Helms Design District

Drew Carolan, MATINEE: All Ages on the Bowery, A Photography Exhibition and Artist Book Signing
2018-09-27 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, September 27 from 7 to 10 pm, Tornado Creative presents Matinee: All Ages on the Bowery with photographer Drew Carolan for a special artist reception, photography exhibition and book signing. This event is a special preview of one of the many events that will kick off the Culver City Arts Walk the following Saturday, October 6, 2018. This Helms Bakery District Event is FREE to all who attend.
In the early 1980s, Drew Carolan assisted Richard Avedon on his landmark project ‘In the American West.’ When Carolan returned to New York City, he applied Avedon’s photographic strategy to capture a new youth tribe on the edge. The result is a collection of photographs capturing the beauty, vulnerability and the unbridled energy of youth during the height of the Reagan years.

Room & Board Hosts a Special Art Show in Support of LA Family Housing
2018-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Free
Room & Board believes deeply in creating a home you love. LA Family Housing has a similar endeavor.
On Wednesday, September 26th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, join Room & Board for a special art show featuring the works of one hundred local, contemporary artists in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH).
LAFH is dedicated to helping families and individuals transition out of homelessness and poverty and into permanent housing. Through October 6th, designated artwork in the showroom will be available for purchase with 50% of the proceeds going directly to support LAFH.
Artist: Diane Cockerill, Route 66, digital photograph, 22. 5 x 18.5 inches

Helms Sunset Cinema: A Wrinkle In Time
2018-09-22 19:15 - 21:30 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
Free
On Saturday, September 22, join us on Helms Walk, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue, for our annual Sunset Cinema series. This year we embrace hopefulness, screening family-friendly heroic films with strong, brave, and courageous leaders who triumph when faced with challenging obstacles.

A WRINKLE IN TIME
2009 | Rated PG | Runtime: 109 Min
The third film in our series is A WRINKLE IN TIME. Meg (Storm Reid) and her little brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), have been without their scientist father for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.
Come by early to shop, grab a bite, or get your movie snack to go. We’ll provide plenty of chairs, so bring your friends and neighbors for a little free fun under the stars!
Plus, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, the ROSIES ice POP! cart will be visiting us selling pre-movie snacks.
Learning to navigate the world of employment is challenging for many, and for the 74% of people with disabilities who are unemployed in Los Angeles County, it can be even more daunting.
POP! provides intensive workplace training with ongoing softer and more natural skills guidance, led by the current ROSIES Crew training apprentices, for who skills such as self-awareness, emotional regulation, and/or decision-making might be challenging at times. Which if we were all honest with ourselves is really EVERYONE!

Helms Sunset Cinema: Coco
2018-09-15 19:15 - 21:30 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
Free
On Saturday, September 15 at 7:15 pm, join us on Helms Walk, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue, for our annual Sunset Cinema series. This year we embrace hopefulness, screening family-friendly heroic films with strong, brave, and courageous leaders who triumph when faced with challenging obstacles.

COCO
2017 | Rated PG | Runtime: 105 Min
The second film in our series is COCO. Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor (Gael García Bernal), the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.
Come by early to shop, grab a bite, or get your movie snack to go. We’ll provide plenty of chairs, so bring your friends and neighbors for a little free fun under the stars!
Plus, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, the ROSIES ice POP! cart will be visiting us selling pre-movie snacks.
Learning to navigate the world of employment is challenging for many, and for the 74% of people with disabilities who are unemployed in Los Angeles County, it can be even more daunting.
POP! provides intensive workplace training with ongoing softer and more natural skills guidance, led by the current ROSIES Crew training apprentices, for who skills such as self-awareness, emotional regulation, and/or decision-making might be challenging at times. Which if we were all honest with ourselves is really EVERYONE!

Textile Arts LA Hosts Mindful Materials, A Textile Summit
2018-09-15 09:30 - 18:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
We are excited to announce our partnership with Textile Arts Los Angeles! You are invited to join us for Mindful Materials, a 2-day textile summit on Saturday September 15 and Sunday September 16, to explore questions, approaches, and responses to the concept of Mindful Materials. The textile, manufacturing, apparel, and “making” communities have been questioning – in a variety of ways and with a range of enthusiasm – the concept of sustainability, the power of innovation, the role of technology, and how collaboration rather than competition can be a path forward.
As artists and community members, what is our role in these questions and to what degree do we turn to disruption, i.e., a radical rethinking of our ways of making and being in the world? How do we contribute to a meaningful dialogue and course of action – both in our intimate community and in our position within one of the largest urban environments and economic markets in the world?
MINDFUL MATERIALS: SPEAKERS + PANELISTS
SATURDAY 9:30AM – 6PM

Carmen Artigas, sustainable designer, consultant, and speaker, specializing in integrating ethical practices within the fashion industry.
Kristine Upesleja of Madisons Innovative
Barbara Bryn Klare, rescued textile artist
Outerknown
Adele Stafford of Voices of Industry
Kestrel Jenkins of Conscious Chatter
Jessica Schreiber of Fab Scrap
and more!

Arcana: Books on the Arts will be extending a discount on book purchases to all paid attendees.
SATURDAY PANELS ONLY: $145 members; $160 non-members
SUNDAY BUNDLE DYEING WITH THE DOGWOOD DYER: $150 + $15 materials fee members; $175 + $15 materials fee non-members
WEEKEND: $285 members; $325 non-members (both + $15 materials fee)
Click here for complete information and registraion.

Textile Arts Los Angeles Hosts Emerging Artists: Professional Development Program
2018-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Wednesday, September 12 from 7 to 9 pm, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles (TALA) for the first class in their EMERGING ARTISTS: Professional Development Program (and Craft-palooza), a multi-part professional development series intended for emerging artists in any field – not just textiles/fiber!
TALA will address questions related to developing and sustaining a professional art practice. An informal craft-art community workshop will follow each presentation, to allow time for conversation and stretching your creative muscles. We hope to see you there! Visit textileartsla.org for more information and to register.
THE BUSINESS OF ART WITH A. MCLEAN EMENEGGER
A. McLean Emenegger has been an active leader in the L.A. artistic community since 1997. She reestablished her art consulting and visual artist support firm in 2016 to be McLean Art Projects, offering an expansion of her curatorial and educational services. She maintains an active public speaking schedule and travels extensively with her “Business of Art” workshops for visual artists. Emenegger will discuss how to navigate the business of art.
CLASS FEE:
$25 MEMBERS
$35 NON-MEMBERS
CRAFT-PALOOZA from 8 to 9 p.m.: Architect and artist Jeff Morrical will introduce the Miura* folding pattern that creates dimensional, sculptural paper forms. Craft-palooza is intended to be a quick, playful hour to stretch your creative muscles and engage with other student-attendees for networking and midweek relaxation. All materials will be supplied.

Helms Sunset Cinema: Black Panther
2018-09-08 19:15 - 21:30 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
Free
On Saturday, September 8, join us on Helms Walk, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue, for our annual Sunset Cinema series. This year we embrace hopefulness, screening family-friendly heroic films with strong, brave, and courageous leaders who triumph when faced with challenging obstacles.

BLACK PANTHER
2018 | Rated PG-13 | Runtime: 135 Min
The first film in our series is BLACK PANTHER. After the death of his father, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king – and as Black Panther – gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people.
Come by early to shop, grab a bite, or get your movie snack to go. We’ll provide plenty of chairs, so bring your friends and neighbors for a little free fun under the stars!
Plus, from 4:00 to 7:00pm, the ROSIES ice pop and karaoke truck will be visiting us for some pre-movie fun.
Learning to navigate the world of employment is challenging for many, and for the 74% of people with disabilities who are unemployed in Los Angeles County, it can be even more daunting.
POP! provides intensive workplace training with ongoing softer and more natural skills guidance, led by the current ROSIES Crew training apprentices, for who skills such as self-awareness, emotional regulation, and/or decision-making might be challenging at times. Which if we were all honest with ourselves is really EVERYONE!

Modern Hand Quilting Workshop with Textile Artist Aneesa Shami
2018-09-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
We are excited to welcome our artist-in-residence this summer, Aneesa Shami, who will camp out inside the Helms Design Center to continue her work on pieces from her “Syndication” series, as well as offer a suite of three workshops as part of the Helms fine art series, remnant & artifacts.
These workshops will highlight weaving, knitting, and quilting as three major facets of textile and fiber techniques. Each session will dive into a brief, introductory history of each technique followed by hands-on instruction and experimentation.
Visit Aneesa during her open studio hours or join us for the final workshop. Participants are encouraged to play, make, learn, and connect with fiber materials and techniques in new and exciting ways!
Modern Hand Quilting
Saturday, September 8
10am – 1pm
$75 + $15 materials fee
Introduction will cover a brief history and evolution of quilting, with a focus on Wartime quilts, Modern quilting, and Art Quilts, with a brief insight into Appalachian/Rocky Mountain quilts and the Gee’s Bend phenomenon. The hands-on workshop portion will consist of a learning how to quilt from start to finish. Participants will create a “micro-quilt” (approximately the size of one’s hand). Previous sewing experience is a plus, but not needed. Techniques include basting, hand-quilting/stitching, and sewing a binding on. End product is perfect for a coaster, mousepad, wall hanging, tiny textile, or anything else your creative mind decides.
About remnants & artifacts
A well-lived life is often driven by a search to find meaning and purpose within a world that frequently appears irrational and chaotic. We use our collected experiences — encounters with people, places, objects, literature, music and art — to develop a personal paradigm, an internal language that helps us make sense of our significance and define our reason for being.

Please join us for an ongoing art series that examines the idea of ‘remnants and artifacts’, the small remainders, residues, and unexpected revelations of the artist’s collected experiences as discovered within their body of work and provide us with a possible avenue for a deeper appreciation of the worldview that underlies their creative hopes, dreams, and fears.

Join us for a Book Signing + Conversation with Architect Jennifer Bonner
2018-09-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, September 6th from 6 to 8 pm, please join THIS X THAT and architect Jennifer Bonner, Director of MALL for a conversation and book signing of A Guide to the Dirty South – Atlanta inside the Helms Design Center. The Guide will be available for purchase during the event, as well as inside the Arcana: Books on the Arts showroom.
Please RSVP to: rsvp@thisxthat.com
Drawing on the format of the urban guidebook, Jennifer Bonner’s A Guide to the Dirty South―Atlanta generates a new discourse about the architecture of the American South. By guiding readers on a tour of Atlanta, this project seeks to reclaim a regional identity for cities otherwise deemed to be a “backwoods” by the East and West Coasts. Borrowing from the hip hop industry and recognizing the rivalry between the two coasts, A Guide to the Dirty South―Atlanta acknowledges that amidst the NYC-LA rivalry, the South had its own story to tell, and redirects our attention to a ‘third coast’.
Steeped in geography, historical events, typology, storytelling, and popular culture, the guide takes idiosyncratic trajectories through the city that urge a long overdue reading of Dirty South regionalism through architecture. Part tour guide, part architectural manual, the publication also features oral histories through a set of interviews with prominent architects, theorists, chefs, community leaders, and hip hop artists, from architectural historian Mario Carpo to hip-hop group Goodie Mob.
Authored by Jennifer Bonner, director of architecture studio MALL, A Guide to the Dirty South―Atlanta takes the reader on a tour of “Rap City”, “Pop up Surface Lots”, “Architecture of Quarantine” and a “Geography of Smells”. Wittily designed, and featuring beautiful illustrations throughout, A Guide to the Dirty South―Atlanta is perfect for those new to the architectural delights of Atlanta and long-time fans alike.

About the Author
Born in Alabama, Jennifer Bonner founded MALL, a creative practice for art and architecture in 2009. MALL stands for Mass Architectural Loopty Loops or Maximum Arches with Limited Liability – an acronym with built-in flexibility. By engaging “ordinary architecture” such as gable roofs and everyday materials, Bonner playfully reimagines architecture in her field.
Jennifer Bonner is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master in Architecture II Program at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. As a recipient of Emerging Voices Award (AIA/Young Architects Forum) two Faculty Design Awards (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture) and Next Progressives (Architect Magazine), her creative work has been published in architectural trade journals including Architect, Architectural Review, Architectural Record, and Wallpaper, as well as more experimental publications including a+t, DAMn, ART PAPERS, PLAT, Offramp, and MAS Context.

Arcana Books Hosts a Book Signing + Conversation with Artist Simone Shubuck
2018-07-28 16:00 - 18:00
Free
On Saturday, July 28th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing and conversation with artist Simone Shubuck. The discussion – about her new book, her ‘Wifey‘ project, and the relationship between art and food – will be moderated by curator Laura Fried and will include Wifey collaborator and James Beard-nominated pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz*. *And, yes, there will be cake. And Yola Mezcal.
In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched Wifey, a Brooklyn pop-up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.
While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed 10 cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz – both of New York’s Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso – to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layer cakes which were served at Wifey to great acclaim.
As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: “She had made a paged project before; a short run of zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. ‘It had more of a punk vibe,’ Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course. (It’s the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life.) As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: ‘Simone’s work—on paper, in clay, in life!—retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.’ Click here to read more about Ms. Shubuck’s book and its New York launch on Vogue.com.

L.A.'s New Era of Urban Design with Christopher Hawthorne
2018-07-27 07:15 - 09:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
For over a decade, architecture fans have read, appreciated, and debated Christopher Hawthorne in the pages of the Los Angeles Times. In addition to critiquing the city’s architectural masterpieces — new and old, large and small — Hawthorne branched out into a form of academic activism, sponsoring a series of discussions that he called the “Third Los Angeles.” Third L.A. encompassed the idea that, with the era of rampant growth behind us, Los Angeles must embrace a new urban form. Now, Hawthorne has leapt from the page to the lecture hall and now to City Hall, where he recently began his tenure as the city’s first Chief Design Officer.
In this role, Hawthorne will guide the city’s efforts to promote good design and improve the aesthetics of the public realm. This vision is surely a work in progress, and Hawthorne is speaking with Angelenos citywide to discern common goals and visions. This month, Christopher Hawthorne joins Westside Urban Forum to update us on what his tenure might mean for the city’s architects, planners, and developers. We will have a wide-ranging discussion and audience participation to learn about, and contribute to, the future of urban design in Los Angeles.
Parking
Available in the adjacent, interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd., Culver City (look for the red banners), or ample street parking, or via the Expo Light Rail line, one block to the east of Helms Bakery.
7:15am-9am
7:15am Registration
7:30am Breakfast
7:45am Panel Discussion
BUY TICKETS
$50 members
$65 nonmembers
$10 student members
$15 student nonmembers
Pre-registration closes on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. After July 18, 2018 and at onsite registration the cost will be an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this date.

Get Your Garden in Shape! Modernica and Mickey's Plants Pop Up At Rejuvenation
2018-07-22 12:00 - 17:00 | Rejuvenation, 8780 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
Free
On Sunday, July 22 from 12 to 5 pm, join Rejuvenation for two FREE workshops with Modernica and Mickey Hargitay Plants.
Modernica and Mickey’s Plants will provide their expertise on choosing the right greenery for your planter, plus tips and tricks on plant care during the workshops. Drop-in workshops will take place at 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
Save 20% on all Modernica planters during this event!

Little Bite Gallery Returns to Helms with a Solo Exhibition by Melissa Falco Williams
2018-07-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, July 21st from 7 to 10 pm, join us for the second installation from Little Bite Gallery inside the Helms Design Center, presenting Inch by Inch, a solo exhibition featuring 70+ works of art by Melissa Falco Williams, as part of the Helms fine art series remnants & artifacts.
After the opening night, Inch by Inch will be available to the public on Friday, July 27th and Sunday, July 29th, time TBD. ALL OTHER TIMES, the exhibition is available BY APPOINTMENT ONLY through August 2nd, by contacting Alyssa at Info@littlebitegallery.com.
“My inspiration comes from life, from every experience I’ve had, from every person I’ve met. Perhaps I’ve always had a desire to discover a greater connection to the world around me and bring beauty and understanding in moments that can sometimes feel scary and harsh—to find the extraordinary in the smallest details and kindness in every expression.
Through art, I have discovered a place of serenity, a place of freedom. Creating art has been a pathway to my heart and also to my community. It has given me the courage to embrace a bigger piece of me, to connect and share with fellow artists and join hands in the spirit of discovery.” -Melissa Falco Williams
“I first met Melissa three and a half years ago. Her curious, vibrant approach to creativity always enthralled me. Over the years I’ve witnessed the unabashed expression and truth Melissa conveys through her artwork. Her work makes a resounding mark on all who view it, leaving us to bask in the glory of it’s unedited expression. You can feel the catharsis, the freedom and release Melissa feels when she paints. How she makes sense of the world and lovingly adds to it. My hope in presenting her work is to present as many people as possible to this expressive resonance and color, and the power of Melissa’s honest and emotive movement. Inch by Inch challenges the viewer to look closely, to feel deeply, and to express fully. Can you feel the freedom?” -Alyssa, Director of Little Bite Gallery
About renmants & artifacts
A well-lived life is often driven by a search to find meaning and purpose within a world that frequently appears irrational and chaotic. We use our collected experiences — encounters with people, places, objects, literature, music and art — to develop a personal paradigm, an internal language that helps us make sense of our significance and define our reason for being.

Please join us for an ongoing art series that examines the idea of ‘remnants and artifacts’, the small remainders, residues, and unexpected revelations of the artist’s collected experiences as discovered within their body of work and provide us with a possible avenue for a deeper appreciation of the worldview that underlies their creative hopes, dreams, and fears.

AIA Presents: Small Firms 101 - A Seminar Series
2018-07-20 08:00 - 12:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Friday, July 20th from 8 am to 12 pm, join AIA Los Angeles for SMALL FIRMS 101: A series of hands-on professional development workshops that will serve as a forum to give architects and designers insight and access to the tools and resources which will help organize and operate a successful architectural & design practice.
Each workshop will be four hours long- comprised of four presentations of 30-40 minutes, with a 20-30 minute interactive Q&A. All three seminars eligible for 3.5 Continuing Education Series Learning Units each!
Workshop Two: Growth, Strategy, and Effective Management as a Small Firm
Panelists Include:
Jessamyn Davis – Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Rios Clementi Hale Studios author of “Financial Management for Emerging Design Firms”
Dan Brunn, AIA – Founding Principal, Dan Brunn Architecture author of “Creating Your Brand”
Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA – Founding Principal, Taylor & Company
Donna Peters Haldipur – PR Account Executive, Taylor & Company author of “How to Maximize your PR Potential”
Maggie Hattan – Human Resources Consultant, HR Prescriptions author of “Human Resources Management- Employee vs. CA Independent Contractor”
Registration: $60 AIA Members | $80 Non-Members
AIA Members: Register for all three workshops and pay $150!
Series Schedule
Friday, September 14: Alternative Practices + Future Planning for Small Firms

Kevin McCollister and Lynell George Explore Hidden L.A.
2018-07-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, July 7th from 7:30 – 9:30 please join us for a reception and discussion with photographer Kevin McCollister and award-winning author and friend, Lynell George.
Kevin McCollister’s photos featured in the pages of his book, East of West LA, steer us far away from stock images of Los Angeles. Image to image, he reveals an L.A. of quiet stretches, faith, hard work and humble accommodations. In an evening of photographs and conversation, we’ll travel into those intimate spaces and discuss the hidden Los Angeles — and Angelenos — McCollister has come to know.
This event is open to the public.

AIA Presents: Small Firms 101 - A Seminar Series Copy
2018-06-29 08:00 - 12:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Friday, June 29th from 8 am to 12 pm, join AIA Los Angeles for SMALL FIRMS 101: A series of hands-on professional development workshops that will serve as a forum to give architects and designers insight and access to the tools and resources which will help organize and operate a successful architectural & design practice.
Each workshop will be four hours long- comprised of four presentations of 30-40 minutes, with a 20-30 minute interactive Q&A. All three seminars eligible for 3.5 Continuing Education Series Learning Units each!
Workshop One – Starting Small: Best-Practices + Business Development for Small Firms
Panelists Include:
Christopher Warren, AIA – Founding Principal, WORD author of “READY, SET, GO: Taking the big leap toward starting a new practice.”
Rebecca Rudolph, AIA – Co-founder, Design, Bitches
Catherine Johnson, AIA – Co-founder, Design, Bitches author of “Hustle & Flow – How to get and deliver the projects you want to do.”
Tim Corbett – Founder & President, SmartRisk author of “Correlation of Enterprise Risk Management on Performance”
Ryan J. Kohler – Partner, Collins Collins Muir + Stewart author of “Indemnity, Insurance, and the Standard of Care: Key Legal Factors in your Contract”
Registration: $60 AIA Members | $80 Non-Members
AIA Members: Register for all three workshops and pay $150!
Series Schedule
Friday, July 20: Growth, Strategy, and Effective Management as a Small Firm
Friday, September 14: Alternative Practices + Future Planning for Small Firms

L.A. GOAL's Community Art Exhibition Pops Up at the Helms Design Center
2018-06-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, June 16th from 11 am to 4 pm, please join us for L.A. GOAL’s second annual inclusive community art exhibition.
Through a select group of artwork, the employed Artists of L.A. GOAL -in collaboration with L.A. GOAL staff and volunteers- share a feeling, memory, thought process, person, food or abstraction that flavors their lives. Come see what adds spice and meaning, the unique ingredients and/or perspectives that shape who we are and how we arrived at this moment.
This exhibition is open to the public one day only!!! What is your Secret Recipe?
Exhibition photo by Jonathan Sirand.

Arcana Books Celebrates Shaniqwa Jarvis' First Book
2018-06-09 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, June 9th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, head over to Arcana: Books on the Arts to meet Shaniqwa Jarvis and celebrate the arrival of her fabulous new book!
Shaniqwa Jarvis’ first book Shaniqwa Jarvis presents one hundred and sixty pages of editorial and personal work spanning two decades drawn from the photographer’s archive. This lovely hardbound volume published by Baque Creative features an introduction by photographer Ryan McGinley accompanied by a meticulous selection of pictures from her favorite personal series such as “Bathroom Portraits” – shot in the toilets of bars in the early 2000s – along with editorial work for clients like The Gap, The New York Times, Supreme, Billboard, and Riposte that includes portraits of SZA, Lee Scratch Perry, George Condo, Cardi B, and a few requisite selfies.
Ms. Jarvis’ work is known for blending the aesthetics of modern fashion photography with the sensitive, unfiltered emotion of art portraiture. In some of her best-loved imagery she captures vivid reality across a wide variety of subjects that always appear to be an extension of herself. The images speak to raw, disparate feelings imbued with a deep sparkling optimism. The photos in this collection are an invitation to join Jarvis on a journey to see the world from her vantage point – one that is female, black, tirelessly hardworking, and brimming with raucous, positive vibrations. These are images of celebrities who seem like best friends, vintage shots of downtown New York notables in their heyday, children, loved ones in all colors of the rainbow, and delicate landscapes and travel souvenirs. Here is sorrow and joy commingling in pictures, many of them highly autobiographical, all representing a progressive and optimistic world.

Come Listen to a Lively Presentation by the Students and Jurors of AIA's 2x8 Competition
2018-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
How do next generation designers envision the future of their city and individual buildings within it? What are student designers’ priorities for architecture? Which conventions will they break from and which will they choose to follow? These answers can be found in the winning entries of 2×8, the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter’s 2018 student competition, and revealed further in a corresponding live event on Thursday, June 7, from 6 to 8PM at the Helms Design Center.
Join us for a rapid and eclectic presentation by winners of this year’s AIA|LA 2×8 student competition + live, insightful commentary from this year’s jury.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP HERE to let us know you’re attending.
Dubbed “2×8: Inside Stories”, the evening will feature rapid-fire presentations by winning students, augmented by real-time commentary by this year’s competition jury Carlos Madrid – SOM; Catherine Johnson, AIA – Design, Bitches; and Jeanne Chen, AIA – Moore Ruble Yudell Architects.
Fifteen students representing seven schools across the region received $13,000 in scholarships for their 2×8 work, including first place winner Sally Park of Otis College of Art and Design – Architecture | Landscape | Interiors who was awarded $5000 by the AIA|LA for her entry “Collage City.” Student work is currently displayed on Helms Avenue until June 19, 2018.
Park’s entry recognized the significance of lifestyle in driving design, an emphasis on functionality as well as aesthetic. In this case, Park organized a multi-family residential building according to lifestyles inhabitants might pursue, apportioning some areas of the multi-level residence for dwellers who might lead academic lives, others who followed athletic or artistic pursuits and so on. Carlos Madrid, a competition juror, noted that Park’s “clarity” drove recognition of her entry. “This was a strong, clear concept, that the student communicated with great simplicity,” he noted.
Here’s a complete list of 2018 2×8 Winners:
First Place: Sally Park
School: Otis College of Art and Design – Architecture | Landscape | Interiors
Entry: “Collage City”
Second Place (The Montalba Architects Scholarship): Socrates Medina and Joyce Abarsosa
School: CalPoly Pomona Department of Architecture
Entry: “Agnes Martin Museum”
Second Place (The BaronHR Scholarship): Siqi Zhang
School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Architecture & Urban Design
Entry: “Steel Fabric”
Third Place (The AIA National Component Scholarship): Ashley Mangus
School: University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture
Entry: “City Seed”
Third Place: Yeqi Wang and Kyle Reckling
School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Architecture & Urban Design
Entry: “Interpelago”
Honorable Mention: Armen Janazyan and Ka Kit Chiu
School: Woodbury University School of Architecture
Entry: “Between The Lines”
Honorable Mention: Bianca Lin and Wilson Fung and Joshua Park
School: California College of the Arts, Architecture Division
Entry: “Dead Ends Aren’t Dead”
Honorable Mention: Sarah Sager and Jiming Bai
School: University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture
Entry: “Interstitial Space”
Honorable Mention: Chris Danielle Caracena
School: East Los Angeles College Department of Architecture
EbtrtL “The Irony on the Iconic”
What is 2×8?
2×8 is a competition, exhibition, and scholarship fund for architecture students at institutions of higher education throughout California. Academic institutions select two projects by student teams, which is then considered by a jury of architects and designers who select winning entries. Winners and scholarship recipients are announced at the exhibition opening but all entries are displayed.

Curatorial Hub Uses Arcana Books as Their Outpost
2018-06-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Curatorial Hub is an online gallery featuring diverse and affordable works by well-known and emerging artists from Los Angeles and beyond. To complement its cyberspace-seat at curatorialhub.com, a new exhibition series in a brick-and-mortar outpost will launch in June at Arcana: Books on the Arts! The first show will feature artists David P. Earle and Emily Joyce, with an opening reception on Sunday, June 3rd from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.
These month-long exhibitions at Arcana will be cozy two-person joints curated by the artists along with C⚡H founder, Bettina Hubby. This partnership provides a space for artists to showcase their work, while also sparking conversation about the meaning of and the relationship between the physical and virtual worlds and how our lives now occupy both.
David P. Earle‘s altered books are both excavations and constructions. Unearthing buried histories, finding aesthetic concordances and building new narratives, Earle burrows wormholes through paper, splices together photographs, and removes text exploiting the flatness of the page to suggest a parallel universe contained between the covers.
Emily Joyce’s paintings and sculptures are investigations into the underlying structure of the physical world; its mysteries and mathematics. The formally rigorous geometry in her work is offset by a purposefully awkward or playful gesture designed to destabilize the viewer. Taking her cues from early abstractionists and the Surrealists, she transforms found patterns and objects into hybrid creations whose parts add up to a whole that is new and familiar at the same time.
The concept for Curatorial Hub was created by artist Bettina Hubby who generously devotes part of her own practice to collaboration and connection, both of which are central to this new venture that draws on her strengths of curating, collaborating, and poetic outreach. “Democratizing access to creative output benefits everyone. Curatorial Hub offers a clean and simple way to get works out into the world while giving artists an opportunity outside of the traditional gallery setting to create supplemental income between exhibitions and projects.”

Lecture and Discussion with Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash / Back-splash ARCHITEKTUR
2018-06-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, June 2, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash / Back-splash ARCHITEKTUR.

About Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash (/) Back-slash () ARCHITEKTUR
Christoph A. Kumpusch is a New York-based architect and the Core I Coordinator at Columbia GSAPP, where he also directs the Extraction Laboratory and teaches design and visual studies.
Kumpusch is the director of Forward-slash (/), a multidisciplinary practice founded in 2008, and the head of Back-slash (), the experimental arm of Forward-slash (/), investigating technology and material effects on form and tectonics. Kumpusch grounds his work in a concentrated research program focused on architectural details and the spawning of new buildings from the smallest parts outward. A theoretical project runs parallel to this work, identifying historical and cultural contexts triggered by detail innovation. The office is both a design and publishing outfit — producing essays, books, exhibitions, installations, podcasts, performances, films, and buildings. Forward-slash (/) strives to be intellectually rigorous, materially sustainable, and socially responsible.
In 2017, Kumpusch founded the Extraction Laboratory, a Columbia GSAPP research laboratory examining architecture derived from situation, rather than place. In the summer of 2017, the lab’s summer workshop was based at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, where they designed and built a set of nine roof structures. The upcoming 2018 workshop, Dry – Wet, will travel to one of the driest landscapes on earth, the United Arab Emirates, then contrasted with one of the wettest, the Republic of the Maldives.
Kumpusch was a Leonardo da Vinci Fellow, a Rudolf M. Schindler Scholar in Residence at the MAK Center, a USAA Scholar, a National Collegiate Engineering Award-winner, and a 2013 and 2015 Graham Foundation Grantee. Kumpusch is co-author of System Wien with Lebbeus Woods, Anthony Vidler and Manuel DeLanda (Hatje Cantz, 2005); editor of IDEA(u)topsy ( / Productions, 2010); IDEA(L) ( / Productions, 2011); Built Ideas (Theoharis David, 2012); Light Pavilion (Lars Müller Publishers, 2013); Urban Hopes – Made in China (Lars Müller Publishers, 2014) and Detail Kultur – If Buildings Had DNA (AADCU, 2016).
He has also taught at Cornell University, Cooper Union, MIT, Ohio State University, Pratt, and SCI-Arc. Kumpusch completed his Ph.D. at the Universität für Angewandte Kunst – Wien. Recent projects include an elephant playground and water park in Patong, Thailand; an East Village Think Tank; a co-working space in Shoreditch, London and a feasibility study for a theater in Havana, Cuba. Forward-slash (/) was the winner of an international competition to build a hub and theater-space for Performa 15 – a world-renowned venue for performing arts in New York’s TriBeCa. The Light Pavilion at the Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, one of several projects spanning a decade of collaboration with Lebbeus Woods, was recently completed.

Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design Student Exhibition and Reception will precede Christoph Kumpusch’s lecture at the Helms District Design Center

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (top, left to right): Christoph Kumpusch, Burning Man; (below): Earthwave

Take 5: A Series of Creative Talks Comes to the Helms Design Center
2018-06-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Friday, June 1 from 6 to 9 pm, please join us for Take 5: A Series of Creative Talks presented by our newest partner, Use All Five. This series of short creative presentations explores the 5 senses – sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch – in an effort to bring together creative innovators in various fields around LA, building a community across disciplines.
Take 5 is a platform for engagement among industry leaders, organizations, and businesses.
Speakers:
Ria Dolly Barbosa: Exec Chef of Paramount Coffee Project and Go Get Em Tiger (Taste)
Saskia Wilson-Brown: Founder of The Institute for Art and Olfaction (Smell)
Alex Reed: Ceramic Artist (Touch)
Levi Brooks: Co-founder & CEO of Use All Five (Sight)
Corey Regensburg: Musician/ Producer – AKA Moon Bounce (Sound)

These talks are free and open to the public but please RSVP.
Schedule:
6:00 – 7:00: Drinks & Social (Beer & Wine)
7:00 – 7:30: Speaker Presentations
7:30 – 8:00: Q&A / Panel Discussion
8:00 – 9:00: Drink & Mingle
This event will be brought to life by the team at Use All Five.

Lecture and Discussion with Bryan Cantley of Formu:LA
2018-05-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, May 31, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Bryan Cantley of Formu:LA

About Bryan Cantley of Form:uLA
Form:uLA is an experimental design practice owned by Bryan Cantley that attempts to blur the indeterminate zone between architecture and its representation.
An alumnus of UCLA, Bryan has lectured at a number of architecture schools internationally, and has taught as visiting faculty at SCI-Arc and Woodbury.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art purchased eleven of Bryan’s models and drawings in 2001 as a part of their permanent collection. He is also the recipient of a Graham Foundation Grant (2002) and has held a solo exhibition and served as the International Guest Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2008 and 2017. Cantley’s work has been exhibited at the SFMOMA, UNCC, and UCLA, among other institutions.
Cantley’s solo exhibition “Dirty Geometries + Mechanical Imperfections” premiered at SCI-Arc in 2014, and his work was featured in AD Magazine’s “Drawing Strength From Machinery” in 2008, and “Drawing Architecture” in 2013. Cantley has also had drawings published in the Journal of Architectural Education and numerous other international magazines including Surrealism and Architecture (2016) and Celebrating the Marvelous: Surrealism in Architecture (2018). He is presently working on a follow-up to his first monograph, Mechudzu (2011), tentatively titled “Speculative Coolness”.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (top, left to right): Bryan Cantley, (untitled); (below): Taxo 3B

Upcoming Event
Saturday, June 2:
Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash (/) Back-slash () ARCHITEKTUR
alongside Cal Poly Student Design Exhibition

Room & Board Hosts Artist, Maker and Author Emily Katz
2018-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Free
On Wednesday, May 30th from 6 to 8 pm, please join Room & Board and the fiber-obsessed community from Knit Wit magazine for a special evening with Emily Katz, the Portland-based macramé phenomenon and author of the new book Modern Macramé.
Explore the rich design subculture of macramé, meet Emily and purchase her new book, available for signing. Please RSVP.
The conversation begins at 7 pm. Refreshments and light bites will be provided.

AIA Los Angeles Exhibits Student Work on Helms Walk
2018-05-22 17:30 - 20:30 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
Free
Join us on Tuesday, May 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm for a special celebration and installation of AIA|LA’s student competition, 2×8: Interlaced. Stop by to view work by architecture students from across the region, honor the winners, and familiarize yourself with the city’s next generation of designers.
The Opening Party for the 2018 2×8 student exhibition, competition, and winners announcement will take place on Helms Walk, our pedestrian plaza on Helms Avenue. Light Refreshments and Libations will be served. This event is FREE and Open to Members, the Public, and Friends. Please RSVP by filling out the form here.
The installation will remain on display from May 22 through June 19.
About 2×8
2×8 is a competition, exhibition, and scholarship fund for students at institutions of higher education throughout California.

Arcana Books Hosts a Celebration in Honor of Corita Kent
2018-05-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, May 19th between 4:00 and 6:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts to celebrate the beautiful new Atelier Éditions publication International Signal Code Alphabet by Corita Kent. Arcana will host a discussion and book signing with Dr. Ray Smith, Director of the Corita Art Center, and artist, curator, and Kent scholar, Aaron Rose.
“Radical American artist, educator and once-devout Catholic nun, Sister Mary Corita Kent’s provocative imagery has entranced audiences for over four decades. Originally completed in 1968, Kent’s International Signal Code Alphabet encompasses a series of twenty-six kaleidoscopic serigraphs integrating scripture, typography, image, icon, and the maritime flags of the International Code of Signals. As 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of both the series’ completion, and the centennial of Kent’s birth, this celebratory publication reproduces this engaging body of work for the very first time in a monographic, fine art format”. It features an introduction by Corita Art Center Director, Dr. Ray Smith along with a foreword authored by noted Kent scholar, artist, and curator Aaron Rose.

Lecture and Discussion with Maxi Spina and Jia Gu of Spinagu
2018-05-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, May 17, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Maxi Spina and Jia Gu of Spinagu.
JIA GU
Jia Gu (b. Shanghai, China) is an architectural designer, educator, and curator with a special interest in critical and conceptual practices in art and architecture. She holds a B.A in Visual Arts with Honors from UCSD and a Master of Architecture with Honors from UCLA. She is Director of Materials & Applications and Associate Director of UCLA A.UD Summer Programs. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at UCLA. She is a co-founder of Spinagu.
MAXI SPINA
Maxi Spina (b. Rosario, Argentina) is the co-founder of Spinagu. He is currently Design Faculty and Applied Studies Faculty at SCI-Arc. He was previously the Maybeck Fellow at UC Berkeley, Lecturer at CCA, and Associate Professor at Woodbury. His work has been featured in exhibitions at A+D Museum, SCI-Arc, Jai & Jai, and Wuho Gallery. He received his M.Arch from Princeton University and a B.Arch from National University of Rosario, Argentina.

SPINAGU is a practice dedicated to architecture, curation, and pedagogy, formed of Jia Gu and Maxi Spina. They produce traditional architectural objects, such as follies, houses, and towers, alongside non-traditional objects, such as chess sets, exhibitions, and text. Their work is invested in formal exercises as well as thought experiments. They are interested in architecture as a speculative medium through which to explore technology, history, materiality, and form. They currently teach at SCI-Arc and the University of Southern California, and Jia directs an architectural exhibition space called Materials & Applications.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Maxi Spina and Jia Gu, Other Turns, Thick

Series Schedule:
Thursday, May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch
Thursday, May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley

Arcana Books Hosts a Conversation with Photographer John Divola
2018-05-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, May 12th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a conversation between John Divola and The Getty Museum Department of Photographs curator Amanda Maddox followed by a book signing of his stunning new MACK publication.
Between 1974 and 1975, American photographer John Divola – then in his mid-twenties and without a studio of his own – traveled across Los Angeles in search of dilapidated properties in which to make photographs. Armed with a camera, spray paint, string, and cardboard, the artist would produce one of his most significant photographic projects entitled Vandalism.
To produce this visceral black and white series of images Divola vandalized vacant homes with abstract constellations of graffiti-like marks, ritualistic configurations of string hooked to pins, and torn arrangements of card, before photographing the results. The project vigorously merged the documentary approach of forensic photography with staged interventions echoing sculpture, performance, and installation art. Serving as a conceptual sabotaging of the delineations between such documentary and artistic practices at a time when the ‘truthfulness’ of photography was being called into question, Vandalism helped to establish Divola’s highly distinctive photographic language.

Lecture and Discussion with Julia Körner of JK Design GmbH
2018-05-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, May 3, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Julia Körner of JK Design GmbH.
Julia Körner is an award-winning designer working at the convergence of architecture, product and fashion design – specializing in additive manufacturing and robotic technology. Her work stands out, recognized today at the top level of these disciplines, where it has been featured in National Geographic, at the Venice Biennale, Paris Haute Couture and institutions such as the FRAC Centre in Orleans, the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to name a few. The constantly intriguing aspect of Julia’s work is the embodiment of a beautiful organic aesthetic.
Born in Salzburg, Austria; Julia received master degrees in architecture from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (with distinction) and the Architectural Association, London. She is currently based between Los Angeles and Salzburg and has previously practiced in London and New York.
Julia is founder of JK Design GmbH, specializing in digital design for 3D-Printing. Her recent collaborations involved 3D-Printed fashion pieces developed with Haute Couture Houses for Paris Fashion weeks as well as 3D printed designs for Hollywood entertainment productions. She recently collaborated with costume designer Ruth Carter on the 3D-Printed fashion designs for Marvel’s Black Panther. In 2015, Julia launched an entirely 3D-Printed ready-to-wear collection entitled ‘sporophyte’.
Julia is faculty at University of California Los Angeles, Architecture and Urban Design Department since 2012; she has held previous academic appointments at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Lund University in Sweden, and the Architectural Association Visiting School in France and Jordan.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Hymenium Jacken, Speciation, Julia Körner

Series Schedule:
Thursday May 17: Spinagu – Maxi Spina and Jia Gu
Thursday May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch
Thursday May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley

Arcana Books Celebrates the Release of Alexander McWhirter's Fashion Journal
2018-05-03 18:00 - 20:00
Free
On Thursday, May 3rd between 6:00 and 8:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts to celebrate the West Coast launch of Creative Director Alexander McWhirter’s brand new Fashion journal, Public. The beautifully designed, large-format first issue features five portfolios photographed by Glen Luchford, Nadine Fraczkowski, Vivien Solari, Benjamin Lennox, and Greta Ilieva along with images by McWhirter and Alice Neale.
Notes the publisher: “The obvious is all around us. It is a void in which everything has been fine-tuned to such an extent that indistinctiveness prevails. ‘Cool’ has become inoffensive and predictable, and taste is easy to place a pulse on. Issue 1 of Public breaks this pattern of democratized cool, bringing together a body of work that covers a unique perspective on subjects in life.”
Originally from London, Alexander McWhirter began his career in New York as the Art Director at V Magazine before founding McWhirter Studio. His projects focus on working closely with distinctive collaborators to present a narrative that observes human interaction, be that with our environment or with each other. The story is woven together with elements from art and fashion, the resulting idea is unmistakable and inclusive to all. He has collaborated with Visionaire, Suzanne Geiss Gallery, Cultural Traffic, and most recently Calvin Klein, where he worked closely with Raf Simons and Pieter Mulier on 2017 campaigns for Calvin Klein Jeans, Underwear, and the 205W39NYC RTW Collection Book.
