On Tuesday, October 29th, 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!
On Sunday, October 27 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!
On Thursday, October 24th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, please join us for a reception and celebration of trained architect and artist Renée Amitai, with a special art exhibition of her work, including some of her most recent pieces. Happy 90th Renée!
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
On Friday, October 11th from 7:30 to 9:00 am, OM presents How Empathy Creates Extraordinary Experiences, a multi-speaker conversation exploring the role of empathy in the design of private and public space. This inaugural event in a newly launched program titled OM Chats: Design Discussions for Thinking Professionals.
Free
On Thursday, October 3rd from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, please join us for the opening reception of celebrated Los Angeles-based artist and curator, Diana Shui-Iu Wong, in her exhibition Heaven, Earth and us, a collection of work spanning her career
On September 28-29th, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles for MATERIALITY & METHOD, a summit that focuses on how artists and designers approach material, and how they manipulate, re-imagine, and transcend its use and possibilities.
On Saturday and Sunday, August 3-4 from 10:00 to 4:00 pm, please join us for a workshop - Screen Printing on Fabric: Pattern Design Inspired by Alexander Girard, with Instructor Carrie Burckle.
Free
On Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 pm, Helms Design Center will host the fourth event in this series. Culver City welcomes Gerhard W. Mayer, AIA, LEED AP for a presentation on Innovation in Urban Design. Mayer, an architect, urbanist, and Principal at the Los Angeles office of GGLO, will explore how a flexible approach to design and the use of new autonomous parking technologies can enable us to reclaim some of the space currently devoted to parking and develop a more human-scale urban fabric.
Free
Achieving a healthy and organized life is not easy, especially with our busy schedules. On Thursday, June 20th from 6 to 8 pm, help us kick off LA Design Festival with a lively conversation about Design x Wellness, with panelists Amanda Barnes (Louis Poulsen), Nicole Caswell (California Closets), and Lesley Roberts (OceanParkStudio), moderated by California Interiors Editor-in-Chief Kelly Phillips Badal.