Meditative Block Printing with Dusty Guerra
2021-09-19 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Michael Anderson and Frances Anderton
2021-05-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, May 6th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Michael Anderson and Frances Anderton
How to Create Accelerated Equity Housing and Transit Communities
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson is a principal architect of Anderson Barker, an architecture, urban economic development firm in Los Angeles. His expertise is transit stations, communities, aviation, civic, commercial, residential, and municipal infrastructure projects such as streetscapes, parking structures, community centers, and parks. He focuses to aid municipalities to modernize underserved communities and increase ownership utilizing business strategies that are mutually beneficial to all parties.
He is currently working on a pilot project for accelerated equity housing and transit-oriented community (TOC) solutions by collaborating with public funding, private capital sources, and real estate development companies. He is currently completing a book, Urban Magic: Vibrant Black and Brown Communities Are Possible.
Anderson Barker’s Notable Projects include:
· LA Clippers Arena Plaza Buildings and Parking Garages, Inglewood, CA
· Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA
· Tom Bradley Terminal West
· Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center, Compton, CA
· Compton Senior Center, Compton, CA

Frances Anderton
Frances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print, radio, podcasts, and public events. She is currently writing a book, Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, for Angel City Press. She produced and co-hosted the radio series Wasted: Neat Solutions to the Dirty Problem of Waste. It recently aired on KCRW’s Greater LA. For many years she hosted DnA: Design and Architecture radio show, and before that Warren Olney’s current affairs show Which Way, LA? and To the Point, all broadcast on KCRW public radio station.
Anderton also programs talks, exhibitions, and events at Helms Bakery District. She previously curated the exhibition Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change, about resilient architecture, shown at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Honors include the 2020 ICON Award for the Los Angeles Design Festival.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Michael Anderson; Image of Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Transit Corridor; Image of Frances Anderton.

Textile Arts LA Presents practiceLAB with Nathalie Miebach
2021-05-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, May 5th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, join Textile Arts Los Angeles for the next iteration of practiceLAB with Nathalie Miebach -artist, environmental commentator, educator, collaborator, woman of many hats!
practiceLAB is a series of conversations exploring the nature of practice. We invite artists, curators, designers, authors, and creatives to present their work, their relationship to the work, and sometimes to engage our hands in small acts of creativity, too.
Tickets: members $8 / public $14 / students/concessions $6
ABOUT NATHALIE
My work focuses on the intersection of art and science and the visual articulation of scientific observations. Using the methodologies and processes of both disciplines, I translate scientific data related to ecology, climate change and meteorology into three-dimensional structures. My method of translation is principally that of weaving – in particular basket weaving – as it provides me with a simple yet highly effective grid through which to interpret data in three-dimensional space. Central to this work is my desire to explore the role visual aesthetics play in the translation and understanding of scientific information. By utilizing artistic processes and everyday materials, I am questioning and expanding the traditional boundaries through which science data has been visually translated (ex: graphs, diagrams), while at the same time provoking expectations of what kind of visual vocabulary is considered to be in the domain of ‘science’ or ‘art’.

Design Your Own Dream Space, A Virtual Community Art Class in Partnership with L.A. GOAL
2021-05-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom, CA
Free
On Saturday, May 1st 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.
REGISTER HERE
***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!

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2021-05-01 - 2021-05-07 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home. When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Jill Sykes – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides. Jill’s art may be found inside the Room & Board showroom through the month of May.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jill Sykes is a painter living in Los Angeles. Her work is included in many private and corporate collections including Omgivning Architecture Interiors, Kelly Wearstler, Kovac Design Studios, Saks Fifth Avenue as well as many others. Her paintings have been featured in exhibitions throughout Southern California and across the country including Tobey C. Moss Gallery in Los Angeles, Museum of Art + History (MOAH) in Lancaster, CA, the Santa Paula Art Museum in Santa Paula, CA, El Camino College Art Gallery in Torrance, CA and The Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale, CA.
“We as artists create objects that nourish and enrich existence, and as such what we do, consciously or not, has profound effect. The images I create are about life and the sheltering aspects of Nature – I focus on botanical forms and the abstracted spaces I find between individual branches and leaves. These paintings are sophisticated in terms of color and form, and yet remain incredibly soothing and serene to look at.”

Studio Tour with Artist Lesley Kice Nishigawara
2021-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
On Friday, 4/30 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, please join Textile Art Los Angeles for a studio tour with artist, educator, weaver, and keen observer Lesley Kice Nishigawara.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the world around us with a system of visual examination. The grid frames my work in both a conceptual and practical manner. Conceptually, the grid reflects a need for regulation and perfection; a method or system of organization. With the aim for exacting and ordered spaces, slippages in the grid appear within varied applications and renditions. Explorations into these concepts present misalignments that occur within a desire for order. Through various translations including reflections and shadows, each articulation is created following a system of self-imposed rules to shift into new forms, images, and ideas. Practically, it creates a structure for my ideas to unfold.
The work takes on multiple formal configurations to probe these ideas. Large-scale tiled textile works produce a soft and elegant interpretation of misaligned urban patterns. Layered drawings create space to activate the work through shadows and perspectival shifts. Throughout the work, the complexity of order and structure is exposed through these iterations.
Translating the grid and patterns that appear through human intervention in our built environment produces an expanded view of the world. Highlighting and refiguring the nuanced visual elements—from the regularity of a chain link fence to a shadow projected from an overpass—this work is developed through a series of iterative examinations that develop beyond their original form and meaning. It acknowledges that the simple is often more complex as it is explored; the perfect is often more imperfect than at first glance. It exposes that the limits of perfection have endless possibilities.
Tickets: $10 public / Free for members

Better Together: a Virtual Showcase and Collaboration with L.A. GOAL
2021-04-28 08:00 - 2021-05-01 17:00 | Online, CA
Since 2016, Helms Bakery District has hosted an annual integrative art exhibit each spring that showcases the artwork of L.A. GOAL artists and artwork from L.A. GOAL Staff members and Volunteers. This collaboration is always such a treat as L.A. GOAL and Helms Bakery District introduce our ever-growing communities to one another through our shared passion (art & design) and an in-person exhibition/reception.
Although this last year we have been unable to partner for what would normally be an in-person event, one thing has remained true: We Are Better Together. The community partnership between Helms Bakery District and L.A. GOAL has remained strong, and although so much has changed over this past year, we are collaborating in the form of a virtual art showcase featuring functional artwork for the home & garden. The virtual art showcase begins on April 28th and runs through June 5th, an entire month to find ways to support L.A. GOAL and their mission.
We hope you will help us kick off this fun collaboration on May 1st for a FREE Virtual Community Art Class titled: Create Your Own Dream Space with artist Dani Samson.
Working together as community partners we can teach the world about how the people we meet can better our lives, creating a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable art & design sector through our continued collaboration. We Are Better Together.
ABOUT L.A. GOAL
L.A. GOAL provides opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to increase their independence and employability through educational, vocational and recreational programs. L.A. GOAL’s art and outreach activities educate the community about the abilities of people with disabilities. Our vision is to create a more open society where people with developmental disabilities can enjoy full inclusion in their communities. To accomplish this, L.A. GOAL teaches the world about how people with developmental disabilities can better our lives. It is a magical reciprocity that we believe has long been overlooked.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Adam Nathaniel Furman
2021-04-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom, CA
Join us on Thursday, April 15th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Adam Nathaniel Furman
Joyful Deviance
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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Adam Nathaniel Furman
Adam Nathaniel Furman is a London-based designer & artist of Argentine and Japanese heritage whose practice ranges from Architecture & interiors to sculpture, installation, writing, and product design. He co-runs the Saturated Space research group on colour at the Architectural Association, and was a studio master of Productive Exuberance at Central Saint Martins College of Art. Furman published the book Revisiting Postmodernism with Sir Terry Farrell for the Royal Institute for British Architects in 2018, and has written for numerous publications internationally. Presently, he is writing a new work for RIBA — “Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories”. Furman is also the recipient of several awards, including the Blueprint prizes for Design Innovation in 2014, Best Small Project in 2018, the UK Rome Prize for Architecture 2014-15, and FX Product Designer of the Year 2019. Furman’s work is in the collections of the Sir John Soane Museum, the Design Museum (London), the Abet Laminate Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Carnegie Museum of Art, and continues to be exhibited in numerous cities around the world.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Adam Nathaniel Furman; Image of Gateways at London Design Festival (2017); Image of Nagatacho in Tokyo (2017).

Arcana Presents a Ruskin Art Club Discussion + Book Signing, "The Spanish Style House"
2021-04-08 17:00 - 18:30 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
On Thursday, April 8th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, join photographer Melba Levick and author Ruben G. Mendoza for the launch of The Spanish Style House: From Enchanted Andalusia To The California Dream published by Rizzoli, presented by The Ruskin Art Club.
This will be an online discussion celebrating the book’s launch with photographer Melba Levick and writer Rubén G. Mendoza moderated by Dr. William Deverell, director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Both authors will be signing copies especially for Arcana: Books on the Arts on April 9th that will begin shipping Tuesday, April 13th. Order your signed copy here!
Join the Ruskin Art Club online discussion April 8th at 5:00 PM by clicking here
”Luminous new photography showcases contemporary and historic homes in the beloved Spanish Style in Southern California, while offering, as well, a rare look at the original inspirations to the style born in Andalusia, Spain. This presentation will include photographs of the Ruskin Art Club’s historic 1922 clubhouse designed by Frank Meline (now a private residence), and review a host of 12th through 18th century palatial Spanish estates, and their Andalusian expressions in southern California for the period spanning the 1920s through the present.”
