collecting and analyzing the materials of her production. Amabelle uses her art as a means to connect with history\, nature\, and her surroundings. Her practice incorporates clothing\, textile\, sculpture\, and installation processes that are presented as free form sculptures and are often incorporated into live performance\, video\, and photographs. She studied at Politecnico di Milano\, Italy and graduated in 2011 from the Fashion Institute of Technology\, New York BFA in Fashion Design. Aguiluz’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles in Outaouais\, Canada. \nSi Jie Loo is a multi-disciplinary artist who is interested in capturing the spirit of humanity\, primarily with Chinese Ink. She received her BA from Dartmouth College with an honors in Studio Art and has since exhibited in both US and Malaysia. As an artist in the diaspora\, she is constantly on the move between places\, cultures\, music genres and languages. One of Si Jie’s creative processes involves tapping into the spirit of Ancient China by embarking on an annual art pilgrimage through various region in China. She inks down captivating people\, musicians\, dancers and nature on the road to further inspire her studio work. Most recently\, she traveled to the Tibetan plateau and the Silk Route in Northeast China. Since returning from her art residency in Malaysia last December\, Si Jie has been working from her home studio in Santa Barbara\, occasionally spotted taking pottery classes\, dancing\, drumming and practicing Taichi in her community. \nJoy Wu is a musician and a lover of culture\, music\, film and art. She started her music journey at the age of four\, influenced by her dear grandmother. Trained in classical music\, she went to Central Conservatory of Music\, in Beijing\, China\, for her traditional Chinese instrument Yangqin. Joy is a member of China Nationalities Orchestra Society\, CNOS. To follow her love for American culture\, she moved to California and received her BA from UC Santa Barbara. Joy is currently based in Los Angeles. \nAbout Yangqin: Yangqin is also called “Chinese dulcimer”. Similar hammered dulcimers are played in Eastern Europe\, the Middle East\, Portugal\, Italy\, India\, Iran and Pakistan. The origin of Yangqin is still a mystery to us today. Many historians say it is originally from Persia\, now modern Iran\, during the Ming Dynasty (late 14th c. to 15th c.) through the Silk Road. Others say it is introduced by sea through the port of Canton during the 16th century when the Portuguese and Italian traders performed for locals. It has been in China for hundreds of years. The construction of Yangqin has a considerable resemblance to Iran’s Santur. It has five bridges\, up to 140 more strings\, and to play with a pair of hammers made with bamboo.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/strands-a-special-art-installation-performance-with-amabelle-aguiluz-joy-wu-and-si-jie-loo/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Culver City ArtWalk 2017 Comes to the District on October 7th!
DESCRIPTION:Free\nAs we transition from summer to autumn\, the art scene around town also shifts seasons with new gallery openings\, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA\, and over in our little bit of the city\, CULVER CITY ARTWALK – a self-guided walking tour and celebration of all things creative in our community. \nOn Saturday\, October 7th from 2 to 6pm\, we are pleased to welcome artists and makers who will activate the Helms Bakery campus and engage our community in a creative dialogue. Begin your tour at Helms Avenue heading east along Washington Boulevard for an arts and entertainment adventure. A full calendar of events includes music\, art installations\, performances\, gallery openings\, dance\, a doggie parade and much more! Check out the Culver City Arts District website and Facebook page for complete details. \nHere are the not-to-miss happenings at Helms Bakery\, inside the Helms Design Center and along Helms Walk\, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue. \n\nART GALLERY INSTALLATION: 2 to 6 pm\nPLACE \nNew Works by Renée Amitai\, Kim Abeles\, Rachel X Hobreigh\, and Debra Dobkin\nPLACE refers simultaneously to a location and the action for going there. In this way\, we can remember the places of our past\, and imagine others in a sense of longing. The four artists in the exhibition make use of painting\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, and sculpture to define the ethereal dream that is PLACE. Click here for more information. \nHelms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n\nINSTALLATION + PERFORMANCE: 2 to 6 pm\nSTRANDS\, featuring artists Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo \nStrands draws from three artists’ unique mediums and perspective to demonstrate a common contemplation of the past and future\, traditions and modernity\, eastern and western art practices\, and the struggle to juggle multiple identities such as women and artists (to name just two) ALL at once within one given time and space. \nIn addition to the open gallery\, we will host two 15-minute performances at 3 pm and 4 pm. The performance piece is a visualization and reenactment of how  ‘strands’ is perceived by three female Asian artists. These artists use traditional tools to give voice to contemporary issues\, using lines from textile\, brush strokes and instruments to connect us\, bind us\, and hopefully de-tangle all the knots of illusions that are detracting us from the ‘truth’. Click here for more information. \nHelms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n\nTEXTILE ARTS LA POPUP COLLECTIVE: 2 TO 6 PM\n \nWe are excited to partner with Textile Arts LA to bring you a one-day-only popup collective of artists and makers whose work explores texture\, form\, sculpture\, materials and purpose. Artists + Makers include: Jeff Morrical\, Ruth Katzenstein Souza\, Carrie Burckle\, Carol Shaw Sutton\, Kaban+\, Jonas & Muse\, Jen Cheung\, John Henry Woodworking\, and Slumwear108. \nHelms Avenue between Venice and Washington Boulevards. \n\nARCANA BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION: 4 TO 6 PM\nSenon Williams: Hunted & Gathered \nNative to Los Angeles\, Senon Williams is a lifelong visual artist and musician. Williams’ work finds space in the natural\, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought\, a question works better than answers.  I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood\,” says Williams.  With imagery ranging from stark silhouettes to lush landscapes and human forms staged in undetermined acts of hope\, his pairing of words and imagery suggest deeper meaning. A poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. Click here for more information. \n8675 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n\nFOOD & BEVERAGE: All Day\nHelms Bakery is home to acclaimed restaurants including Father’s Office\, La Dijonaise Cafe\, Lukshon\, the Helms Bakery treat truck and the Let’s Be Frank hot dog truck. Spend the day with us!\nHelms Bakery Complex \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/culver-city-artwalk-2017-comes-to-the-district-on-october-7th/
LOCATION:Helms Design District\, 8800 Venice Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Arcana Books Welcomes Senon Williams for a Book Launch + Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, October 7 from 4 to 6 pm\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a special Book Launch and Exhibition of Senon Williams’ Hunted & Gathered. \nNative to Los Angeles\, Senon Williams is a lifelong visual artist and musician. Williams’ work finds space in the natural\, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought\, a question works better than answers.  I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood\,” says Williams.  With imagery ranging from stark silhouettes to lush landscapes and human forms staged in undetermined acts of hope\, his pairing of words and imagery suggest deeper meaning. A poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. \nHamilton Press was established in 1990 by master printmaker Ed Hamilton and artist Ed Ruscha to encourage artists to produce art in a peaceful\, unhurried atmosphere. Steeped in traditional book making in a modern age\, the publication itself is a fine object created by an esteemed team. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen of Green Dragon Office\, Los Angeles\, color separations by Echelon Color\, Santa Monica and printed by Dr.Cantz’sche Druckerei Median GmbH\, Ostfildern\, Germany.  The first edition consists of 750 bound copies. There is a limited edition of 50 copies with an original work on paper by the artist. Both editions will be available at the event and are available now for pre-order.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-books-welcomes-senon-williams-for-a-book-launch-exhibition/
LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:An Evening with AIGA and Artist & Designer Rebeca Méndez
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 18 from 6:45 to 9 pm\, join us in welcoming AIGA Los Angeles for an evening with artist\, designer\, and UCLA professor Rebeca Méndez and enjoy live music by singer/songwriter Analiz Castillo\, who will be performing some of Méndez’s favorite songs as we kick off the night. \nRebeca Méndez will present recent projects and introduce her new initiative\, the UCLA CounterForce Lab—a research and fieldwork studio based at Design Media Arts and the School of the Arts and Architecture. The lab is dedicated to using design and art to develop creative collaborations\, new fields of study\, and methods to research\, create\, and execute projects around the social and ecological impacts of anthropocene climate change. \nMéndez’s art is driven by her interest in perception and embodied experience–exploring design and media art in public space\, critical approaches to public identities and landscape\, and artistic projects based on field investigation methods. Register now to get an inside look at the design philosophy of one of Los Angeles’ own design icons. Click here to purchase tickets. \nAGENDA\n6:45 PM: Live music by Analiz Castillo\n7:30 PM: Introductions\n7:50 PM: Rebeca Méndez\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:45 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:50 PM: Giveaways\n9:00 PM: After Party at Father’s Office \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nNon-Members: $25
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/an-evening-with-aiga-and-artist-designer-rebeca-mendez/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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