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SUMMARY:Join us for the Final Textile Slam! of the Season
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 27th at 7:00 pm\, please join us in partnership with Textile Arts | Los Angeles for the final Slam of the season via ZOOM. \nArtists share quick insights into their work\, process\, and intentions. Slam! is an informal\, community-oriented opportunity to be impressed or intrigued\, to see something new or to celebrate the work of familiar friends. You may discover the seeds of your next wonderful project\, or meet your next collaborator in the chat. Be prepared for serendipity. \nThe season finale will feature artists from our local colleges and universities: Rene Camarillo and Phoebe Takeda of CSULA\, Ozzy Alvarez of ArtCenter College of Design\, Sofia Masuda of FIDM\, and Tina Stephens and Marissa Soto of Woodbury University. \nREGISTER HERE \nTHE SCHEDULE\n7:00 pm: Opening Remarks\n7:15 pm: Presentations from 4 to 6 artists\n8:30 pm: Two-minute wrap-up
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-the-final-textile-slam-of-the-season/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Reading Materials\, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
DESCRIPTION:Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join READING MATERIALS\, a book club with an art and material focus. We will be reading books about the artist’s life\, about ways of seeing and reasons for making\, and about our inextricable relationship with material. The titles and conversations should appeal to all creatives\, regardless of medium. Offered in partnership with Studio203\, an art gallery / creative space in Mar Vista\, they will gather on Tuesdays at 7pm. Admission free for members; $40 for the public (for the year). Please consider purchasing your books from Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City\, or your favorite local indie shop\, or bookshop.org \nOn Tuesday August 17th from  7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is CRAFT: AN AMERICAN HISTORY by Glen Adamson\nA groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America\, from the nation’s origins to the present day. \nJOIN THE CLUB! \nAt the center of the United States’ economic and social development\, according to conventional wisdom\, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account\, revealing makers’ central role in shaping America’s identity. Examine any phase of the nation’s struggle to define itself\, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor\, to today’s “maker movement.” From Mother Jones to Rosie the Riveter. From Betsy Ross to Rosa Parks. From suffrage banners to the AIDS Quilt.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/reading-materials-a-book-club-hosted-by-textile-arts-081721/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join Textile Arts L.A. for the Next Virtual Textile Slam on June 9th
DESCRIPTION:It’s time for the Summer edition of Textile Slam! \nJoin Textile Arts Los Angeles on Wednesday\, June 9th at 7:00 PM as they host the next virtual Textile Slam\, an opportunity to enjoy a peek at artists’ work\, indulge in some friendly conversation\, and spend time with fellow textile enthusiasts. Each of the presenters will deliver a quick and lively six-minute presentation\, followed with Q&A and open conversation. \nThe theme is unusual materials\, and the presenters include members and new faces: \nKimberley Morris\, Hair\nDiane Meyer\, Embroidered Photographs\nClaire Renaut\, Spun Paper\nCindy Rinne\, Poet\, Upcycled Textile Garments\nTina Linville\, Creating Community as an Artist or Art Practice \nTICKETS \n$15 public; $5 concessions; $Free for members
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-textile-arts-l-a-for-the-next-virtual-textile-slam-on-june-9th/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T123000
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SUMMARY:THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED - Design Your Own Dream Space\, A Virtual Community Art Class in Partnership with L.A. GOAL
DESCRIPTION:Free \nTHIS EVENT IS CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. \nDue to technical difficulties at the start of our May Design Your Own Dream Space workshop\, it’s possible that some of our registered participants were unable to join the class. We are offering this Virtual Community Art Class again for anyone who would like to join! Whether you couldn’t make it the first time or you would like to participate for a second time\, we can’t wait to see you! \nOn Saturday\, June 5th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM\, we are partnering with L.A. GOAL and artist Dani Samson of Calico Flower Studio to bring you a virtual mixed media workshop. \nIn this workshop\, participants will design their own 2-dimensional dream space – for example\, a home\, a room\, a garden – through a mixed media approach. Dani will walk you through creative prompts to help ease the flow of ideas. Dani will demonstrate by creating her own dream space\, but the specific design will ultimately be up to each participant. \nGrab your family\, a friend\, or an artist in your life and join the fun! This class is intended to be enjoyable\, joyful\, and inspirational. A time to explore your creativity\, connect with a creative community\, and decompress from the stresses of everyday life. No experience necessary. \nRead MORE about suggested art materials HERE. \nLEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE \nRegistration closes on Friday\, June 4th at 6pm PST. If you register after registration closes\, we cannot guarantee that you will be admitted to the workshop. \n*Please be punctual! Once Dani begins class\, she will not be repeating instructions for late-comers. \n \nABOUT DANI SAMPSON\nDani Michaux Samson is a scrappy mixed media collage artist. She loves to collect residual material from her art and her day-to-day so that she may give it new life in her collages. Her creative practice stems from thoughts about her living space\, the sanctuary that she calls home. Naturally\, her cat is one of her muses and her number one studio assistant. Born and raised in Ohio\, Dani received her MFA degree from Columbus College of Art & Design just before moving to Los Angeles in 2019. In L.A.\, she established her business\, Calico Flower Studio\, where her independent artwork can be viewed and purchased online. In the past\, she has facilitated art activities with organizations such as Goodwill Columbus Art Studio & Gallery\, Kya’s Krusade\, Paint Nite\, and Columbus Museum of Art. Her range of experience has allowed her to work with people of various ages and abilities. Currently\, Dani brings art into the lives of LAUSD middle schoolers in the Team Prime Time After School Program. Throughout her career\, she has maintained the belief that everyone has creative potential. Dani is so excited to meet the Helms Bakery/L.A. GOAL community!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/design-your-own-dream-space-a-virtual-community-art-class-in-partnership-with-l-a-goal-june-5/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, June 3rd\, 6:00 to 7:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter\nFormerly of PHAT\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the Zoom Webinar \n\nNathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter \nConcurrent to practice\, and borne out of the desire to challenge prevailing architectural orthodoxy\, Stephen Slaughter and Nathaniel Belcher co-founded PHAT\, a four-person\, multi-disciplinary design collaborative that pursued work that questioned the role of race and identity in architecture and has shown in venues throughout the world including the Studio Museum in Harlem\, the National Gallery of Victoria\, Architecture Center in New York\, and the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain’s young Architects Exhibition in Orléans. \nNathaniel Quincy Belcher is Head of School and Professor of Architecture for the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University appointed in 2020. He is a recipient of grants from the National Endowment of the Arts\, the Graham Foundation\, and other notable foundations and research entities. Educated at Virginia Tech and Harvard University\, Mr. Belcher holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. He served two-term on the Advisory board for the Graduate School of Design at Harvard and was on national boards for the American Institute of Architects\, National Council of Architectural Registration Board as and the Executive Board for the Association of Collegiate School of Architecture\, where he served at treasurer. His work has been exhibited and published in many publications including Sites of Memory from Princeton Architectural Press\, HarlemWorlds: Metropolis as a metaphor exhibition/ publication through the Studio Museum in New York City and in the Archilab exhibition in Orleans France. \nAfter receiving a Master of Architecture from The Ohio State University\, and initiating his career in Thom Mayne’s studio\, Morphosis\, Stephen Slaughter has worked in close collaboration with a number of highly respected and influential artists and architects\, including Wes Jones of Jones\, Partners: Architecture\, Gary Bates and Gro Bonesmo of Space Group\, and artists Edgar Arceneaux\, and Tanya Aguiniga while in Los Angeles\, with the Watts House Project. As a twenty-year practicing professional Slaughter’s experience spans from presiding over the rollout of retail boutiques\, residences\, and restaurants to managing large-scale institutional projects. For the past 15 years\, along with practicing and producing work for exhibitions\, Slaughter has taught in a variety of academic institutions such as SCI-Arc\, and Woodbury University in Los Angeles\, and the University of Cincinnati\, and the University of Kentucky while living in Ohio. Inclusive of the many boards\, committees\, and non-profit arts organizations\, he has chaired\, Slaughter additionally served as designer\, project manager\, and inaugural board member for the Watts House Project\, a not-for-profit\, art-based neighborhood redevelopment organization that leveraged arts programming and architectural rehabilitation for the purpose of creative placemaking. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Nathaniel Belcher and Stephen Slaughter; Image of Curtin University School of Design and the Built Environment (2021); Image of Findlay Market Bag Kiosks (2016).
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/nathaniel-belcher-and-stephen-slaughter/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210527T160000
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nader Tehrani and Arthur Chang
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 27th 4:00 to 5:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nader Tehrani and Arthur Chang\n“What Would Wood Do?”\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the Zoom Webinar \n\nNader Tehrani \nFor his contributions to architecture as an art\, Nader Tehrani is the recipient of the 2020 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters\, to which he was also elected as a Member in 2021\, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in The United States. Nader Tehrani is the founding principal of NADAAA and Dean of The Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. His research focuses on the transformation of the building industry\, innovative material applications\, and the development of new means and methods of construction\, especially through digital fabrication. Tehrani’s work has received many prestigious awards\, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award\, and eighteen Progressive Architecture Awards. Prior to becoming Dean at the Cooper Union\, he taught at RISD\, Harvard GSD\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, and MIT. His office\, NADAAA\, for the past seven years in a row\, has ranked among the top design firms in Architect Magazine’s Top 50 Firms in the United States\, ranking as First three years in a row. \nArthur Chang \nArthur Chang\, AIA is a Principal of NADAAA. He has been a key part of NADAAA and a collaborator of Nader Tehrani’s since 2004. Chang’s experience in planning and managing all aspects of design projects has led to his work receiving some of the most prestigious national and international awards. Chang has led a variety of institutional and public projects including the Melbourne School of Design\, RISD’s Fleet Library\, Helios House\, the Research + Design Center at Beaver Country Day School\, a new MBTA Headhouse in Boston’s Seaport\, and North Hall\, a new hybrid CLT/Steel residence hall for the Rhode Island School of Design. Chang holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. He has served as visiting design critic for Harvard University\, Graduate School of Design; Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, School of Architecture and Planning; Northeastern University\, Art & Architecture Department; Rhode Island School of Design; the University of Melbourne\, Faculty of Architecture\, Building\, and Planning; and Boston Architectural College. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Nader Tehrani; Image of NADAAA Section; Image of Arthur Chang.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/nader-tehrani-and-arthur-chang/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T120000
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Jeannette Kuo
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 20th 12:00 to 1:30 PDT for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Jeannette Kuo of  Karamuk Kuo\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the Zoom Webinar \n\nJeannette Kuo\nJeannette Kuo is a founding partner of KARAMUK KUO based in Zurich. Established in 2010 with Ünal Karamuk\, the work of the office focuses on the intersection of spatial concepts and constructive technologies\, recognizing architecture as a social and material discipline. The office works on projects of a range of scales\, from schools and housing to complex cultural projects\, and has been published in numerous international journals including Archithese\, Werk\, Bau + Wohnen\, Metropolis\, and Casabella. In 2018\, KARAMUK KUO was documented in issue 196 of El Croquis monographs. Recent projects include the International Sports Sciences Institute in Lausanne\, the Augusta Raurica Archaeological Center\, Weiden Secondary School\, and Cham Apartments. This year they were recognized by Domus as one of the 50 best architectural firms of 2020. \nBeyond her practice\, Kuo regularly contributes to the architectural discourse through her academic commitments and writings\, as well as participation in conferences and symposia. Her publication\, A-Typical Plan: Projects and Essays on Identity\, Flexibility\, and Atmosphere in the Office Building\, received the 2013 Most Beautiful Swiss Book award. This was followed by the critically acclaimed Space of Production: Projects and Essays on Rationality\, Atmosphere\, and Expression in the Industrial Building in 2015. She regularly serves on international competition juries and most recently was European jury president for the LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. \nIn 2006\, Kuo was the recipient of the competitive Maybeck Teaching Fellowship at UC Berkeley and has also taught at MIT. From 2011 to 2014 she held a visiting professorship at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) before joining the faculty at the GSD in 2016. In addition\, she has lectured and been a guest critic at numerous institutions such as ETH Zurich\, Columbia University\, The Cooper Union\, Rhode Island School of Design\, Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio\, Pratt Institute\, Hong Kong University\, and the University of Toronto. Kuo received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley\, a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard GSD\, and a Master of Advanced Studies from the ETH Zurich. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Jeannette Kuo and Unal Karamuk; Image of House on a Slope (2020); Image of International Sports Sciences Institute\, University of Lausanne (2018).
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jeannettekuo/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210518T190000
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SUMMARY:Reading Materials\, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
DESCRIPTION:Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join READING MATERIALS\, a book club with an art and material focus. We will be reading books about the artist’s life\, about ways of seeing and reasons for making\, and about our inextricable relationship with material. The titles and conversations should appeal to all creatives\, regardless of medium. Offered in partnership with Studio203\, an art gallery / creative space in Mar Vista\, they will gather on Tuesdays at 7pm. Admission free for members; $40 for the public (for the year). Please consider purchasing your books from Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City\, or your favorite local indie shop\, or bookshop.org \nOn Tuesday May 18th from  7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is THE CREATIVE HABIT: LEARN IT AND USE IT FOR LIFE by Twyla Tharp. JOIN THE CLUB! \nAll it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort\, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter\, musician\, businessperson\, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use\, The Creative Habit provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/reading-materials-a-book-club-hosted-by-textile-arts-031721/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T120000
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SUMMARY:Studio Tour with Artist Ann B. Coddington
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, May 14th at 12 noon\, please join Textile Arts Los Angeles for a fascinating look into artist Ann B. Coddington‘s practice and studio. \n$10 public / Free for members \nARTIST STATEMENT\nMy artwork borrows the technique twining from the traditional craft of basketry to create a sculptural expression of my beliefs and experiences and how they are sensed by the body. I am intrigued by the process of and differences between feeling and knowing; body and mind. Ineffable memories held by the body are more potent\, penetrating and enduring than those in the mind. My forms are actuated by this somatic memory in conjunction with an investigation of the dichotomies: eternal and ephemeral\, strength and fragility\, masculine and feminine\, free and captive\, old and young\, living and dead. \nAs the world becomes increasingly technological\, my work moves in the opposite direction to the point where now I tie two pieces of string together\, bend some sticks\, form plaster in my hands\, and mold clay. Reducing art-making down to the most elemental means of expression\, the simplest creative task challenges and satisfies me. Much of my current artwork pushes back against the world of increasingly complex technologies that\, paradoxically\, in an effort to connect us\, instead separates and isolates us\, removing us from authentic experience. The slow building of one stitch upon another exists within an ancient time frame\, virtually un-experienced in the contemporary\, digital society. My art is my voice\, more than my words and in my work\, feeling overshadows knowing.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/studio-tour-with-artist-ann-b-coddington/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210513T173000
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Ernestina Osorio
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 13th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Ernestina Osorio\nInterdependence and the Construction of a Transnational Discourse of Mexican Modernism\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nErnestina Osorio \nErnestina Osorio teaches courses on the history and theory of architecture\, art\, and visual culture. She completed her Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University after finishing her undergraduate studies with Distinction in Art History and Spanish literature at UC Santa Barbara\, earning a professional degree in Architecture at UCLA\, and practicing architecture and urban design. Her writing focuses on Mexico and studies architecture’s relation to cultural memory\, visual culture\, media\, and urbanism. Osorio’s interests have been augmented by migration and travel experiences and the notion of constructed boundaries in the landscape and horizon. Her work explores built environments in Latin America and their diverse influences and tendencies\, from Indigenous knowledge systems\, the effects of ideological and technological developments\, to the dissemination of architectural ideas across geographical and theoretical terrains. This presentation is part of an interdisciplinary project that examines the transnational and intercultural provocations\, exchange\, reception\, and representation of Mexican architectural modernisms and the intellectual genealogies that shaped them. Osorio discusses how a convergence of architecture\, art\, photography\, traditional arts\, and anthropology in the early to mid-twentieth century represented attempts within these areas to highlight the inextricable link between Indigenous knowledge and Modernism in Mexico. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Ernestina Osorio; Image of the Pyramid of Cuicuilco; Image of Modotti Stairs.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/ernestina-osorio/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Michael Anderson and Frances Anderton
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 6th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Michael Anderson and Frances Anderton\nHow to Create Accelerated Equity Housing and Transit Communities\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nMichael Anderson \nMichael Anderson is a principal architect of Anderson Barker\, an architecture\, urban economic development firm in Los Angeles. His expertise is transit stations\, communities\, aviation\, civic\, commercial\, residential\, and municipal infrastructure projects such as streetscapes\, parking structures\, community centers\, and parks. He focuses to aid municipalities to modernize underserved communities and increase ownership utilizing business strategies that are mutually beneficial to all parties. \nHe is currently working on a pilot project for accelerated equity housing and transit-oriented community (TOC) solutions by collaborating with public funding\, private capital sources\, and real estate development companies. He is currently completing a book\, Urban Magic: Vibrant Black and Brown Communities Are Possible. \nAnderson Barker’s Notable Projects include:\n· LA Clippers Arena Plaza Buildings and Parking Garages\, Inglewood\, CA\n· Hollywood Park\, Inglewood\, CA\n· Tom Bradley Terminal West\n· Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center\, Compton\, CA\n· Compton Senior Center\, Compton\, CA \n\nFrances Anderton \nFrances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print\, radio\, podcasts\, and public events. She is currently writing a book\, Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles\, for Angel City Press. She produced and co-hosted the radio series Wasted: Neat Solutions to the Dirty Problem of Waste. It recently aired on KCRW’s Greater LA. For many years she hosted DnA: Design and Architecture radio show\, and before that Warren Olney’s current affairs show Which Way\, LA? and To the Point\, all broadcast on KCRW public radio station. \nAnderton also programs talks\, exhibitions\, and events at Helms Bakery District. She previously curated the exhibition Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change\, about resilient architecture\, shown at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Honors include the 2020 ICON Award for the Los Angeles Design Festival. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Michael Anderson; Image of Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Transit Corridor; Image of Frances Anderton.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/michael-anderson-and-frances-anderton/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210505T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts LA Presents practiceLAB with Nathalie Miebach
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, May 5th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM\, join Textile Arts Los Angeles for the next iteration of practiceLAB with Nathalie Miebach -artist\, environmental commentator\, educator\, collaborator\, woman of many hats! \npracticeLAB is a series of conversations exploring the nature of practice. We invite artists\, curators\, designers\, authors\, and creatives to present their work\, their relationship to the work\, and sometimes to engage our hands in small acts of creativity\, too. \nTickets: members $8 / public $14 / students/concessions $6 \nABOUT NATHALIE\nMy work focuses on the intersection of art and science and the visual articulation of scientific observations. Using the methodologies and processes of both disciplines\, I translate scientific data related to ecology\, climate change and meteorology into three-dimensional structures. My method of translation is principally that of weaving – in particular basket weaving – as it provides me with a simple yet highly effective grid through which to interpret data in three-dimensional space. Central to this work is my desire to explore the role visual aesthetics play in the translation and understanding of scientific information. By utilizing artistic processes and everyday materials\, I am questioning and expanding the traditional boundaries through which science data has been visually translated (ex: graphs\, diagrams)\, while at the same time provoking expectations of what kind of visual vocabulary is considered to be in the domain of ‘science’ or ‘art’.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-la-presents-practicelab-with-nathalie-miebach/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
CREATED:20210426T222850Z
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SUMMARY:Design Your Own Dream Space\, A Virtual Community Art Class in Partnership with L.A. GOAL
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, May 1st from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM\, we are partnering with L.A. GOAL and artist Dani Samson of Calico Flower Studio to bring you a virtual mixed media workshop. \nIn this workshop\, participants will design their own 2-dimensional dream space – for example\, a home\, a room\, a garden – through a mixed media approach. Dani will walk you through creative prompts to help ease the flow of ideas. Dani will demonstrate by creating her own dream space\, but the specific design will ultimately be up to each participant. \nGrab your family\, a friend\, or an artist in your life and join the fun! This class is intended to be enjoyable\, joyful\, and inspirational. A time to explore your creativity\, connect with a creative community\, and decompress from the stresses of everyday life. No experience necessary. \nRead MORE about suggested art materials HERE. \nREGISTER HERE \n***Please be punctual! Once Dani begins class\, she will not be repeating instructions for late-comers.*** \n \nABOUT DANI SAMPSON\nDani Michaux Samson is a scrappy mixed media collage artist. She loves to collect residual material from her art and her day-to-day so that she may give it new life in her collages. Her creative practice stems from thoughts about her living space\, the sanctuary that she calls home. Naturally\, her cat is one of her muses and her number one studio assistant. Born and raised in Ohio\, Dani received her MFA degree from Columbus College of Art & Design just before moving to Los Angeles in 2019. In L.A.\, she established her business\, Calico Flower Studio\, where her independent artwork can be viewed and purchased online. In the past\, she has facilitated art activities with organizations such as Goodwill Columbus Art Studio & Gallery\, Kya’s Krusade\, Paint Nite\, and Columbus Museum of Art. Her range of experience has allowed her to work with people of various ages and abilities. Currently\, Dani brings art into the lives of LAUSD middle schoolers in the Team Prime Time After School Program. Throughout her career\, she has maintained the belief that everyone has creative potential. Dani is so excited to meet the Helms Bakery/L.A. GOAL community!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/design-your-own-dream-space-a-virtual-community-art-class-in-partnership-with-l-a-goal/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210430T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210430T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
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SUMMARY:Studio Tour with Artist Lesley Kice Nishigawara
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, 4/30 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM\, please join Textile Art Los Angeles for a studio tour with artist\, educator\, weaver\, and keen observer Lesley Kice Nishigawara. \nARTIST STATEMENT\nMy work explores the world around us with a system of visual examination. The grid frames my work in both a conceptual and practical manner. Conceptually\, the grid reflects a need for regulation and perfection; a method or system of organization. With the aim for exacting and ordered spaces\, slippages in the grid appear within varied applications and renditions. Explorations into these concepts present misalignments that occur within a desire for order. Through various translations including reflections and shadows\, each articulation is created following a system of self-imposed rules to shift into new forms\, images\, and ideas. Practically\, it creates a structure for my ideas to unfold. \nThe work takes on multiple formal configurations to probe these ideas. Large-scale tiled textile works produce a soft and elegant interpretation of misaligned urban patterns. Layered drawings create space to activate the work through shadows and perspectival shifts. Throughout the work\, the complexity of order and structure is exposed through these iterations. \nTranslating the grid and patterns that appear through human intervention in our built environment produces an expanded view of the world. Highlighting and refiguring the nuanced visual elements—from the regularity of a chain link fence to a shadow projected from an overpass—this work is developed through a series of iterative examinations that develop beyond their original form and meaning. It acknowledges that the simple is often more complex as it is explored; the perfect is often more imperfect than at first glance. It exposes that the limits of perfection have endless possibilities. \nTickets: $10 public / Free for members
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/studio-tour-with-artist-lesley-kice-nishigawara/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
CREATED:20210406T193604Z
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Adam Nathaniel Furman
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, April 15th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Adam Nathaniel Furman\nJoyful Deviance\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nAdam Nathaniel Furman \nAdam Nathaniel Furman is a London-based designer & artist of Argentine and Japanese heritage whose practice ranges from Architecture & interiors to sculpture\, installation\, writing\, and product design. He co-runs the Saturated Space research group on colour at the Architectural Association\, and was a studio master of Productive Exuberance at Central Saint Martins College of Art. Furman published the book Revisiting Postmodernism with Sir Terry Farrell for the Royal Institute for British Architects in 2018\, and has written for numerous publications internationally. Presently\, he is writing a new work for RIBA — “Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories”. Furman is also the recipient of several awards\, including the Blueprint prizes for Design Innovation in 2014\, Best Small Project in 2018\, the UK Rome Prize for Architecture 2014-15\, and FX Product Designer of the Year 2019. Furman’s work is in the collections of the Sir John Soane Museum\, the Design Museum (London)\, the Abet Laminate Museum\, the National Gallery of Victoria\, and the Carnegie Museum of Art\, and continues to be exhibited in numerous cities around the world. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Adam Nathaniel Furman; Image of Gateways at London Design Festival (2017); Image of Nagatacho in Tokyo (2017).
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/adam-nathaniel-furman/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210408T173000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
CREATED:20210328T225111Z
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with John May and Zeina Koreitem
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, April 8th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with John May and Zeina Koreitem\nA Loose Collection of Objects\, Images and Texts\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nMILLIØNS \nMILLIØNS is a Los Angeles-based experimental design practice\, founded by MILLIØNS and Zeina Koreitem. MILLIØNS conceives of architecture as a speculative medium for exploring the central categories of contemporary life: technology\, politics\, energy\, media\, and information. Their approach insists on an expansive parallel project of technical\, historical\, and cultural analysis\, which surrounds and informs their work. \nMILLIØNS’ work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions\, including a commissioned furniture set by Friedman Benda Gallery NYC and Chamber\, a commissioned display system for the Taipei Biennial\, shows at La Triennale Di Milano\, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York\, The Architecture + Design Museum of Los Angeles\, the MIT Keller Architecture Gallery\, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design\, among others. Recent work includes completed and ongoing projects in California\, New York\, Boston\, Taipei\, and Beirut. Recently they were selected as the winner of an international competition to reimagine the east wing of I.M. Pei’s Everson Museum\, in Syracuse\, NY\, and to restore other aspects of the museum. \nZeina Koreitem is a registered architect in Beirut\, Lebanon\, and Design Faculty at SCI-Arc. John May is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and author of Signal. Image. Architecture. (Columbia\, 2019) and Design Technics: Archaeologies of Architectural Practice (Minnesota\, 2019; co-edited with Zeynep Çelik Alexander). \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of John May and Zeina Koreitem; Image of The Ghosts Acres of Architecture (2020); Image of the Everson Museum of Art Renovation.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/a-lecture-and-live-qa-discussion-with-john-may-and-zeina-koreitem/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
CREATED:20210226T235751Z
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts Presents Textile Slam!
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, April 7th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM\, Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join them for Textile Slam! We are excited to partner with Textile Arts for this casual\, community\, conversation-oriented event featuring artists\, designers\, architects\, educators\, and all-around neat thinkers talking about their work\, the ideas that interest them\, and the projects they are exploring. Textile Slam! occurs four times a year\, and is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking\, featuring a rotating slate of presenters\, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation. \nREGISTER Here \n$20 public; $0 members\, students\, and concessions \nUpcoming Slams on June 9th and October 27th.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-presents-textile-slam/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193554
CREATED:20210303T235252Z
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SUMMARY:A Convo with Jiseon Lee Isbara\, Provost of OTIS College of Art and Design
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 17th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM\, Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join them for Displaced\, a conversation with the new provost of OTIS College of Art and Design\, artist\, and curator Jiseon Lee Isbara. \nJiseon Lee Isbara will speak about the inquiries addressed in her work and the use of visual languages and processes developed over time to communicate her concepts and emotions. Her work mirrors her life and its complexities of a displaced person in two countries: conversant in the language and culture of both places\, but not considered a full-fledged member of either one. Through her work\, she embodies two cultures\, times and identities colliding and merging together. \nTICKETS\n$10 members; $20 public \nPracticeLAB is a series of talks exploring the ideas\, issues\, and inspiration that inform a robust creative practice. Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites artists\, authors\, architects\, and creatives to present content that addresses the nature of a practice\, as well as educational sessions that offer an opportunity to practice. We look forward to meeting more of  LA’s creative community with these engaging sessions. \n \nABOUT JISEON LEE ISBARA\nJiseon Lee Isbara is an artist and educator who serves as the Provost at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles\, CA. She exhibits nationally\, engages with viewers through lectures and discussions\, and collaborates with and contributes to the community by serving in various roles for regional and national art and education organizations. Amplified by her experience as a first-generation immigrant\, she engages with socially and culturally charged dialogue through the accumulated aesthetics\, materials\, and processes she has garnered as an emigrant from her native culture. Through her artwork\, Jiseon questions the congruity around her emotions and cultural topics. Jiseon earned her MFA in Fibers\, one from Colorado State University and one from Ewha Woman’s University\, Seoul\, South Korea. She is Professor and Dean of Academic Affairs at Oregon College of Art and Craft.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/a-convo-with-jiseon-lee-isbara-provost-of-otis-college-of-art-and-design/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210316T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210317T210530Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Materials\, A Book Club Hosted by Textile Arts
DESCRIPTION:Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join READING MATERIALS\, a book club with an art and material focus. We will be reading books about the artist’s life\, about ways of seeing and reasons for making\, and about our inextricable relationship with material. The titles and conversations should appeal to all creatives\, regardless of medium. Offered in partnership with Studio203\, an art gallery / creative space in Mar Vista\, they will gather on Tuesdays at 7pm. Admission free for members; $40 for the public (for the year). Please consider purchasing your books from Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City\, or your favorite local indie shop\, or bookshop.org \nOn Tuesday March 16th from  7:00 – 8:30pm the book selection is ART & FEAR: OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERILS (AND REWARDS) OF ARTMAKING by Ted Orland\, and David Bayles \nArt & Fear explores the way art gets made\, the reasons it often doesn’t get made\, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. This is an old favorite\, and a quick read (and worth re-reading several times). \nJOIN THE CLUB!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/reading-materials-a-book-club-hosted-by-textile-arts/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210303T230057Z
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SUMMARY:Join Textile Arts for an Intimate Studio Tour with artist Ruth Katzenstein Souza
DESCRIPTION:Textile Arts | Los Angeles invites you to join them in a series of intimate\, behind-the-scenes looks at artists’ studios\, and a discussion of the habits and practices that allow them to thrive and make new work. \nOn Friday\, March 12th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM take a lunch time walk-and-talk-about through the studio of artist\, gleaner\, mender Ruth Katzenstein Souza. Ruth is a practicing artist\, as well as the force behind Mending as Metaphor. Ruth will walk us through her studio – if you’ve seen it before\, you know it’s a real treat. \nTICKETS\n$10 public; $Free for members \nUPCOMING STUDIO TOURS\nFriday\, April 30th: Lesley Kice Nichigawara\nFriday\, May 14th: Ann B. \nABOUT TEXTILE ARTS\nTextile Arts | Los Angeles cultivates and promotes textile art and design. As a professional membership organization\, we encourage dialogue\, share resources\, and build community in order to elevate the practice of the textile arts\, create opportunity for our members\, and advocate for this vibrant and enduring artform.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-textile-arts-for-an-intimate-studio-tour-with-artist-ruth-katzenstein-souza/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T173000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210224T193315Z
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, March 4th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman\nUnwalling Citizenship\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nTeddy Cruz and Fonna Forman \nTeddy Cruz (MDes Harvard) is a professor of Public Culture and Urbanism in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California\, San Diego. He is known internationally for his urban research of the Tijuana/San Diego border\, advancing border neighborhoods as sites of cultural production from which to rethink urban policy\, affordable housing\, and public space. \nFonna Forman (PhD Chicago) is a professor of Political Theory and Founding Director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California\, San Diego. A theorist of ethics and public culture\, her work focuses on human rights\, climate justice\, border ethics\, and equitable urbanization. \nTogether Cruz + Forman are principals in Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman\, a research-based practice\, investigating issues of borders\, informal urbanization\, civic infrastructure\, and public culture\, with a special emphasis on Latin American cities. Blurring conventional boundaries between theory and practice\, and merging the fields of architecture and urbanism\, political theory and urban policy\, visual arts\, and public culture\, Cruz + Forman lead a variety of urban research agendas and civic/public interventions in the San Diego-Tijuana border region and beyond. From 2012-13 they served as special advisors on civic and urban initiatives for the City of San Diego and led the development of its Civic Innovation Lab. Together they lead the UCSD Community Stations\, a platform for community-based research and teaching on poverty and social equity in the border region. \nTheir work has been exhibited widely in cultural venues across the world\, including the Museum of Modern Art; the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, San Francisco; the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum; Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt; and M+ Hong Kong. They represented the United States in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. They have two forthcoming monographs: Top-Down / Bottom-Up: The Research and Practice of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman (Berlin: Hatje Cantz); and The Political Equator: Unwalling Citizenship (London: Verso) \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman\, Image of The UCSD-CASA Community Station at Living Rooms at the Border (2019)\, Image of The UCSD-Alacran Community Station + Migrant Sanctuary (2020).
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/teddy-cruz-and-fonna-forman/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210202T182700Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture is a Social Act with Lorcan O'Herlihy + Frances Anderton
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, February 18th from 6:30 to 7:30PM\, please join Lorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA\, and Frances Anderton for a livestream discussion about LOHA’s latest monograph Architecture Is a Social Act. Lorcan and Frances will talk about his work\, and how he navigates tight budgets and stakeholder needs to integrate common space. He will also share insights into 410 Rossmore\, his latest Los Angeles project\, where he will add five new floors of co-living space to the 90-year-old apartment building in Hancock Park. \nRegister here. Once you register\, a Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event date. \nTo purchase a signed copy of the book\, please visit Arcana: Books on the Arts. \n \nLorcan O’Herlihy is the founder and design principal of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]\, a Los Angeles/Detroit based architecture and urban design firm. \nLorcan O’Herlihy spent his childhood as a thespian’s son. His father Dan O’Herlihy was an actor and took his family on overseas shoots. From time spent hanging out in Rome\, London and other great urban cities\, Lorcan developed a deep appreciation for social space. \nHe has since made his mark as an architect with housing\, workplaces and cultural buildings that put human connectivity at their center\, while emphasizing bold design. Formosa 1140 in West Hollywood\, for example\, connects residents and neighbors in a pocket park\, and it bursts with the color and spirit of the nearby Formosa Cafe\, a one time drinking haunt of Dan O’Herlihy and his buddy Orson Welles. O’Herlihy has tackled social inequity in Detroit with a conversion of the African Bead Museum\, new housing and neighborhood plans. At Isla Intersections in South LA\, he has put supportive housing in a complex of prefabricated structures attached to a paseo. These are just some of the projects featured in his latest monograph\, Architecture Is a Social Act published by Frame\, with an introduction by Frances Anderton. \n \nFrances Anderton covers design and architecture in Los Angeles for radio\, podcast and print. A series she co-produced\, Wasted: Neat Solutions to the Dirty Problem of Waste\, is currently airing on KCRW public radio station. She is writing a book entitled Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles; and she is working with Helms Bakery District on the programming of events and talks about design\, architecture and art. \n  \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/architecture-is-a-social-act-with-lorcan-oherlihy-frances-anderton/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T173000
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SUMMARY:A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Skylar Tibbits of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, Feb 11th\, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Skylar Tibbits of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab\nIn collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRegister for the  Zoom Webinar\n\nSkylar Tibbits \nSkylar Tibbits is a designer and computer scientist whose research focuses on developing self-assembly and programmable materials within the built environment. Tibbits is the founder and co-director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT\, and Associate Professor of Design Research in the Department of Architecture. \nTibbits has a professional degree in architecture and a minor in experimental computation from Philadelphia University\, as well as a masters in design computation and computer science from MIT. He has worked at a number of design offices including Zaha Hadid Architects\, Asymptote Architecture\, and Point b Design. \nHe has designed and built large-scale installations and exhibited in galleries around the world\, including the Centre Pompidou\, Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum\, Victoria and Albert Museum\, and various others. He is the author of the book Self-Assembly Lab: Experiments in Programming Matter (Routledge\, 2016)\, Active Matter (MIT Press\, 2017)\, co-editor of Being Material (MIT Press 2019)\, and the Editor-In-Chief of the journal 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. \nAwards include LinkedIn’s Next Wave Award for Top Professionals under 35 (2016)\, R&D Innovator of the Year (2015)\, National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2015)\, an Inaugural WIRED Fellowship (2014)\, the Architectural League Prize (2013)\, Ars Electronica Next Idea Award (2013)\, TED Senior Fellow (2012) and 2008 he was named a Revolutionary Mind by SEED magazine. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Skylar Tibbits\, Image of Macrobot & Decibot\, Image of Self-Folding Straw.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/skylar-tibbits/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
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SUMMARY:Textile SLAM! An Evening of Short Talks\, Conversation and Community
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, February 10th from 7:00 to 8:30PM\, please join our friends at Textile Arts LA for Textile Slam! This is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking\, featuring a rotating slate of presenters\, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation. \nMembers\, artists\, designers\, architects\, educators\, and all-around neat thinkers will talk about their work\, ideas that interest them\, or projects they are exploring. The Slam! is a casual\, community\, conversation-oriented event. \nTICKETS \nNew ONLINE format: $20 non-members; $10 members. This event is hosted on Zoom. Info to join will be sent to all RSVPs.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/7739/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210202T235727Z
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Hosts the Mayors Panel
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, February 10 from 12:00 to 1:00PM\, please join Westside Urban Forum (WUF) for the annual Mayors Forum! \nThis is a WUF signature event that brings together the Westside Mayors for a candid discussion of each Mayor’s priorities for 2021\, the land use policy issues of importance to each city\, and provides the opportunity to understand the different ways in which these unique cities are responding to current issues in what is already another extraordinary year. \nIn 2021 our Mayors will be faced with a myriad of issues\, including the central conflict of land use and social and racial equity\, police reform\, and housing and homelessness – all within an environment of shrinking budgets resulting from the pandemic. To begin to address these complex matters\, what are the cities’ near-term responses to retail spaces left vacant by the pandemic? How are cities going to change as a result of the pandemic and what temporary COVID policies would the Mayors like to see adopted permanently (such as encouraging telecommuting to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution\, greater diversity in housing typologies and private outdoor space\, growing park space for all community members\, or allowing outdoor dining to remain permanently)? How are the cities working to address structural racial and social injustices in land use and government agencies’ operations? What measures are cities considering to address police reform and community mental health? What is the outlook for public transit and the extension of the Purple Line Subway? And what does all of this mean for the cities’ plans to address climate change? \nPanelists:\nMayor Lester Friedman\, City of Beverly Hills\nMayor Alex Fisch\, City of Culver City\nMayor Sue Himmelrich\, City of Santa Monica\nMayor Lindsey Horvath\, City of West Hollywood \nRegistration: Registration closes for this Zoom panel on February 9 at 9:00 pm. \nWUF Members                               Free\nNonmembers                                $35.00\nStudent Nonmembers                $10.00 \nREGISTER NOW to be a WUF Member for 2021 and attend all monthly panel events for FREE through December 2021.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-hosts-the-mayors-panel/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20210127T014204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T014204Z
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts LA Presents practiceLAB with Ferne Jacobs
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, January 28th at 7:00 pm ONLINE\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles in a spirited\, freeform conversation with Ferne Jacobs. Where does an Idea come from? What is an Idea? When does it emerge? How do you know it is an idea? How do you relate to the idea? \nTextile Arts kicks off 2021 with an idiosyncratic\, unconventional\, open-ended dialogue about the provenance\, shape\, and meaning of an idea. They will open the floor right away for Q&A and commentary from the audience. Please come with your own research\, quotes\, and experience with ideas. \nTickets $FREE members; $20 non-members
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-la-presents-practicelab-with-ferne-jacobs/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20201013T190531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T190531Z
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SUMMARY:Louis Poulsen Presents a Design Dialogue with Alfred Homann
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Wednesday\, October 21st at 9:00 AM\, please join Louis Poulsen for a lighting design conversation with distinguished lighting designer and architect\, Alfred Homann\, as they explore landmark projects\, design processes\, and lighting philosophies. \nAlfred Homann grew up in South Zealand\, Denmark. In 1976\, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts in Copenhagen. During his years as a student\, he worked at renowned architect Vilhelm Wohlert’s office. Homann has partnered with Louis Poulsen for many years\, creating innovative lighting designs which have been specified on architectural projects throughout the world. Homann designs with Louis Poulsen include the Homann Park\, Kipp Post\, Nyhavn\, Pulsar 172 and many others. \nRegister Here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/419249691252512016
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/louis-poulsen-presents-a-design-dialogue-with-alfred-homann/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20200827T231609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T232101Z
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SUMMARY:Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with Cecily Brown
DESCRIPTION:Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with photographer Cecily Brown are the perfect opportunity to professionally document your recent artworks at a discounted rate! Packages options range from One to Three Artworks documented and include a custom background and lighting setup\, a Virtual Session Design and “Last-Looks” Check-In\, and a Professionally Edited Online Gallery to choose your favorite images for high-res download. All sessions will take place remotely in order to maintain a safe social distance. Local artwork pickup and drop off services are available for an additional fee. \nBook your Mini Session Here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/remote-portfolio-mini-sessions \nPackages range from $150-$300 | Limited Spots Available \n \nAbout Cecily\nCecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio\, lifestyle\, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion\, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/remote-portfolio-photography-mini-sessions-with-cecily-brown/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200910T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200910T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20200827T230637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T231746Z
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SUMMARY:Show Your Work: Tips for Portfolio Photography\, A Virtual Workshop with Cecily Brown
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re trying to sell work online\, participate in virtual exhibitions\, or update your website\, capturing an accurate and well-lit photo of your work is essential! Spend a morning learning about the best practices and quick tips for documenting your artwork with Cecily Brown\, a Los Angeles based photographer and artist. Cecily will be leading a Zoom workshop on Portfolio Photography\, giving helpful tips and answering questions related to the challenges of documenting works of all shapes\, sizes\, and mediums. \n$75 | Thursday\, September 10th\, 10 am – 1 pm PST | Limited Spots Available \nRegister for the workshop here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/events/p/showyourworkshop \n \nAbout Cecily\nCecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio\, lifestyle\, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion\, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/show-your-work-tips-for-portfolio-photography-a-virtual-workshop-with-cecily-brown/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200812T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193555
CREATED:20200710T202603Z
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SUMMARY:Textile Arts: Community. Short Talks. BYODinner.
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, August 12th from 7 to 8:30 PM\, join in the fun with the next installment of Textile Slam! \nPlease Zoom-in with Textile Arts LA for a series of six-minute presentations from artists\, curators\, and friends. Until we are able to meet again in person\, enjoy a bit of “facetime” with old and new friends while hearing (and seeing!) from LA’s textile-artist-creative community. \nApplications to speak in August are open. \nTickets are  $10 for members; $20  non-members. Thank you for supporting this amazing program and the Textile Arts community. Zoom information will be sent to all RSVPs.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-community-short-talks-byodinner/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA
CATEGORIES:News
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