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SUMMARY:Textile Arts LA Host their 2021 Material Swap
DESCRIPTION: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.) \nMany 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. \nAll 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. \n*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.\nThere 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. \nComplete Details \nFor Table Reservations
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-la-host-their-2021-material-swap/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Book Signing + Talk with April Greiman
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn 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. \nREGISTER HERE \nWith 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. \nWritten 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 \nABOUT APRIL\nTransmedia 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. \nApril 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. \nGreiman is currently a tenured professor at University of Southern California (USC) Roski School of Art and Design. \n@aprilgreiman (instagram)
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SUMMARY:Extended Studio Exhibition Hours - Low Rise\, Mid Rise\, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today
DESCRIPTION:Free\nDue 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. \nWHEN:  \nOpen Studio Hours: \nFriday\, July 9th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM\nThursday\, July 15th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM\nFriday\, July 16th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM\nThursday\, July 22nd from 1:00 to 4:00 PM\nFriday\, July 23rd from 1:00 to 4:00 PM\nFriday\, July 30th 1:00 to 4:00 PM (Closing Day) \nWhile 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. \n30+ 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). \nWHAT: \nMuch 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. \nAt 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. \nThe pop-up explores what these buildings say about how we live in Los Angeles today. \nWHERE: Studio A\, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, 90232. \nCOVID 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. \nBIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:\nBaumgartner + 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] \nSpecial Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.
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SUMMARY:Treehouse and the Building of Community with Prophet Walker\, Jason E.C. Wright and Frances Anderton
DESCRIPTION:Free\nWith 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. \nOn 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. \nSharing 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! \nWalker 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. \nTreehouse 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. \n \nABOUT PROPHET\nProphet 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. \nProphet 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. \nProphet’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. \n \nABOUT JASON \nJason 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.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/treehouse-and-the-building-of-community-with-prophet-walker-jason-e-c-wright-and-frances-anderton/
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SUMMARY:Open Studio Exhibition Hours - Low Rise\, Mid Rise\, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin 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. \nWhile 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. \n30+ 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). \nWHAT: \nMuch 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. \nAt 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. \nThe pop-up explores what these buildings say about how we live in Los Angeles today. \nWHEN:  \nOpen Studio Hours: Monday\, June 21st to Sunday\, June 27th; 12:00 to 4:00 PM \nBy Appointment Only: Monday\, June 28th to Thursday\, July 1st by contacting Angela Anthony. \nWHERE: Studio A\, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, 90232. \nCOVID 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. \nBIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:\nBaumgartner + 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] \nSpecial Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/low-rise-mid-rise-high-rise-housing-in-l-a-today-an-exhibition-helms/
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SUMMARY:Low Rise\, Mid Rise\, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today\, an Exhibition + Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin 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. \nWhile 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. \n30+ 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). \nWHAT: \nMuch 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. \nAt 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. \nPublic Opening and Conversation Schedule\n1:00 – 2:00: Meet + Mingle with the Architects \n2:00: Welcome with Frances Anderton + Stephen Phillips\n2:05: ADUs (Custom) Ben Warwas founder of Byben and Elizabeth Timme\, of LA Más\n2:20: ADUs (Factory) with Natalya Dobrinyna of Mighty Buildings\, Gordon Stott of Connect Homes and Steve Glenn of Plant Prefab\n2:35: Low Rise and Zoning with Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture and Angela Brooks of Brooks Scarpa\n2:50: Low Rise as Equity Opportunity in South LA with Michael Anderson\, author of “Urban Magic: Vibrant Black and Brown Communities Are Possible”\n3:05: 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\n3:20: 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 \n3:40: Finale – Collapsing Boundaries with Eric Owen Moss \nThe exhibition will remain open until 5:00 PM. \nWHEN:  \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, June 17th; 6:00 to 8:30 PM (Invite Only) \nPublic Opening and Conversations: Saturday\, June 19th; 1:00 to 5:00 PM; TICKETS are Free to the public \nOpen Studio Hours: Monday\, June 21st to Sunday\, June 27th; 12:00 to 4:00 PM \nBy Appointment Only: Monday\, June 28th to Thursday\, July 1st by contacting Angela Anthony. \nWHERE: Studio A\, Helms Design Center at Helms Bakery District\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, 90232. \nCOVID 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. \nBIG THANKS to the participating architects and designers:\nBaumgartner + 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] \nSpecial Thanks to our sponsors AVRP Studios and ARC Document Solutions.
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SUMMARY:Textile Slam! Has Shifted Gears With a Fun Online Experience
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, June 23rd at 7:00 PM\, please join Textile Arts LA for Textile Slam! \nCommunity. Short Talks. BYODinner. Textile Arts has transitioned their popular Textile Slam! into an online experience. Please join them for a series of six-minute presentations from artists\, curators\, and friends. Until we are able to host them again in the Helms Design Center\, enjoy “facetime” with old and new friends while hearing (and seeing!) from LA’s textile-artist-creative community. \nONLINE\n7:00 pm opening remarks\n7:15 pm presentations begin\n8:30 wrap-up remarks \nFOR TICKETS AND TO RSVP \nTheir special guest\, calling in from Australia is Joanna Barrkman\, Senior Curator of Southeast Asian & Pacific Arts Department at the UCLA Fowler Museum\, discussing her postponed exhibit\, Aboriginal Screen-Printed Textiles from Australia’s Top End. \nTextile Arts is delighted to welcome members and friends to the line-up: artist and entrepreneur Cherise Rollins of iSpaci\, punch needle artist Micah Clasper-Torch\, modern quilt artist Liberty Worth\, and Leigh Wishner of the FIDM gallery and author of a forthcoming book. \nAccess is free for members; $10 for non-members. Donations welcome. \nEvent details will be emailed once you have registered. \n 
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SUMMARY:Textile Slamming From Your Sofa - BYOB + Dinner
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, May 13th at 7:00 pm Pacific Time\, please enjoy one of our favorite Textile Arts LA events: Textile Slam! This is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking\, featuring a rotating slate of presenters\, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less) presentation. \nThis new online version is $10 non-members; $free members. \nRegister Here
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-slamming-from-your-sofa-byob-dinner/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Textile Arts Hosts a Conversation + Book Signing\, Material and Mind with Christopher Bardt
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE.\nOn Wednesday\, March 25th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm (Doors at 7:00 pm)\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Christopher Bardt\, AIA for practiceLAB\, a conversation and in-depth exploration of the interaction between mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and making—in design\, the arts\, culture\, and science. \nIn Material and Mind\, Christopher Bardt delves deeply into the interaction of mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and the process of making. He examines thought not as something “pure” and autonomous but as emerging from working with material\, and he identifies this as the source of imagination and creative insight. This takes place as much in such disciplines as cognitive science\, anthropology\, and poetry as it does in the more obvious painting\, sculpture\, and design. In some fields\, the medium of work is\, in fact\, the very medium of thinking—as fabric is for the tailor. \nDrawing on the philosophical notions of the “extended mind” and the “enactive mind\,” and looking beyond the world of material-based arts\, Bardt investigates the realms in which material and mind interweave through metaphor\, representation\, projection\, analogues\, tools\, and models. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nChristopher Bardt has over 25 years of experience as an architect and professor of architecture at RISD. He is a founding principal of 3sixØ Architecture\, which Architectural Record named one of 10 leading vanguard firms worldwide in 2002. His extensive professional experience includes furniture design\, residential\, commercial and institutional commissions and planning studies\, ranging from small urban interventions to large-scale metropolitan development. Bardt has been a member of the Architecture faculty at RISD since 1988. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University\, the National Academy of Design and Art\, Slovakia and the China Academy of Art and has served on the Board of Governors of the RISD Museum. Bardt holds a BArch from RISD and a MArch from Harvard University. \nFOR MORE INFO + TICKETS
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-hosts-a-conversation-book-signing-material-and-mind-with-christopher-bardt/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - From Urban Shopping Mall to Tech Campus: The Creative Office Conversion of Westside Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE. \nOn Wednesday\, March 18th from 7:30 to 9:00 am\, please join us in welcoming Urban Land Institure for the ULI Los Angeles StimULI Breakfast discussion\, From Urban Shopping Mall to Tech Campus: The Creative Office Conversion of Westside Pavilion. \nAs big-box retail centers decline\, developers are finding creative ways to repurpose large blocks of space to accommodate a new era. In 2018\, a joint venture between Macerich and Hudson Pacific Properties announced plans to redevelop the declining Westside Pavilion into creative office space. The following year\, tech giant Google pre-leased the entirety of the office space totaling nearly 600\,000 square feet\, further expanding their Los Angeles footprint. \nThe panel will explore the first-of-its-kind conversion of urban mall to creative office\, providing insights into innovative adaptive reuse strategies. Additional topics will include the expansion of tech and media industries in Los Angeles and the resulting economic impact to the region. \nFOR TICKETS
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/from-urban-shopping-mall-to-tech-campus-the-creative-office-conversion-of-westside-pavilion/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Join Textile Arts for a Hands-On Workshop: The Art of Spinning
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE. \nOn Sunday\, March 15th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm\, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles and local fiber artist and spinning expert Anna Zinsmeister  for The Art of Spinning\, a hands-on experience spinning Karakul sheep wool sourced from a ranch in the northern edge of Los Angeles County. We’ll discuss the method and challenges of processing fleece into spin-able material\, practice spinning with a hand spindle\, and learn a bit about the various types of wool fibers and their uses. \nMaterial fee for roving / pin tucking $25 \nSpindles can be purchased for cost\, approx $12-$13 \nFOR INFO + TICKETS
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/6168/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Play! A Screen Print Weekend with Carrie Burckle\, Inspired by Sarajo Frieden
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE. \nOn Saturday and Sunday\, March 14th and 15th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, please join us in hosting Textile Arts LA’s Carrie Burckle for a weekend-long screen printing workshop where you’ll explore chance and improvisation as playful strategies incorporating collage\, stamping\, cut outs\, and painting for designing prints. \nYou will discover relationships in line\, shape and color as your shapes and patterns unfold\, meander and snake back in on themselves\, creating new relationships and connections. You may explore mono prints\, cutout shapes\, appliqué ideas\, and more.  Sister Corita Kent says\,  “Consider/regard everything an experiment”. And “Nothing is a mistake”. \nThe weekend will be an immersion in play\, in freeing up blocked energy and exploring intuition and improvisational strategies.  Students will create stencils for mono printing and over printing onto any cloth scraps\, up cycled clothes\, misshapen cuts\, for use singularly or for extended quilts\, patchwork\, appliqué etc.  There are no preconceived outcomes\, only potential for further investigations. One exercise will include a print exchange\, where each student will receive a print from each of the other students\, creating an overprinted\, collage piece. \nFOR TICKETS \nWear comfortable clothing\, shoes\, and an apron. You will be standing on a concrete floor when printing. Comfortable shoes are a must. \n*We will take a lunch break: students are welcome to step outside for a quick walk to The Co-Op Market / Deli or one of the restaurants in the Helms Complex\, or bring your own lunch. \nThis class is intended for fine artists\, designers\, painters\, printmakers\, surface designers and general enthusiasts. Class size limited to 10. Students of all levels welcome. \nMATERIALS PROVIDED FOR USE: Small handheld screens\, inks\, squeegees/spreaders\, plastic sheet stencils\, several cotton fabrics\, including the fabric intended for the shared overprinting exercise. We encourage you to bring your own pre-laundered natural fiber fabrics\, patches\, off cuts or clothing\, as this practice lends itself well to piece work / collage. Printing tables are 4ft x 8ft\, with some of the 8 ft length used for material prep. $25 material fee payable to instructor at the class\, please! \nCarrie Burckle is an artist\, designer\, and educator. She has a BFA in Textile Design\, as well as an MFA in Fibers from CSULB\, where she has taught for the past 17 years. She is also a co-founder of Textile Arts LA. \nMore on Sarajo Frieden HERE. 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/play-a-screen-print-weekend-with-carrie-burckle-inspired-by-sarajo-frieden/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Textile Arts Hosts an In Depth Session into Nurturing Your Natural Dye Practice
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE. \nOn Saturday\, March 14th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and artist and natural dye explorer Trudy Barnes for an in depth session on natural dyeing: Nurturing Your Natural Dye Practice: Spring Color. \nCelebrate the season of renewal as we explore the hidden color in our landscape by learning about local plants and their potential for dyeing. We will discuss using native and invasive plant species\, how to source dyestuffs responsibly\, using mordants to fix color\, as well as how to broaden your color palette using modifiers. Participants will come away with samples of color on various textiles and instructions on how to repeat the process at home. \n• Learn how to forage and source dyestuffs ethically.\n• Understand the science behind mordants and color modifiers.\n• Discuss best practices to increase color and light fastness.\n• Learn how to achieve multiple colors with one dye pot.\n• Bring your own textiles to dye if time allows. Small pieces of lightweight\, natural fibers only. Further instructions on how to prepare your fabric will be sent out before class.\n• Explore how to integrate natural dyeing into your art practice\, personal wardrobe or commercial clothing line.\n• Work with locally and ethically sourced dyestuffs and textiles.\n• Connect with others who share your interest in textiles and natural dyeing in our open studio atmosphere. \nMaterials fee to be paid to the instructor the day of class. (We are working on sourcing local finished textiles – in keeping with the Fibershed ethos. We’ll add the price as soon as we get more details. It will be more than $25 and less than $50!) \nFOR INFO + TICKETS \nSave the Date (Upcoming Sessions)\nMay 16: Eco Printing: Creating Pattern and Playing with Color\nAugust 15: Shibori: Bind\, Stitch and Fold\nOctober 10 or 17 (tbd): Nourishing Your Natural Dye Practice: Fall Color
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-hosts-an-in-depth-session-into-nurturing-your-natural-dye-practice/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:Free – Please RSVP\nOn Thursday\, February 27th\, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly L.A. Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular. \n\nJimenez Lai \nJimenez Lai Jimenez Lai works in the world of art\, architecture\, culture\, and education. Early in his career\, Jimenez Lai lived and worked in a desert shelter at Taliesin and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Before founding Bureau Spectacular\, Lai worked for various international offices\, including MOS and OMA. Lai is widely exhibited and published around the world\, including the MoMA- collected White Elephant. His first book\, Citizens of No Place\, was published by Princeton Architectural Press with a grant from the Graham Foundation. Draft II of this book has been archived at the New Museum as a part of the show Younger Than Jesus. Lai has won various awards\, including the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Debut Award at the Lisbon Triennale\, and the 2017 Designer of the Future Award at Art Basel / Design Miami. In 2014\, Lai represented Taiwan at the 14th Venice Architectural Biennale. In 2015\, Lai organized the Treatise exhibition and publication series at the Graham Foundation. Alongside MoMA\, Lai’s work has been collected by SFMOMA\, Art Institute of Chicago\, and LACMA. \n\nIntroduced 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) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Jimenez Lai\, Image of Tower of Twelve Stories\, and Image of The Pool House.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jimenez-lai/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join Us For The First Textile Slam! of 2020
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, February 25th from 7:30 – 9:00 pm\, (Doors at 7:00 pm) join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles for Textile Slam! This event occurs three times a year and is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking\, featuring a rotating slate of presenters\, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation. \nGuests include TALA members\, artists\, designers\, architects\, educators\, and all-around neat thinkers to talk about their work\, ideas that interest them\, or projects they are exploring or have completed or would like help with. APPLY TO PRESENT HERE. \nThe Slam! is a casual\, community\, conversation-oriented event. You do NOT need to present to attend the Slam! Each Slam! sold separately. Wine\, water\, dinner\, and Slam!: $40 members; $55 non-members; students $25 \nFOR TICKETS + INFO \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-the-first-textile-slam-of-2020/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - Textile Arts Hosts a Random Weave Workshop with Polly Giacchina
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 22nd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Polly Jacobs Giacchina in an exploration of the random weave technique with different flexible materials.  Medium and small pieces will be created as vessels and stuffed forms. This workshop is perfect for artists and enthusiasts looking for a basis in understanding how to create dimensional form\, play with unconventional materials\, and investigate how form and material can be combined for creative and functional use. \nMaterials supplied by the instructor are twine\, reeds\, wire\, natural fibers and fabric.  This is a great technique to combine with other basketry  and weaving methods. \nPolly Jacobs Giacchina had an introduction to fiber with 2 diverse views.  Studying at San Diego State University with Joan Austin and independently exploring natural materials with Misti Washington in Solana Beach CA started a unique lifestyle of discovery. She has exhibited in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally and teaches basketry and hand weaving techniques.  Polly has been published in American Craft Magazine\, Fiber Art Now\, the National Basketry Organization Quarterly and several books on fiber art. Polly travels internationally to teach workshops. \nPlease BYOLunch – we’ll have a break to eat and chat amongst ourselves. \nLimited to 10 students. Members $135\, non-members $150. No material fee. \nFOR INFO + TICKETS \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/sold-out-textile-arts-hosts-a-random-weave-workshop-with-polly-giacchina/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Westside Mayors Forum
DESCRIPTION:It is time for Westside Urban Forum’s signature annual event\, the Westside Mayors Panel! On February 21\, 2020\, WUF is pleased to welcome the Westside mayors for a candid discussion of each mayor’s priorities for 2020\, specific issues of importance to each city\, and where these priorities and issues intersect to anticipate changes that may be coming to the Westside in 2020. \nTopics will include the economic outlooks for their cities; planning for transportation changes and the implications for future land use related to extension of the Purple Line subway\, automated vehicles\, ride-hailing companies\, shared mobility devices; planning for climate change; and the issue that ranks at the top for all of LA County: homelessness and the provision of more housing. The Westside cities are also facing their respective regional housing allocations\, requiring them to plan for hundreds or even thousands of new units. Whether or not SB 50 passes\, the mayors may discuss their visions for increasing density and managing traffic. \nCome hear directly from the decision makers what’s on their minds\, what they would like to accomplish\, and how they intend to work together in 2020. \nPanelists\nMayor John Mirisch\, City of Beverly Hills\nMayor Meghan Sahli-Wells\, City of Culver City\nMayor Kevin McKeown\, City of Santa Monica\nMayor John D’Amico\, City of West Hollywood \nModerator\nTo Be Announced \nParking\nAvailable in the adjacent\, interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City (look for the red banners)\, or ample street parking\, or via the Expo Light Rail line\, one block to the east of Helms Bakery. \n7:15 am-9 am\n7:15 am Registration\n7:30 am Breakfast\n7:45 am Panel Discussion \n$50 members\n$65 nonmembers\n$10 student members\n$15 student nonmembers \nA limited number of discounted tickets are available for members of neighborhood councils and other community-based organizations. Please inquire at info@westsideurbanforum.com. \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, February 19\, 2020. After February 19\, 2020 and at onsite registration the cost will be an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this date. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-mayors-forum/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:How String Changed the World! A Conversation with Artist and Educator Cameron Taylor-Brown
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, February 12th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm (Doors at 7:00 pm)\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Cameron Taylor-Brown for practiceLAB\, an artist conversation – How String Changed The World: An Exploration of Fiber\, Culture\, and Human Ingenuity. \nTraces of ancient flax – colored\, twisted\, spun and cut – show that textiles were already an integral part of human life 35\,000 years ago. Discover why humans first twisted fibers into thread\, and how this invention revolutionized early cultures. Track the history of flax\, wool\, silk and cotton in the ancient world\, view textiles through Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs\, and explore how string and textiles are woven into language and identity. We’ll follow the presentation with a hands-on exercise where participants will ply their own string and make their own cloth – and in the process discover why using the fiber arts as a vehicle for self-discovery and innovation is so satisfying. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nCameron Taylor-Brown was introduced to textiles by artist Ed Rossbach at UC Berkeley\, studied design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science (PCT&S) and worked as a fabric stylist in New York. She subsequently taught textile design and worked as an exhibition curator at PCT&S. Since 1985\, Taylor-Brown has lived in Los Angeles\, where she founded ARTSgarage\, a textile resource center. Her work is widely exhibited and is featured in publications including American Craft Magazine\, Fiber Art Now\, Handwoven and Shuttle\, Spindle and Dyepot. She teaches workshops at ARTSgarage\, schools\, guilds\, museums and conferences throughout the United States and Canada. She is a past president of California Fibers and on the advisory boards of the Fowler Textile Council and Textile Arts | Los Angeles. \nFOR INFO + TICKETS
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/how-string-changed-the-world-a-conversation-with-artist-and-educator-cameron-taylor-brown/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Author Talk + Book Signing with Fibershed Founder\, Rebecca Burgess
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, January 30th\, the Southern California Fibershed Affiliate is delighted to welcome Fibershed founder Rebecca Burgess to Los Angeles for an exclusive conversation and book signing for Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers\, Fashion Activists\, and Makers for a New Textile Economy. Rebecca will be joined by moderator Kamea Chayne of the Green Dreamer Podcast. \nGreen Dreamer with Kamea Chayne is a podcast and multimedia journal illuminating our paths to ecological regeneration\, intersectional sustainability\, and true abundance and wellness for all. \nThere will be  a few copies of the book available for sale at the event. \nSeating is limited – Please RSVP Here.\nDoors Open at 7 pm.\nConversation with Rebecca 7:30 – 8:30 pm\, including a brief Q&A. Mingling and light bites until 9:30 pm.\nFree Valet Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, adjacent to the event location.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/author-talk-book-signing-with-fibershed-founder-rebecca-burgess/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:practiceLAB: Textile Arts Explores Meaningful Art Practices
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, January 29th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm\, please join us for Mindful and Meaningful: Exploring the Synergies Between Textile Waste and Fine Art Practice\, Textile Arts LA‘s inaugural session of practiceLAB\, featuring talks from artists\, architects\, designers\, and creatives. \nIn this session\, we are treated to a discussion of how artists and designers can work together to create a more sustainable future. Three Los Angeles based artists share their diverse practices and individual experiences\, creating responsible objects that honor the past and endure in the future. \nIf you attended the October Textile Slam you were treated to a sneak preview of this talk. We’re thrilled to invite the trio back for a longer form discussion of this critical topic: questions of sustainability\, reuse\, and upcycling are necessary considerations. Please join this lively presentation and discussion showcasing how three artists are responding. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n \nRenae Barnard is a multi-disciplinary artist interested in exploring the network of interactions between environment\, perception\, and well-being. Using found materials and waste from the furniture manufacturing industry\, Barnard received her Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University and her BA from California State University\, Los Angeles. Barnard has recently completed projects in cooperation with the National Immigration Law Center and the City of Santa Monica Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a recipient of the Sue Arlen Walker and Harvey M. Parker Memorial Fellowship\, the Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Artist Fellowship\, The Ahmanson Annual Fellowship\, Lincoln Fellowship Award\, and Christopher Street West Art and Culture Grant. \n \nChuck Hohng is a Korean American artist\, born in Long Beach California. Chuck spent fourteen years of his early life in his family’s native South Korea. He received his undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Art Center College of Design. His early childhood exposure to Catholic practice and a bicultural household furthered interests in vanitas\, identities\, symbols\, and rituals. Chuck makes a range of fiber artworks from teddy bears to haute couture hanbok. Exploring salvaged textiles connections to love and loss\, Chuck’s artworks give a physical body to intellectual and emotional experiences. He believes we can always grow out of the mud\, lift ourselves above the murky water and bloom. \n \nAneesa Shami received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in both Fiber and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute. Aneesa’s work speaks to a broader understanding that we are all fundamentally human. She tries to utilize universal themes that are inclusive\, referencing the sublime\, and an otherworldly sense of the human conscious and subconscious. A love for repetitive mark-making drives her practice. Multiple strands of yarn\, strips of felt\, and even pen strokes build depth and density in each piece. Layers of material and process combine to lend the impression that there is more than what the eye sees. She recently completed a residency at the Helms Design Center\, is currently researching textile and fiber history and is completing large sculptural pieces in her current body of work\, Syndication.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/practicelab-textile-arts-explores-meaningful-art-practices/
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts LA Hosts Bookmaking with Sue Ann Robinson
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, January 25th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, please join Textile Arts LA for this all-day workshop\, Bookmaking: Art Material Storage with Sue Ann Robinson. Learn to make a beautiful and functional artist’s book\, using a “baggie book” structure to store samples of thread\, fiber\, dye\, swatches\, or anything you can dream up! \nThis six-hour workshop will teach a useful concertina spine fold technique and then how to attach archival bags to the spine\, and end the afternoon with covers. Examples will be provided to ensure that multiple sizes and uses for the Baggie Book can be adapted to your particular needs and will provide for reusable pages. Materials will be provided for one size book. All participants will leave with one Baggie Book ready to use. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nSue Ann Robinson is a maker of artist books and teaches Artist Books and Paper Making at California State University Long Beach. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and has exhibited her artist books nationally and internationally. Robinson is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships and residencies including the Library Fellows of the National Museum of Women in the Arts\, a CoLA Fellowship\, the Visual Studies Workshop and the Women’s Studio Workshop among others. Her artist books are included in the collections of the Getty Research Institute\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, Yale University\, and many other public and private collections. \nPlease BYOLunch. There will be a short break with an opportunity to run across the street to the Co-op Market. \nMaterial fee $15 payable to the instructor; class size limited to 15 students.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-la-hosts-bookmaking-with-sue-ann-robinson/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Re-imagining the Avant-Garde: Book Launch with Matthew Butcher\, Andrew Kovacs\, Jimenez Lai\, and Mimi Zeiger
DESCRIPTION:Free – Please RSVP\nOn Thursday\, January 23rd\, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a reception\, presentation\, discussion\, and book launch with Matthew Butcher\, Andrew Kovacs\, Mimi Zeiger\, and Jimenez Lai. \nCopies of Re-imagining the Avant-Garde will be available for sale at the event courtesy of Arcana: Books on the Arts. \n\nMatthew Butcher \nMatthew Butcher is a designer based in London. His work has been exhibited at the V&A Museum\, London; Storefront for Art and Architecture\, New York; The Architecture Foundation\, London; Betts Project\, London and the Prague Quadrennial\, Prague. Recent projects and exhibitions include ‘Flood House’ a floating architecture developed in collaboration with Jes Fernie and Focal Point Gallery in Southend and The Mansio\, a retreat for writers and poets that travelled sites across Hadrian’s Wall which was nominated for the 2017 Architects Journal Small Projects Prize. Matthew is also the editor and founder of the architectural newspaper P.E.A.R.: Paper for Emerging Architectural Research and Associate Professor in Architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture\, London and Visiting Professor at Genoa University\, Italy. He has recently contributed Articles And Papers For Journals Including Conditions\, Architecture Research Quarterly (ARQ)\, The Riba Journal and Architecture Today. He has also recently edited a special issue of Architectural Design (AD) titled Re-imagining the Avant-Garde: Revisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s. \n\nAndrew Kovacs \nAndrew Kovacs is a Los Angeles based architectural designer and educator. Kovacs’ work on architecture and urbanism has been published widely including A+U\, Pidgin\, Project\, Pool\, Perspecta\, Manifest\, Metropolis\, Clog\, Domus\, and The Real Review. Additionally\, Kovacs is the creator and curator of Archive of Affinities\, a widely viewed website devoted to the collection and display of architectural b-sides. In 2015 Kovacs published the book Architectural Affinities as part of the Treatise series organized and sponsored by the Graham Foundation in Chicago. Kovacs’ design studio\, Office Kovacs\, works on projects at all scales from books\, exhibitions\, temporary installations\, interiors\, homes\, speculative architectural proposals and public architecture competitions. The recent design work of Office Kovacs includes a proposal for a network of parks in downtown Los Angeles alleys\, a large scale installation entitled Colossal Cacit at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival and an experimental camping pavilion in the Morongo Valley Desert. \n\nJimenez Lai \nJimenez Lai works in the world of art\, architecture\, culture\, and education. Early in his career\, Jimenez Lai lived and worked in a desert shelter at Taliesin and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Before founding Bureau Spectacular\, Lai worked for various international offices\, including MOS and OMA. Lai is widely exhibited and published around the world\, including the MoMA-collected White Elephant. His first book\, Citizens of No Place\, was published by Princeton Architectural Press with a grant from the Graham Foundation. Draft II of this book has been archived at the New Museum as a part of the show Younger Than Jesus. Lai has won various awards\, including the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Debut Award at the Lisbon Triennale\, and the 2017 Designer of the Future Award at Art Basel / Design Miami. In 2014\, Lai represented Taiwan at the 14th Venice Architectural Biennale. In 2015\, Lai organized the Treatise exhibition and publication series at the Graham Foundation. Alongside MoMA\, Lai’s work has been collected by SFMOMA\, Art Institute of Chicago\, and LACMA. \n\nMimi Zeiger \nMimi Zeiger is a Los Angeles-based critic\, editor\, and curator. She was co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and curator of Soft Schindler at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She has written for The New York Times\, The Los Angeles Times\, Architectural Review\, Metropolis\, and Architect and is an opinion columnist for Dezeen. Zeiger is the 2015 recipient of the Bradford Williams Medal for excellence in writing about landscape architecture. Zeiger is author of New Museums\, Tiny Houses\, Micro Green: Tiny Houses in Nature\, and Tiny Houses in the City. In 1997\, Zeiger founded loud paper\, an influential zine and digital publication dedicated to increasing the volume of architectural discourse. She has curated\, contributed to\, and collaborated on projects that have been shown at the Art Institute Chicago\, Venice Architecture Biennale\, the New Museum\, Storefront for Art and Architecture\, pinkcomma gallery\, and the AA School. She co-curated Now\, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City\, which received the Bronze Dragon award at the 2015 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture\, Shenzhen. Zeiger has taught at the School of Visual Art\, Art Center\, Parsons New School of Design\, California College of the Arts (CCA)\, SCI-Arc\, Sandberg Institute\, and the GSD\, and is former co-president of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. \n\nIntroduced 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) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Book Cover of Reimagining the Avant-Garde (Architectural Design (AD) Wiley\, 2019)\, Image of Matthew Butcher; Image of Andrew Kovacs; Image of Jimenz Lai; Image of Mimi Zeiger. \n\n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts Material Swap + Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION: On Saturday\, December 7th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles for a material swap meet and holiday celebration. \nThinking about all the 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? So are we. Time to clean up! All textile-related materials are welcome: fabric\, tools and equipment\, notions\, samples\, paints\, adhesives\, paper\, yarn\, scraps\, storage containers\, you name it. Your never-been-used or no-longer-used item could be the solution to someone else’s needs. \nWe’ll have tables* and light snacks. We encourage any cookie bakers among us to bring some goodies to share! \nAttendance is FREE for all Textile Arts LA members\, unless you need to reserve a table\, and $5 for non-members to attend (cash at the door). BYO bags or boxes to carry home your haul. You are welcome to bring your own table\, or set-up on the floor / on a mat / other. Please also RSVP if you plan to attend\, so we know how many to look for! \n*Table reservation is $10 and the deadline to sign up will be November 25th. Please limit 1 table per person. Each table is 8’ x 3.5’ (no refunds – thank you for your understanding!). \nSet-up for swappers will be at 9:00 am. Please note you will be responsible for setting up your own table.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-material-swap-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Come Mix and Mingle with WiA and AWA+D
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 5th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm\, please join WiA LA and AWA+D in a special holiday celebration that captures the spirit of the season. Expect a fun evening of networking and mingling\, hosted by our friends in the Louis Poulsen showroom. WiA members will be able to sign up for the same AWA+D member pricing using the discount code “WIA”. \nTo be with us for this wonderful party\, click here to register. \n$15 for Members\n$20 for Non-Members
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/come-mix-and-mingle-with-wia-and-awad/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A New Vision for the Westside\, a Panel Discussion with WUF
DESCRIPTION:Will the Westside change dramatically or will plans maintain the status quo? On Friday\, November 22nd from 7:15 to 9:00 am\, please join Westside Urban Forum’s breakfast discussion inside the Helms Design Center. \nOne of the many results of the failed\, but influential\, Measure S of 2017 was the City of Los Angeles’s pledge to hasten its historically slow process of updating Community Plans. The stakes have never been higher\, with climate change\, traffic\, the housing crisis\, and myriad other forces bearing down on the Westside. \nWhile the City’s General Plan Framework Element establishes citywide principles for growth and development\, its Community Plans collectively comprise the bedrock of urban planning\, from visionary aspirations down to neighborhood-specific details. The Department of City Planning has completed several Community Plans since 2015 and is now working on its first four Westside updates: West Los Angeles\, Palms/Mar Vista/Del Rey\, Venice\, and Westchester/Playa del Rey. The planning process is being accelerated – to three years rather than what has historically taken up to a decade. All of which may add up to a spirited\, and necessary\, discussion about the future of the community – and a challenge for the city to mediate. \nThis month at WUF\, they will discuss the community planning process\, get a status update on the Westside plans\, and hear about the city’s initial vision for the future of the Westside. They will interrogate the processes for recently updated plans to learn how Westside stakeholders can share their visions with the city and discuss how the plans might respond to the re:codeLA project. Meanwhile\, the plans will have to respond to new state and regional mandates concerning housing targets and\, of course\, will undergo scrutiny from stakeholders\, the City Planning Commission\, and City Council. \nPANELISTS\nShana Bonstin\, Dep. Director of Community Planning\, Los Angeles Dept. of City Planning\nTom Donovan\, Esq.\, Former Chair\, West Los Angeles Planning Commission\nRomerol Malveaux\, Liemert Park Activist and former Dept. of Neighborhood Empowerment Field Director\nMott Smith\, Co-Founder\, Civic Enterprise \n7:15am Registration\n7:30am Breakfast\n7:45am Panel Discussion \nClick Here to Register \n$50 members\n$65 nonmembers\n$10 student members\n$15 student nonmembers \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, November 20\, 2019. After November 20\, 2019 and at onsite registration the cost will be an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this date.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/a-new-vision-for-the-westside-a-panel-discussion-with-wuf/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Designing Community Experiences with AIGA
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 20th from 6:45 to 9:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming AIGA for a reception and panel discussion that tackles the topic of  Designing Community Experiences.  \nWhile technology increasingly becomes more integrated into our lives\, we still need human connection. Organizations are embracing online platforms to build online communities\, workrooms\, and meet-ups. But have we lost the qualities that allow for the discussion of ideas and incubation of new things? From strategists creating experiences that facilitate better connections to globally scattered teams working in a focused way — where are the opportunities to blend meetings both online and physical space?  The evening explores ways creatives are forming substantive connections and robust communities. \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nNon-Members: $25 \nAGENDA\n6:45 PM: Mix & Mingle\n7:30 PM: Introduction\n7:40 PM: Speakers\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:45 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:50 PM: Giveaways \nABOUT OUR MODERATOR \n \nErika Abrams\nErika Abrams is an LA native who loves weirdo creatives\, art\, design\, tacos and all things Los Angeles. AIGA LA Advisory board member Erika brings her Mary Poppins style to organizational management and development in creative spaces\, along with experience in Human Resources and Executive Level reporting. She is a creative leader and artist whisperer who is known for developing nimble workflows that fulfill high-quality and quantity demands. Erika currently oversees Deluxe Media’s television Visual Effects company’s (Encore VFX) 200+ strong North American team\, maintaining a reputation as a positive force by leading with the mantra that happiness\, trust and productivity are all linked. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKERS \n \nMax Gates-Fleming\nMax Gates-Fleming is LA General Manager for Second Home and has brought their workspace\, tested and proven across London and Lisbon\, to Hollywood. Second Home has built a “professional utopia” — bungalow offices nestled in garden of 6\,000 plants and trees — filled with of LA’s creative entrepreneurs and professionals. Creating a collaborative culture is at the heart of Second Home’s mission — new members are selected based on what’s missing from the existing pool and results in over 80% of members having worked with another within the past year. \n \nMarvella Muro\nMarvella Muro is the Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics. Prior to joining SHG\, she was the Community Engagement Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)(2016-2018)\, developing and executing art programs with community partners\, artists\, and social service organizations in the neighborhoods of East Los Angeles\, Compton and North Hollywood. She has a B.A. in Art History from Cal State University\, Fullerton and earned her M.A. in Arts Management from Goucher College. \n \nPhilip Otto\nPhilip Otto has been an entrepreneur and creative leader\, exploring the intersection between architecture\, design\, art and culture. He has worked with disruptive growth stage companies\, civic scale developments and eco-futurist projects. Philip has worked on strategy and concepts for brands like REI\, Urban Outfitters\, Anthropologie\, Free People\, Nike\, SunRun\, Undefeated as well as The Solar Living Center and Bentonville\, Arkansas to name a few. \n \nLindsay Stuart\nLindsay Stuart is the host of the Los Angeles chapter of CreativeMornings\, a free monthly breakfast lecture series for the creative community. She is also the Director of Marketing and Communication at Noun Project. She is a communications and marketing pro with over a decade of experience in events\, community building\, corporate communications and PR. Prior to joining the team at Noun Project\, she was Communications Director at digital agency Huge where she led PR\, events and thought leadership initiatives across multiple markets.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/designing-community-experiences-with-aiga/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Staying Alive! How to Create and Maintain an Art Practice with Mary Little
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 13th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm\, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles for a seminar about how to create and maintain  an art practice\, with artist Mary Little. \nIn this seminar\, Mary Little will relate her personal experience of creating and maintaining a sustainable art practice. That is\, placing her work in homes and public spaces\, and in turn having a healthy cashflow to continue making art! Mary will talk about how she developed her niche\, set up a system to communicate regularly with collectors and buyers\, and how she helps them purchase work. In essence\, this seminar will cover how she organizes the business aspect of her studio practice. This event is open to any artist wishing to be rewarded for their work. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussions. \nABOUT MARY LITTLE\nLittle’s work can be viewed as an expression of her childhood among rolling farmland of Northern Ireland. She sculpts light and shadow with canvas to express her emotions and memories. The resulting works are often interpreted as objects of peace and meditation. \nShe is a graduate of the Royal College of Art\, London. Her work has been acquired for private collections in Europe and North America\, as well as public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum\, London and the Museum of Decorative Arts\, Paris.She is a 2019 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and lives in Los Angeles. \n$35 FOR MEMBERS\, $50 FOR NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/staying-alive-how-to-create-and-maintain-an-art-practice-with-mary-little/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Kao Pao Shu Pop Up Sample Sale Returns to Helms
DESCRIPTION:Beginning on Thursday\, November 7th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming one of our fave fashion brands\, Kao Pao Shu. They are popping into the Helms Design Center for a 2019 Sample Sale this Thursday\, Friday and Saturday. \nAmazing designs at amazing prices\, up to 70% off. \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/kao-pao-shu-pop-up-sample-sale-returns-to-helms/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Share Your Story During the October 29th Textile Slam!
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, October 29th from 6:30 to 9:00 pm\, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles (TALA) for an evening of conversation\, good food\, and short presentations.  Have a story to tell about your work\, someone else’s work\, a show you saw\, an idea or a process that intrigues you? Apply to present a 6 minute talk or slide show at the next Textile Slam! \nHere’s how it work: \nTextile Slam! is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking\, featuring a rotating slate of presenters\, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less) presentation. \nTALA invites members\, artists\, designers\, architects\, educators\, and all-around neat thinkers to talk about their work\, ideas that interest them\, or projects they are exploring. \nThe Slam! is a casual\, community\, conversation-oriented event. \nSCHEDULE\n6:30 Arrivals and Conversation\n7:00 Dinner\n7:30 Presentations Begin\n9:00 Evening Ends \nSix spaces are available: applications are due no later than midnight Friday\, October 19.  \nCocktails\, dinner\, and program: $45 members; $60 non-members; students + concessions $25 \nAlthough there is no application fee to present; all attendees and presenters must purchase a ticket for the Slam!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/share-your-story-during-the-october-29th-textile-slam/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Cultivating a Conscious Closet with Elizabeth L. Cline
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, October 27th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm\, please join Fibershed for an afternoon with Elizabeth L. Cline\, author of The Conscious Closet and expert on consumer culture\, fast fashion\, sustainability\, and labor rights. Fellow conscious fashion advocate Kestrel Jenkins will lead Cline through an engaging dive into the fashion industry and tease out concrete tips for achieving a more ethical and sustainable wardrobe. JUST ADDED: Daisy Gonzalez\, representing Garment Worker United\, will join Elizabeth and Kestrel! \nPlus a handful of ethical brands will join in for a mini expo! Please welcome Swap Society\, NRDC\, Greenpeace LA\, ReWeave LA\, Danu Organic\, Tact and Stone\, Accoutrements LA\, Trudy Barnes Studio\, Home School Handwork\, Chickasaw Homestead\, and more. More brands to be announced. Interested in being one of those brands? Email here! \nRSVP please!  We just want to make sure we have enough chairs. Optional $18 fee includes a copy of the book reserved for you at the door. \nSwap Society Pop-up!! Sunday is a rare opportunity for in-person swapping! Please bring clothes you’ve fallen out of love with and use points to swap for new loves.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cultivating-a-conscious-closet-with-elizabeth-l-cline/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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