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SUMMARY:Susan Maddux Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Free \nLos Angeles artist Susan Maddux uses origami-inspired folding to transform paintings\, creating hybrid objects that exist in the space between painting and sculpture.\nAs a 4th generation hapa-Japanese born and raised in Hawaii with stints on the continent growing up\, Maddux has a complex relationship with her heritage. This work explores reconnection with personal history and place through the transformation of material and the ritual of gesture. \nMaddux has a degree in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute\, and worked professionally as a surface pattern designer for many years. A decade ago\, she began creating powerful pieces by gently folding paintings composed of repeating patterns. Forms that bring to mind a kimono or a cape began to appear\, bringing together her interests in the figure\, spirituality\, and textiles. \nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA 90232
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/susan-maddux-art-exhibition/2023-06-22/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Design & Art In California\, a curated collection of books by Cisco Home & Burntsienna Research Society
DESCRIPTION:Free \nCisco Home and Burntsienna Research Society have curated a collection of books centered around Design & Art in California for the Los Angeles Design Festival.\n Cisco Home is honored to partner with Burntsienna Research Society\, an independent institute of art book reference and design thinking founded by Jason EC Wright. Burntsienna builds reading rooms and programming around art and design books and teach principles on responsible research and design thinking. \nJason and the Cisco Home team look forward to welcoming you to view the Cisco Showroom and talk about design\, books\, art and beauty. \nCisco Home\n8705 Washington Boulevard\nCulver City\, CA 90232
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SUMMARY:L.A. GOAL and Helms Bakery District present Moving Together\, an Inclusive Art Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Free \nInclusive Art Exhibit Moving Together Explores Movement Through Art\nSaturday\, June 10th\, from 11 am to 3 pm \nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nL.A. GOAL\, a non-profit organization committed to creating opportunities and equity for adults with developmental disabilities so they can live more fulfilling lives\, presents Moving Together\, an inclusive art exhibit exploring the theme of “movement” through various art forms. \nMoving Together is an art exhibit that explores various interpretations of “movement” through art created by artists in Los Angeles County. The exhibit will showcase the artwork of L.A. GOAL’s professional Artists with developmental disabilities alongside artwork created by artists from the broader community. \n“We are thrilled to showcase the incredible talent of our Artists at L.A. GOAL\, who have put their hearts and souls into creating beautiful pieces that embody the theme of movement\,” said Petite Konstantin\, Executive Director of L.A. GOAL. “The exhibit is a celebration of the power of art to unite people from different backgrounds and abilities.” \nAll the artwork displayed at the exhibit will be available for sale\, and sale profits will go towards defraying the costs of L.A. GOAL Artists’ salaries and supplies. Additionally\, handmade and designed products by L.A. GOAL Artists will be available for purchase. \nThe Moving Together exhibit is an opportunity to support the creative expression of individuals with developmental disabilities and to promote the inclusion of all members of the community in the arts. \nFor more information about the exhibit or to learn more about L.A. GOAL\, please visit: https://www.lagoal.org/
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/la-goal-moving-together/
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jennifer Bonner from MALL
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, May 25\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jennifer Bonner from MALL.\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nJennifer Bonner \nJennifer Bonner is Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Bonner founded MALL in 2009\, a creative practice that stands for Mass Architectural Loopty Loops or Maximum Arches with Limited Liability—an acronym with built-in flexibility. \nBorn in Alabama\, Bonner is a recipient of the 2021 United States Artist Fellowship\, Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers\, Emerging Voices Award (AIA/ Young Architects Forum)\, Progressive Architecture (P/A) Award and Next Progressives (Architect Magazine). Her creative work has been published in architectural trade publications including Architectural Review\, Metropolis\, Gray\, Azure and Wallpaper*\, as well as\, more experimental journals including a+t\, DAMN\, PLAT\, Offramp\, Room One Thousand\, Flat Out\, and MAS Context. She is the co-editor of Blank: Speculations on CLT (with H.Kara)\, author of A Guide to the Dirty South: Atlanta\, faculty editor of Platform: Still Life\, and guest editor for ART PAPERS special issue on architecture and design of Los Angeles. Bonner has exhibited work at the Royal Institute of British Architects\, National Building Museum\, WUHO gallery\, HistoryMIAMI\, Yve YANG gallery\, pinkcomma gallery\, Armstrong Gallery at Kent State\, Yale Architecture Gallery\, Istanbul Modern Museum\, Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway\, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. \nBonner received a Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. \nPhotos (left to right): Exterior Image of HouseGables (photo by NAARO)\, Image of Jennifer Bonner (photo by Chris Dibble)\, and Interior Image of HouseGables (photo by NAARO). \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo).
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi of JA Architecture Studio
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 18\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi of JA Architecture Studio\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nJA Architecture Studio \nJA Architecture Studio\, a Toronto-based practice led by Iranian-Canadian architect Nima Javidi and landscape designer Behnaz Assadi\, combines the rootedness of a local architecture firm with the broad interests of an international design studio. From small to medium sized buildings that confront detail-level building constraints to ambitious international competitions\, the studio’s work tries to find meaningful tangencies between iconographic\, geometrical and formal properties of architecture of different backgrounds and invests in inventing new architectural hybrids as responses to the diverse realities of 21st century cities. \nNima Javidi is a registered architect in Toronto and the 2021 Gwathmey Professor of Design at the Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture\, where he teaches and coordinates core design studios. Nima’s interest in design is in the intersection of geometry\, structure\, and typology in architecture. He has a Master of Architecture degree from University of Tehran and a Master of Urban Design from University of Toronto. Prior to joining the Cooper Union\, Nima taught architecture design studios at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture\, Landscape and Design. \nBehnaz Assadi is a Landscape designer and a founding partner at JA Architecture Studio. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture\, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. Behnaz holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from University of Tehran. \nIn 2022\, JA received The Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices Award\, Architectural Record Design Vanguards\, a Progressive Architects Award and the Wallpaper Magazine Architects directory. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (left to right): Image of Forno Cyltura Bakery Toronto\, Image of Behanz Assadi and Nima Javidi\, and Image of One and A Half.
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Talk: Al Fresco Dining in the Public Right-of-Way: Whose Space is it?
DESCRIPTION:How are Different Cities Responding to the Shifting Landscape of Outdoor Dining?\nThursday\, May 18th\, 2023
\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\n8:30 am – 9:30 am PST \nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking. \nRSVP Required!

 \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nOn March 4\, 2020 Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Many jurisdictions followed with local emergency orders which called on residents to limit all activities outside of their homes. These restrictions included prohibiting restaurants and retail food facilities from providing indoor dining in coordination with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The financial impact of the public health emergency was particularly difficult for small restaurants.\nSoon after came the temporary outdoor dining programs that have helped to alleviate the financial stress of the indoor dining prohibition. These new programs often suspended certain regulations in order to provide restaurants and other food establishments with an alternative to full indoor dining – temporarily. \nNow that we moved from the pandemic to an endemic and full service indoor dining is allowed\, how do cities transition and take the best of what outdoor dining offered during the height of the pandemic into the future? Can cities reclaim the public right-of-way from the very businesses that provided the public a safe respite and gathering place? Will businesses be able to adjust as regulations are enforced and the cost of outdoor dining increases for operators? \nHow has the urban landscape shifted\, literally and figuratively\, and who do our streets and sidewalks belong to after all? Join us to discuss these questions and more. \nPanelists: 
\nAndrew Thomas\, CEO\, Downtown Santa Monica\, Inc.\nJohn Keho\, Director of Planning and Development Services\, City of West Hollywood\nRaimonda Gintaliene\, owner of Uppers Cafe and Bakeshop\, Santa Monica\nMadeline Brozen\, Deputy Director\, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies \nModerator: \nAnnette M. Kim\, Ph.D\, Associate Professor\, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy \nRegistration Fees
\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, May 17th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, May 17th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time
\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation
\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic! The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \n\nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station (1 block west at Washington and National Blvds)\, and\nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines (at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner).\n\nProtected bike lanes along Washington Blvd. connecting to Culver City’s larger bike lane network also provide a convenient\, safe way to get to the Design Center. \nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex.\nParking Map \nSponsor Provided Tickets\nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community.  If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets. \nThank You for Your Donations…\nAs a non-profit organization we are dependent upon donations in order to continue our monthly programming.  Please keep this in mind when registering for this event; we appreciate contributions of any amount. \nwww.westsideurbanforum.com
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 11\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nLorcan O’Herlihy \nLorcan O’Herlihy is an internationally renowned architect and urban designer with offices in Los Angeles\, California and Detroit\, Michigan. After a career working with esteemed firms including Kevin Roche\, I. M. Pei and Steven Holl\, O’Herlihy founded Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA] in 1994 where he is the Founding Principal and Creative Director. He has built a robust portfolio of work rooted in embracing architecture’s role as a catalyst for change. Enacting a powerful alliance of inventive designs with vigorous social ideals\, O’Herlihy’s work prospers whether it is supportive affordable housing in South Los Angeles\, working with grassroots neighborhood advocates in Detroit\, or designing cultural institutions like Chapman University Dance School. In addition to building over 100 projects across three continents Lorcan has been published in over 20 countries and recognized with 150-plus national and international awards\, including the 2021 AIALA Gold Medal\, Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice North America Firm Award\, the AIALA Firm of the Year Award\, the AIA California Distinguished Practice Award\, and was ranked the #1 Design Firm in the US by Architect Magazine in 2018. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (left to right): Image of Sandi Simon Center\, Image of Isla Intersections: Here and Now Agency\, and Image of Lorcan O’Herlihy.
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Talk: Mayor Bass' State of the City
DESCRIPTION:Digging into Mayor Bass’ State of the City Address – Goals\, Challenges and Accomplishments\nThursday\, April 27th\, 2023
\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\n7:45 am – 9:30 am PST \nPanel from 8:30 am – 9:30 am\nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking. \nRSVP Required!

 \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nThe City of Los Angeles is emerging from a global pandemic into a ‘recovery’ period\, and many Angelenos have high hopes following the election of Mayor Karen Bass\, whose tenure has also been accompanied by the dramatic recomposition of the City Council. But cautious optimism is tempered by an unstable economic environment\, a crisis in housing and services for housing insecure Angelenos\, aging transportation and utility infrastructure\, and widespread staff vacancies. How can the region’s largest city meet these challenges and ensure an equitable economic recovery? \nThe State of the City mayoral address will occur in mid-April\, closely followed by the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Please join us to hear from invited experts on the issues facing the City of Los Angeles in 2023\, and what initiatives could – or should – be in play to build an inclusive\, sustainable\, and economically sound future for all Angelenos. \nSpeakers\nAlan Greenlee\, Executive Director\, Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing\nMichelle Banks-Ordone\, Senior Manager\, Transit-Oriented Communities\, LA Metro\nAdam J. Fowler\, Founding Partner\, CVL Economics \nModerator\nTo be Announced \nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, April 26th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, April 26th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nParking & Transportation\nParking will be available in the adjacent\, interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City (look for the red banners)\, or there is ample parking throughout the Helm Bakery complex. Alternately\, the Expo Light Rail line is located one block to the east of Helms Bakery. \nClick Here for Public Transportation & Parking Information \nCovid Update\nPlease note that while the use of a face mask will not be mandated\, we highly encourage all of our attendees to wear a mask at all times while indoors. \nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets. \nwww.westsideurbanforum.com
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-mayor-bass/
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SUMMARY:Small Infrastructures: Exhibition & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Free \nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\nCulver City\, CA 90232 \n\nExhibition Opening & Panel Discussion: \nThursday\, March 30\, 2023\n6:30 to 8:30 pm \nJoin us on Thursday\, March 30th at the Helms Design Center for a reception and thought-provoking panel discussion featuring Rudabeh Pakravan from Sidell Pakravan Architects\, Andrew Atwood from First Office\, and Melissa Shin from Shin Shin Architecture. The discussion will explore how building assembly can provide a strong foundation for experimentation in designing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). \nRSVP\n\nExhibition Viewing Hours: \nFriday\, March 31: 12:00 to 5:00 pm\nSaturday\, April 1: 12:00 to 4:00 pm\nSunday\, April 2: 12:00 to 4:00 pm \n\nIn March 2021\, the Biden Administration released the American Jobs Plan\, earmarking $213B for “quality” and “affordable” housing\, yet the bill lacks specificity on how houses are to be built. Here housing’s problem is split into two: a social one of accessibility and equity\, and a material one of wood\, metal\, and rocks. Architects can play a unique role in bridging abstract policy ambitions to real construction as these connections are made every day in practice. \nAlthough accessible housing has been cast in many forms\, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) have been a catalyst for including architects in direct policy development. For the first time\, cities are directly contracting with architects to provide designs for private property through pre-approved ADU programs. These programs reflect a plurality of ideas\, though without rigorous consideration for how the costs of site work\, labor\, materials\, and energy make quality housing sustainable. \nSmall Infrastructures is an exhibition of ADU designs that uses the economics of building assembly as the groundwork for experimentation and addresses how cities can work with architects to build quality\, affordable housing under the American Jobs Plan. Ten architects teaching at Harvard GSD and Berkeley CED consider the overlaps between academia\, where cost is often external to conceptual work\, and practice\, where budgeting is an integral task. The architectural design of each office will be represented by two boards and a 3/8″ = 1′-0″ handmade architectural model. \nCurated by Michelle Chang and Rudabeh Pakravan \n\nParticipants Include:\nLyndon Neri & Rossana Hu\, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office\nLisa Iwamoto\, IwamotoScott Architecture\nSean Canty\, Studio Sean Canty (SSC)\nAndrew Atwood\, First Office\nYasmin Vobis\, Ultramoderne\nMark Anderson\, Anderson Anderson Architecture\nNeyran Turan\, NEMESTUDIO\nMichelle Chang\, JaJa Co.\nRudabeh Pakravan\, Sidell Pakravan Architects
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CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Material and Mind: An Author Talk with Chris Bardt
DESCRIPTION:Material Encounters in partnership with PLP So Cal is delighted to welcome Christopher Bardt\, AIA\, to discuss his recent book\, Material and Mind.\nIn Material and Mind\, Christopher Bardt delves deeply into the interaction of mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and the process of making. He examines thought not as something “pure” and autonomous but as emerging from working with material\, and he identifies this as the source of imagination and creative insight. This takes place as much in such disciplines as cognitive science\, anthropology\, and poetry as it does in the more obvious painting\, sculpture\, and design. In some fields\, the medium of work is\, in fact\, the very medium of thinking—as fabric is for the tailor. \nMore info and tickets available here. \nBrought to you by Material Encounters\, in partnership with PLP So Cal.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/christopher-bardt/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Talk: Intended Taxes & Unintended Consequences: Measure ULA’s Real Estate Transfer Tax
DESCRIPTION:Intended Taxes & Unintended Consequences: Measure ULA’s Real Estate Transfer Tax\nThursday\, March 23rd\, 2023
\nHelms Design Center\n7:45 am – 9:30 am PST \nPanel from 8:30 am – 9:30 am\nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking. \nRSVP Required!

 \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nIn the November 2022 election\, Los Angeles voters approved ballot Measure ULA to enact a new real estate transfer tax to fund affordable housing and tenant assistance programs. Marketed controversially as the “Mansion Tax\,” Measure ULA taxes all real property transactions valued over $5 million\, both commercial and residential\, with very few exceptions. The measure is anticipated to generate hundreds of millions or even one billion dollars annually that will be deposited in a special trust fund\, known as the “House LA Fund\,” intended to be used to subsidize housing\, preserve affordable housing\, prevent homelessness\, and guarantee counsel to tenants in eviction court. \nDespite the urgency and wide consensus of LA’s housing crisis\, some pro-housing advocates and experts question if a transfer tax or the ultimate form of Measure ULA was the right vehicle to support affordable housing and homelessness initiatives. Some industry experts worry that with limited exemptions Measure ULA will result in a halt of the residential and commercial purchase and sale market and actually hinder housing production in the City of Los Angeles. Some Measure ULA opponents are fighting the passage with a lawsuit to strike ULA down\, arguing it violates California’s Prop 13\, and through a proposed state ballot initiative to invalidate the law. \nOn the other hand\, implementation of ULA is not fully formed and there is an important opportunity for stakeholders to shape the process. Was ULA drafted as housing advocates expected\, or will there be unintended consequences including for new developments? And what’s the outlook for the pending lawsuit\, prospective ballot initiative\, and ULA implementation? Join us to discuss these questions and more. \nPanelists to be announced shortly. \nRegistration Fees:\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, March 22nd\, at 4:00 PM.  After Wednesday\, March 22nd\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10.  No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \n
Event Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation\nParking will be available in the adjacent\, interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City (look for the red banners)\, or there is ample parking throughout the Helm Bakery complex. Alternately\, the Expo Light Rail line is located one block to the east of Helms Bakery.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-measure-ula/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Groundwork: So Cal Fibershed Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural Groundwork: So Cal Fibershed Symposium will bring together ranchers and farmers\, designers\, advocates\, academics\, and changemakers for a day of project presentations and networking. If you’re interested in regen ag and local fiber (or sheep and goat grazing for fire mitigation)\, please join us. \nWe’ll be sharing projects underway in our Fibershed\, and encourage networking and resource sharing before\, during\, and after the event. Confirmed speakers include Jenya Schneider of Cuyama Lamb\, Christina Wheeler of Greg Lauren\, Cole Bush of Shepherdess Land & Livestock\, Tony de Verya of Rodale Institute (hemp!)\, Nathanael Gonzales-Siemens also of Rodale (but here to talk cotton)\, and one more special guest\, we hope! \nTicket purchase includes programming\, networking opportunities\, morning coffee-tea service\, lunch (primarily vegetarian options)\, a closing reception\, and free onsite parking. \nMore info and tickets available here: https://www.socalfibershed.org/groundwork
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Path of Resistance Charity Event
DESCRIPTION:Free \nLove. Freedom. Ukraine. event series \nPath of Resistance Charity Event\nFebruary 25\, 2023 | 3:00 to 6:00 pm \nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \n\nPath of Resistance is a pop-up exhibition and a silent auction featuring a selection of fine art pieces by contemporary Ukrainian artists that celebrate creative authenticity and share with the audience their vision of beauty\, hope\, freedom\, and love.\nA few fine art images can be seen here: https://www.art-territory.com/gallery/ \nAll proceeds go to buying equipment for a new Children’s Hospital in Lviv\, Ukraine and to support the Ukrainian artists who have become refugees after the war broke out. \nUkraine is a country of striking natural beauty and of truly beautiful people. Today\, when Ukraine is devastated by war\, its once beautiful landscapes are maimed by the bombs and the rockets\, but the beauty of its people is heightened by their inner strength\, their continuous support of one another\, their never-ending willingness to resist\, and their ability to see beauty even in the darkest hour. \nTogether with their countrymen\, Ukrainian artists chose to overcome the horrors of combat by creating canvases that depict beauty rather than dread. This is their “Art of war”\, their path of resistance – the artworks that celebrate life in a time of terrible peril. \nThis exhibition features 30+ works by contemporary Ukrainian artists and creatives who continue to fight back by choosing life and beauty and showing us wondrous images of the world that could be\, and not the one disfigured by the war. The world needs love\, now more than ever. The world needs beauty and the world needs Ukrainian art. \n\nFeatured artists:\nTata Kolesnik\, Polina Kuznetsova\, Konstyntyn Lyzogub\, Anna Bondar\, Kateryna Ivonina\, Oleh Kalashnik\, Anna Moskalets\, Artem Volokitin\, Tetyana Malinovska\, Nataliya Karpinska\, Inna Kharchuk\, Nina Murashkina\, and Yevhenii Shapovalov \nOrganized by: \nArt Territory Ukraine\nStand With Ukraine Foundation \nSupported by:\nHelms Bakery District\nPoster Territory\nThe 4th Block \nFeatured painting by Tata Kolesnik
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/path-of-resistance/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Talk: California’s Brave New World of Parking
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, January 19th at 7:45 am\, please join Westside Urban Forum for a breakfast reception and panel discussion about California’s Brave New World of Parking. \nFor at least two decades\, advocates and urban planners have decried the overabundance of parking in many cities. Many of the garages\, lots\, and spaces in Los Angeles exist not necessarily because they are needed but because regulations require them. The passage of Senate Bill 2097 last year nullifies minimum parking requirements across the state\, including large swaths of the Los Angeles region. The goal is twofold: give developers more freedom to build housing and discourage overuse of personal vehicles. \nNow developers — along with financiers\, architects\, and planners — get to figure out what to do with their freedom. \nIf developers choose to provide less parking\, they could\, potentially\, add more units\, experiment with design\, and transform entire corridors of the City. This could also set off battles for parking spaces and impose burdens upon neighbors. Please join WUF to discuss whether the relaxation of parking requirements will lead to a development revolution along the major corridors of the Los Angeles region or whether conventional wisdom about car dependency will persist. \nPanelists\nDonna Shen Tripp\, Vice President/Partner\, Craig Lawson & Co.\nHagu Solomon-Cary\, AICP; Principal City Planner; Los Angeles City Planning\nPatrick Tighe FAIA\, FAAR; Principal; Tighe Architecture\nAdditional panelists to be announced \nMembers Register Here\nNonmembers Register Here\nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members\n$15 Student Non-Members\nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, January 18th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, January 18th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nFree Parking is located inside the interior parking garage located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, adjacent to the event.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-breakfast-talk-californias-brave-new-world-of-parking/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:NAHR Announces 2023 Residency on December 8th
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm\, please join us in welcoming Nature\, Art and Habitat for their 2023 Residency\, “AIR: Commons\, Chaotic Fluid\, Inspiration”\, an evening conversation focusing on the role of air as a connector\, imagining future scenarios about what we will be breathing. \nThe discussion will address pressing questions such as: \n\nHow can human relationships with air help to stop or slow the climate crisis?\nWhat is our awareness of the ecology of air?\nHow does air connect us and highlight issues of global justice?\n\nHead of Ceremony: Deborah Weintraub\, AIA\, LEED AP \nModerator: Frances Anderton\, Design Journalist \nKeynote Speaker: Laurie Lipton\, Artist \nInterlocutor: Richard Molina\, Designer \nRESERVE A SPOT\nSCHEDULE\n6:30: Arrival and socializing\n6:45: Introduction\, Welcome and the “5 Ws” of NAHR\n6:50: Keynote Address\n7:10: Topic Announcement and Workshop on AIR\n7:20: Audience Participation Workshop/Charrette\n8:05: Presentation and Final Summation Remarks followed by light bites and beverages \nABOUT NAHR\nNature Art and Habitat\, an Eco-laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice\, located in Taleggio Valley\, Bergamo\, Italy and Santa Ynez\, California\, is a program that aims to unfold and display a sensitive type of culture that relates to nature as a source of inspiration and a measure of available resources. \nNAHR is a non-profit organization dedicated to explorations on the environment and creativity\, hosting researchers and scholars from all around the world yearly. \nPhoto Credit: Brian Yulo Ng \nFREE Parking is located inside the interior parking garage located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, adjacent to the venue.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/nahr-announces-2023-residency-on-december-8th/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Culver City Chamber's Women in Business Holiday Mixer
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, December 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm\, please join us in welcoming the Culver City Chamber Women in Business Council for their final Quarterly Connect event of the year. Meet with other women in business\, and hear about their successes and opportunities. \nSpecial thanks to Rafia Cooper Jewelry for their support of the Culver City Chamber. \nRegister today and invite a few friends along. \nREGISTER FOR TICKETS\nLight bites and beverages will be served while you network and celebrate the holiday season! \nFREE Parking | Interior Garage | 8711 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/culver-city-chambers-women-in-business-holiday-mixer/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:¡AZÚCAR! Closing Reception with CONTRA-TIEMPO
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, November 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for the closing reception of the photo gallery show of CAÑA by photographer Farah Sosa and CONTRA-TIEMPO’S powerful 2-week residency at Helms Bakery. \nCome celebrate with CONTRA-TIEMPO all the magic that was created\, the relationships that were built\, the dancing that took place\, and the stories that were shared. We will close our partnership with a final screening of the film CAŃA that was created in collaboration with Ana María Alvarez\, Meena Murugesan\, and Anaïs Maviel. Immediately following the film\, join us in a dialogue with the collaborators of their newest work ¡AZÚCAR! \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/azucar-closing-reception-with-contra-tiempo/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Book Celebration + Talk with Michael Boyd and Michael Webb
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Wednesday\, November 16th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM\, please join us for a lively conversation with Michael Boyd and Michael Webb on the launch of Boyd’s new book MILLENNIUM MODERN Living in Design (Lund Humphries\, 2022) moderated by architecture journalist Frances Anderton and in partnership with the Wende Museum. \nMichael Boyd lives by Le Corbusier’s mantra: “To be modern is not a fashion\, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history\, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was\, that which is\, and that which will be.” \nA design connoisseur\, successful musician\, preservationist\, passionate tastemaker\, and furniture and rug designer\, Boyd believes modernism is a model for new and future design solutions. Boyd’s new book MILLENNIUM MODERN Living in Design (Lund Humphries\, 2022) illustrates his holistic design practice and reflects his belief that the tenets of Modernism—honesty and simplicity—developed more than century ago\, are still relevant to our pluralistic age. In contrast to those who have wanted to do away with the past\, Boyd’s creations and designs are deeply rooted in the history of design. \nOriginally a film music composer\, Michael Boyd is a major collector and curator of modernist design based in Los Angeles\, who has evolved into becoming a successful artist and designer of contemporary modernist homes\, furniture and landscapes. \nMichael Webb Hon. AIA/LA has authored 30 books on architecture and design\, most recently Architects’ Houses and Building Community: New Apartment Architecture\, as well as a memoir\, Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering\, while editing and contributing essays to a score of monographs. He is also a regular contributor to leading journals in the United States\, Asia and Europe. Growing up in London\, he was an editor at The Times and Country Life\, before moving to the U.S.\, where he directed film programs for the American Film Institute through the 1970s and curated a Smithsonian exhibition on the history of the American cinema. He now lives in Los Angeles in the Richard Neutra apartment that was once home to Charles and Ray Eames. \nIn an excerpt taken from Michael Webb’s introduction to MILLENNIUM MODERN: \n“An autodidact with strong opinions\, Michael Boyd has immersed himself in the history and creativity of modernism. His faith in the fundamentals is unflinching\, as is his certainty in a revisionist age. “Modernism is a philosophical approach based on rationality and reality\,” he declares. “It grew out of the visual chaos of the 19th century in a quest for honesty\, simplicity\, and truth in materials.” He shares the idealistic vision of the pioneers and has stayed true to their principles in his own work even as modernism has evolved from a narrow torrent into a broad stream with many tributaries.” \nFrances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print\, podcasts\, exhibitions\, and public events. She is the author of Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles\, just published by Angel City Press. For many years\, Anderton hosted DnA: Design and Architecture\, broadcast on KCRW\, a public radio station. Her honors include the Esther McCoy Award\, bestowed by the USC Architectural Guild at USC School of Architecture\, for her work in educating the public about architecture and urbanism. \nThe Wende is an art museum\, cultural center\, and archive of the Cold War that explores social\, political\, and cultural change. The Wende reaches beyond the conventional walls of a museum in pursuit of international scholarship\, artistic interpretation\, community engagement\, digital access\, and experimental public programming.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-celebration-talk-with-michael-boyd-and-michael-webb/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Residency Launch\, Film Screening + Photo Exhibit with CONTRA-TIEMPO
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, November 12th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for the opening reception of CONTRA-TIEMPO’S gallery show and two week residency. Come help us celebrate the beginning of two powerful weeks of dancing\, creating\, and grounding! \nDuring this reception\, we will be screening the film CAŃA that was created in collaboration with Ana María Alvarez\, Meena Murugesan and Anaïs\, following with an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the collaborators of CONTRA-TIEMPO’s newest work ¡AZÚCAR! Additionally\, this marks the opening of the photo gallery showing of CAŃA that was captured by photographer Farah Sosa. The photos will be up for viewing inside the Washington Corridor Gallery at Helms Bakery District through November 20th. \nREGISTER FOR EVENTS HERE\nLearn more about ¡AZÚCAR! & all the amazing collaborators HERE.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/film-screening-gallery-exhibit-with-contra-tiempo/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:smART Talks at Helms! For Artists and Creative Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Saturday\, November 12th as we partner with Crewest Studio to present smARTtalks: A New Monthly Educational Series for Artists + Creatives with Expert Panelists! smARTalks occur once a month on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm inside the Helms Design Center. smARTtalks are FREE intimate learning sessions with a panel of experts covering timely and important topics vital to artists and creatives working in the 21st Century. \nWith just 75 tickets available\, get your tickets now while supplies last! \nRESERVE A SPOT\nHere’s the lineup of discussions and panelists for November 12th: \n\nThe Power of Story in Selling Art: How Narrative Can Help Artists Drive Sales in a Social Media Landscape with speakers: Shana Nys Dambrot and Miles Regis\n\nPreview:Many artists would prefer for their art to speak for itself without having to talk about it. The reality is artists must know how to communicate their story effectively and impromptu when asked by a potential new collector\, curator\, gallery owner\, journalist or even a group of school children. Artists should be able to clearly answer basic questions such as: Why art matters? Why they became an artist and what drives them as an artist? Learn from the experts about best practices in social media to tell a story\, create an on-line persona and promote work online. \n\nHas Digital Art Finally Earned Respect? How Web3\, NFTs\, AR\, VR\, AI and The Metaverse Are Impacting The Art World with speakers: Ronnie Pirovino\, Heidi Johnson\, and Daniel Nomad\n\nPreview:Art and tech comprise exciting new frontiers for art making and selling. And\, while the media love to talk about the big sales numbers some artists are getting for their NFTs\, most people don’t even have a crypto wallet. Still\, NFT’s equipped with built-in resale royalties are a major development. Web3\, Augmented Reality\, Virtual Reality and the Metaverse are hyped topics in the media too. Do these innovations truly represent a real and fundamental shift in the art market or are they simply new tools and mediums for artists and art lovers to enjoy? What should artists know and do with these new media? \n\nCan Public + Immersive Art Experiences Save The World? with speakers: Carmen Zella\, Shana Nys Drambot\, and Isabel Beavers\n\nPreview: In recent years\, communities and entrepreneurs have been producing public and immersive visual art experiences for people to enjoy. They took a dive during the pandemic but are on the way back. Some art installations are free to the public through corporate or civic sponsorship while others charge admission as for-profit ventures. Some are temporary pop-ups\, while others are semi-permanent or permanent. What is driving this trend? Are these exhibitions for the love of art and the public good or simply making money? Where it is all going and how might artists produce their own public art installations? \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/smart-talks-at-helms-empowering-talks-for-artists-creative-professionals-2/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:BIDs In View: What do Business Improvement Districts do and who do they represent?
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 27th\, from 8:30 am – 9:30 am\, please join Westside Urban Forum for their monthly breakfast and panel discussion inside the Helms Design Center. \nDoors open at 7:45 for breakfast and mingling before the panel begins | RSVP Required \nOn the Westside and throughout Greater Los Angeles\, Business Improvement Districts provide placemaking services to commercial neighborhoods. BIDs are tasked with making their districts cleaner\, safer\, and more prosperous\, and studies show they often succeed. But for BIDs funded by commercial assessments\, there can be a tension between the desires and goals of the businesses in the district and those of the broader community. Whom do BIDs serve and whom should BIDs serve? Join WUF as we explore the role played by BIDs in Los Angeles\, what they do well\, who they represent and what the recent frictions between BIDs and their communities might mean for their future. \nPanelists\nKathleen Rawson – President and CEO of Hollywood partnership\, former Chair of International Downtown Association\nKeith Corbin – Business Owner\, West Adams BID Board President\nChristopher Garcia – City of Los Angeles\, Office of the City Clerk – Business Improvement Districts\nDr. Fernando Guerra – Professor of Political Science and International Relations\, Loyola Marymount University and Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles \nModerator\nThomas Aujero Small – President and CEO of Culver City Forward\, former Mayor of Culver City \nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members\n$15 Student Non-Members \n(Members Register Here) & (Non-Members Register Here)\nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, October 26th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, October 26th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nCOVID UPDATE\nPlease note that while the use of a face mask will not be mandated\, Westside Urban Forum highly encourages all of their attendees to wear a mask at all times while indoors. \nThanks to the generosity of annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write to WUF at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/bids-in-view-what-do-business-improvement-districts-do-and-who-do-they-represent/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - smART Talks at Helms! For Artists and Creative Professionals
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE. \nJoin us on Saturday\, October 22nd as we partner with Crewest Studio to present smARTtalks: A New Monthly Educational Series for Artists + Creatives with Expert Panelists! smARTalks occur once a month on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm inside the Helms Design Center. \nsmARTtalks are intimate learning sessions with a panel of experts covering timely and important topics vital to artists and creatives working in the 21st Century. \nEach smARTtalk event costs $20 to attend. Only 75 tickets are available for each month’s event. \nBUY TICKETS NOW\n\nHere’s the lineup of discussions and panelists for October 22nd: \n\nIs Art School Worth The Money? The Truth About Arts Education in America + it’s Impact on the Creative Economy with speakers Lorne Buchman\, Erin Yoshi\, Ibuki Kuramochi\, and Cara Levine. \n\nPreview: Experts say kids who get an arts education do better in school and life\, and the professional tier in the arts is hot; the creative economy is valued at $2T. But\, primary arts education in the U.S. has been defunded over the last 30 years. Meanwhile\, at the college level\, the cost of an arts degree can put an undergrad in debt for life. Is the ROI worth it? What should artists\, designers\, creatives and educators do with this information? With that much cash in the creative economy\, why do artists\, designers and creatives often continue to struggle economically? \n\nArt in an Age of Political Unrest: How Current Events and Cultural Trends Drive Artistic Expression with speakers Brian McCarty\, Karen Fiorito\, Linda Vallejo\, Marianne Sadowski\, and Olga Severina. \n\nPreview: The social and political tumult of the last five years inspired many artists to express themselves politically about racism\, politics\, social injustice\, police brutality\, gun rights\, climate change\, LGBTQ+ rights\, and more. What is the impact and proper role of political art? Where is it most relevant and effective? And\, how is freedom of expression in the arts impacted by cultural trends around language about gender coding\, sexual identity\, race and privilege? Does the art world have room for conservatives? \nFor information\, click HERE!
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:The Art Walk and Roll Festival is Back!
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, October 8th from 11 am to 6 pm\, Helms Bakery is excited to partner with the Culver City Arts District for their annual Art Walk and Roll Festival\, a self-guided tour and celebration of art\, culture\, mobility\, and our creative community. \nBegin at Helms Avenue where you’ll enter a dream-like world inhabited by playful and curious mythical creatures from Dragon Knights Inc. Then move on to creating “cardboard” sculptures with our friends at reDiscover Center or join in the fun with Studio 203 and artist collective Spool to create a community art journal\, plus Cadfab Creative pops up with workshops\, live drawing\, and more art-centered fun inside the Helms Design Center. \nThen off on your journey through the Arts District along Washington Boulevard to visit galleries\, enjoy live music\, grab a bite\, or stop at the mobility test area. It’s a full day of fun festivities for the entire family. Complete details to follow. \nCome on out and show your love for Culver City!
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join us for Frances Anderton's book release celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 1st at 2:00 pm as we celebrate the release of Frances Anderton’s book Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles\, published by Angel City Press. Stop in for a reception\, a lively talk and Q&A. \nPLEASE RSVP\nLiving in Los Angeles has always been equated with the suburban single-family home with a big backyard. But for decades\, L.A. has also been the consummate laboratory for exceptional experiments in multifamily housing — dwellings centered on shared open space\, from the central courtyard to the rooftop garden. In Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles\, author Frances Anderton explores that fascinating history— from the bungalow courts and apartment-hotels of the 1910s\, through the development of garden apartments\, to contemporary mid-rise “urban villages” and co-living spaces. Common Ground features the work of the Zwebells\, R.M. Schindler\, Richard Neutra\, John Lautner\, Ralph Vaughn\, Koning Eizenberg\, Sean Knibb\, Michael Maltzan\, Brooks + Scarpa\, Lorcan O’Herlihy\, Shin Shin\, and many more. In a time of housing crisis\, Frances Anderton makes the case that well-designed\, equitable\, connected living is tomorrow’s American dream. \n\n \n  \nABOUT FRANCES\nFrances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print\, podcasts\, exhibitions\, and at public events. For many years Anderton hosted DnA: Design and Architecture\, broadcast on KCRW\, a public radio station. Her honors include the Esther McCoy Award\, bestowed by the USC Architectural Guild at USC School of Architecture\, for her work in educating the public about architecture and urbanism. Anderton resides in Santa Monica\, California.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-frances-andertons-book-release-celebration/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Book Signing + Talk with Joseph Giovannini
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Thursday\, September 29th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm for a conversation and book signing with Joseph Giovannini and architectural journalist Frances Anderton about the new authoritative history of the Avant-Garde architecture of our times. \n Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde (Rizzoli)\, by noted critic and designer Joseph Giovannini\, has been called “an amazing achievement\,” “a masterpiece\,” and “an instant classic.” The book chronicles the century-long influence of avant-garde art and the theories of the oblique on prominent architects and some of their highest-profile projects—many of which are in Los Angeles. Don’t miss this lively discussion of architecture that is transgressive\, oblique\, aberrant\, deconstructed\, and digital. \nArcana: Books on the Arts will be at the event selling books. \n  \n \nABOUT JOSEPH \nJoseph Giovannini\, author of Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde\, is a practicing designer who has written on architecture and design for such publications as the New York Times\, Architectural Record\, Art in America\, and Art Forum\, and was architecture critic for New York Magazine\, Los Angeles Herald Examiner\, and Los Angeles Review of Books. He has also taught widely in graduate architecture programs. \nPhoto credit: photographer Tom Bonner \n \nABOUT FRANCES \nFrances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print\, broadcast media and public events. Her book\, Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles\, will be published in fall\, 2022\, by Angel City Press. Anderton also co-creates talks and events at Helms Bakery District. Recent programs included the public symposium Seeding The City; In Harmony With Nature\, a show of architectural work by James Hubbell; and the 2021 exhibition Low Rise Mid Rise High Rise: Housing in LA Today. She is producing Art For Earth’s Sake\, a series of conversations about the art world and its environmental footprint\, to take place at MOCA in fall\, 2022. For many years Anderton hosted DnA: Design and Architecture for KCRW public radio station\, having got her start at KCRW producing Warren Olney’s current affairs shows Which Way\, LA? and To The Point.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-signing-talk-with-joseph-giovannini/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:smART Talks at Helms! FREE For Artists and Creative Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Starting on Saturday\, September 24th\, we are excited to partner with Crewest Studio to present smARTtalks: A New Monthly Educational Series for Artists + Creatives with Expert Panelists! smARTalks occur once a month on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm inside the Helms Design Center. \nsmARTtalks are intimate learning sessions with a panel of experts covering timely and important topics vital to artists and creatives working in the 21st Century. \nThanks to the wonderful generosity of an arts patron\, smARTtalks is now FREE to all artists in Los Angeles. Simply register to reserve your seat now as it is an intimate event with only 75 seats available. Free coffee and refreshments (donuts!) will be served starting at 9:30 and Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, just east of the event venue. \nREGISTER FOR TICKETS!\nHere’s the lineup of discussions and panelists for September 24th: \n10:00 am \n\nWho Are We Now? Artists Discuss COVID + Creativity. How Did The Pandemic Help or Hurt Artists with speakers Dr. Kim Cookson and Eric Weiss\, LMFT.\n\nPreview: Given the tumult of the last 24 months\, we are changed people — and artists. What have we learned? How do we best process the impact of the pandemic? And where do we go from here? Part collective group therapy session\, this discussion will address these relevant\, existential questions touching all of us. We will also address personal wellness in the arts. \n11:00 am \n\nHow To Launch Your First Collectible Art Toy with speakers Ben Goretsky and kaNO\n\nPreview: Collectible art toys and vinyls represent a small but hot and growing segment of the contemporary art market. If you’re an artist interested in launching your first collectible art toy\, don’t miss this smARTalk. You learn about toy design\, fabrication\, packaging and marketing process. You’ll learn how a 2D concept drawing becomes a 3D product\, where to have it manufactured and how to budget the costs. You will get the answers to these and other important questions from top industry experts. \n12:00 Noon \n\nThe Long Overdue and Beautiful Rise of BIPOC Artists in the Primary Art Market: A Sincere and Permanent Correction or Cynical Opportunism by Art Dealers? with speakers April Banks\, Badir McCleary\, Sarah Mantilla Griffin\, and Man One.\n\nPreview: Artists of color are hot in the art market right how — and it’s about time. But why did it take so long for the mainstream art world to rightfully recognize them? What did it take for the art world to finally give artists of color a platform? And\, most importantly\, will it last? How will it be sustained? Or will the fickle and profit-driven art world eventually get bored and move on?
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Returns to In-Person Events!
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 22nd from 8:30 to 9:30 am\, please join Westside Urban Forum for Piece by Piece – Modular Construction’s Future in the LA Region\, a discussion about present and future obstacles for modular construction and the exploration of  its potential for transformative change. \nWith panelists Margaux Rotter\, Director of Development\, BLVD Hospitality\, Scott Baldridge\, President\, Aedis Real Estate Group and Hope Street Development Group Partner\, Lana Cook\, Business Development Manager\, Prefab Logic\, and moderated by Shane Phillips\, Housing Initiative Project Manager\, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. (An Architectural Consultant to be announced.) \nDoors open at 7:45 for breakfast and mingling before the panel begins and RSVP Required. \nModular construction has been long promoted as the future of real estate development\, but still has yet to widely and significantly break ground for how we build in Los Angeles. However\, with skyrocketing construction costs\, a historic housing supply crisis\, and advances in technology\, is this sector poised to reenter the mainstream and become a widespread method of construction? As property prices and market rate rents soar\, and with affordable housing construction costs regularly exceeding $500\,000/unit\, governments\, community leaders\, and real estate professionals are eager to find ways to reduce the cost of building and bring more units to market. Can modular construction reduce costs and usher in a future of housing abundance? Are city governments and the State welcoming this new technology? Or are the cost savings not so clear\, is implementation easier said than done\, and are our building codes and lending practices too rigid to meet this new opportunity? \n(Members Register Here)\n(Nonmembers Register Here)\nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members\n$15 Student Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, September 21st\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, September 21st\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nCOVID UPDATE\nPlease note that while the use of a face mask will not be mandated\, we highly encourage all of our attendees to wear a mask at all times while indoors.\nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-returns-to-in-person-events/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Welcome Back! Balloon Installation & Community Dialogue with Frances Anderton
DESCRIPTION:Free\nWe’ve been through unprecedented times\, marked by a retreat from public spaces and by a reevaluation of intimate spaces. On Sunday\, September 18th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm\, join Frances Anderton and  The L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design as we welcome you back and we’ve blown up big balloons! Thought balloons with your messages and observations about how you occupied space over the last 2 ½ years are on display. Welcome to the conversation. \nFor over two years\, we have been confronted with a novel approach to living in space\, one that is unfamiliar and mostly unprecedented. Social distancing and isolation have had a multitude of effects on the global population\, on how we relate to each other and to space. During this pandemic\, (personal) space has increased for some and decreased for others\, with access to and options for different safe physical and mental spaces being sadly granted on the basis of income and privilege. \nThe L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design invites the Los Angeles community to join the conversation about space in a “post-pandemic” world. Two and half months ago L.A. Forum released their limited edition Welcome Back! newsletter that included big balloons! They asked you to write or draw your perception of space during the pandemic on this pneumatic object. \nWhat do you define as a safe space\, physical or mental? | What felt like home during this time\, and how it felt to be (forced) at home? | What spaces did you wish to have more access to or were grateful for? | How did your spatial routine change? \nWith this Welcome Back! Balloon Installation and Community Dialogue\, we’ve created an exhibit with your responses\, celebrating you and your reflections at this public gathering\, one honoring the special exchange that naturally occurs when humans interact in space together. \n“Alone in the empty city. So vast\, so quiet\, for me alone.” \n“2022\, we are ‘normal’ again but I hold space for the new ‘me’ I found.”
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/welcome-back-balloon-installation-community-dialogue-with-frances-anderton/
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SUMMARY:Welcome Blanket Exhibition Closing Event
DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin us! For the closing of Welcome Blanket on Saturday September 17 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nWelcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected\, catalogued\, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close\, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors. \nWelcome Blanket makes its inaugural Los Angeles exhibit at Helms Bakery District and will continue at Skirball Cultural Center and LAX airport. A national initiative in partnership with other museums and cultural institutions will continue in the years to follow. \nExhibition Dates\nAugust 4th through September 17th\nViewing Hours on Saturdays from 12:00 to 4:00 PM \n\nABOUT WELCOME BLANKET\nWoven into the fabric of our country is the fundamental idea that our diversity and individual freedoms\, together\, allow for our personal stories that collectively make the United States a great nation. The diverse migration stories are human stories; yet the abstraction of immigration\, from sweeping government policies to the use of language\, particularly by the media\, perpetuates “otherness\,” removing us from these human stories\, ones that we all have. Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms this abstraction into a tangible\, crowd-sourced\, artistic action. Participants use their heads\, hearts\, hands\, and histories to craft the country they wish to see. \nWelcome Blanket was initially a response to the proposed 2000-mile border wall between Mexico and the United States. The project reimagined the 2000-mile length\, one of exclusion\, as 2000 miles of yarn to make individual welcome blankets for refugees coming to the United States. Handcraft makers who knit\, sew\, quilt\, crochet\, weave\, felt\, etc.\, use any textile to make 40 inch x 40 inch blankets that are easy to care for and hard to give away. They included stories important to their families about immigration\, migration\, or relocation\, creating symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected\, cataloged\, and displayed at art and cultural institutions. During these exhibits\, the message of welcome is amplified through hosting craft circles\, performances\, discussions\, forums\, and legal assistance for immigrants. Post-show\, our 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors. Over 6500 have been made and distributed. \nAfter reaching our initial goal of 2000 miles of yarn\, resulting in 3400 blankets\, the impact was clear. New immigrants felt the welcome; they felt seen as they were gifted these heartfelt\, handmade blankets–a symbol of home\, itself. And the makers reflected the diversity of this country: the youngest was 4 and the oldest 104; there were evangelical Christians\, Muslims\, Jews\, Buddhists; and there were makers from a wide range of political leanings. Many participants had diverse migration stories\, from being descendants of slaves to displaced Native Americans\, from recent refugees to descendants of the Mayflower. \nWelcome Blanket’s impact reflected a sense of inclusion and we set a new goal–to bring people together to develop a new American tradition of welcome. We aim to create an enduring project and build a community of connection\, a network that creates thresholds of welcome that is a public visual pronouncement and a private and tactile experience. We are building a tapestry of American migration history\, connecting the stories of past migrations with people coming to the United States right now\, and creating a space to discuss the complex issues around immigration with humanity. \nMake a Welcome Blanket\, share your story\, come together and craft. Join us.\nFor more information: welcomeblanket.org and @welcomeblanket \nPrevious Exhibitions\nMuseum of Design Atlanta (Atlanta\, GA)\nSmart Museum of Art (Chicago\, IL)\nFuller Craft Museum (Boston\, MA)\nBuild Peace Conference (San Diego and Tijuana)\nWelcome Blanket Brookline \nUpcoming Exhibitions\nSan Francisco International Airport (San Francisco\, CA)\nHeritage Winooski Mill Museum (Winooski\, VT)\nRevere History Museum (Revere\, MA) \n\nABOUT JAYNA\nJayna Zweiman is an architecturally-trained multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her independent practice combines architecture\, art\, craft\, and new media to focus on experiences that overlap physical\, virtual\, and conceptual spaces. \nPerhaps best known as the co-creator and co-founder of Pussyhat Project\, an international network and movement of women’s rights supporters\, Zweiman has become a leading advocate of utilizing design innovation to enact social change. Pussyhat Project became a worldwide phenomenon at the 2017 Women’s Marches with one of the largest crowd-sourced art advocacy projects ever. She is also the creator and founder of Welcome Blanket\, a reconceptualization of the 2000-mile length of the proposed border wall as 2000-mile length of yarn to make individual welcome blankets for new immigrants coming to the United States. \nZweiman’s work has been exhibited and published internationally. Her work has been nominated for the Beazley Design of the Year by the Design Museum in London\, has been acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum\, and has been awarded the first ever Brand of the Year by the School of Visual Arts. Zweiman was awarded in 2017 as one of “The 25 People Who Defined Visual Culture” by Artsy.\nJayna earned her AB from Brown University with concentrations in visual arts and economics and her Master in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She lives and works in Los Angeles. \nSpecial thanks to Welcome Blanket sponsors:
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Khadim Dai
DESCRIPTION:Free\nAs part of the Welcome Blanket exhibition at the Helms Design Center\, please join us on Thursday\, September 15th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm for a conversation\, film screening and Q+A with filmmaker Khadim Dai. Khadim will be joining us remotely from Pakistan. He will be sharing two shorts: “Your Dust Will Carry” and “Machid.” \nYour Dust Will Carry\nA sense of obligation to keep the memories of his friends and classmates alive\, Dai films at his friends’ graveyard on the seventh anniversary of their deaths. As he begins filming\, a stranger approaches and gives him some news. \nMachid\nMachid\, 12 years old\, is the second generation of Hazaras refugees living in Pakistan. Confined in the ghetto built for Hazaras in Quetta\, Machid explores her surroundings as she is growing from a careless child into a curious teen. Growing in the middle of ongoing genocide\, Machid is beginning to question the “normal life” in her community. \n \nAbout Khadim\nKhadim Dai is a filmmaker from Afghanistan. His family fled to Pakistan when he was two years old to escape Taliban persecution of his minority group\, the Hazara people. He has lived most of his life as a refugee in Pakistan and\, after surviving a school bombing in 2013\, he fled on his own to Indonesia. There\, he lived in a refugee settlement for three years and started documenting his experience. Khadim has been making documentary films since 2014. He worked as a cinematographer for the “The Staging Post” and “Chasing Asylum.” His films have been shown at the Van Abbemuseum\, Ian Potter Museum of Art\, QUT Art Museum\, and the REDCAT.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/conversation-with-documentary-filmmaker-khadim-dai/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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