Helms Design District

In Harmony with Nature: The Architectural Work of James Hubbell
2022-05-22 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-21 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-20 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City
Exhibition runs April 22 – June 18, 2022
Viewing hours: Friday-Sunday, 12 PM – 5 PM
James Hubbell is a painter, sculptor and architectural designer who has spent 60 years designing and making buildings, artifacts and fine artworks that reflect a deep passion for the ocean and for earth’s gifts. From Ilan Lael, his self-made home, workshops and foundation in Julian near San Diego, Hubbell has created schools in concert with the community in Tijuana, an organic chapel at Sea Ranch, and parks that span the cultures of the Pacific Rim.
Hubbell’s vision is the antithesis of rational and industrial. “Most important is my infatuation with nature,” he says. “There is also my love of the primitive and naive, gothic architecture, the arts and craft movement, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gaudi, and the pleasure of working with the material of stone, wood, cement, clay, metal, glass, and mosaics.”
Now Angelenos can see his architectural work shown for the first time in L.A. at an exhibition opening on Earth Day at Helms Bakery District in Culver City. The installation brings to life Ilan-Lael, his Pacific Rim Park and schools in Tijuana, his chapel at Sea Ranch as well as stunning doors, windows and other decorative building elements including his extraordinary stained glass window for Findhorn, the spiritual retreat in Scotland.
Above: The Sea Ranch Chapel by James Hubbell | Photo © Craig Tooley, Ruffimage.com

Boys' House, Ilan-Lael, Julian, CA | Photo ©John Durant

James Hubbell | Photo ©Don Musial

Boys' House Interior, Ilan-Lael, Julian, CA | Photo ©John Durant

James Hubbell in his studio | Photo ©John Durant

Interior of The Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Craig Tooley

James Hubbell's Firebird | Photo ©Laurel Costa

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Art as Community | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Firebird Window | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Titano Cruz

All artwork is copyrighted work of the artists. All rights reserved. Images not to be used without permission.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
2022-05-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, May 19th, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
Born and raised in Rosario, Argentina, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich are both renowned architects and distinguished educators. Together, they lead Los Angeles-based and award-winning architectural practice P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, which they founded in 2002 as a speculative platform to explore an increasingly global design culture. Their work reveals a rigorous and progressive approach to projects and buildings across materials, scales, agendas and geographies, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form, contemporary aesthetics and emerging technologies. Their books include PATTERNS: Embedded, the studio first monograph published in 2010 by Shanghai based ACDCU and Mute Icons & Other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture recently released by ACTAR Press. Marcelo Spina is a Design Faculty at SCI-Arc and Georgina Huljich is an Associate Professor at UCLA AUD.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a leading architectural practice led by partners Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich. The studio brings a critical and progressive approach to projects across scales, programs, and geographies, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form, contemporary aesthetics, and emerging technologies. Based in Los Angeles, the forward-looking studio takes advantage of the city’s decidedly global stance and idiosyncratic identity to create engaging and speculative architectural projects that become civic and cultural landmarks within the public realm.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S gained international recognition as one of the most intriguing and broadminded firms in contemporary architecture with work exhibited worldwide, most notably at the Venice Biennale in Italy, The Chicago Biennial, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco MOMA, The MAK Museum in Vienna, and The FRAC in Orleans, where it is also part of their permanent collections.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S work has been published extensively and has been the subject of numerous essays, books, magazines, newspapers, and catalogues.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a registered Women Owned Business, Minority Owned Business and Small Business Enterprise.
Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, 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 A4H Office Building, 2020, Image of Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, Image of Prism Gallery, 2013.

In Harmony with Nature: The Architectural Work of James Hubbell
2022-05-15 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-22 12:00 - 17:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City
Exhibition runs April 22 – June 18, 2022
Viewing hours: Friday-Sunday, 12 PM – 5 PM
James Hubbell is a painter, sculptor and architectural designer who has spent 60 years designing and making buildings, artifacts and fine artworks that reflect a deep passion for the ocean and for earth’s gifts. From Ilan Lael, his self-made home, workshops and foundation in Julian near San Diego, Hubbell has created schools in concert with the community in Tijuana, an organic chapel at Sea Ranch, and parks that span the cultures of the Pacific Rim.
Hubbell’s vision is the antithesis of rational and industrial. “Most important is my infatuation with nature,” he says. “There is also my love of the primitive and naive, gothic architecture, the arts and craft movement, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gaudi, and the pleasure of working with the material of stone, wood, cement, clay, metal, glass, and mosaics.”
Now Angelenos can see his architectural work shown for the first time in L.A. at an exhibition opening on Earth Day at Helms Bakery District in Culver City. The installation brings to life Ilan-Lael, his Pacific Rim Park and schools in Tijuana, his chapel at Sea Ranch as well as stunning doors, windows and other decorative building elements including his extraordinary stained glass window for Findhorn, the spiritual retreat in Scotland.
In Harmony with Nature coincides with Seeding The City, a day-long program of talks, pop-ups and walking tours at Helms Bakery District, taking place April 23, that offer up new ideas about landscaping and gardening in our increasingly urbanized megalopolis.
Above: The Sea Ranch Chapel by James Hubbell | Photo © Craig Tooley, Ruffimage.com

Boys' House, Ilan-Lael, Julian, CA | Photo ©John Durant

James Hubbell | Photo ©Don Musial

Boys' House Interior, Ilan-Lael, Julian, CA | Photo ©John Durant

James Hubbell in his studio | Photo ©John Durant

Interior of The Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Craig Tooley

James Hubbell's Firebird | Photo ©Laurel Costa

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Art as Community | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Firebird Window | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Titano Cruz

James Hubbell Exhibition - Sea Ranch Chapel | Photo ©Titano Cruz

All artwork is copyrighted work of the artists. All rights reserved. Images not to be used without permission.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Victor Jones
2022-05-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, May 12th, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Victor Jones
Tweakers & Upcyclers
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

Victor Jones
Victor Jones is a designer, writer, and cultural activist. His creative and intellectual work stands at the intersection of architecture, community engagement, and the urban experience. Infrastructure as a social, political, and spatial instrument is central to his scholarship, design research, and teaching.
Jones’s written works include (IN)FORMAL L.A.: The Space of Politics (eVolo Press, 2014), A Distant Bridge | Un pont à part (MétisPresses, 2016), and “New Orleans – Ecological Urbanism” in Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory, and Urban Design (Routledge, 2013).
In addition, Jones is design principal of Fièvre + Jones Inc. Projects include Near Noah (2021), Bywater Houses (2015), and Watt House Project Platform (2011).
Currently Graduate Director and Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, Jones has taught design studios and seminars at Tulane University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California.
He lives and works in Los Angeles with his partner Alain Fièvre.
Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, 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 Victor Jones, Image of Guild House, 2021, Image of Couples, 2020.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Peter Tolkin and Sarah Lorenzen, TOLO Architecture
2022-05-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, May 5th, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Peter Tolkin and Sarah Lorenzen, TOLO Architecture
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

TOLO Architecture
Peter Tolkin + Sarah Lorenzen Architecture (working under the moniker TOLO) design projects that are meaningful to the people that use them, and that are reflective of the time and place in which they are built. We work out of a renovated warehouse at the nexus of the Arts District, Little Tokyo and Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. First founded by Peter Tolkin in 2000, our studio has designed and built projects of various types and scales, including creative workspaces, single and multi-family housing, mixed-use and retail, restaurants and hotels, and arts-based projects. TOLO’s designs draw from the rich material and cultural conditions that characterize the world we live in. Rather than conceiving our architectural role as primarily inventors of form, we also see our role as one that interprets and shapes relationships and situations.
Peter Tolkin, AIA is managing principal of TOLO Architecture. Peter founded the practice, previously called Peter Tolkin Architecture, in 2002 and since then has led the design of dozens of residential, commercial, cultural and arts-related projects. At TOLO, Peter advocates for the social and cultural agency of architecture, an approach informed by his prior work as a documentary photographer and his studies with American artists Allan Sekula and Lewis Baltz. Peter first rose to prominence in 2002 when Architectural Record named him one of its ten emerging international “Design Vanguard” architects. Peter received a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History from UC Santa Cruz, a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University.
Sarah Lorenzen, AIA is principal at TOLO Architecture and an architecture professor at Cal Poly Pomona (where she was department chair from 2012-2016). Sarah has practiced architecture for more than 20 years, working on a variety of building types including educational, residential, institutional, and arts-related projects. Prior to TOLO Architecture, Sarah worked as a project architect at a number of award-winning firms in Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Drawing at Smith College and at the Atlanta College of Art, and has two Master of Architecture degrees, the first from Georgia Institute of Technology and the second from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc). Sarah has published and edited articles on architecture and urbanism, and has received multiple design awards and grants including several Graham Foundation grants, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a travel fellowship to China.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Peter Tolkin, Image of Night Gallery, 2022, Image of Sarah Lorenzen.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, 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) and Jimenez Lai, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)

Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga
2022-05-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Please join us in celebration of the publication of
Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga
A Discussion with author Jennifer Golub & Eames Demetrios
Sunday, May 1st 2022 at 4:00 PM
Helms Design Center | 8745 Washington Boulevard | Culver City
Jennifer Golub discusses her new book Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga with Eames Demetrios.
“The book fills in the gaps, from how the house evolved to Mary’s involvement. It’s a new deeply considered way to understand the collaborative work. It’s a beauty.”
– John Danzer, Munder Skiles, emeritus board of directors, ManitogaRussel Wright Design Center.
Special thanks to Arcana: Books on the Arts. Signed copies of the book will be available during the event.

About Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga
Best known for American Modern dinnerware, Russel and Mary Wright were at the forefront of American mid-century industrial design. Mary’s role as a partner, designer and entrepreneur is discussed here for the first time. Multiple archives have been synthesized exploring the innovation of Russel and Mary Wright’s design practice, their home and the extensive 77 acres of Woodland Paths at Dragon Rock, Manitoga.
Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga is an immersive experience evoking the individuality of these artists, the spirit of architecture and design in the mid 20th century and their ethos which continues to flourish.

About Jennifer
Jennifer Golub is the author of Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga. Her previous publication was Albert Frey Houses 1+2, also published by Princeton Architectural Press. She has produced award winning branded content for the likes of Apple, Adidas, Levi’s, RayBan, and directed and produced Apple’s Emmy award winning “Think Different”. She is the founder of A-Frame Content, generating communications at the intersection of art and social impact. She has served on boards and developed content for various foundations including the XQ Institute, Conservation International, Virgin Unite, (RED), Rock the Vote, Feeding America and Phillip Johnson’s Glass House. She has produced films for Ed Ruscha and Frank Gehry, curated art exhibitions, and has commissioned multiple architectural projects. She resides in Los Angeles, West Marin and New York City.
About Eames
Eames Demetrios is best known in the design world as director of the Eames Office and for authoring several design books — including An Eames Primer and Essential Eames. He has authored 11 books altogether and contributed to many others. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Eames Foundation, responsible for taking care of the Eames House. His current large-scale project is his parallel universe, Kcymaerxthaere, a global artwork of multi-dimensional storytelling. For this Eames has so far installed 143 markers and historic sites involving 27 linear languages, in 30 countries on 6 continents. (There is a ready-to-go design for the Moon.) Demetrios has also made over 60 films (mostly shorts) on topics from the Modern Maya to Frank Gehry, from homelessness to legendary winemaker Peter Gago. Genres include fiction, documentary and animation. Demetrios has given talks in 50 countries, including on the mainstage of the legendary TED conference. Eames Demetrios lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Seeding the City: A Nature-Inspired Event @Helms
2022-04-23 11:00 - 17:00 | Helms Design District, 8800 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
Free
Saturday | April 23, 2022
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Campus-Wide Event
The Southland was once a garden of Eden. Now, as Los Angeles continues to build up its cityscape, connection to the land is out of reach for many. This rupture was underscored by the pandemic, when access to clean air, open space, plants and pets became an essential tonic.
But talented and creative designers are finding ways to green the City in ways beyond the traditional backyard, injecting trees onto rooftops, flowers under transit lines and plants into defunct concrete pools. They are reclaiming the wild and bringing back long-vanished birds and bees. Artists and writers are creating works reflecting on new ways of coexistence with all species.
Seeding The City celebrates the 21st century garden in Los Angeles with a daylong program of talks, tours, and popups, featuring some of LA’s leading landscape designers and thinkers.
See a full schedule of events here: https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/seeding-the-city/
Thank you to our media sponsor, KCRW.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with James Rojas, PlaceIt!, and John Kamp, Prairieform
2022-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, April 21st, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with James Rojas, PlaceIt!, and John Kamp, Prairieform
Dream, Play, Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

James Rojas and John Kamp
James Rojas is an urban planner, community activist, educator, and artist who runs the planning, model-building, and community-outreach practice Place It! Through Place It!, he has developed an interdisciplinary, community-healing, visioning, and outreach process that uses storytelling, objects, art-production, and play to help improve the urban-planning outreach process. He is now an international expert in public engagement and has traveled around the US, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and South America, facilitating over 500 workshops, and building over 100 interactive models. His research has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Dwell, Places, and in numerous books. Relevant areas of expertise include using model-building as a means of community and planning outreach; working with underserved, disadvantaged communities and bringing overlooked voices to the planning discussion; making the physical form of cities relevant to broad audiences; and understanding how immigrants—especially Latino immigrants—see and understand urban and suburban space in the US and why they often times reshape those forms in the ways that they do.
John Kamp runs the landscape, design, and engagement practice Prairieform. He has developed innovative tools to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in urban and landscape design, transportation, walkability, climate change, and water conservation. Frequently collaborating with Rojas, and building off of his 15 years of experience in landscape and urban design/build, he is able to translate findings from Place It!’s community-engagement workshops and trainings into designs for inclusive and livable streets and neighborhoods that leave room for all residents to improvise and help create a more welcoming public realm.
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 John Kamp, Image from Dream, Play, Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places, Image of James Rojas.

Architecture, Not Architecture: A reception, lecture, and discussion with Alice Kimm and John Friedman, JFAK
2022-04-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, April 14th, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Alice Kimm and John Friedman, JFAK
Architecture, Not Architecture
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

Alice Kimm and John Friedman
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) was founded in 1996 and is based in Boyle Heights.
With the belief that architecture has the power to uplift people’s lives, John and Alice have spent the past two and a half decades creating buildings and environments that celebrate identity and joyful places that inspire. The firm’s work spans residential, commercial and creative offices, public spaces, K-12 and higher education, athletics and recreation, and science / innovation centers. JFAK recently commenced work on two public middle/high school projects focused on providing equal access to cutting-edge education – the Iovine and Young Center in Leimert Park, and the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy Middle and High Schools in South Gate.
In 2020 with like-minded collaborators, John and Alice founded Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI), a nonprofit that mines open data to accelerate innovations to eradicate homelessness. OSHI was recently named a winner of Metropolis’s Responsible Disruptors awards program.
JFAK’s first book will be published by Actar. It will highlight a range of the firm’s projects along with the inspirations and passions that shaped them. John and Alice were named Emerging Voices by The Architectural League of New York and are elected Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. They live in Silverlake and have three children.

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): Alice Kimm, John Friedman, Claremont McKenna College Roberts Pavilion

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Daniel López-Pérez: R. Buckminster Fuller, Pattern-Thinking
2022-03-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, March 31st, 6:30-8:30 pm for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Daniel López-Pérez
R. Buckminster Fuller, Pattern-Thinking
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

Daniel López-Pérez
Daniel López-Pérez (b. Madrid, 1973) is an Associate Professor of Architecture and a founding faculty member of the Architecture Program at the University of San Diego. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, a Masters of Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University with honors, and an AA Diploma from the Architectural Association.
López-Pérez’s scholarship focuses on the historiography of modern architecture and its relationship to questions of technology, design-research, models of design pedagogy, material and environmental culture. He is the recipient of numerous research, publication grants and awards including the Graham Foundation, Mexico’s National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA), Princeton University’s Barr Ferree Foundation, and a University of San Diego’s Faculty Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
His work has been exhibited and presented nationally and internationally at institutions such as the University of Southern California; University of California, Los Angeles; Harvard’s Graduate School of Design; Storefront, New York; Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Tec de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara; the Venice Biennale; the University of Applied Sciences, Bochum; Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar; Alvar Aalto University Jyvaskyla, Finland; and Busan National University, South Korea.

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) and Jimenez Lai, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of R. Buckminster Fuller, Pattern-Thinking, Image of Daniel López-Pérez, Images from R. Buckminster Fuller, Pattern-Thinking.

Room & Board Features Artists in Support of LA Family Housing Copy
2022-03-18 - 2022-03-27 | 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 Hung Viet Nguyen – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides. Hung’s art may be found inside the Room & Board showroom through the month of April.
ABOUT THE ARTIST

Hung Viet Nguyen paints Landscape series as a visual expression of the senses rather than literal representation of specific landmarks or locations. Inspired by his many travels and the experience of place, it is memory, along with the emotion and spirit of each space that he translates into a semi-abstract expression of what it felt like to be there. Expressed through a complex layering of paints, Nguyen starts with thick bases of oil under-painting, then organizes space into landmass, mountains, sky, and water boundaries. Using color and objects to create depth, the ultimate sensation is a feeling of infinite space.
Nature is a sacred place; he always paints nature respectfully.
Born in Vietnam in 1957, Hung Viet Nguyen studied biology at the Science University in Saigon. After relocating to the U.S. in 1982, Nguyen found work as an illustrator, graphic artist and designer. He developed his artistic skills carefully studying a variety of traditional Eastern and Western forms, media and techniques. His complex, labor intensive use of oil paint reveals a mastery of texture. While portions of Nguyen’s work suggest the influence of traditional forms such as woodblock prints, oriental scroll paintings, ceramic art, mosaic, and stained glass, his ultimate expression as an artist asserts a more contemporary sensibility.

Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright
2022-03-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Thursday, March 17th 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. We should be ready to gather in person next month so stay tuned for more details. 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.

Pasta in Blue (Ocean)
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-10 | Pasta Sisters, 3280 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90232
Pasta Sisters
3280 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA 90232
March 8, 9 and 10
Pasta Sisters is opening their kitchen to the amazing Executive Chef, food stylist, and Food Networks’ Chopped winner: Barbara Pollastrini.
From March 8th to March 10th, Barbara will feature her signature “Blue Ocean” Pasta (made with Spirulina) tossed in homemade Uni-butter and Santa Barbara Prawns, topped with Uni and Wild Salmon Roe.
This special dish will be available only for dine-in at the Culver City location.
Join us as Chef Pollastrini blends design, tradition, and innovation to create a uniquely flavorful work of art!
The number of dishes per day is limited. We highly recommend to plan accordingly by pre-ordering your dish on Eventbrite or at Pasta Sisters in Culver City.
PRE-ORDER NOW
Everyone at PASTA SISTERS is profoundly grateful for your continued support.

The Chance to Paint Each Other Gold: Art Exhibition + Documentary Premiere of "Ink & Linda"
2022-03-05 - 2022-03-13 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Inside the Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Boulevard, Suite A, Culver City
March 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, and 13th
March 5th and 6th are SOLD OUT but please join us for one of the other three nights.
Free
Join us for The Chance to Paint Each Other Gold, a multi-layered experience centered around an installation of the shared street art and subsequent wall art created by Inksap–a theater in which to experience the world premiere of Stuart C. Paul‘s new documentary Ink & Linda followed by Q&A and a live and intimate demonstration revealing Inksap and Lack’s artistic process.
Ink & Linda is a feature-length documentary chronicling the unexpected friendship and collaboration between Inksap, a Vietnamese American Urban Street Artist in his 20s, and Linda, an elder stateswoman of the modern dance scene in her 70s–as they team up to form L.A.’s most unlikely street art duo. They are the epitome of artists cross-pollinating one another. Defying the boundaries between generations and cultures, their story challenges the conventions of art and society, exploring what it means to be an artist in today’s world. Linda and Inksap’s origin story is a romance, but their relationship is not romantic; it is a tale of two outsiders from different worlds who found meaning within one another, breeding a new consciousness of meaning for art and themselves.
This event has limited seating – TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. If the evening you select is sold out, we will have a “waitlist” and release tickets when they become available prior to the event night. We welcome you to join us for the entire evening. This is a multi-layered experience. You may view, purchase, and enjoy The Art at your leisure.
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ABOUT LINDA

Linda Lack Ph.D., artist and scholar, has dedicated her life and work to the study of the human body, movement — breath — and their relationship to creativity, healing, and spiritually. She is a dancer, a movement therapist/specialist, educator, ritualist, performer, and lecturer. Lack has focused on targeting injury resolution, resolving chronic pain, deterring the effects of aging and using structured movement for transforming the outcomes of emotional and physical disease. She is an expert in the analysis of movement problems for both untrained novices and highly-trained clients.
Lack has also been the primary soloist and choreographer of the masked-dance rituals she performed both on stages and in the wilderness with her company, Two-Snake Dance and Design. She is an Arts-Based researcher in the academic community. Lack has been funded and acknowledged by the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, Samadha International Healing Awards, Los Angeles Area Dance Alliance Awards for Innovative Choreography, and a LACE award for her life’s work, elucidating the role of spirituality in Body Movement.
Lack has simultaneously spent 50 years developing The Thinking Body – The Feeling Mind®, a technique taught and practiced at her studio in Los Angeles and now in Malaysia, Australia, Europe, Israel, Central America, Mexico and throughout the U.S. The Thinking Body-The Feeling Mind® is a movement modality/training that is interdisciplinary, explorative, and simultaneously scientific — a contemporary healing, maintenance, and body sustainability technique. TBFM® has been recognized alongside Pilates, Feldenkrais, Bartenieff and Alexander Technique as a contemporary movement training/healing method. Students using the technique have been accepted into diverse programs such as Alvin Ailey II, Cirque du Soleil, North Carolina School of Performing Arts, Julliard, the graduate program at San Francisco Institute of Psychology, and Goddard.
Lack has introduced TBFM® to various communities such as The Congress on Research for Dance; The International Association of Yoga Therapists; and The Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota Columbia, one of the most prestigious health organizations in Latin America; Suny Purchase Dance Department N.Y., and Bill Evan’s Dance Intensives.
Currently, Lack and the artist known as INKSAP collaborate on Project Us — “The Chance to Paint Each Other Gold”. They are performance artists. Her movement is captured by INKSAP for Street Art, Wall Art, and their Performance Art. Ink & Linda, the documentary by Stu Paul, depicts the unlikely story of these two artists accidently thrown together. For more information on Linda Lack, Ph.D., visit www.lindalack.com.

ABOUT INKSAP

Brandon Lam (b. 1994) — who is widely recognized as INKSAP— creates works of art that can be found on the streets and in galleries. His art melds cultures and patterns, life drawings and screen printed images of people in his life, creating a repertoire of works he installs outside. While each installed piece is vulnerable to alterations from the world, Lam acknowledges and welcomes these changes. He believes art is a living object that should be subjected to external variations.
His debut work titled Xuanha features a young girl wearing a face mask and carrying a tree in her backpack. This image — which was burned into a silkscreen and then printed onto paper — has been installed in numerous urban settings. Installing art in the streets since 2015, he has been invited to partake in artistic events and projects around the world. Discovering that the streets provided a public platform that anyone could access, his work developed into large outdoor murals and site-specific art installations.
“I found the streets a more interesting, vital canvas than the walls of a studio,” Lam says. “Art is unexpected outside. We have been taught that great work only exists in private spaces. My work bridges the gap between how art should be presented versus art being accessible. This, in turn, gives viewers from all levels of society the ability to bring the work to life.”
As his work matures, so do his theories for site-specific art. For him, artwork should not overpower an urban environment. Instead, the artwork should embrace the public space to create a seamless cohabitation.
“One of the most difficult practices as an artist is disconnecting oneself after the work has been completed,” Lam points out. “Typically we commit to the work with full emotion, expecting that feeling to stay. A visual work comes alive after its completion; it has a life of its own. There comes a time when one must let go. I find myself inspired by the discomfort, and I now celebrate its presence in my process.”

ABOUT STU

Stuart C. Paul is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, he is known for his ability to elevate whatever genre he is working in, bringing his unique blend of intelligence, point-of-view and character depth to each project he undertakes.
Ink and Linda is his first documentary feature. Previously, he wrote and directed the award-winning comedy short The Lord Of Catan. Starring Amy Acker and Fran Kranz, the film tells the cautionary tale of a married couple whose game night plunges them into a vortex of madness and destruction.
He is currently in pre-production on A Boy Called Lee, which explores the issues of juvenile justice, truancy and gun violence through the lens of Lee Harvey Oswald’s time spent in a New York juvenile psychiatric facility. He is also at work on Infernal, a feature-length horror film that examines the concept of the devil through the lens of self-actualization and mental health.
As a screenwriter, he has worked with acclaimed directors across many different genres, including Takashi Miike, Anton Corbijn and Roland Emmerich. He has sold projects to companies all across Hollywood including MGM, Universal, NBC, STX and more. His original screenplay Yasuke was included on the 2021 Black List, the film industry’s annual honor roll of the most acclaimed unproduced film scripts of the year.
Also an acclaimed comic creator, his graphic novel Ides Of Blood, which reimagines the assassination of Julius Caesar by vampires, was published by DC Comics. The series was nominated for three CBG Fan Awards, including Best Writer.
In his spare time, he practices Japanese swordsmanship and takes his cat on hikes.
He is represented by Paradigm and Circle of Confusion.

deCoding Asian Urbanism: A Discussion
2022-03-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Inside the Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Blvd, Culver City
Thursday, March 3rd, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Free
Register for the discussion, as seating is limited.
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deCoding Asian Urbanism is a timely book and exhibition about the unprecedented, meteoric growth of Asian cities, and the “urban acupuncture” projects that are making them more liveable. This Thursday, March 3, Helms invites you for a reception and conversation about the issues raised by DAU. What happens to cultural identity in the face of such extreme change and what can designers do to recreate a sense of place? Does the extreme density of Asian cities represent the future for all growing cities?
Frances Anderton will lead a dialogue with Farooq Ameen, Bangladesh-born architect, planner and creator of DAU; Astrid Haryati, Indonesian-born architect, planner and past deputy on public policy for Indonesia’s Minister of Trade; and Kulapat Yantrasast, Thailand-born architect and thought-leader in the fields of architecture, art, and sustainable design.
While there, visitors can tour the DAU exhibition. Ameen, designer Caglar Gokbulut, filmmaker Miriam Kuhlmann, Swinerton construction and other talents have transformed a showroom at the design center at Helms Bakery District into a maze of tight spaces, containing vivid photographs, visualizations of stunning population growth data, kaleidoscopic films of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Tokyo by Kuhlmann, as well as moments of respite from the chaos in depictions of ancient culture and in new developments aimed at reconnecting residents to cultural touchpoints and to nature.
The exhibition’s relevancy is expansive. By exploring this exponential growth and its impact worldwide, deCoding Asian Urbanism seeks to stimulate a dialogue between policymakers, designers, and public officials shaping cities in today’s multilayered paradigm.
A book signing will follow the discussion.
Speakers
Farooq Ameen is the founding principal of City Design Studio, an architecture and urban design practice based in Los Angeles, with projects in Asia, Europe and the US. He has held academic appointments at SCI-Arc (LA /Lugano) and Cal Poly among others. Ameen is a Board Member at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum and the Council for Open Building. He received a Master of Architecture from UCLA. He is co-curator of the DAU exhibition and the related publication with Kenneth Frampton and Ken Yeang.
Kulapat Yantrasast is a thought-leader in the fields of architecture, art, and sustainable design. Originally from Thailand and now based in Los Angeles and New York, he is the founding partner and Creative Director of WHY, a multidisciplinary design practice. WHY, an AD100 Firm since 2019, has engaged in major museum projects including the Rockefeller Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the expansion of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. In 2009, Yantrasast received the Silpathorn Award for Design from Thailand’s Ministry of Culture for outstanding achievement and notable contributions to Thai contemporary arts and culture.
Astrid Haryati is an architect, planner and the founder of TERRA LUMEN, an architecture studio based in Jakarta, Bandung, and Beverly Hills with a focus on placemaking in urban and natural settings. She previously served as deputy on sustainable strategies for the Mayors of Chicago and San Francisco and as deputy on public policy for Indonesia’s Minister of Trade. Her commercial and non-profit initiatives include award-winning nationwide and community-based projects in the US, Indonesia, and Turkey among others such as for sea turtle beach communities in the coral triangle region and Indonesia’s informal STEAM education.
The DAU project’s decade-long effort and research are memorialized in an accompanying 458-page publication that includes the work of prominent sociologists, architects, historians, urban designers, and activists from across the globe, each providing a unique perspective on the complexity of the contemporary city. Extensively illustrated with project images, analytical diagrams, maps, and selected photographs, it includes excerpts of spirited panel discussions from a symposium at Harvard University.
The project is curated by British historian Professor Kenneth Frampton, Malaysian ecologist and architect Ken Yeang, and Los Angeles-based urban designer Farooq Ameen. It builds on multi-year collaborations with the Art Center College of Design, the Bengal Foundation, and Harvard University. The exhibition is made possible by the very generous support of Walter N. Marks, Inc. and the Helms Bakery District. A+D is also indebted to Swinerton Builders, Crisp Imaging, City Design Studio, Francis Krahe & Associates, S2N Technology Group, and others who partnered with the institution to realize the show’s installation.
If you are unable to join us for the discussion, please register for tickets to see the exhibition before it closes on March 12th.
EXHIBITION TICKETS
Let’s all stay safe! Proof of vaccination will be required to enter the exhibition. Thank you for helping us to continue hosting in-person events.

Distant Crowds: A reception, lecture, and discussion with Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg
2022-02-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Thursday, February 24th, 6:30-8:30 pm for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg, Space Popular
Distant Crowds
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
HELMS DESIGN CENTER
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg
Space Popular is directed by Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg, both alumni of the Architectural Association in London (2011). They founded the practice in Bangkok (2013) and have been based in London and Spain since 2016. Space Popular creates spaces, objects, and events in both physical and virtual space, concentrating on how the two realms can blend together. The studio has completed buildings, exhibitions, public artworks, furniture collections, and interiors across Asia and Europe, as well as virtual architecture for the immersive internet. Clients, collaborators, and commissioners include national institutions such as MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome, Italy; The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design –ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden; Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; as well as independent galleries such as MAGAZIN, Vienna, Austria; and Sto Werkstatt, London, UK.
Lesmes and Hellberg both have extensive academic experience having taught architectural design studio since 2011, first at INDA, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok from 2011 to 2016, at the Architectural Association in London from 2016 to 2021, and currently at Daniels, Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto since 2020, and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design since 2022. Their current MArch design and research studios both at Daniels and UCLA investigates visions for civic architecture in the immersive internet.

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) and Jimenez Lai, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Lara Lesmes, Image of Arquia Proxima, 2020, Image of Fredrik Hellberg.

Join @arcanabooks for "Show & Tell" Moderated by Jason E.C. Wright Copy
2022-02-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, CA
On Thursday, February 17th 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. We should be ready to gather in person next month so stay tuned for more details. 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.

deCoding Asian Urbanism Exhibition
2022-01-30 - 2022-03-12 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Inside the Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Blvd, Culver City
EXTENDED DATES and NEW HOURS
January 30 – March 12, 2022
Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun 12-5 PM
Free
Get your tickets to the exhibition deCoding Asian Urbanism.
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deCoding Asian Urbanism is timely given the meteoric growth of Asian cities as hundreds of millions of new dwellers are transforming our understanding of urbanism, from China to South Korea, Indonesia, or India. The exhibition’s relevancy is expansive. As migration from Asia continues worldwide and economic connections deepen, the influence of the diaspora is being experienced globally, whether in Los Angeles, Berlin, or Sao Paulo. By exploring this exponential growth and its impact worldwide, deCoding Asian Urbanism seeks to stimulate a dialogue between policymakers, designers, and public officials shaping cities in today’s multilayered paradigm.
The project’s decade-long effort and research are memorialized in an accompanying 458-page publication that includes the work of prominent sociologists, architects, historians, urban designers, and activists from across the globe, each providing a unique perspective on the complexity of the contemporary city. Extensively illustrated with project images, analytical diagrams, maps, and selected photographs, it includes excerpts of spirited panel discussions from a symposium at Harvard University.
The project is curated by British historian Professor Kenneth Frampton, Malaysian ecologist and architect Ken Yeang, and Los Angeles-based urban designer Farooq Ameen. It builds on multi-year collaborations with the Art Center College of Design, the Bengal Foundation, and Harvard University. The exhibition is made possible by the very generous support of Walter N. Marks, Inc. and the Helms Bakery District. A+D is also indebted to Swinerton Builders, Crisp Imaging, City Design Studio, Francis Krahe & Associates, S2N Technology Group, and others who partnered with the institution to realize the show’s installation.
Those who provide proof of vaccination may join us without a mask.

Book Signing: Senon Williams: Words Don't Mean Much
2022-01-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Please join us for a book signing at Arcana: Books on the Arts
Senon Williams: Words Don’t Mean Much
Saturday, January 29th, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Arcana: Books on the Arts | 8675 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
We are delighted to invite you to a book signing celebrating Senon Williams’ new book, Words Don’t Mean Much, published by Hat & Beard Press.
Please come fully vaccinated, wear your mask over your nose and mouth, and maintain distance from others when possible!
You may pre-order a signed copy of the book to be picked up at the store or shipped to you after the event. PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER HERE!
The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” is turned on its side in Words Don’t Mean Much, Senon Williams’ new book of aphoristic phrasing. Far fewer words are needed to create an illuminating image in the mind’s eye, conjuring immediate multi-sensory experiences.
This book of poems is derived from the text in Williams’ ink on paper drawings, a sampling of which are pictured at left. The drawings are textual extractions and gather momentum within the book, exhibiting great attention to materials and craftsmanship. Every detail, from select paper to classic typeface, has been considered. An object, not unlike a sculpture, can be viewed from all sides, handled – and leafed through in the case of this book – front to back, back to front, or randomly opened. Words Don’t Mean Much is a small pocket book, easy to conceal. A book to keep all to yourself or share intimately.
Native to Los Angeles, Senon Williams is a lifelong visual artist and musician. His longtime study of economy with words and multiple meanings centers on the desire to create glimpses into the inherent human struggle, both ancient and contemporary. Williams’ work finds space in the natural – exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution.

Book Signing: 87 Drawings by Ed Templeton
2022-01-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Please join us for a book signing at Arcana: Books on the Arts
87 Drawings by Ed Templeton
Saturday, January 15th, 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Arcana: Books on the Arts | 8675 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
We are delighted to invite you to a book signing celebrating Ed Templeton’s newest book, 87 Drawings, published by Nazraeli Press. The book accompanies an exhibition opening January 22nd at Roberts Projects.
Because of the present COVID-19 public health situation, we will be taking extra precautions for this event by keeping the line for the signing outside and limiting contact with Mr. Templeton. Please dress warmly, be vaccinated, and wear your mask over your nose and mouth!
To reduce the risk of exposure for all, you may pre-order a signed and/or personalized copy of the book to be picked up at the store or shipped to you after the event. PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER HERE, and include any personalization requests in the NOTES field.
Thank you for your cooperation, care, and respect for the artist!
“87 Drawings by Ed Templeton” is the brand new, beautifully produced survey from Nazraeli Press of the noted Huntington Beach-based artist, photographer, and skate eminence grise’s colorful works on paper from the past fifteen years. Eschewing his trusty Leica in favor of pen, ink, and acrylic paints, the Tempster renders here in detail eighty-seven psychologically-charged portraits of family, friends, archetypical strangers, and his late cat Ptah. These are accompanied by handwritten titles, and a thought-provoking essay by Kim Hastreiter.

Art Exhibition Closing in Support of The Samburu Project
2022-01-08 12:00 - 16:00 | Washington Corridor Gallery, 8723 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
Free
WALLS OF WATER
Saturday, January 8th
12:00 to 4:00PM
Washington Corridor Gallery | 8723 Washington Boulevard
Join us for the closing event of Walls of Water, with participating artist and curator Rachel X Hobreigh. Rachel gathered 70 artist friends who contributed their work and talent to the second annual wall collaboration for Helms Bakery’s Washington Corridor Gallery. Artists include Kim Abeles, Debra Dobkin, Ken Marchionno, Dennis Mukai, Diana Wong and many other SLMM Artists. Artist Renée Amitai shares her vision of water in a collection of larger paintings and etchings included in this exhibition.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the art serves to support and raise awareness for our international community. The Walls of Water project will provide sponsorship to this year’s selected non-profit The Samburu Project, an organization that affords access to clean water through supporting well communities and numerous initiatives that promote health, education, women’s empowerment, and general well-being.

Last Week for SoCalNOMA's Exhibition "Not Now, But Right Now"
2021-12-15 14:00 - 2021-12-17 18:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
This is the last week to view SoCalNOMA’s exhibition “Not Now, But Right Now”.
“Not Now, But Right Now” is an exhibition of recent projects by members of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA). SoCalNOMA’s mission is to increase the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the architecture profession, to support our members to amplify their voices and expand their connections to the Southern California community at large, and to increase the pipeline of diverse architects entering the profession in the future.
The works in the exhibition represent a sampling of the tremendous contributions of minority architects and designers to the built environment here in Los Angeles and beyond. Works presented encompass designs of all scales from single family residential, to commercial, and urban planning. The exhibition will include projects from 30+ SoCalNOMA members, projects from student members from local architecture schools, and “future architects” that have participated in the SoCalNOMA project pipeline summer camp.
The exhibition will be on display through the 17th with the gallery open to the public Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.
For more information, visit SoCalNOMA.

SoCalNOMA Panel Discussion with Dr. Betty Williams, Robert Moore, and Drake Dillard
2021-12-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, December 11th, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, the SoCalNOMA Senior Practitioners Committee will host a conversation with Dr. Betty Williams (wife of NOMA founding member Harold Williams), Robert Moore (LA NOMA Chapter Founder), and Drake Dillard (and past NOMA National President) on the NOMA legacy and the contributions of minority architects to the Southern California community.
Immediately following, enjoy a panel with participants from the exhibition who will discuss their works and their experiences in the profession in Southern California. The panel will be moderated by SoCalNOMA President, Lance Collins. The event is free and open to the public.
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About the Exhibition
“Not Now, But Right Now” is an exhibition of recent projects by members of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA). SoCalNOMA’s mission is to increase the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the architecture profession, to support our members to amplify their voices and expand their connections to the Southern California community at large, and to increase the pipeline of diverse architects entering the profession in the future.
The works in the exhibition represent a sampling of the tremendous contributions of minority architects and designers to the built environment here in Los Angeles and beyond. Works presented encompass designs of all scales from single family residential, to commercial, and urban planning. The installation includes projects from 30+ SoCalNOMA members, projects from student members from local architecture schools, and “future architects” that have participated in the SoCalNOMA project pipeline summer camp.
The exhibition will remain on display from December 2nd through the 17th with the gallery open to the public from 2:00 to 6:00 PM Wednesday to Sunday each week.
For updated information, please visit the SoCal NOMA website.

Nature, Art and Habitat Residency 2022 | SOIL: The Critical Zone
2021-12-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Thursday, December 9th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm, please join us in welcoming Nature, Art and Habitat for their 2022 Residency, “Soil: The Critical Zone”, an evening conversation focusing on the role of soil as a foundational ecosystem.
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More than 75% of the earth’s living soil is substantially depleted, while the remaining 25% is of inestimable value. We will discuss and imagine future scenarios about this critical zone.
Head of Ceremony: Deborah Weintraub, AIA, LEED AP
Moderator:
Frances Anderton, Design Journalist
Interlocutors:
Jose Herrasti, AIA
Richard Molina, Designer
SCHEDULE
What is NAHR |Past Program Overview | Introduction and Workshop on SOIL – NAHR’s residency topic for 2022 | Drinks and snacks
Let’s all stay safe! We ask that you provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test result within 72 hours of the event upon arrival. Thanks for helping us to continue to host in-person events.

SoCalNOMA's Exhibition "Not Now, But Right Now" Opens at the Helms Design Center
2021-12-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Saturday December 4th from 6pm to 10pm, SoCalNOMA hosts the Opening Reception for the “Not Now, But Right Now” exhibition in conjunction with the Chapter 2021 Year End Celebration.
The event is open to the public and all are welcome to join in! Admission to the Reception/Celebration is free for SoCalNOMA members and is $20 for guests and the general public. The ticket includes light bites, drinks, and more. All proceeds from the event support all SoCalNOMA Chapter initiatives including the Project Pipeline Summer Camp, the Leadership Development Program, and the DEI Challenge.
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Event Parking is located inside the interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Boulevard.
“Not Now, But Right Now” is an exhibition of recent projects by members of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA). SoCalNOMA’s mission is to increase the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the architecture profession, to support our members to amplify their voices and expand their connections to the Southern California community at large, and to increase the pipeline of diverse architects entering the profession in the future.
The works in the exhibition represent a sampling of the tremendous contributions of minority architects and designers to the built environment here in Los Angeles and beyond. Works presented encompass designs of all scales from single family residential, to commercial, and urban planning. The exhibition will include projects from 30+ SoCalNOMA members, projects from student members from local architecture schools, and “future architects” that have participated in the SoCalNOMA project pipeline summer camp.
The exhibition will be on display from December 2nd through the 17th with the gallery open to the public Wednesday through Sunday each week.
For more information, visit SoCalNOMA.
