Helms Digest

  • Richard Rownak is the Culver Arts Grant Recipient for March

    Richard Rownak is the Culver Arts Projecting Possibilities grant recipient for the month of March. His work will be displayed from March 1st through March 31st on the entrance of the Helms Design Center.

  • Shaniqwa Jarvis is Arcana’s Pick for March

    The March pick from Arcana: Books on the Arts is a collection of work by Shaniqwa Jarvis. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2025 self-published paperbound second edition of Shaniqwa Jarvis' impressive debut monograph.

  • MXWX by Mick Haggerty is Arcana’s Pick for February

    Arcana: Books on the Arts’ monthly pick for February is MXWX, the new release by venerable Los Angeles creative treasure Mick Haggerty.

  • Craig Schoenbaum is the Culver Arts Grant Recipient for February

    Craig Schoenbaum is the Culver Arts Projecting Possibilities grant recipient for the month of February. His work will be displayed from February 1st through February 28th on the entrance of the Helms Design Center.

  • Building in Place by LOHA is Arcana’s Pick for November

    Arcana: Books on the Arts’ monthly pick for November is Building in Place from Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects.

  • Projecting Possibilities Returns to Helms Design Center

    Katy Krantz is the Culver Arts grant recipient featured during the relaunch of Projecting Possibilities 2.0 for the 2024-2025 season. Her work may be viewed through December 31st on the entrance to the Helms Design Center.

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Iconic Works is Arcana’s Pick for October

    Arcana: Books on the Arts’ monthly pick for October is Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Iconic Works. Jean-Michel Basquiat—artist and art world provocateur—took New York City by storm with his powerful and complex works that relentlessly engaged with charged sociopolitical issues, including race, police brutality, and structural inequity.

  • Culver City Art Walk & Roll 2024

    The Culver City Art Walk & Roll Festival was a huge success this year! In case you missed it, here are a few highlights from the festival.

  • OP! Optimistic Interiors by Oliver Furth is Arcana’s Pick for September

    Arcana: Books on the Arts’ monthly pick for September is OP! Optimistic Interiors by Oliver Furth. AD100 and Elle Décor A-List Interior Designer Oliver Furth masterfully combines bi-partisan enthusiasm for classical and contemporary influences with California cool, to create sophisticated, livable spaces with relaxed rigor, infused with color and joy.

  • Donald Judd is Arcana’s Pick for August 2024

    Arcana: Books on the Arts’ pick for August is Donald Judd, a special selection of Judd’s minimalist works curated by his son, Flavin Judd. This catalog follows the first solo exhibition of Donald Judd’s work in South Korea for nearly 10 years. Judd (1928–94) had a personal connection to Korea, having been stationed in Seoul in 1947. The Korean concept of pungsu, similar to the Chinese Feng shui, was instrumental to his visualization of space.