Helms Design District

SQUARE OFF3 | A Photo Installation Supporting SoCal NOMA
2021-11-13 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Washington Corridor Gallery, 8723 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
On Saturday, November 13th from 12:00 to 5:00 pm, please join us for SQUARE OFF3, a photo exhibition designed to nurture art and support a selected non-profit organization. This year’s installation focuses on modern, abstract, and vintage architecture in Los Angeles and beyond. The format for each photograph is a 12 x 12 square image centered within a 15 x 15 inch print.
Each photographer will display three images. All images will sell for $100 each with 50% of the proceeds to benefit The Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects with Summer Camp scholarships. The remaining 50% will be awarded to the photographer.
Let’s stay safe! We ask guests to be masked when they enter the gallery. Thank you for supporting in-person events at Helms Bakery.

A Conversation with Architect-Filmmaker-Futurist Liam Young
2021-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Planet City — a Radical Solution to Climate Destruction
On Thursday, November 4th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Textile Arts | Los Angeles and Helms Bakery District invite you to hear Liam Young, in conversation with Frances Anderton and Benjamin Bratton at the Helms Design Center.
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Forget carbon taxes and global commitments to use renewables. Climate change demands bigger solutions, like moving all ten billion people on earth to one giant city, leaving the rest of the world to return to the wild, free from human predation. That’s the vision laid out by Liam Young, architect-filmmaker-futurist, in his new film and book, Planet City, showcasing a future world in which flora, fauna and humankind coexist in the Anthropocene, divided between an uber-megalopolis and a “new national park of the world.”
Young will talk about his visionary thought experiment — and the questions it poses about the environment and our place in it — with Frances Anderton, design reporter and curator, and Benjamin Bratton, founder of the design research program The Terraforming, Professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego, and contributor to the Planet City book.
A meet and greet with Young and Bratton will follow the talk.
Planet City was commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria for the NGV Triennial. Catch Liam’s TEDMonterey Talk here.

A Book Signing + Conversation with ArtCenter's Lorne Buchman and Frances Anderton
2021-10-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, October 28th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, please join us in welcoming Lorne M. Buchman to the Helms Design Center, in conversation with Frances Anderton about his new book on creativity, Make To Know: From spaces of uncertainty to creative discovery.
Michelangelo is said to have seen “the angel in the stone” before he started chipping away at a mute block of marble. Most artists are not blessed with such creative clarity. Rather, they discover their work – art, design, writing, music – as they make it.
In his new book, Make To Know, Lorne M. Buchman, president of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, draws from interviews with artists, entrepreneurs, innovators and designers—Chris Kraus, Frank Gehry, Zack Snyder, Aimee Bender, Diana Thater, and many others–to demonstrate that creativity is almost always a process, not a lightbulb moment, that creative geniuses are truly few, and that everyone from students to professionals can “make to know” their own ability to create.
​​“This is a book of stories of writers filling blank sheets of paper, designers solving complex problems, installation artists engaging space and materials, and musicians and actors improvising composition and performance. It explores how artists talk about what the creative process itself might reveal,” says Buchman.
Buchman will share some of these stories with Frances Anderton, longtime design journalist. He will also address how design education is meeting a moment of radical social change, and what is next for himself and for ArtCenter College of Design, following Buchman’s retirement in 2022.
A book signing with Lorne Buchman will follow the talk. Arcana: Books on the Arts will provide copies of the book for purchase during the event.
We ask all guests to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test result within 48 hours of the event date during check in. Thanks for keeping everyone safe!

About Lorne
Lorne M. Buchman is president of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and an international leader in art and design education. He is also a theater director, dramatic literature professor, and the author of a book on filmic adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. He hosts Change Lab: Conversations on Transformation and Creativity, a podcast in which he conducts interviews with leading artists, designers, and cultural innovators. Buchman previously served on the faculty of University of California, Berkeley. He left that position to become president of California College of the Arts and later Saybrook University. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Drama and Humanities.

Join us for the Final Textile Slam! of the Season
2021-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00 pm, please join us in partnership with Textile Arts | Los Angeles for the final Slam of the season via ZOOM.
Artists share quick insights into their work, process, and intentions. Slam! is an informal, community-oriented opportunity to be impressed or intrigued, to see something new or to celebrate the work of familiar friends. You may discover the seeds of your next wonderful project, or meet your next collaborator in the chat. Be prepared for serendipity.
The season finale will feature artists from our local colleges and universities: Rene Camarillo and Phoebe Takeda of CSULA, Ozzy Alvarez of ArtCenter College of Design, Sofia Masuda of FIDM, and Tina Stephens and Marissa Soto of Woodbury University.
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THE SCHEDULE
7:00 pm: Opening Remarks
7:15 pm: Presentations from 4 to 6 artists
8:30 pm: Two-minute wrap-up

Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright Copy
2021-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Wednesday, October 20th at 5:00 PM, join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an Instagram “Show & Tell” as we welcome back moderator Jason E.C. Wright of @burntsiennaresearchsociety. You are in for a real treat so gather up your art books, design books, coffee table books or rare magazines and come nerd out with Jason.
Here’s how it works: Jason will be live @arcanabooks sharing some of his faves with you. Raise your hand to share and he will tap you in. Chat about your most influential book or bookshop. Enjoy the hour, meet some interesting people, and support your local bookstore. @arcanabooks is a great place to start, online or in person. Shop Local and Love Local. There’s nothing like a little book fun in the middle of the week. Thanks Jason!
ABOUT JASON
Jason E.C. Wright is the Founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture, and reference materials. Jason is Indiana born and raised, who now considers Los Angeles home. Jason is an accomplished designer, researcher, writer, with 20+ years as a retail and fashion professional, who takes his love of books seriously, serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood.

Art Walk & Roll Festival 2021 at Helms Bakery District
2021-10-09 11:00 - 18:00 | Helms Design District, 8800 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
Free
On Saturday, October 9th from 11 am to 6 pm, Helms Bakery is excited to partner with the Culver City Arts District for their annual Culver City Art Walk and Roll Festival, a self-guided tour and celebration of art, culture, mobility, and our creative community.
Begin at Helms Avenue where you and the kids will enjoy a “cardboard playground” created by our friends at reDiscover Center. Art and Design are at the core of our programming, featuring artists Cynthia Alexandra, Trine Churchill, Stephanie Kerley Schwartz, Yuliya Sigalova, Textile Arts LA’s Tricksters & Transformations exhibition, and a Biophilia poster competition installation from Poster Territory.
Then stroll through the Arts District along Washington Boulevard to visit galleries, enjoy live music, grab a bite, or stop at the mobility test area for e-bike, scooter, and board demos.

Cardboard Play
Join the crowd and build something great in reDiscover Center‘s Cardboard Playground on Helms Walk, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue. With piles of appliance boxes, carpet tubes, and rolls of fabric, your imagination will go wild. Work with reDiscover’s Teaching Artists and our curated family-friendly cardboard tools to learn new construction techniques and make huge structures.
Helms Walk, 8800 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90034

Art + Nature
Come celebrate art + nature during the opening of the International Biophilia Poster Exhibit, exploring humanity’s relationship with the natural environment. 100 poster design finalists were selected from over 3500 global submissions. This exhibit is organized and sponsored by Brand Culture and PosterTerritory. www.biophilial.com
Washington Corridor Gallery, 8723 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA

On the Ropes
Originally conceived for the dream sequence of a theatrical play, Stephanie Kerley-Schwartz continued the process of wrapping rope with silk fabric, envisioning an evolving artwork that can be re-configured in multiple ways in any location. These same ropes have been stretched around boulders in a remote area of Yucca Valley and Stephanie has her eye on other locations — a fenced off-drainage ditch alongside the 10 freeway and a dry stream bed near Ojai. The ropes are making a quick stop at Helms Bakery’s Washington Corridor Gallery during Art Walk 2021.
Washington Corridor Gallery, 8723 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA

Amazonia Delivered
Artist Yuliya Sigalova’s Amazonia Delivered addresses the problem of deforestation and the excessive production of paper products used to maintain our lifestyles. Excess and careless waste, exacerbated by skyrocketing product delivery during the pandemic, contribute to the strain on our resources and animals. A structure built with Amazon boxes, evoking an image of a tall rainforest tree stump, with bark and roots made of void fill paper and other packing materials, will include endangered species of animals and plants of the Amazon forest represented as cardboard and paper sculptures, suggesting their metamorphosis into cardboard and an expression of the fragility of beauty and life traded for convenience.
Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Blvd. Suite A, Culver City, CA

Art + LA Family Housing
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.
Room & Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034

Tricksters and Transformations
Tricksters & Transformation, an exhibition in partnership with Textile Arts | Los Angeles, is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate textiles and our community. Textiles have a universally demonstrated capacity for holding meaning, establishing connections, and creating healing. We’re delighted to invite you to share the work with us before the exhibit closes on Sunday, October 10th. The exhibit runs concurrently with Artist in Residence Carmen Mardonéz.
Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Blvd. Suite E, Culver City

Photographic Alchemy
Please join us for ALCHEMY the first public exhibition of works from Los Angeles-based photographer, Cynthia Alexandra. The presentation is informed by a definition of “Divine Alchemy” — “The art of transmutation, the application of spiritual consciousness to physical form, so profound that an entirely new form evolves. It is an irreversible change. A transformation that requires patience, courage and a belief in the power of spirit above all else.” The exhibition features portraits of women who have transmuted challenges in their personal journey to empower others; they stand at various points of their own personal evolutions; some fully-formed, others still in process, but all firmly on the precipice of their next phase of embodiment.
Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City

Gallery Opening + Discussion with photographer Cynthia Alexandra and Jason E. C. Wright
2021-10-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, October 7th at 6:00 pm, please join us for the opening of ‘ALCHEMY’ the first public exhibition of works from Los Angeles-based portrait and commercial photographer, Cynthia Alexandra. The opening reception will feature a Q&A with the artist hosted by Jason E.C. Wright of Burntsienna Research Society.
The presentation is informed by a definition of ‘Divine Alchemy’ : “Divine alchemy is the art of transmutation, the application of spiritual consciousness to physical form, so profound that an entirely new form evolves. It is an irreversible change. A transformation that requires patience, courage and a belief in the power of spirit above all else.” The exhibition features portraits of women who have transmuted challenges in their personal journey to empower others; they stand at various points of their own personal evolutions; some fully-formed, others still in process, but all firmly on the precipice of their next phase of embodiment.
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With respect to public health, the opening reception will proceed with limited space. All guests must register to attend. Masks will be required inside the gallery and throughout the event. If you do not have a mask, we will provide one upon check-in. Thanks for your support!
About the Artist
Cynthia Alexandra is a self-taught photographer based in Los Angeles. She has always found herself inspired by images that capture the essence of a subject; pulling the viewer in, eliciting a visceral, emotional connection to the moment and to the image. Her practice and approach find her doing the same; drawing as much inspiration from Hilma Af Klimt, fashion editorials, and surreal portraiture, as she does from the subtle, inherent magic in the people, places and things around her.
About the Facilitator
Jason E.C. Wright is Founder and Director at Burntsienna Research Society, an Institute of Design Research and Critical Thought. After twenty years in the fashion retail industry, Jason E.C. Wright shifted from consulting in operations and product development, to quietly establishing Burntsienna Research Society.

Will A New Generation Of Leaders Shake Up L.A.’S Culture?
2021-09-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
A Zócalo/Helms Bakery District Event
Moderated by Frances Anderton, Architecture and Design Journalist
Over the past year, directors of cultural institutions across Los Angeles have announced their retirements, which means a new generation of cultural leadership is upon us. But despite a desire for change that seems nearly universal, new directors must still answer to many of the same funders and face the same pressures as their predecessors—to raise money or sell tickets, to scale up, to stay relevant—all while navigating post-pandemic reopenings and reckonings around race and inclusion. What does Los Angeles need from its new guard of cultural leaders? What obstacles do their institutions face, and how can these new faces surmount them? Will all of the city’s culture centers even survive?
California African American Museum Executive Director Cameron Shaw, Inner City Arts president and CEO Shelby Williams-González, and MAK Center for Art and Architecture director Jia Yi Gu visit Zócalo to discuss the change they plan to be and want to see in one of the world’s most vibrant cultural capitals.
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Meditative Block Printing with Dusty Guerra
2021-09-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to Meditative Block Printing with Dusty Guerra
Sunday, September 19th, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Helms Design Center
In this workshop, participants will learn an alternative approach to relief printmaking utilizing a press-less printing method while discovering a repetitive process that will calm the mind and enrich a creative outlet. You will explore and develop your own motifs, either from imagination or in reference to cultural narratives. Learn to work with alternative materials and techniques to design, transfer, carve, register, print, and clean up. You will engage in a studio practice that will emphasize textile printing and pattern making.
There will be opportunity to explore and experiment as a way to develop a series of design networks. The motifs will first be test printed on cotton rag paper and once further developed, the patterns may then be printed onto fabric (Participants are welcome to bring personal garments and pre-washed fabrics to be printed on). We will be using traditional printmaking inks and learn the basics of preparing ink and charging brayers for inking of the blocks — as well as how to efficiently clean up/conserve materials as a way to learn proper printmaking etiquette.
Dusty Guerra is a Xicano artist, printmaker, and educator based in Southern California. As a first generation artist, Guerra explores family heritage and traditions to further investigate the origins of his Mexicanidad. Guerra’s art practice is managing the creation of a non-verbal, spiritual language of symbols and motifs rooted in native belief systems and histories of migration. He holds a BFA in Traditional Printmaking and has been teaching printmaking to underserved communities in Los Angeles for the past 6 years.
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Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright
2021-09-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Wednesday, September 15th at 5:00 PM, join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an Instagram “Show & Tell” as we welcome back moderator Jason E.C. Wright of @burntsiennaresearchsociety. You are in for a real treat so gather up your art books, design books, coffee table books or rare magazines and come nerd out with Jason.
Here’s how it works: Jason will be live @arcanabooks sharing some of his faves with you. Raise your hand to share and he will tap you in. Chat about your most influential book or bookshop. Enjoy the hour, meet some interesting people, and support your local bookstore. @arcanabooks is a great place to start, online or in person. Shop Local and Love Local. There’s nothing like a little book fun in the middle of the week. Thanks Jason!
ABOUT JASON
Jason E.C. Wright is the Founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture, and reference materials. Jason is Indiana born and raised, who now considers Los Angeles home. Jason is an accomplished designer, researcher, writer, with 20+ years as a retail and fashion professional, who takes his love of books seriously, serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood.

CANCELLED - Crafting Bokjumeoni
2021-09-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
WE ARE SO SORRY! SADLY, THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED AND WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IN THE FUTURE.
Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to Crafting Bokjumeoni
Saturday, September 11th, 2 – 4 pm at the Helms Design Center
You may have wondered about the small, colorful bags you see in museums, and carried by ladies wearing hanbok, a traditional Korean garment. The bags are called bokjumeoni (복주머니), translated as a lucky pouch.
Hanbok is a colorful and elegant type of Korean formal clothing worn for special occasions. It is beautiful, but lacks pockets, which led to the creation of bokjumeoni, a drawstring pouch. Bokjumeoni are made of the same material and colors as hanbok, and they are believed to bring the holder good fortune. Today, bokjumeoni are often used as a bag for small presents given to friends and loved ones.
In this workshop Dong Kyu will teach participants how to make their own bokjumeoni. We will provide all the necessary materials, including colorful fabric pre-cut in the shape of the pouch. Participants will learn about the history of the bokjumeoni and its use in Korea from the past until the present day. Students will sew the pieces of fabric together to create a small drawstring pouch.
No experience is necessary, although participants should be comfortable handling a needle and thread.
Class fee $45 includes all materials.
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Tricksters & Transformation: Exhibit Opening
2021-09-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Saturday, September 4th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, please join us at a soft opening for Tricksters & Transformation, an exhibition in partnership with Textile Arts | Los Angeles.
What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate textiles and our community. Textiles have a universally demonstrated capacity for holding meaning, establishing connections, and creating healing. We’re delighted to open this exhibit and invite you to share the work with us – this will be a lowkey opening to maintain some distance and safety protocols.
The Exhibit will remain open Thursday to Sunday from 12 noon to 5 pm throughout the month of September. An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, Sept 26th 4:00 to 7:00 PM. The exhibit runs concurrently with Artist in Residence Carmen Mardonez.
Please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) / masks are required. Let’s be safe, friends!

Reading Materials, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
2021-08-17 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 August 17th from 7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is CRAFT: AN AMERICAN HISTORY by Glen Adamson
A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation’s origins to the present day.
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At the center of the United States’ economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing makers’ central role in shaping America’s identity. Examine any phase of the nation’s struggle to define itself, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor, to today’s “maker movement.” From Mother Jones to Rosie the Riveter. From Betsy Ross to Rosa Parks. From suffrage banners to the AIDS Quilt.

A Screen Print Weekend with Carrie Burkle
2021-07-24 10:00 - 2021-07-25 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25th 10:00 – 4:00 PM, please join educator, artist and co-founder of Textile Arts LA Carrie Burkle for Print, Make, Wear, Upcycle, a screen print weekend workshop.
In this workshop you will explore and produce prints using textile inks and screens on your own fabrics, table linens, pillow cushions, or clothing. This workshop originated in a conversation about printing our own fabrics for clothing: summer dresses, tunics, overalls and jumpsuits. The beauty of our pop-up studio and teaching style is that you can interpret our concept however you like! All you have to do is come prepared with pre-washed fabric, precut garment patterns from your own stash/collection, or simple constructed pieces of clothing, table linens, or home goods that need a fresh new look.
You will engage in design ideas using your imagination and personal design resources from artwork, photos, ephemera, books etc. Create your own unique prints on garment pattern pieces, or print on pre-bought fabric blanks, table linens or give a beloved piece of clothing or item a new life.
Students of all levels welcome. Please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) or mandatory masks are required at the door.
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Textile Arts LA Host their 2021 Material Swap
2021-07-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Saturday, July 10th from 11:00 am to 1:00 PM, please join Textile Arts LA for their once-a-year material swap. (Member preview 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. / Everyone welcome 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Many of us took advantage of the isolation of the past year to dig into our studio practices and unearth (or, eeeks, add to) our stashes. Do you have piles of excess material in your studio, stashed in the closets and under the bed at home, languishing in plastic bins stacked one on top of the next? The Swap is for you! JOIN US for a swap-barter-giveaway.
All materials welcome: fabric, tools and equipment, notions, samples, paints, adhesives, paper, yarn, scraps, easels, storage containers, more. Your never-been-used or no-longer-used item could be the solution to someone else’s needs. Attendance is free; no RSVP required.
*Tables are available to rent for $10, and we have 10 available. Please limit 1 table per person. Each table is 8’ x 3.5’. You are welcome to BYOT.
There is abundant street parking at the Helms Design Center. Set-up will open at 9am. Please note you will be responsible for setting up your own table. Please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) or mandatory masks are required at the door.
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Book Signing + Talk with April Greiman
2021-07-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, July 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, please join us for a conversation with April Greiman on the launch of her latest book, WhiteSpace: April Greiman Photography, an arresting collection of 34 digital photographs and short writings by 25 women in design, art, architecture and poetry, on the abstract subject of whitespace. “WhiteSpace is like a trip to the desert with April and her wonderful colleagues. A master class in shadow and light,” writes Laurie Haycock Makela in the foreword. During the evening, April will be joined by contributors to the book, including Frances Anderton, for a series of readings and insights into April’s use of bold color and negative space, breaking boundaries in art, design, and architecture throughout her career.
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With an international reputation in art and design spanning decades, Greiman’s WhiteSpace is her first self-published book of photography, and as a result, is impeccably designed using a variety of papers and textures. This intimate book not only reveals her personal vision of space and light, but highlights her deep friendships with creative women colleagues. Their extraordinary insights, combined with Greiman’s sublime imagery, create a rhythmic meditation on emptiness, openness, beauty, fear, and a multitude of provocative perceptions.
Written contributions by : Lita Albuquerque, Frances Anderton, Jan Angevine, Marian Bantjes, Lyn Bradford, Judith Cahen Crouwel, Donatella Cusmá, Andrea Dietz, Tibbie Dunbar, Kristin Feireiss, Karin Fong, Carolien Glazenburg, Nikki Gonnissen, Jia Yi Gu, Karin Hibma, Gere Kavanaugh, Suzanne Lacy, Anette Lenz, Laurie Haycock Makela, Ilaria Mazzoleni, Jennifer Morla, Kali Nikitas, Louise Paradis, Paulette Singley, Elisabeth Workman
ABOUT APRIL
Transmedia designer April Greiman has pushed graphic design into new dimensions, from the built environment to augmented reality (AR). Greiman’s designs are among the first digital graphics ever made, and her innovative use of advanced digital technology has made her a leader in the design world.
April Greiman is a thinker, designer, and artist whose transmedia work addresses all areas and scales of design from communications to textiles, architecture, and new media. Greiman’s design studio Made in Space is a unique contributor to the design world that challenges interdisciplinary boundaries and investigates the intersection between art and design. Greiman’s publication, ‘WhiteSpace’ includes her photography and important pieces of written work from 25 women contributors.
Greiman is currently a tenured professor at University of Southern California (USC) Roski School of Art and Design.
@aprilgreiman (instagram)

Extended Studio Exhibition Hours - Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today
2021-07-06 12:00 - 2021-07-30 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Due to the overwhelming response, the Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today, an in-person pop-up exhibition of residential buildings in the pipeline taking place at the Helms Design Center will remain open through the month of July.
WHEN:
Open Studio Hours:
Friday, July 9th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Thursday, July 15th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Friday, July 16th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Thursday, July 22nd from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Friday, July 23rd from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Friday, July 30th 1:00 to 4:00 PM (Closing Day)
While life slowed down for many Angelenos, the L.A. cityscape did not stay still. For the past year, architects and builders have been busy, working on designs to address L.A.’s biggest need: Housing. And they are doing so in multi-unit buildings, at multiple scales, that advance the idea of home.
30+ design teams will display Low Rise dwellings from ADUs to four-story multifamily dwellings; Mid Rise affordable and market rate housing on transit corridors; High Rise towers for downtown, Hollywood and the Miracle Mile. The show is presented by Helms Bakery District in partnership with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo LA Metro Program. It is organized by Frances Anderton and Stephen Phillips (Director, Cal Poly LA Metro).
WHAT:
Much of the public dialogue around housing in Los Angeles today has to do with the politics around it, and the crisis of homelessness. But while these debates continue, housing is being built, in a patchwork of starkly different scales and styles. It is shaped in part by zoning, code, and parking requirements, costly land, construction and materials, as well as competing development and neighborhood pressures. Yet despite this web of constraints, designers are building on the tradition of innovative SoCal living.
At Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today visitors will see dense, high, multi-unit housing with apartments filled with natural light, flowing space and a taste of the outside. Projects will demonstrate planning for sociability, as well as new material and structural solutions to housing affordability. They will show how new developments can still express the distinct and eclectic Los Angeles character. Finally, visitors will see how the pandemic may have altered planning priorities in the homes of tomorrow. The exhibition will feature models and renderings of projects in design or under construction. Displayed alongside these real-world schemes will be an exhibition of designs by Cal Poly LA Metro students.
The pop-up explores what these buildings say about how we live in Los Angeles today.
WHERE: Studio A, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, 90232.
COVID RESTRICTIONS: To comply with State and County guidelines for public gatherings, please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) or mandatory masks will be required upon entry.
BIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:
Baumgartner + Uriu; Bestor Architecture; Brooks +Scarpa Architects & Plant Prefab; Bureau Spectacular; Byben; City Design Studio; Clive Wilkinson Architects; Connect Homes; Design, Bitches; Egan / Simon Architecture; Eric Owen Moss Architects; Gensler; Keating Architecture; kdA Kevin Daly Architects; KFA Architecture; Koning Eizenberg; Lance Collins (Partner Energy); LA Más; Lehrer Architects; Lorcan O’Herlihy (LOHA); Michael Anderson (Anderson-Barker); Michael W. Folonis Architects; Michael Maltzan Architecture; Mighty Buildings; Neil M. Denari Architects; P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S; Patrick Tighe Architecture; Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS); Studio Antares A+E; THECALIFORNIAOFFICE; Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
Special Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.

Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright
2021-06-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Wednesday, June 30th at 5:00 PM, join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an Instagram “Show & Tell” as we welcome back moderator Jason E.C. Wright of @burntsiennaresearchsociety. You are in for a real treat so gather up your art books, design books, coffee table books or rare magazines and come nerd out with Jason.
Here’s how it works: Jason will be live @arcanabooks sharing some of his faves with you. Raise your hand to share and he will tap you in. Chat about your most influential book or bookshop. Enjoy the hour, meet some interesting people, and support your local bookstore. @arcanabooks is a great place to start, online or in person. Shop Local and Love Local. There’s nothing like a little book fun in the middle of the week. Thanks Jason!
ABOUT JASON
Jason E.C. Wright is the Founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture, and reference materials. Jason is Indiana born and raised, who now considers Los Angeles home. Jason is an accomplished designer, researcher, writer, with 20+ years as a retail and fashion professional, who takes his love of books seriously, serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood.

Treehouse and the Building of Community with Prophet Walker, Jason E.C. Wright and Frances Anderton
2021-06-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
With the 2019 opening of Treehouse Hollywood, a lush, urban oasis with eclectic interior design, co-founder Prophet Walker set a high bar for co-living in Los Angeles. But this is only the start of big plans for development aimed at building a sense of community, in Los Angeles and beyond.
On Thursday, June 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, please join us in conversation with Prophet Walker, Jason E.C. Wright and Frances Anderton where we will talk about Treehouse Hollywood, the rollout of more locations and future concepts for multifamily living.
Sharing the stage with Walker will be Treehouse resident Jason E.C. Wright, founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a design research consultancy. Wright will talk about his experience building “family” at Treehouse during the pandemic, and will answer your questions about what it’s like to share a house with 60 people!
Walker will also talk about how growing up in public housing informed his thinking about residential design, and his work on the redesign of Jordan Downs, the public housing apartment complex in Watts, Los Angeles, currently undergoing a $1 billion redevelopment.
Treehouse Koreatown is currently on display at Low Rise, Mid Rise, High: Housing in LA Today inside the Helms Design Center. It is designed by The California Office with creative direction by Sean Knibb.

ABOUT PROPHET
Prophet Walker, Co-Founder and CEO of Treehouse, grew up in South LA, where amidst poverty, violence, and homelessness in his neighborhood, community was always at its core.
Prophet is deeply involved with both criminal justice and education reform and served on multiple non-profit and civic boards. In 2014, Prophet ran for the California State Assembly, coming in second. This passion for reform was triggered by his personal experience of being incarcerated at 16 and sentenced to spend six years within an adult prison. While incarcerated, he started a state-wide program that allowed inmates to earn a two-year college degree, and today thousands of inmates participate in the program. Prophet was one of the program’s first graduates to come home and he attended Loyola Marymount University, where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. In 2015, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Prophet to attend the State of the Union to honor his efforts to reform our criminal justice system and for his commitment to our children.
Prophet’s experiences surrounding community strength and human connectedness inspired him to create Treehouse, recognizing the power of community in proximity and shared humanity. Prophet leads the company day to day, with a focus on acquisitions research, property selection, and investor relations.

ABOUT JASON
Jason E.C. Wright is the Founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture, and reference materials. Jason is Indiana born and raised, who now considers Los Angeles home. Jason is an accomplished designer, researcher, writer, with 20+ years as a retail and fashion professional, who takes his love of books seriously, serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood.

Open Studio Exhibition Hours - Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today
2021-06-21 12:00 - 2021-07-01 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Join us at Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today, an in-person pop-up exhibition of residential buildings in the pipeline taking place at the Helms Design Center through June 27th from 12:00 to 4:00 PM daily and by Appointment Only until July 1st.
While life slowed down for many Angelenos, the L.A. cityscape did not stay still. For the past year, architects and builders have been busy, working on designs to address L.A.’s biggest need: Housing. And they are doing so in multi-unit buildings, at multiple scales, that advance the idea of home.
30+ design teams will display Low Rise dwellings from ADUs to four-story multifamily dwellings; Mid Rise affordable and market rate housing on transit corridors; High Rise towers for downtown, Hollywood and the Miracle Mile. The show is presented by Helms Bakery District in partnership with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo LA Metro Program. It is organized by Frances Anderton and Stephen Phillips (Director, Cal Poly LA Metro).
WHAT:
Much of the public dialogue around housing in Los Angeles today has to do with the politics around it, and the crisis of homelessness. But while these debates continue, housing is being built, in a patchwork of starkly different scales and styles. It is shaped in part by zoning, code, and parking requirements, costly land, construction and materials, as well as competing development and neighborhood pressures. Yet despite this web of constraints, designers are building on the tradition of innovative SoCal living.
At Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today visitors will see dense, high, multi-unit housing with apartments filled with natural light, flowing space and a taste of the outside. Projects will demonstrate planning for sociability, as well as new material and structural solutions to housing affordability. They will show how new developments can still express the distinct and eclectic Los Angeles character. Finally, visitors will see how the pandemic may have altered planning priorities in the homes of tomorrow. The exhibition will feature models and renderings of projects in design or under construction. Displayed alongside these real-world schemes will be an exhibition of designs by Cal Poly LA Metro students.
The pop-up explores what these buildings say about how we live in Los Angeles today.
WHEN:
Open Studio Hours: Monday, June 21st to Sunday, June 27th; 12:00 to 4:00 PM
By Appointment Only: Monday, June 28th to Thursday, July 1st by contacting Angela Anthony.
WHERE: Studio A, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, 90232.
COVID RESTRICTIONS: To comply with State and County guidelines for public gatherings, please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) or mandatory masks will be required upon entry.
BIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:
Baumgartner + Uriu; Bestor Architecture; Brooks +Scarpa Architects & Plant Prefab; Bureau Spectacular; Byben; City Design Studio; Clive Wilkinson Architects; Connect Homes; Design, Bitches; Egan / Simon Architecture; Eric Owen Moss Architects; Gensler; Keating Architecture; kdA Kevin Daly Architects; KFA Architecture; Koning Eizenberg; Lance Collins (Partner Energy); LA Más; Lehrer Architects; Lorcan O’Herlihy (LOHA); Michael Anderson (Anderson-Barker); Michael W. Folonis Architects; Michael Maltzan Architecture; Mighty Buildings; Neil M. Denari Architects; P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S; Patrick Tighe Architecture; Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS); Studio Antares A+E; THECALIFORNIAOFFICE; Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
Special Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.

Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today, an Exhibition + Conversation
2021-06-19 13:00 - 17:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Join us for a public viewing and conversation at Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today, an in-person, pop-up exhibition of residential buildings in the pipeline taking place at the Helms Design Center on June 19th. The exhibition will remain open to the public through June 27th from 12:00 to 4:00 PM daily and by Appointment Only until July 1st.
While life slowed down for many Angelenos, the L.A. cityscape did not stay still. For the past year, architects and builders have been busy, working on designs to address L.A.’s biggest need: Housing. And they are doing so in multi-unit buildings, at multiple scales, that advance the idea of home.
30+ design teams will display Low Rise dwellings from ADUs to four-story multifamily dwellings; Mid Rise affordable and market rate housing on transit corridors; High Rise towers for downtown, Hollywood and the Miracle Mile. The show is presented by Helms Bakery District in partnership with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo LA Metro Program. It is organized by Frances Anderton and Stephen Phillips (Director, Cal Poly LA Metro).
WHAT:
Much of the public dialogue around housing in Los Angeles today has to do with the politics around it, and the crisis of homelessness. But while these debates continue, housing is being built, in a patchwork of starkly different scales and styles. It is shaped in part by zoning, code, and parking requirements, costly land, construction and materials, as well as competing development and neighborhood pressures. Yet despite this web of constraints, designers are building on the tradition of innovative SoCal living.
At Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today visitors will see dense, high, multi-unit housing with apartments filled with natural light, flowing space and a taste of the outside. Projects will demonstrate planning for sociability, as well as new material and structural solutions to housing affordability. They will show how new developments can still express the distinct and eclectic Los Angeles character. Finally, visitors will see how the pandemic may have altered planning priorities in the homes of tomorrow. The exhibition will feature models and renderings of projects in design or under construction. Displayed alongside these real-world schemes will be an exhibition of designs by Cal Poly LA Metro students.
Public Opening and Conversation Schedule
1:00 – 2:00: Meet + Mingle with the Architects
2:00: Welcome with Frances Anderton + Stephen Phillips
2:05: ADUs (Custom) Ben Warwas founder of Byben and Elizabeth Timme, of LA Más
2:20: ADUs (Factory) with Natalya Dobrinyna of Mighty Buildings, Gordon Stott of Connect Homes and Steve Glenn of Plant Prefab
2:35: Low Rise and Zoning with Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture and Angela Brooks of Brooks Scarpa
2:50: Low Rise as Equity Opportunity in South LA with Michael Anderson, author of “Urban Magic: Vibrant Black and Brown Communities Are Possible”
3:05: Mid Rise, 5 Over 2s and How to Make Them Lovely with Lance Simon of Egan Simon, Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu of B+ U and Patrick Tighe or Patrick Tighe Architecture
3:20: High Rise, Can we Build an LA-specific Tower? with Farooq Ameen and Pariya Mohammaditamar of City Design Office, Lorcan O’Herlihy of LOHA, Marcello Spina of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, and Li Wen of Gensler
3:40: Finale – Collapsing Boundaries with Eric Owen Moss
The exhibition will remain open until 5:00 PM.
WHEN:
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 17th; 6:00 to 8:30 PM (Invite Only)
Public Opening and Conversations: Saturday, June 19th; 1:00 to 5:00 PM; TICKETS are Free to the public
Open Studio Hours: Monday, June 21st to Sunday, June 27th; 12:00 to 4:00 PM
By Appointment Only: Monday, June 28th to Thursday, July 1st by contacting Angela Anthony.
WHERE: Studio A, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, 90232.
COVID RESTRICTIONS: To comply with State and County guidelines for public gatherings, please provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) or mandatory masks are required at the door.
BIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:
Baumgartner + Uriu; Bestor Architecture; Brooks +Scarpa Architects & Plant Prefab; Bureau Spectacular; Byben; City Design Studio; Clive Wilkinson Architects; Connect Homes; Design, Bitches; Egan / Simon Architecture; Eric Owen Moss Architects; Gensler; Keating Architecture; kdA Kevin Daly Architects; KFA Architecture; Koning Eizenberg; Lance Collins (Partner Energy); LA Más; Lehrer Architects; Lorcan O’Herlihy (LOHA); Michael Anderson (Anderson-Barker); Michael W. Folonis Architects; Michael Maltzan Architecture; Mighty Buildings; Neil M. Denari Architects; P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S; Patrick Tighe Architecture; Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS); Studio Antares A+E; THECALIFORNIAOFFICE; Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
Special Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.

Join Textile Arts L.A. for the Next Virtual Textile Slam on June 9th
2021-06-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
It’s time for the Summer edition of Textile Slam!
Join Textile Arts Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 9th at 7:00 PM as they host the next virtual Textile Slam, an opportunity to enjoy a peek at artists’ work, indulge in some friendly conversation, and spend time with fellow textile enthusiasts. Each of the presenters will deliver a quick and lively six-minute presentation, followed with Q&A and open conversation.
The theme is unusual materials, and the presenters include members and new faces:
Kimberley Morris, Hair
Diane Meyer, Embroidered Photographs
Claire Renaut, Spun Paper
Cindy Rinne, Poet, Upcycled Textile Garments
Tina Linville, Creating Community as an Artist or Art Practice
TICKETS
$15 public; $5 concessions; $Free for members

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED - Design Your Own Dream Space, A Virtual Community Art Class in Partnership with L.A. GOAL
2021-06-05 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom, CA
Free
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
Due to technical difficulties at the start of our May Design Your Own Dream Space workshop, it’s possible that some of our registered participants were unable to join the class. We are offering this Virtual Community Art Class again for anyone who would like to join! Whether you couldn’t make it the first time or you would like to participate for a second time, we can’t wait to see you!
On Saturday, June 5th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, we are partnering with L.A. GOAL and artist Dani Samson of Calico Flower Studio to bring you a virtual mixed media workshop.
In this workshop, participants will design their own 2-dimensional dream space – for example, a home, a room, a garden – through a mixed media approach. Dani will walk you through creative prompts to help ease the flow of ideas. Dani will demonstrate by creating her own dream space, but the specific design will ultimately be up to each participant.
Grab your family, a friend, or an artist in your life and join the fun! This class is intended to be enjoyable, joyful, and inspirational. A time to explore your creativity, connect with a creative community, and decompress from the stresses of everyday life. No experience necessary.
Read MORE about suggested art materials HERE.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
Registration closes on Friday, June 4th at 6pm PST. If you register after registration closes, we cannot guarantee that you will be admitted to the workshop.
*Please be punctual! Once Dani begins class, she will not be repeating instructions for late-comers.

ABOUT DANI SAMPSON
Dani Michaux Samson is a scrappy mixed media collage artist. She loves to collect residual material from her art and her day-to-day so that she may give it new life in her collages. Her creative practice stems from thoughts about her living space, the sanctuary that she calls home. Naturally, her cat is one of her muses and her number one studio assistant. Born and raised in Ohio, Dani received her MFA degree from Columbus College of Art & Design just before moving to Los Angeles in 2019. In L.A., she established her business, Calico Flower Studio, where her independent artwork can be viewed and purchased online. In the past, she has facilitated art activities with organizations such as Goodwill Columbus Art Studio & Gallery, Kya’s Krusade, Paint Nite, and Columbus Museum of Art. Her range of experience has allowed her to work with people of various ages and abilities. Currently, Dani brings art into the lives of LAUSD middle schoolers in the Team Prime Time After School Program. Throughout her career, she has maintained the belief that everyone has creative potential. Dani is so excited to meet the Helms Bakery/L.A. GOAL community!

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter
2021-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, June 3rd, 6:00 to 7:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter
Formerly of PHAT
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

Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter
Concurrent to practice, and borne out of the desire to challenge prevailing architectural orthodoxy, Stephen Slaughter and Nathaniel Belcher co-founded PHAT, a four-person, multi-disciplinary design collaborative that pursued work that questioned the role of race and identity in architecture and has shown in venues throughout the world including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the National Gallery of Victoria, Architecture Center in New York, and the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain’s young Architects Exhibition in Orléans.
Nathaniel Quincy Belcher is Head of School and Professor of Architecture for the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University appointed in 2020. He is a recipient of grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Graham Foundation, and other notable foundations and research entities. Educated at Virginia Tech and Harvard University, Mr. Belcher holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. He served two-term on the Advisory board for the Graduate School of Design at Harvard and was on national boards for the American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Board as and the Executive Board for the Association of Collegiate School of Architecture, where he served at treasurer. His work has been exhibited and published in many publications including Sites of Memory from Princeton Architectural Press, HarlemWorlds: Metropolis as a metaphor exhibition/ publication through the Studio Museum in New York City and in the Archilab exhibition in Orleans France.
After receiving a Master of Architecture from The Ohio State University, and initiating his career in Thom Mayne’s studio, Morphosis, Stephen Slaughter has worked in close collaboration with a number of highly respected and influential artists and architects, including Wes Jones of Jones, Partners: Architecture, Gary Bates and Gro Bonesmo of Space Group, and artists Edgar Arceneaux, and Tanya Aguiniga while in Los Angeles, with the Watts House Project. As a twenty-year practicing professional Slaughter’s experience spans from presiding over the rollout of retail boutiques, residences, and restaurants to managing large-scale institutional projects. For the past 15 years, along with practicing and producing work for exhibitions, Slaughter has taught in a variety of academic institutions such as SCI-Arc, and Woodbury University in Los Angeles, and the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Kentucky while living in Ohio. Inclusive of the many boards, committees, and non-profit arts organizations, he has chaired, Slaughter additionally served as designer, project manager, and inaugural board member for the Watts House Project, a not-for-profit, art-based neighborhood redevelopment organization that leveraged arts programming and architectural rehabilitation for the purpose of creative placemaking.

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)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter; Image of Curtin University School of Design and the Built Environment (2021); Image of Findlay Market Bag Kiosks (2016).

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nader Tehrani and Arthur Chang
2021-05-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, May 27th 4:00 to 5:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nader Tehrani and Arthur Chang
“What Would Wood Do?”
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

Nader Tehrani
For his contributions to architecture as an art, Nader Tehrani is the recipient of the 2020 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, to which he was also elected as a Member in 2021, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in The United States. Nader Tehrani is the founding principal of NADAAA and Dean of The Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. His research focuses on the transformation of the building industry, innovative material applications, and the development of new means and methods of construction, especially through digital fabrication. Tehrani’s work has received many prestigious awards, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award, and eighteen Progressive Architecture Awards. Prior to becoming Dean at the Cooper Union, he taught at RISD, Harvard GSD, Georgia Institute of Technology, and MIT. His office, NADAAA, for the past seven years in a row, has ranked among the top design firms in Architect Magazine’s Top 50 Firms in the United States, ranking as First three years in a row.
Arthur Chang
Arthur Chang, AIA is a Principal of NADAAA. He has been a key part of NADAAA and a collaborator of Nader Tehrani’s since 2004. Chang’s experience in planning and managing all aspects of design projects has led to his work receiving some of the most prestigious national and international awards. Chang has led a variety of institutional and public projects including the Melbourne School of Design, RISD’s Fleet Library, Helios House, the Research + Design Center at Beaver Country Day School, a new MBTA Headhouse in Boston’s Seaport, and North Hall, a new hybrid CLT/Steel residence hall for the Rhode Island School of Design. Chang holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He has served as visiting design critic for Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning; Northeastern University, Art & Architecture Department; Rhode Island School of Design; the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning; and Boston Architectural College.

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)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Nader Tehrani; Image of NADAAA Section; Image of Arthur Chang.

Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright
2021-05-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Wednesday, May 26th at 5:00 PM, join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an Instagram “Show & Tell” moderated by Jason E.C. Wright of @burntsiennaresearchsociety. You are in for a real treat so gather up your art books, design books, coffee table books or rare magazines and come nerd out with Jason.
Here’s how it works: Jason will be live @arcanabooks sharing some of his faves with you. Raise your hand to share and he will tap you in. Chat about your most influential book or bookshop. Enjoy the hour, meet some interesting people, and support your local bookstore. @arcanabooks is a great place to start, online or in person. Shop Local and Love Local. There’s nothing like a little book fun in the middle of the week. Thanks Jason!
ABOUT JASON
Jason E.C. Wright is the Founder of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture, and reference materials. Jason is Indiana born and raised, who now considers Los Angeles home. Jason is an accomplished designer, researcher, writer, with 20+ years as a retail and fashion professional, who takes his love of books seriously, serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Jeannette Kuo
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, May 20th 12:00 to 1:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Jeannette Kuo of Karamuk Kuo
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

Jeannette Kuo
Jeannette Kuo is a founding partner of KARAMUK KUO based in Zurich. Established in 2010 with Ünal Karamuk, the work of the office focuses on the intersection of spatial concepts and constructive technologies, recognizing architecture as a social and material discipline. The office works on projects of a range of scales, from schools and housing to complex cultural projects, and has been published in numerous international journals including Archithese, Werk, Bau + Wohnen, Metropolis, and Casabella. In 2018, KARAMUK KUO was documented in issue 196 of El Croquis monographs. Recent projects include the International Sports Sciences Institute in Lausanne, the Augusta Raurica Archaeological Center, Weiden Secondary School, and Cham Apartments. This year they were recognized by Domus as one of the 50 best architectural firms of 2020.
Beyond her practice, Kuo regularly contributes to the architectural discourse through her academic commitments and writings, as well as participation in conferences and symposia. Her publication, A-Typical Plan: Projects and Essays on Identity, Flexibility, and Atmosphere in the Office Building, received the 2013 Most Beautiful Swiss Book award. This was followed by the critically acclaimed Space of Production: Projects and Essays on Rationality, Atmosphere, and Expression in the Industrial Building in 2015. She regularly serves on international competition juries and most recently was European jury president for the LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction.
In 2006, Kuo was the recipient of the competitive Maybeck Teaching Fellowship at UC Berkeley and has also taught at MIT. From 2011 to 2014 she held a visiting professorship at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) before joining the faculty at the GSD in 2016. In addition, she has lectured and been a guest critic at numerous institutions such as ETH Zurich, Columbia University, The Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, Pratt Institute, Hong Kong University, and the University of Toronto. Kuo received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley, a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard GSD, and a Master of Advanced Studies from the ETH Zurich.

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)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Jeannette Kuo and Unal Karamuk; Image of House on a Slope (2020); Image of International Sports Sciences Institute, University of Lausanne (2018).

Reading Materials, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
2021-05-18 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 May 18th from 7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is THE CREATIVE HABIT: LEARN IT AND USE IT FOR LIFE by Twyla Tharp. JOIN THE CLUB!
All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.

Studio Tour with Artist Ann B. Coddington
2021-05-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
On Friday, May 14th at 12 noon, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles for a fascinating look into artist Ann B. Coddington‘s practice and studio.
$10 public / Free for members
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork borrows the technique twining from the traditional craft of basketry to create a sculptural expression of my beliefs and experiences and how they are sensed by the body. I am intrigued by the process of and differences between feeling and knowing; body and mind. Ineffable memories held by the body are more potent, penetrating and enduring than those in the mind. My forms are actuated by this somatic memory in conjunction with an investigation of the dichotomies: eternal and ephemeral, strength and fragility, masculine and feminine, free and captive, old and young, living and dead.
As the world becomes increasingly technological, my work moves in the opposite direction to the point where now I tie two pieces of string together, bend some sticks, form plaster in my hands, and mold clay. Reducing art-making down to the most elemental means of expression, the simplest creative task challenges and satisfies me. Much of my current artwork pushes back against the world of increasingly complex technologies that, paradoxically, in an effort to connect us, instead separates and isolates us, removing us from authentic experience. The slow building of one stitch upon another exists within an ancient time frame, virtually un-experienced in the contemporary, digital society. My art is my voice, more than my words and in my work, feeling overshadows knowing.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Ernestina Osorio
2021-05-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, May 13th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Ernestina Osorio
Interdependence and the Construction of a Transnational Discourse of Mexican Modernism
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

Ernestina Osorio
Ernestina Osorio teaches courses on the history and theory of architecture, art, and visual culture. She completed her Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University after finishing her undergraduate studies with Distinction in Art History and Spanish literature at UC Santa Barbara, earning a professional degree in Architecture at UCLA, and practicing architecture and urban design. Her writing focuses on Mexico and studies architecture’s relation to cultural memory, visual culture, media, and urbanism. Osorio’s interests have been augmented by migration and travel experiences and the notion of constructed boundaries in the landscape and horizon. Her work explores built environments in Latin America and their diverse influences and tendencies, from Indigenous knowledge systems, the effects of ideological and technological developments, to the dissemination of architectural ideas across geographical and theoretical terrains. This presentation is part of an interdisciplinary project that examines the transnational and intercultural provocations, exchange, reception, and representation of Mexican architectural modernisms and the intellectual genealogies that shaped them. Osorio discusses how a convergence of architecture, art, photography, traditional arts, and anthropology in the early to mid-twentieth century represented attempts within these areas to highlight the inextricable link between Indigenous knowledge and Modernism in Mexico.

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)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Ernestina Osorio; Image of the Pyramid of Cuicuilco; Image of Modotti Stairs.
