BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Helms Design District - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Helms Design District REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171218 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20171212T222732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171212T222732Z UID:10000209-1513382400-1513555199@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-16/1/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Social-Media-Image.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171202T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171202T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20171127T182213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171127T182213Z UID:10000200-1512208800-1512230400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Block Printing + Sewing Workshop at Helms Bakery District DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 2nd from 10 am to 4 pm\, please join us in welcoming Akogare Trading Co. for a one-day-only Block Printing + Sewing Workshop.  \n In the morning\, fiber artist and educator Carrie Burckle will introduce block printing techniques on unfinished textiles. Students will design and carve their own foam blocks\, then experiment with color and pattern. Come afternoon\, students will work with fashion designer and master sewer Yoshimi Radstrom of Kaban+ to transform their newly printed textile into a finished piece or pieces. Patterns will be available for an apron\, simple wrap shirts\, scarf\, or simple zippered or drawstring pouches. Students may also bring their own fabric (natural fibers only) if they’d like to experiment with overprinting. \nWe’ll supply the raw materials you’ll need\, including a selection of zippers and cording – as well as a light lunch\, beverages\, and great conversation! $50 material fee payable to instructors at the class. \nThis class is for beginning and intermediate students. Click HERE to register.  \nFee: $150 \nPLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER HERE.  No refunds will be honored within 24 hours of the beginning of the workshop. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/block-printing-sewing-workshop-at-helms-bakery-district/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/all-day.workshop_17.12.02.png GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T220000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170927T002420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T205353Z UID:10000186-1509822000-1509832800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Little Bite Gallery presents Artist Edmound Veyna DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Saturday\, November 4th from 7 to 10 pm for the inaugural opening of Little Bite Gallery. Their first show welcomes the artwork of Edmound Veyna in his long-anticipated debut solo exhibition titled UTOPIA: A perfect paradise that doesn’t exist\, but which we all dream of anyway. \nEdmound’s paintings transport viewers to a familiar and beckoning place\, while at the same time confronting the limitations of being human. This disenchantment creates an unexpected effect; it alludes to the power of creativity humans harness to manifest vivid inner realities. His work humbles and inspires\, breaks down and builds up perception. What are viewers left with? The depth and beauty of interacting with a static and vast landscape. They are left to manifest their own desire\, awe\, and nostalgia; they are left to wonder what they might create if their inner realities were as vivid and unapologetic as Edmound’s. \nUTOPIA will be on view for the opening celebration and November 12th from 2:30 pm to 6 pm.\nALL OTHER TIMES by appointment only through November 16th at Helms Design Center.\nTo schedule a viewing\, please call or text Alyssa at (203) 900-4980. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-in-welcoming-little-bite-gallery-and-artist-edmound-veyna/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/EVeyna.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20171016T181838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171023T151847Z UID:10000189-1509040800-1509048000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:LA Design in the Age of GLOW: The Eighties! DESCRIPTION:Free\nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT \nJoin us on Thursday\, October 26 from 6 to 8 pm\, as we welcome Louise Sandhaus and a panel of 1980s design giants – April Greiman\, Jeri Heiden\, Jayme Odgers\, Paul Prejza\, and Peter Shire – to remind us of the iconic LA design heyday and explore the motivations and design scene of this moment. \nIn the 1980s the world’s design eye did a double-take as it swung from New York and Europe to Los Angeles and the west coast. It was bright! It was fun! It glowed! Full of swashes\, squiggles\, pixels\, and teaming with attitude and freshness\, LA was shining. April Greiman was creating a new visual language via the freshly-released Apple Mac computer; Jayme Odgers’ new wave design and experimental collage photography was making the scene; Peter Shire gave tangible ceramic form to a California vibe; Sussman/Prezja’s design for the 1984 Olympics may have garnered more global attention than the sports themselves; all of which was accompanied by the visual sound track of album cover design and art direction by Jeri Heiden. \nPlease RSVP as space is limited. \nFree Valet Parking is located inside the interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, next to the Room & Board showroom. \nReception: 6:00 pm | Discussion: 6:30 \n  \nAbout the Panelists: \n\nApril Greiman\nIn the ’80s I was the two inches taller\, long curly-haired director of CalArts Visual Communications Program\, with clients such as; Pacific Design Center\, Ron Rezek Lighting\, MoMA\, Fortuny Museum Venice\, Walker Art Center (Graphic Design in America exhibition branding; Design Quarterly Magazine) and Sci-Arc’s first identity branding. Additionally\, my introduction into the built environment projects began with Barton Myers Architects working on the environmental and graphics package for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Working in photography\, video\, computer and hybrid processes\, a completely wacky body of work and interests helped me pioneer a career\, which\, to this day\, is hard to live down but rewarded me with inclusion in Apple’s first documentary film\, Mac@30. \n\nJeri Heiden \nJeri Heiden started as a junior designer at Warner Bros. Records in 1982 and rose to VP\, chief art director in 1986. She designed packaging\, merchandise and advertising campaigns for artists on the WB roster\, in addition to supervising and growing the art department. a-ha\, Brian Wilson\, Chris Isaak\, k.d. lang\, Madonna\, and Van Halen are among hundreds of artists she has collaborated with. \n  \n\nJayme Odgers\nBy the 1980s\, I moved from doing graphic design (1964-1973) to becoming a photographer. Of course\, I couldn’t forget the designer in me\, so I became an unwitting photo-designer starting in the mid-1970s. My concerns were about combining graphic design’s up-down-left-right\, with photography’s foreground-middle-ground-background. \n  \n\n \nPaul Prejza\, Sussman/Prejza\nIn 1980\, Sussman/Prejza was on the threshold of momentous growth and becoming a major player in environmental graphic design. They had just landed two new clients who would provide them with a significant portion of their work over the decades – working on office buildings and retail shopping centers. Paul\, had been working full time at Deborah Sussman & Co. for six years and before that moonlighting there for three years.  The firm was incorporated and renamed Sussman/Prejza & Co in 1980.  The 80s would be the most significant decade of their careers. They created the image. They WERE the image. \n\n \nPeter Shire\nThe 1980s: 80 solo exhibitions (some very good\, and some better: completed 30 public sculptures; and collected by 40 public institutions. I am !! years old\, and I have tied my shoes 18\,528 times (more or less) since I was 5 years old. My friend Ettore Sottsass\, described my work as plainly as I see it. His work is\, “sort of a collage\, a sort of unstable collage of more or less broken geometric volumes\, more or less broken mathematical surfaces\, and then there are lines crossing everything and there are memories on top; most of the time the memories are of pale Californian colors and landscapes\, maybe of beaches\, or of sundaes\, or maybe of Sundays with candy-girls skating all around.” URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/la-design-in-the-age-of-glow-the-eighties/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Girls-on-bed.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20171002T234841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171002T234929Z UID:10000188-1508352300-1508360400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:An Evening with AIGA and Artist & Designer Rebeca Méndez DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 18 from 6:45 to 9 pm\, join us in welcoming AIGA Los Angeles for an evening with artist\, designer\, and UCLA professor Rebeca Méndez and enjoy live music by singer/songwriter Analiz Castillo\, who will be performing some of Méndez’s favorite songs as we kick off the night. \nRebeca Méndez will present recent projects and introduce her new initiative\, the UCLA CounterForce Lab—a research and fieldwork studio based at Design Media Arts and the School of the Arts and Architecture. The lab is dedicated to using design and art to develop creative collaborations\, new fields of study\, and methods to research\, create\, and execute projects around the social and ecological impacts of anthropocene climate change. \nMéndez’s art is driven by her interest in perception and embodied experience–exploring design and media art in public space\, critical approaches to public identities and landscape\, and artistic projects based on field investigation methods. Register now to get an inside look at the design philosophy of one of Los Angeles’ own design icons. Click here to purchase tickets. \nAGENDA\n6:45 PM: Live music by Analiz Castillo\n7:30 PM: Introductions\n7:50 PM: Rebeca Méndez\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:45 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:50 PM: Giveaways\n9:00 PM: After Party at Father’s Office \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nNon-Members: $25 URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/an-evening-with-aiga-and-artist-designer-rebeca-mendez/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Rebeca-Mendez.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170922T234831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170926T231321Z UID:10000179-1507384800-1507399200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:"STRANDS"\, an Art Installation + Performance with Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, October 7 from 2 to 6 pm\, please join us for STRANDS\, a special presentation and performance of three artists\, Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo\, in partnership with the Culver City Arts District. \nAmabelle is a fiber artist and sculptor with extensive background in clothing design\, Joy is a masterful Chinese dulcimer player trained in China Central Academy Of Fine Arts who also plays the electric bass\, and Si Jie is an ink painter who dives into the spirit of ancient China to contemplate modernity. All of them work in mediums that are traditionally passed down from generation to generation but yearn to grow and innovate in this ever changing world as citizens of today. \nThe performance piece is a visualization & reenactment of how  ‘strands’ is perceived by three female Asian artists: Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo. These artists are using traditional tools to give voice to contemporary issues\, using lines from textile\, brush strokes and instruments to connect us\, bind us\, and hopefully de-tangle all the knots of illusions that are detracting us from the ‘truth’. Two 15-minute performances are scheduled at 3 pm and 4 pm. \n“Strands” draws from these artists’ unique mediums and perspective to demonstrate a common contemplation of the past and future\, traditions and modernity\, eastern and western art practices\, and the struggle to juggle multiple identities\, such as women and artist\, ALL at once within one given time and space. \nAmabelle Aguiluz has joined Helms as an artist in residence from September 21 thru October 8. You may visit her in the studio on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 3 pm. \nAbout the Artists \nAmabelle Aguiluz is a fiber artist living in Los Angeles. She expresses the flow of life as an infinite web of interconnections using the medium of fiber as a symbolic map; linking us to the past\, revealing stories about culture\, and connecting us together. Her preference for using found materials allows her time to explore the process of transformation while collecting and analyzing the materials of her production. Amabelle uses her art as a means to connect with history\, nature\, and her surroundings. Her practice incorporates clothing\, textile\, sculpture\, and installation processes that are presented as free form sculptures and are often incorporated into live performance\, video\, and photographs. She studied at Politecnico di Milano\, Italy and graduated in 2011 from the Fashion Institute of Technology\, New York BFA in Fashion Design. Aguiluz’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles in Outaouais\, Canada. \nSi Jie Loo is a multi-disciplinary artist who is interested in capturing the spirit of humanity\, primarily with Chinese Ink. She received her BA from Dartmouth College with an honors in Studio Art and has since exhibited in both US and Malaysia. As an artist in the diaspora\, she is constantly on the move between places\, cultures\, music genres and languages. One of Si Jie’s creative processes involves tapping into the spirit of Ancient China by embarking on an annual art pilgrimage through various region in China. She inks down captivating people\, musicians\, dancers and nature on the road to further inspire her studio work. Most recently\, she traveled to the Tibetan plateau and the Silk Route in Northeast China. Since returning from her art residency in Malaysia last December\, Si Jie has been working from her home studio in Santa Barbara\, occasionally spotted taking pottery classes\, dancing\, drumming and practicing Taichi in her community. \nJoy Wu is a musician and a lover of culture\, music\, film and art. She started her music journey at the age of four\, influenced by her dear grandmother. Trained in classical music\, she went to Central Conservatory of Music\, in Beijing\, China\, for her traditional Chinese instrument Yangqin. Joy is a member of China Nationalities Orchestra Society\, CNOS. To follow her love for American culture\, she moved to California and received her BA from UC Santa Barbara. Joy is currently based in Los Angeles. \nAbout Yangqin: Yangqin is also called “Chinese dulcimer”. Similar hammered dulcimers are played in Eastern Europe\, the Middle East\, Portugal\, Italy\, India\, Iran and Pakistan. The origin of Yangqin is still a mystery to us today. Many historians say it is originally from Persia\, now modern Iran\, during the Ming Dynasty (late 14th c. to 15th c.) through the Silk Road. Others say it is introduced by sea through the port of Canton during the 16th century when the Portuguese and Italian traders performed for locals. It has been in China for hundreds of years. The construction of Yangqin has a considerable resemblance to Iran’s Santur. It has five bridges\, up to 140 more strings\, and to play with a pair of hammers made with bamboo. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/strands-a-special-art-installation-performance-with-amabelle-aguiluz-joy-wu-and-si-jie-loo/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AAguiluz-feature-image.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171001T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171001T190000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170923T010313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170925T164058Z UID:10000183-1506870000-1506884400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Join us for "PLACE"\, an Art Installation + Reception Featuring Four Artists DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Sunday\, October 1 from 3 to 7 pm for an artist reception and special installation of PLACE: Works by Renée Amitai\, Kim Abeles\, Rachel X Hobreigh\, and Debra Dobkin.  The exhibition will be on display from September 28 through October 7. \nPLACE refers simultaneously to a location and the action for going there. In this way\, we can remember the places of our past\, and imagine others through a sense of longing. The four artists in the exhibition make use of painting\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, and sculpture to define the dream that is PLACE. \nRenée Amitai’s gates imply passage\, and as we move from one place to another\, a threshold of the journey is defined. Kim Abeles considers place as the desire to physically engage with the urban environment. Rachel X Hobreigh’s work reflects the human impact on the sacred feminine ocean\, where the power of water gives life ten-thousand-fold and asks for nothing in return. Debra Dobkin defines a sense of place by combining the dynamics of real and imagined environments in relation to the people who move through them. \nWe are living in a time when our individual relationships with the world are shifting and the tangible blends with the ethereal. The mixed media artworks in this exhibition use the metaphor of PLACE and move through its multiple meanings. \nHours: Thursdays and Fridays 11 am to 2 pm\, or by appointment. \nAbout the Artists \nRenee Amitai graduated from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris\, France and gained professional experiences in Fine Art and architecture in France\, Israel\, Italy and America. Her artistic interest evolved from printmaking to painting to sculpture. She moved to the United States in 1984\, where she taught printmaking\, painting and architecture in San Antonio Texas and in Los Angeles California. She currently resides in Los Angeles\, CA and Paris\, France. Her work is exhibited in California\, France\, China\, Japan\, Korea and around the globe. \n  \nKim Abeles is a Los Angeles-based artist whose installations and community projects cross disciplines and media to explore biography\, geography and environment. She has created projects with the California Science Center\, air pollution control agencies\, health clinics and mental health departments\, and natural history museums. Abeles received fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\, J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts\, California Community Foundation\, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work is in public collections including MOCA\, LACMA\, Berkeley Art Museum\, California African American Museum\, and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Abeles’ journals\, books\, and process documents are archived at the Center for Art + Environment\, Nevada Museum of Art. \nDebra Dobkin was born in Chicago and started painting at an early age at the Art Institute of Chicago children’s program. In addition to pursuing a life in the visual arts\, she is an accomplished percussionist/drummer. While traveling and playing music professionally around the world\, she has continued to study\, draw\, photograph and paint. Her work now holds the richness of those experiences.  Dobkin has exhibited in Los Angeles\, around the U.S.\, and internationally. These mixed media pieces are inspired by her original photos taken on her travels. They evolve through a combination of painting\, collage\, and photo transfer to convey a captured moment in time. \n  \nRachel X Hobreigh’s work focuses on the environment and the divine feminine. She uses painting\, performance art\, photography and sculpture to reflect a visual history of moments in her life and her great love and respect for nature. Hobreigh has shown work internationally\, most recently at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys\, the Marie de Paris 8 Gallery and the Mu Gallery in Paris\, France as well as the FH Gallery in Jena\, Germany. Her US shows include: A solo show at Gallery 417 Los Angeles\, CA 2017; The Museum Contempo in Olympia\, Washington\, Building Bridges Art Exchange at the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as well as the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. She has a Masters Degree in Public Art from California State University Northridge\, where they also retain a permanent public installation of her work. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-place-a-special-art-installation-reception-featuring-four-artists/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PLACE_card-without-invite-text_small.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T193000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170622T203252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170630T171251Z UID:10000171-1500138000-1500147000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Join us for a Special Screening of "Landfill Harmonic" DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, July 15th from 5 to 7:30pm\, please join us in welcoming The Possibility Project and Mending as Metaphor for a reception and special film screening of Landfill Harmonic\, immediately followed by a Q+A with The Possibility Project‘s founders\, Kim Pearce and Kath Davis. Also featured is a clothing pop-up from the slumwear108 line\, with proceeds supporting the social justice work of Pearce and Davis. \nAbout Landfill Harmonic \n‘The world sends us garbage\, we send back music’ \nWe live in an unprecedented time of social and environmental upheaval\, so what might the possibilities look like when there is harmony between the two?  Landfill Harmonic is a feature length documentary that follows the journey of a Paraguayan Youth Orchestra that makes its instruments entirely out of waste. The film masterfully demonstrates how ordinary people can make extraordinary choices to rise above conflict and create so much hope in the process. \nThe Possibility Project is an Australian based social enterprise\, that collaborates with slum communities in India to create a slow clothing label called slumwear108. The founders will share their insights on how people around the world are collaborating to enact peaceful\, social\, and environmental cohesion. \nSpace is limited. Please RSVP to ruthkatzensteinsouza@gmail.com. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-possibility-project-and-mending-as-metaphor-host-a-special-screening-of-landfill-harmonic/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Landfill-Harmonic-1.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170504T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170504T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170426T210119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170427T164313Z UID:10000159-1493922600-1493929800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts West of West at the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 4th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with JAI KUMARAN & CLAYTON TAYLOR of WEST OF WEST\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nAbout the Architects: \nWest of West \nWest of West is an architecture and design studio founded by Jai Kumaran and Clayton Taylor in 2012\, formed in California and currently headquartered in Portland\, Oregon. Inspired by the explorative spirit of the American West\, the studio engages architecture and design to activate new frontiers of viewing\, framing\, and occupying the landscape. Each project is an opportunity to build a new reality by creating progressive spaces and shaping new experiences. West of West is dedicated to collaboration. With an emphasis on open dialogue\, we work alongside our clients to develop and realize projects while balancing the specific social\, economic\, and environmental conditions of every project with function\, beauty\, and opportunity. Since its inception\, the studio has completed multiple projects ranging from commercial and cultural to residential and product design in cities across the United States. \nJai Kumaran\, Associate AIA \nJai is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. He has worked for multiple internationally recognized design firms\, most recently Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles). There\, he was a design leader on large scale urban developments including the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chengdu Financial Center\, among many others. He also was a member of the construction administration team for Emerson College\, Los Angeles\, a project which brought together student housing\, administrative offices\, and educational facilities on a dense urban site. The project has since won multiple design awards both nationally and internationally. Jai’s longstanding dedication to the craft and detail of architecture allows W/W to consistently execute the highest level of work possible. \nClayton Taylor\, AIA \nClayton is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. Clayton has worked at a series of well-recognized Architectural Design firms including Coop Himmelblau in Vienna\, as a Project Designer at Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles)\, and most recently
as an Associate at Rios Clementi Hale Studios in Hollywood. At RCHS\, Clayton led design efforts on many creative office and multi-family developments in the Los Angeles area including\, Columbia Square\, Crossroads of the World\, The Telephone Building\, and Flight at Tustin Legacy. He also completed many competitive design proposals for RCHS like the Rancho Cienega Sports Complex and the Southwest School of Art\, which won the AIA Next LA Honor Award in 2013. Clayton is a NCARB certified
architect and licensed to practice in California and Oregon. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Jai Kumaran & Clayton Taylor; Roadside Hotel; GLCO New York URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-west-of-west-at-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/west-of-west-800px.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170330T212402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170426T233225Z UID:10000074-1492713000-1492720200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Heather Roberge at the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HEATHER ROBERGE of MURMUR\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\n\nAbout the Architect: \nHeather Roberge is an LA-based designer and educator. She is the founder and principal of Murmur: Architecture and Environments and is associate professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA where she currently serves as Vice Chair. Ms. Roberge’s research and professional work investigates the spatial\, structural and atmospheric potential of digital technologies on the theory and practice of building. In graduate level courses in design and technology\, her teaching emphasizes innovative approaches to material\, computation\, and manufacturing as opportunities to expand the formal vocabulary and spatial implications of building envelopes and assemblies. In recognition of her distinctive work\, she was selected for the prestigious 2016 Emerging Voices Program by the Architectural League of New York. In 2015 her installation for the SCI-Arc Gallery\, En Pointe\, was awarded an AIA design merit award. In 2011 Murmur’s proposal for the Succulent House received an AIA Next LA design merit award. Her work has been published in A+U\, Praxis\, Metropolis\, I.D.\, Wallpaper\, Architectural Record\, Log\, 306090\, Form Magazine\, The New York Times\, and The Los Angeles Times and exhibited in group shows in the U.S. and abroad. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Heather Roberge; Succulent House; En Pointe at SCI-Arc Gallery URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-heather-roberge-at-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Heather_Roberge_800px.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170407T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170408T183000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170321T000622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T011457Z UID:10000070-1491580800-1491676200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Unmentionables: LA's 1st Interior Architecture Symposium DESCRIPTION:Over the past two decades\, Chu+Gooding have been honing their craft toward the mastery of the interior architectural experience. They have recommitted to their roots to create thoughtful and lasting architecture for those who dwell within it. A significant milestone in this twenty-year endeavor is the Unmentionables Symposium\, an inaugural 2-day event hosted by Woodbury University’s Interior Architecture Department\, where founding principal Annie Chu has taught for the past six years. \nUnmentionables is aimed at exploring new narratives for interior architecture and establishing a precedent for welcoming previously unmentioned ideas in spatial practice and theory. The symposium will serve as a provocation for marginalia\, taboos\, illicit ideas\, and undertheorized issues such as critical interiority and physical and virtual constructed environments. \nUnmentionables brings together a range of notable thinkers and designers drawn from literature\, architecture\, film\, art\, philosophy\, and interior design. Over the 2-day period\, the symposium will feature persistently critical voices from around the country. \nMore info\, full schedule\, and tickets available at UnmentionablesSymposium.com URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/unmentionables/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unmentionables-poster.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170404T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170317T191816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170404T204717Z UID:10000068-1491330600-1491337800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts B+U Architecture at the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 4 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HERWIG BAUMGARTNER & SCOTT URIU of B+U ARCHITECTURE\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \n\nAbout the Architects: \nBaumgartner+Uriu Architecture\n \nHeadquartered in Los Angeles\, California and established in 2000 by architects Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu\, Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U) are an internationally recognized design duo operating at the forefront of contemporary design. Their design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. Baumgartner+Uriu’s work consistently pushes theboundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts\, intesnfiying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural locations (including museums\, concert halls and exhibition spaces)\, educational and transportation facilities\, master planning and urban design\, offices and mixed-use developments\, restaurants\, and residential work.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles\, California; the FRAC center in Orleans\, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris\, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice Italy\, the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles\, California; SITE gallery and David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe\, New Mexico; INSITE gallery\, Bangalore\, india; the 2011 AIA Emerging Professional exhibition in Washington D.C.; the Stadtkrone 2030 Exhibition in Milan\, Italy; the University of Applied Arts in Vienna\, Austria; at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); and the Los Angeles Form for Architecture and Urban Design in Hollywood\, California.\n \nBaumgartner + Uriu recently have been named the world’’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50. Two Monographs have been published on Baumgartner + Uriu’s work. The most recnet one\, B+U- Designpeak 12\, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record\, Architectural Digest\, The Los Angeles Times\, Los Angeles Magazine\, Azure\, FORM\, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research (2010)\, the AIA national award for emerging professionals (2011)\, the A+Award for Sustainability (2012)\, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts (2014)\, the COLA fellowship for 2015 from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs and their Aperture project won the Best Design Innovation Project in the 2016 Blueprint Awards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHerwig Baumgartner\n \nHerwig Baumgartner\, an Austrian native\, is a licensed architect and principal/co-founder of Los Angeles based Architecture firm Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U). He received his diploma in Muisc and New Media from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and his Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Baumgartner has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor teaching design and applied studies in the graduate and undergraduate programs at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently\, he represented SCI-Arc at one of the leading symposiums on recent developments in architectural geometry and computation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Prior to founding B+U Baumgartner worked as a senior associate and project architect at Gehry Partners and also collaborated with artist Richard Serra.  \n\n\n\nScott Uriu \n\nScott Uriu is a licensed architect and principal of B+U\, which he co-founded. He was born in Davis\, California\, and was initially an undergraduate mathematics major at the university of California\, Davis. He then received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic Pomona and studied at the Architectural Association in London\, Diploma Unit 7. Uriu has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor and teaches design studio and applied studies at the University of Southern California (USC) and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). He was previously part of the design faculty at Woodbury University. Prior to founding B+U\, Uriu worked as an architect at Gehry Partners. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-bu-architecture-at-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BU-ARCHITECTURE_800px.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170315T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170315T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170308T011325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170308T015706Z UID:10000066-1489603500-1489611600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:AIGA Presents "Designers Are Not Makers" at the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 15 please join us as we welcome AIGA to the Helms Design Center for a series of discussions and presentations for the design community. \nThe first topic\, “Designers Are Not Makers”\, addresses the growth we have witnessed in “maker” culture\, leading to increased access to the tools and information needed to tinker\, program\, and build custom products and solutions. Manufacturing can now happen on a desktop as easily as in a home workshop. The benefits of stepping away from a computer to work with your hands continues to gain influence in business and culture. Yet\, with all the focus on making\, it is the designer who gets celebrated once the “making” becomes mass production. \nQuestions to be discussed:\nAs digital technology continues to insert itself into our daily lives\, what is the role of the tactile?\nWhat is the importance of physical creation in a world of digital technology\, virtual reality\, 3D printing and rapid prototyping?\nAnd where does the act of designing stop\, so the role of making can take over? \nAgenda\n6:45 PM: Meet & Greet\n7:30 PM: Introduction\n7:35 PM: First Speaker\n8:05 PM: Second Speaker\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:50 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:55 PM: Giveaways\n9:00 PM: After Party \nTicket Pricing\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nNon-Members: $25 \nRequests for cancellation refunds may be granted only up to 24 hours before the event starts. \nAbout The Speakers \nAndrew Byrom is a British-born designer and educator based in Los Angeles. His clients include The New York Times Magazine\, Sagmeister Inc.\, Penguin Books\, The Architecture + Design Museum and UCLA Extension. His interdisciplinary work has been recognized by AIGA and the Type Directors Club. He has been featured in many design related publications and has exhibited his design work in venues across the United States\, Europe and Asia. Andrew is currently teaching Advanced Typography and The History of Graphic Design at California State University\, Long Beach. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWill Ayers is the Founder/Creative Director of fashion label WILLIAM; and the Principal of Design for the signage and wayfinding studio GNU Group. WILLIAM\, with its atelier based in Downtown Los Angeles has debuted collections at Paris Fashion Week\, Milan Fashion Week\, and Pitti Uomo; collaborates with prestigious accounts including Farfetch. GNU Group\, a design studio specializing in global programs of environmental graphics\, branding\, signage\, and wayfinding; opened a new studio in Los Angeles established by Will Ayers\, expanding their international presence. \n \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/aiga-presents-designers-are-not-makers-at-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AIGA-Makers.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170314T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170314T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170307T205049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170307T211603Z UID:10000064-1489516200-1489523400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Tom Wiscombe Inside the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, March 14 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architect \nTom Wiscombe\nBorn in La Jolla\, California in 1970\, Tom Wiscombe is an Architect living in Los Angeles. He is founder and principal of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\, an internationally recognized design practice. His work stands out in terms of its mysterious figural features\, its alluring graphic qualities\, and its tectonic inventiveness. \nWiscombe has developed an international reputation through winning competition entries\, exhibitions of work at major cultural institutions\, and publications worldwide. In 2014\, Wiscombe began planning and design of the Main Museum of Los Angeles Art with Tom Gilmore\, the developer known for leading the re-vitalization of downtown Los Angeles. This project involves 105\,000 square feet of renovation and new construction beneath\, inside of\, and on top of several historical bank buildings. In 2016\, Wiscombe\, together with Orange Barrel Media\, MOCA\, and Imaginary Forces\, won the West Hollywood Sunset Spectacular competition\, a new form of billboard for the 21st century. In 2014\, Wiscombe also received Second Place in the international competition for the Kinmen Passenger Service Center\, Taiwan. In 2011\, Wiscombe won first place in the competition for the 123\,000 square meter. Chinese National Games Civic Sports Arena in Shenyang.\n \nWiscombe is Chair of the Bachelor of Architecture Program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)\, where he has taught for over 10 years. Wiscombe has taught Advanced Research studios as Visiting Professor at PennDesign (U. Penn) for 4 years\, and in 2012\, held the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professorship at Yale University. He has published texts on architectural theory in journals such as AD\, Project\, and LOG. His work is part of the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre Paris\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, MoMA San Francisco\, and MoMA New York.\n \nPreviously\, Wiscombe worked for Coop Himmelb(l)au\, where he was the right hand of Principal Wolf Prix for over 10 years. He was responsible for multiple international projects and large project teams from competition through realization. Notably\, he was Chief Designer for the UFA Cinema Center\, Dresden\, BMW Welt\, Munich\, and the Lyon Museum of Confluences\, known as three of the most important works of contemporary architecture. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-pita-bloom-inside-the-helms-design-center-copy/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Tom-Wiscombe_header.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170225T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170217T223050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170217T224655Z UID:10000157-1488047400-1488054600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Patrick Tighe Inside the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, February 25 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, exhibition\, and book signing with Patrick Tighe of Patrick Tighe Architecture\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. \nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nTuesday\, March 14th: Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architect\nPatrick Tighe FAIA\, FAAR\, is a Los Angeles architect and educator. The highly acclaimed namesake firm\, Patrick Tighe Architecture\, is committed to creating an authentic\, contemporary architecture informed by technology\, sustainability\, and building innovation. Since its inception\, the firm has produced a strong and diverse body of work. The firm has gained international recognition for their award winning projects and for their work in the affordable housing sector.  \nThe firm has received over 50 design awards\, has been published extensively and exhibited globally. Tighe was recently awarded the Pacific Design Center’s 2017 Star of Design. A monograph of the firms work\, entitled “Buiding Dichotomy” was just released. Available on Amazon.\n\n\nPatrick Tighe Architecture: Building Dichotomy\nWith Essays by Thom Mayne and Stephen Philips\n\nFrom the publisher: This beautifully designed and illustrated monograph sets out Patrick Tighe’s innovative\, diverse\, and wide-ranging collection of contemporary work towards the post-digital\, showing the reader a hyper- detailed analytical investigation of digital forms and their practices.\n \nIt sets out how his architecture has brought a return to the real in an attempt to rethink the language and practice of architecture. The book’s many inspiring and intricate drawings render clear the ideas that show the palpable energy and momentum that exists in this practice. In every instance\, this firm embraces dichotomy\, mining its potential to produce a more vital and consequential architecture.\n \nThe book’s stunning imagery and nuanced narratives tell the story of Tighe’s architecture across 35 projects spanning across the globe\, to help establish how his work draws from and builds upon existing polarities to find resolution\, and how tensions yield a more dynamic architecture. The work is multiple and varied: from the small-scale residential to the urban scale\, from the United States to Europe to China to North Africa\, from high-end villas for royalty to art installations to social housing projects.\n \nThis compelling collection of work follows the following five key themes: CRAFT (from the manufactured to the technological); MATERIAL (from the natural to the synthetic); EXPERIENCE (from the actual to the perceptual); GEOMETRY (from the simple to the complex); and METHOD (from the analog to the digital). This distinguished monograph also includes an incisive introduction by Patrick Tighe and is augmented by two essays by Thom Mayne and Stephen Phillips\, who also provide clarity and insightful discourse on how Tighe’s work is continuously in transition and evolving\, and how he’s rethinking and engaging in a discourse to defamiliarize the familiar. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-patrick-tighe-inside-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Patrick-Tighe.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170217T221837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170217T224537Z UID:10000156-1487874600-1487881800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Pita & Bloom Inside the Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, February 23 from 6:30 – 8:30pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Florencia Pita nd Jackilin Bloom of Pita and Bloom\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be 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). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. Free Parking is available at the Valet located on the corner of Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. \nUPCOMING SCHEDULE: \nSaturday\, February 25th: Patrick Tighe of Patrick Tighe Architecture\nTuesday\, March 14th: Tom Wiscombe of Tom Wiscombe Architecture\nTuesday\, April 4th: B+U Architects\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \nAbout the Architects \nPita & Bloom\nPita & Bloom is an architectural research and design collaborative based in Los Angeles. Started in 2010 by Florencia Pita and Jackilin Hah Bloom to test ideas on their shared notions of color\, form\, and material applications\, Pita & Bloom aims to represent attitudes of contemporary culture while addressing each project’s specific challenges. Their projects to date include speculative cultural buildings\, indoor and outdoor environments\, social housing in Mexico\, as well as objects to be viewed or used. In 2014\, Pita & Bloom were called “two female visionaries” in Architecture Magazine’s Next Progressives\, and they were selected as one of five finalists of the MoMA PS1 YAP competition. Recently they were selected as one of twelve teams to represent the U.S. Pavilion’s exhibit\, The Architectural Imagination\, at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-pita-bloom-inside-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pita-Bloom-1.png GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170203T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20170201T201446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170201T201446Z UID:10000154-1486144800-1486152000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Woodbury College Hosts a Discussion on Womanhouse and WomEnhouse: A 20-Year Perspective on Feminism and Architecture DESCRIPTION:Free\n45 years ago\, from January 30 to February 28\, 1972\, Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro organized a feminist art installation and performance space called Womanhouse\, located in an abandoned Victorian house near CalArts. 20 years ago a group of 24 female artists\, architects\, poets\, art historians\, and cultural theorists derived inspiration from Womanhouse in their design of a collaborative\, multi-authored website that explores the politics of domesticity and gender relations through virtual “rooms” and conceptual domestic “spaces.” WomEnhouse proposed that\, just as the domestic sphere is no longer separated from the public world of capital\, so too the “feminine” (and feminism) must expand into a cyberpolitics that addresses the multivalent vicissitudes of identity formation and domesticity at the turn of the millennium. \nFounding members of WomEnhouse\, Annie Chu\, Christina Magar\, and Pat Morton\, will discuss the past\, present\, and future of the ideological and symbolic conflation of women and houses through the formative lens of this groundbreaking website. With an estimated 750\,000 people attending the Los Angeles Women’s March on January 21\, 2017\, and recent publications concerning the absence of women in architecture\, questions surrounding female bodies in public space are as relevant to address on February 3\, 2017 as they were on January 30\, 1972. Come and participate in this timely discussion! \nSeating is limited\, so please RSVP here. Free Valet parking is available in the lot located at Venice Boulevard and Helms Avenue. \nYou can read more about the event here!https://woodbury.edu/womanhouse-and-womenhouse/ URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/woodbury-college-hosts-a-discussion-on-womanhouse-and-womenhouse-a-20-year-perspective-on-feminism-and-architecture/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Woodbury-17.02.03.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20151125T195706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161114T194325Z UID:10000054-1479585600-1479592800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Helms Bakery Hosts "What The Frack Happened?" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, November 19th at 8:00PM for What the Frack Happened? It’s hard to keep your heart afloat when the world is sinking\, a timely\, political\, funny\, physical theatre accompanied by live music\, bollywood dancing\, original songs\, a mega tsunami and of course\, love.  \nThis interactive theatre presentation captures a moment in time when Climate Change arrives. As a result\, a catastrophic tsunami has crushed the World and more importantly\, the wedding of the year\, leaving the guests to ponder their predicament while floating out to sea. Presented by the Citizen Change Theatre troupe. \nWritten & Directed by Gina Rose Powell & Brian Powell. Artistic Directors Brian Powell & Gina Rose Powell. Musical Director Jef Bek. \nStarring Roger Carvalho\, Ella Rose Charles\, Rachel Murphy\, Bryan Porter\, Brian Powell\, Rahul Rai\, Issac Silva\, and Libby Wahlmeier. \nTickets $10\nwww.citizenchangetheatre.com \nParking is located at the Free Valet in the lot on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/helms-bakery-hosts-what-the-frack-happened/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Citizen-Change.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20161110T004920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T163225Z UID:10000138-1479236400-1479243600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:L.A. World Affairs Council On "Social Entrepreneurship: L.A. and Beyond" DESCRIPTION:Join us as we host an evening of networking and mingling with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council followed by a thoughtful discussion on innovative social entrepreneurship. \n7:00-7:30: Reception\n7:30-8:45: Panel Discussion \nModerator: \nJill Kickul\, Professor of Clinical Social Enterprise at USC \nPanelists:\nJuan Lopez\, Deputy of Technology and Innovation at the City Controller’s Office\nRobert Egger\, Founder/CEO of LA Kitchen\nCourtney Copeland\, Social Entrepreneur CEO/Founder of Happy Dot Box \nPlease rsvp for this event here or call 424-258-6160. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. Business casual and smart attire.\n$20 Members\n$30 Non-Members \nFree parking is available in the lot at Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. Street parking is also available on Washington Boulevard. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/l-a-world-affairs-council-on-social-entrepreneurship-l-a-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/LAWAC.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161102T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20161028T175916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161028T175916Z UID:10000129-1478111400-1478118600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Helms Bakery + Woodbury University Present "Do Good" Architecture & Engagement DESCRIPTION:Free\nPlease join us Wednesday\, November 2nd from 6:30 to 8:30PM for a panel discussion with Woodbury University School of Architecture faculty members as they explore architecture and design as a socially and civically engaged endeavor. \nJoin Jeanine Centuori\, Director\, Agency for Civic Engagement at Woodbury University\, Theresa Hwang\, Executive Director\, Department of Places\, and Deborah Richmond\, AIA for short presentations and a discussion moderated by Eric Olsen\, Professor of Architecture\, Woodbury University. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public. Light bites and refreshments. Free Valet parking is available at Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard or take the Metro Expo line to the Culver City station\, located one block west of the Helms Design Center. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/helms-bakery-woodbury-university-present-do-good-architecture-engagement/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Woodbury-Do-Good.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20161006T211307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161006T211307Z UID:10000123-1476025200-1476046800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Get Your Tickets To The #NewUrbanismFilmFestival! DESCRIPTION:We are super excited to announce our newest partnership with The New Urbanism Film Festival (NUFF)\, an organization concerned with how we design our cities and the effect on residents living and working in those cities.  “Safe sidewalks and open spaces encourage healthy lifestyle habits for ourselves and our community.” NUFF kicks off their fourth season\, with a series of screenings\, tours\, discussions\, and events throughout the city\, ending with closing night awards and festivities on October 9th at Helms Design Center. \nWe will serve as a hub of festival activity\, with several excursions departing and returning to the Helms Design Center. Three events will take participants on urbanism adventures: \n\na group bike ride along the Ballona Creek Bike Path; riders will experience the river’s renaissance first hand; the ride ends with a tour of the Playa Vista neighborhood given by architect and urban designer Stefanos Polyzoides\, one of the designers of the project and one of the founders of the New Urbanism\,\na second excursion takes participants on a train trip from the Culver City station to Downtown Santa Monica; the group will get an up close look at design principles of Downtown Santa Monica from the city manager himself\, Rick Cole\, and\na third group tour will go on a relatively short bike ride around Culver City\, touring current and future bicycle related projects.\n\nOther events include workshops inside Helms\, games\, and BUSted the storytelling show featuring true tales told by people who don’t drive in LA. \nGet tickets for the festival here: https://nuff2016.eventbrite.com/ and complete Helms Design Center details here. \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/get-your-tickets-to-the-newurbanismfilmfestival/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NUFF.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160929T191306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T195722Z UID:10000117-1475935200-1475949600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Studio II Fall Exhibition At The Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:Free\nIn support of Culver City Art Walk 2016\, Studio II kicks off their fall exhibition on Saturday\, October 8th from 2 to 6PM inside the Helms Design Center. \nOn display is a collection of work featuring Chris Hero\, Kate Leachman and Stephanie Kerley Schwartz\, three artists working inside Studio II – a creative  workspace at the historic Helms Bakery Building. A diverse range of figurative\, narrative\, abstract and works highlighting the transformation of found objects will be presented.  The exhibition will be on view through 10/21\, by appointment only. \nPlease contact the artists directly for a private showing.\nChris Hero: Chris@chrisheroartist.com\nKate Leachman: kateleachman@verizon.net\nStephanie Kerley Schwartz: skerleys@gmail.com URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/studio-ii-fall-exhibition-at-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Studio-II.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160928T234101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T195838Z UID:10000116-1475935200-1475949600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:ExploreExperienceEnjoy Culver City Art Walk 2016! DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Saturday\, October 8th from 2 to 6PM as the Culver City Arts District (CCAD) – a unique collection of art galleries\, creative businesses\, specialty retail and restaurants – presents Culver City Art Walk 2016. The Art Walk event will celebrate the beginning of the fall season with a free self-guided tour of galleries exhibiting new and distinguished artists\, musical and dance performances throughout the day at various venues\, interactive experiences and special offerings at several area restaurants. \nHelms Bakery District will host an art installation inside the Helms Design Center featuring Tornado Creative’s collective of artists\, a Studio II fall Exhibition and a music performance by Par Avion; Arcana: Books on the Arts will host a book signing and discussion with Anthony Hernandez; plus music by TheSuperUltraMegatones? on Helms Walk from 4 to 6PM. Grab a bite from our restaurants and food trucks – Let’s Be Frank hot dog truck and Helms Bakery Cookie truck – on Helms Avenue before heading east on Washington Boulevard where you’ll find activities for all ages to explore\, experience and enjoy the Culver City Arts District. \nMore information about the Art Walk and updates regarding activities\, gallery events\, music venues\, performers\, and performance times are available by visiting the www.culvercityartsdistrict.com or www.Facebook.com/CulverCityArtsDistrict. The website and Facebook page will be updated as additional details of the events are confirmed. \nThe Arts District is conveniently located just one block east of the Culver City Expo stop. Guests can take advantage of unlimited bus rides for $1 courtesy of Culver CityBus along the Art Walk route. Culver CityBus will provide service for ART WALKers along Washington and Culver Boulevards between Downtown Culver City and Fairfax Avenue for only $1 (One Dollar). ART WALKers may board any Culver CityBus at participating Culver CityBus Stops and purchase an ART WALK bus pass from the driver on the day of the event. The ART WALK bus pass is valid for unlimited rides along Line 1 and Line 4 between noon and 8 p.m. \nAbout Culver City Arts District\nThe Culver City Arts District encompasses more than 25 contemporary art galleries\, 14 specialty restaurants and home to creative enterprises such as architecture\, advertising\, culinary arts\, post-production\, landscape and interior design. Located on Washington Boulevard between Helms and Fairfax Avenues as well as La Cienega Blvd. between Venice and Fairfax Avenue it is easily accessible by both the Culver City and La Cienega Expo Stations. \nAbout Tornado Creative Exhibition\nTornado Creative will curate an art collective show featuring work from a dozen creative friends and associates in the Helms Design Center. Art will be for sale: cash and carry! Drinks and light snacks available\, plus rockin’ live music from Par Avion. Participating artist list and more at tornadocreative.com/events. \nAbout Studio II Exhibition\nA collection of work featuring Chris Hero\, Kate Leachman and Stephanie Kerley Schwartz\, three artists working inside Studio II – a creative  workspace in the historic Helms Bakery Building. A diverse range of figurative\, narrative\, abstract and works highlighting the transformation of found objects will be presented in the Helms Design Center. \n  \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/exploreexperienceenjoy-culver-city-art-walk-2016/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ArtWalk-2016-Postcard.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160926T210753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T195925Z UID:10000113-1475935200-1475949600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Tornado Creative Art Collective DESCRIPTION:Free\nIn conjunction with the Culver City Art Walk on October 8th\, Al Quattrocchi and Jeff Smith of Tornado Creative will curate an art collective show featuring work from a dozen creative friends and associates. This event will take place in the Helms Design Center. Art will be for sale: cash and carry! There will be drinks and light snacks available and rockin’ live music from Par Avion. Participating artist list and more at tornadocreative.com/events. \nTake the Metro Expo Line! Helms Design Center is just one block east of the Culver City station. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/tornado-creative-art-collective/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TCAC-home-box.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T204500 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160930T231716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160930T231716Z UID:10000119-1475778600-1475786700@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Urban Land Institute's Young Leaders Take Over The Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 6th from 6:30 – 8:45\, Urban Land Institute’s Young Leader Group takes over the Helms Design Center for “Shark Tank”. \nNimble\, flexible\, responsive. The small-scale developer is inherently entrepreneurial\, but that doesn’t always translate to easy access to capital. Financing small-scale development deals can be challenging due to smaller deal size and a sponsor’s limited track record. How do different capital sources assess the same opportunity? What gets their attention? What makes or breaks the funding decision? Listen in as a project sponsor pitches an actual deal to a panel of capital sources. To register\, please click here. \nPanelists:\n\nAllan S. Glass – President\, ASG Real Estate\nDavid Cacciapaglia – Managing Director\, Guggenheim Partners\nJeff Trenton – President\, Proficiency Capital LLC\nRyan Granito – Vice President of Real Estate\, Fundrise\nHoward Kozloff – Managing Partner\, Agora Partners\, Moderator\n\nRegistration:\n\nPrivate $35 (Non-Member $50)\nPublic/Nonprofit $30 (Nonmember $45)\nUnder 35 $25 (Non-Member $40)\nStudent $20 (Non-Member $30)\n\nPlease note that registration prices increase $10 after the registration deadline of October 4th. \nParking:\nFree valet parking is available in the interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, adjacent to the Helms Design Center. The Design Center is located one block east of the Culver City metro station. \nAbout Urban Land Institute\nAt the Urban Land Institute\, our mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. ULI Los Angeles\, a district council of the Urban Land Institute\, carries forth that mission as the preeminent regional real estate organization providing inclusive and trusted leadership influencing public policy and practice. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/urban-land-institutes-young-leaders-take-over-the-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ULI-Shark-Tank.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160929T203243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T203243Z UID:10000118-1475692200-1475699400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Woodbury Presents Calibrating Viscosity: Techniques for Negotiating Earthen Materials DESCRIPTION:Free\nPlease join us October 5th from 6:30 to 8:30pm for a panel discussion with faculty members from the Woodbury University School of Architecture to discuss the potential of working with earthen materials in contemporary design practice. Berenika Boberska\, Donatella Cusma\, Anthony Fontenot\, and Matthew Gillis for short presentations and a discussion moderated by Joshua G. Stein. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public. Light bites and refreshments. Free valet parking at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. or take Metro Expo line to Culver City station\, one block west of the Helms Design Center. \nCalibrating Viscosity \nA sea change has occurred in design and planning based on a new intense mediation of our material context. As an ecological paradigm becomes increasingly embedded into the fundamentals of architecture practice and education\, so too has the technological capacity to negotiate these complexly physical systems. Cities are now mapped according to resource flows and management as much as abstract grids and idealized geometries while the discrete and (supposedly) static components of architectural construction are increasingly replaced with dynamic mixtures\, organic or mineral\, that often move during their production or over the life span of a building. In this new context\, the role of the architect tends more towards the complex orchestration of ingredients\, many of which are viscous and difficult to predict in their behaviors. \nThis panel discussion will examine earthen materials across various scales\, from ceramic building components to volatile environmental contexts\, with the intention of identifying techniques and concepts for negotiating rather than limiting their complexity. From the movement of ceramic materials during the firing process to the mapping of sediment flows\, how do we build with the vitality of the earth without confining its qualities to that of just another stock material\, easily quantified into specification charts? What are the necessary techniques for dealing with and influencing unstable matter\, either as context or as medium? Could these techniques define a new domain of knowledge that might encompass issues beyond material behavior alone? \nAbout the Panelists \nBerenika Boberska is the founder and principal of Feral Office\, based in Los Angeles\, an experimental practice engaged in architecture\, installation art and urban provocations. She also teaches architecture at Woodbury University\, in upper division design studios and topic studios (recently: The Rural Fantastic! and Solar Baroque ). Berenika graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London\, under professor Sir Peter Cook. She also received her Master of Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art in London. Prior to starting her own practice she worked as a Design Architect for 6 years at Frank Gehry’s office\, where she developed an attitude towards a more expressive\, sculptural way of working through analogue models in parallel with sophisticated computer modeling and constructability. \nDonatella Cusma is co-founder of Claret-Cup\, a multi-disciplinary collaborative project with Bojána Bányász combining architecture\, fashion\, and graphic design. The two\, along with multiple other projects\, have co-authored a series of site specific installations such as “Greeting from the Los Angeles River” and “I love L.A.” Ms Cusma’ is a board member of R.I.E.A (Research Institute for Experimental Architecture) founded by visionary artist and architect Lebbeus Woods. With R.I.E.A. Donatella participated as faculty in several International Architecture Workshops in Sweden\, Hong Kong\, Switzerland\, and Italy. She currently is teaching Design Studio\, in the Interior Architecture department of Woodbury University.  In 2013 Cusma and Banyasz launched Map-a-Porter a project that links their passion for mapping the city and object making. The result is an ever-expanding series of active functional objects designed to spark conversations about cities. Ms Cusma is an AIA international associate since 2008 and a member of the Italian Board of Architects-Messina Chapter since 2004. \nAnthony Fontenot is a Professor at Woodbury University School of Architecture. He was awarded a Getty Fellowship for 2010-2011 and the Fellowship of the Society of Woodrow Wilson Scholars at Princeton University in 2009 and 2010. He is the author of numerous publications including New Orleans Under Reconstruction: The Crisis of Planning (Verso\, 2014)\, “Gregory Ain and Cooperative Housing in a Time of Major Crisis” in Making A Case (Princeton Architectural Press\, 2012) and the forthcoming books Non-Design and the Non-Planned City (Chicago University Press\, 2017) and Gregory Ain: Low-Cost Modern Housing and the Construction of a Social Landscape (UR Books\, 2017). He was a co-curator of the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennial in South Korea and the exhibition “Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X – 197X” (2007). He holds a professional Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Louisiana\, a Master of Architecture degree from Southern California Institute of Architecture\, and a Ph.D. in the history and theory of architecture at Princeton University. \nMatthew Gillis is the principal of the research and design practice G!LL!S. Gillis holds a Master of Architecture degree from the UCLA and Bachelor of Design in Architecture degree from the University of Florida. After working in the offices of Coop Himmel(b)lau in Guadalajara and Griffin Enright Architects in Los Angeles\, before starting his own practice. In addition to design projects\, Matthew is committed to research and publication; he currently sits on the editorial board for the Los Angeles Forum for Architectural and Urban Design. He taught at SCI-Arc\, OTIS College of Design and currently is an assistant professor at Woodbury University. \nJoshua G. Stein is the founder of Radical Craft and the co-director of the Data Clay Network\, a forum for the exploration of digital techniques applied to ceramic materials. Radical Craft is a Los Angeles-based studio that advances design saturated in history (from archaeology to craft) that inflects the production of contemporary urban spaces and artifacts\, evolving newly grounded approaches to the challenges posed by virtuality\, velocity\, and globalization. Recent projects engage earthen materials that resist easy manipulation\, whether in raw or consolidated states. He has taught at the California College of the Arts\, Cornell University\, SCI-Arc\, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. He was a 2010-11 Rome Prize Fellow in Architecture\, and is currently Professor of Architecture at Woodbury University. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/woodbury-presents-calibrating-viscosity-techniques-for-negotiating-earthen-materials/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Woodbury-16.10.05.gif GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T220000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160927T235955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160928T155427Z UID:10000115-1475175600-1475186400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:The Urbanism Filmmaking Challenge Comes To Helms Design Center DESCRIPTION:We are excited to partner with The New Urbanism Film Festival to present THE URBANISM FILMMAKING CHALLENGE on September 29th thru October 9th. Filmmakers have a week to shoot and edit a 3 to 5 minute documentary about a contemporary LA urban planning issue or project\, submit the finished film\, and then participate in a premiere and awards ceremony. \nPart 1: NUFF Talks  Thursday\, September 29th 7pm\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\nTop urban thinkers and local community leaders give seven minute long presentations on LA’s dynamic urban landscape. These presentations form the basis of the documentaries. Topics are as diverse as the city itself and may include street art\, road diets\, homelessness\, development issues\, advocacy efforts\, and more. The filmmakers who have accepted the challenge watch the presentations\, and afterwards choose who they want to work with. It’s a fun urbanism/filmmaking speed dating atmosphere. Free Valet Parking is available in the lot at Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard. (This event is also open to the public.) \nPart 2: Filmmaking  September 30th – October 8th\nThe following week\, the urbanist and filmmaker work together to complete the film. The urbanist may assist the filmmaker by arranging location shoots and interviews with fellow experts\, and by providing historical or relevant photos. The films are finished and submitted by 11:59pm Saturday October 8th. \nPart 3: Film Premieres Sunday\, October 9th 7pm\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\nThe films are premiered at the Helms Design Center on Sunday October 9th at 7pm. Awards are presented immediately following the screening. \nAwards:\n1st Place: $300 Cash\, Betabrand Gear Bag\, Custom Design Award\, NUFF Gift bag\, and Registration with InkTip.\n2nd & 3rd Place: Betabrand Gear Bag and NUFF Gift bag.\nThe judges panel includes: Lisa Hasko (International Documentary Association)\, Travis Knight (last year’s winner)\,\nand Diego Cardoso (Planning Director for LA County Metro).\nEntry Fee: Filmmakers $25\, Urbanists $25\, Audience $10.\nStudent & Nonprofit discounts available. \nFor more information visit and to purchase tickets: www.NewUrbanismFilmFestival.com/ufc URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-urbanism-filmmaking-challenge-comes-to-helms-design-center/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nuff-fmc-2016.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160915T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160826T194058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160826T195820Z UID:10000107-1473964200-1473973200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Design For The Ages: Up Close With Frances Anderton and Roman Alonso DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed designer and founding partner of Commune Design\, Roman Alonso\, as he sits down with Frances Anderton\, host of KCRW’s Design and Architecture\, to talk about how our environmental needs evolve as we age. A new generation of consumers of design are aging and expecting to live in spaces very different from Sun City\, Arizona. Roman\, who is known for designing projects for the jet set\, will talk about how this kind of design thinking can be applied to designing for the silver set. \n8745 Washington Boulevard \nFree Valet Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \nLight bites & refreshments. \nSeating is limited so please RSVP here.\n \n \n \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/design-for-the-ages-up-close-with-frances-anderton-and-roman-alonso/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Frances-Anderton_Roman-Alonso_sfw.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160622T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160622T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160601T214457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T214643Z UID:10000016-1466622000-1466629200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Women in Design History With Louise Sandhaus DESCRIPTION:Some the world’s most powerful global graphic design influences happen to be women who resided and worked in Los Angeles. These are our graphic design roots – mothers who helped shape the field and gave birth to rebellious design invention. Join us for a conversation moderated by graphic designer and graphic design educator Louise Sandhaus as she hosts some special guests who are the heart that continues to beat for women and for design today. \nFeatured speakers: \nJuliette Belloqc on Corita Kent\nGere Kavanaugh/Louise Sandhaus on Gere Kavanaugh\nBarbara Bestor on Deborah Sussman\nLorraine Wild on Sheila de Bretteville\nApril Greiman on April Greiman \n8745 Washington Boulevard \nFree Valet Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \nSeating is limited so please RSVP here. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/women-in-design-history-with-louise-sandhaus/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Louise-Sandhaus-750px.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160609T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160609T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T111511 CREATED:20160601T194810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160707T185147Z UID:10000012-1465498800-1465506000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Women In Architecture: Up Close With Frances Anderton and Deborah Weintraub DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, June 9th from 7:00 – 9:00pm\, the LA Design Festival 2016 ICON Award Winner and the City of Los Angeles’ highest ranking architect\, Deborah Weintraub\, AIA\, LEED AP sits down with Frances Anderton\, host of KCRW’s DnA for a candid conversation about her work and her vision for Los Angeles. Please join us immediately following the discussion for a special reception in her honor. \n8745 Washington Boulevard \nFree Valet Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \nSeating is limited so please RSVP here. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/women-in-architecture-up-close-with-frances-anderton-and-deborah-weintraub/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/deborah-weintraub.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR