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ROYBAL LEGACY CELEBRATED AT ALIGN GALLERY The rich political history of Northeast Los Angeles and its vibrant artistic present come together in a series of exhibits at Align Gallery on York Boulevard. A portion of the proceeds raised through sales will benefit the Roybal Foundation. The exhibits celebrate Latino heritage and feature many of the best and most celebrated artists working on the Eastside today. Most, but not all, of these artists are Latino. Exhibit coordinator Jimmy Centeno has made a conscious decission to include artists of a variety of of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, all of whom reflect on the heritage of the area and the legacy of Edward R. “Ed” Roybal in particular. The first group show opened during NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night in September. Titled “Podemos Y Hacemos,” the exhibit emphasizes the power and presence of female influences within Latino history. Featured artists include Donna Bates, Lili Bernard, Barbara Carrasco, Mayte Escobar, Margaret Garcia, Miriam Jackson, Laura Lacamara, Bonnie Lambert, Pola Lopez, Joseph “Nuke” Montalvo, Nychole Owens, Daniel Ramirez, Lilia Ramirez, and Pola Lopez, “Lea and Owl Medicine,” Align Gallery Loushana Roybal Rose. On Saturday, October 10, the upcoming NELAart Gallery Night, Align will open “Man of the People,” a tribute to Roybal through the works of David Botello, Jimmy Centeno, Roberto Delgado, Michael Gomez Burton, Wayne Healy, Javi Herrera, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Leo Limón, Oscar Magallanes, Loushana Roybal Rose, John Valadez, and J. Michael Walker. Edward R. Roybal was a co-founder of the Community Service Organization (CSO), a Los Angeles City Councilmember for 13 years (1949-1962), and a member of the United States House of Representatives for 30 years (1963-1993). He was the first Latino from California elected to Congress since 1879. As a legislator, he championed struggles against ethnic, age and disability discrimination in education, housing, employment and criminal justice, and he was a founding member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The Roybal Foundation, established in 1985, carries on the work of Ed and Lucille Roybal. It provides internships and scholarships to students pursuing careers in health care and financial assistance to facilities dedicated to health care or health education. Loushana Roybal Rose, “Woman in Charge,” Align Gallery continued on page 2
HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS DIVERSE OFFERINGS TO NORTHEAST L.A. October 8-11
The Highland Park Independent Film Festival (HPIFF) may be only in its second year, but it is already making its mark on the world cinema stage. This year, the festival team put out a call for entries and quickly saw films pour in from such diverse locations as South Africa, Chile, England--and of course, Los Angeles. So many quality entries came in that, according to festival founder Alessandro Gentile, the organizers decided to add a second venue. Over the course of October 8, 9, and 10, there will be feature films, shorts, and discussion at the Highland Theatre on North Figueroa Street and Occidental College. This year, film fans will have opportunities to view two narrative features, five documentary features, 23 narrative shorts and five documentary shorts. Many of these showings will be Los Angeles, and even world, premiers. The Opening Night film will be “After School: Lockdown at Harborside.” This film, which fearlessly tackles the subject of child slavery and abuse, has already won several awards, including an Imagen Award. The showing at the Highland Theatre will be preceded by a Red Carpet entry, including actor Mauricio Mendoza (Showtime’s Resurrection), actress and co-producer Jennifer Behrens, and co-producer De Wayne Cox. The film will be followed by a Q The Highland Park Independent Film Festival Team and A, and then an opening night party at The on the red carpet: Luisa Frias, Marita De La Torre, Greyhound Bar and Grill. Alessandro Gentile, Mark Reitman Friday evening, the festival will present “I Am Thalente,” a feature documentary from South Africa.. Directed by Natalie Johns, the film follows once homeless Thalente Biyela from the streets of South Africa to California on a skateboard. Attending the Red Carpet, screening and Q&A will be Thalente Biyela and Producers Colin Kennedy and Oualid Mouaness. A mixer at La Cuevita will follow. Festival Producers Marita De La Torre and Alessandro Gentile welcome attendees to the Highland Park Independent Film Festival
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continued from page 1 On October 24, the tenth anniversary of Roybal’s death, Align Gallery will host a fundraiser for the Roybal Foundation. The gallery will celebrate Roybal’s legacy in traditional Dia de los Muertos fashion. The event will include an altar honoring Roybal and his wife Lucille Roybal and a panel of family members and friends discussing the history of Los Angeles as related to the lives of the Roybals. Align Gallery is one of the newer participants in NELAart Gallery Night, but it has already established itself as a place to view and purchase quality fine art. It has also become a significant and welcoming cornerstone in the cultural life of Highland Park and Northeast Los Angeles. The gallery is run by Loushana Roybal Rose and Selamawit Mekonen. Roybal-Rose is the granddaughter of Ed and Lucille Roybal. It is Roybal Rose and Mekonen’s belief that, “to share art is to share vision, and visions are what change the world.” Align Gallery 5045 York Boulevard www.aligngallery.com The Roybal Foundation www.roybalfoundation.org
Lillian Roybal Rose, daughter of Ed and Lucille Roybal and Board Member of the Roybal Foundation, in conversation with local artist J. Michael Walker at Align Gallery. Artwork by Barbara Carrasco.
Exhibit coordinator Jimmy and the art of Bonnie Lambert, Align Gallery continued from page 1 Closing HPIFF 2015 will be the impactful documentary “East L.A. Interchange” featuring narration by Danny Trejo (Machete) and interviews with will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas), Father Greg Boyle (Homeboy Industries), and Josefina López (Real Women Have Curves). The film also features an original song by Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli). A Closing Night Party at the Offbeat will follow the red carpet, screening, and Q&A. The long line-up of short films has been divided into four festival programs: Women Filmmakers, L.A. Stories, SciFi/Suspense, and Cowboy Up/Other Frontiers. As part of the festival, the HPIFF will give out awards for the best films, as well as three special awards: Best Cinematography, Best Musical Composition and the HPIFF Humanitarian Award. Additionally, the short films will compete for a special Audience Award. The Awards Brunch will take place Sunday, October 11, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The York. The Highland Theatre, designed by noted theatre architect L.A. Smith, opened in 1925, and has been a mainstay of Highland Park and Route 66 culture ever since. The HPIFF has been active in documenting the rich history of this classic theatre. Occidental College has also been a mainstay of Northeast Los Angeles culture for generations; now 125 years old, the college had campuses in Boyle Heights and Highland Park, before settling in on its Eagle Rock campus. The college offers a highly-respected program of study in Media Arts and Culture. In addition to its annual festival, the HPIFF presents screenings throughout the year and mentors local students in film arts. A complete list of this year’s Highland Park Independent Film Festival offerings, as well as pass and individual ticket information, may be found at www. hpifilmfest.com. 2015 Highland Park Independent Film Festival Sponsors include: The York, Greyhound Bar & Grill, Highland Café, Office of District 1 Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo, Egan Simon Architecture, Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, Uptown Gay & Lesbian Alliance, The Offbeat-A Bar On York, Las Cazuelas Restaurant, NELA Homes, NELAart, Angel City Brewery, Festhome, Soquel Arts Collective, Footsies Bar, Maintain Skate Shop, Skin Folk, Icelandic Glacial, Cinematic Red, KPFK Radio and CineActive, TelaSofa.
FILM FESTIVAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD The Highland Park Independent Film Festival has selected as its 2015 Humanitarian Award Recipient Monica Alcaraz. According to the festival organizers, “As President of the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council and as a tireless community organizer and activist, as well as a fervent promoter of independent cinema, Monica has been involved in numerous efforts to improve the quality of life for the community she loves so much. Born and raised in Highland Park, she has been an impassioned force in the fabric of this community for decades and has utilized her time and resources to make it a better place.” The Humanitarian Award will be presented on the festival’s opening night, October 8, at the Highland Theatre, following the screening of “After School: Lockdown at Harborside.”
HPIFF Humanitarian Award recipient Monica Alcaraz with Festival Producer Marita De La Torre
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Best Art walk ever!
STaff Publisher Cathi Milligan Creative Director Cathi Milligan Managing Editor Margaret Arnold Advertising Sales Mark Reitman
The LA Weekly thinks we have the best “Up-and -Coming” Art Walk! How cool is that. In December our art walk turns 10. They know that...anyway, it’s cool to be recognized by an institution like the LA Weekly. Now we’ve got to make it even better since Downtown got best art walk.
Contributors: Margaret Arnold, Cornelius Peter, Brian Mallman, Amy Inouye, Stuart Rapeport, Cathi Milligan, Mark Reitman, Jennifer Hitchcock, Traci Green, Jeremy Kaplan, Larisa Code, Harvey Slater, Dave Tourje, Florence Kaplan, Baha Danesh
I mentioned Fig Jam last issue and I will mention it again. We’re getting our plans together and you’ll be seeing something about it every month until we get there on February 13th. Put that on your calendar. There will be calls for artists, and calls for volunteers. We’re looking to the community for assistance and ideas and art and stuff. This is going to be good. In Section B you can read about the event we were just at to celebrate the Great Streets Initiative. You’ll also see what local organizations are participating. Get involved.
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Pomonacopia and Andre Mirapolsy Northeast Los Angeles artist Andre Miripolsky is designing and overseeing the painting of a massive and colorful mural in the Pomona Arts Colony. The work, “Pomonacopia of Color,” covers every inch of the 10,500 square feet of the exterior of the new School of Arts and Enterprise Middle School. With its explosions of color and its references to arts and to the area’s agricultural legacy, the mural will not only serve as an inspiration for the school’s students. It will also serve as a centerpiece in an arts-rich community. Andre Miripolsky’s keen understanding of pop imagery and energy launched a dynamic career that resulted in work with Elton John (the famous 1980 Concert in Central Park “Piano Keys” costume) and Bette Midler (album package/visual design for her 1982 worldwide “DeTour”), as well as Quincy Jones, The Rolling Stones, Gato Barbieri, Robin Williams, Beastie Boys, Cheap Trick, MTV, and “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. For thirty years, he has continued to explore and discover creative wonders in his Kingdom of Color. Miripolsky lives and works at the Brewery Art Colony.
An Kristine Schomaker Avatar has made the trip to Pomona to reflect upon Andre’s mural
The high school where Andre did his first mural. Andre and the work in progress.
SAVE THE DATE! The 23rd annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour will take place Sunday, November 22. This year’s theme is “All Together Now,” in optimistic recognition of the healing role that art can play in a community divided by real and difficult issues. www.arroyoartscollective.org
Art of Linda Miller, Discovery Tour 2014
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NELAart SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER
For updated information closer to the events of October 10, please visit NELA Art Gallery Night on Facebook. Autumn has arrived, and with it the artistry of Dia de los Muertos. Every year the Avenue 50 Studio celebrates Dia de los Muertos in memory of loved ones who have passed. This year will feature an art exhibit in the Annex and Community Galleries, A Day of the Dead Marketplace featuring hand crafted Dia de los Muertos gift items for sale and a screening of two Spanish-Language Horror Classics under the stars. The Avenue 50 Studio Main Gallery will host Corazon de Oro, Appreciating the Imperfect, an altar installation by Rosalie Lopez, through which personal heroes are turned into icons within ofrendas. Future Studio presents Dia de los Muertos de Mascotas, remembering our dearly departed animal companions. (See Chicken Boy Gazette in this issue.) Bob Taylor Properties offers a bold and unusual experience of Dia de los Muertos, with Robert Markey, Sergio Vasquez, Jose Luis Lopes, Anne Marie Price and Rafael Matias creating an alternative and passionate vision of life and death and love. Mi Vida hosts a return visit from popular artist Melissa Nebrida. Her mermaid calaca is already causing a stir. Align Gallery will present the second of three programs in support of the Roybal Foundation. (See article, this issue.) The Haggus Society, based at Julie Montenegro’s State Farm office, is celebrating the Solstice. Whether the longest or the shortest day of the year, the solstice is one of the most ancient markers of time. The show features works that are related to seasonal changes, nature, cycles of light and dark, life and death, transition, impermanence. Curve Line Space presents Michael Egede-Nissen’s debut solo exhibition, Death Valley Project, a series of large oil paintings that explore the iconography of the modern industrial aesthetic and the promise of technological efficiency and progress. Matters of Space continues its exhibition of the whimsical and poetic works of Rami Kim. The Pola Lopez Annex at Avenue 50 Studio will feature guest artist Rick Ortega, whose paintings combine a Mexica cultural past with the beauty of his contemporary vision. Book Show will be hosting a release party and reading for Sign of Times vol 2, lifelong resident and photographer Daniel Nerio’s photozine of Highland Park signage. Cactus Gallery presents its fourth annual Doll Show. Featured artist is Denise Bledsoe. There will also be a large group show with handmade art dolls, sculptural figures and nesting doll sets up for adoption. co-LAb has a group show with works by more than 20 artists. Vapegoat will be showing the mixed-media and oil art of Carissa Louise Martin. EklectoMania presents In Plain Sight, Neil de la Peña, the view from planet earth. As always, the Spoke (N) Art Ride will be taking in the sights. Meet at the Bike Oven. Roll at 7. Blinkie lights recommended.
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October 10, 2015 - 7pm - 10pm
(Individual Gallery Hours May Vary. CHECK Gallery web sites for individual information. Just because a gallery is listed does not mean it’s open this month)
1. Avenue 50 Studio 131 No. Avenue 50 323. 258.1435 avenue50studio.org
21. The Market 1203 Avenue 50 www.themarkethp.com
2. Bike Oven/Flying Pigeon 3706 No Figueroa
22. Keystone Art Gallery 2558 N. San Fernando Rd.
3. Namaste Highland Park 5118 York Blvd. www.namastehighlandpark.com
23. Cactus Gallery @ Treeline Woodworks 3001 N. Coolidge Ave
4. Offbeat 6316 York Blvd www.offbeatbar.com
24. The York 5018 York Blvd.
5. Council District Office #1 Gil Cedillo 5577 N. Figueroa St. 6. Future Studio 5558 N Figueroa St. 323 254-4565 futurestudiogallery.com 7. Slow Culture 5906 N Figueroa St. 8. Meridian 5007 1/2 York Blvd. meridianstorela.com 9. Vapegoat 5054 York Blvd. 323.963.VAPE 10. Bearded Beagle 5926 N. Figueroa St. 11. Shopclass 5215 York Blvd. 323.258.2500 shopclassla.com 12. Matters of Space 5005 York Blvd www.mattersifspace.com 323.743.3267
26. Handcraft and Hart Hair 4733 Eagle Rock Blvd. handcraftandhart.com 27. Antenna Studio 1617 Colorado Blvd. antennastudioart.com 28. The Greyhound Highland Park Independant Film Festival 570 N. Figueroa St. 29. Urchin 5006 1/2 York Blvd. 30. Sawhorse 5110 York Blvd. 31. O & M Leather 5048 Eagle Rock Blvd www.ommleather.com 32. Vapeology 3714 N. Figueroa St. 323.222.0744 33. Pop-Hop 5002 York Blvd. www.thepophop.com
13. Mi Vida 5159 York Blvd.
34. Social Studies 5028.5 York Blvd.
14. deb3321 3321 Pasadena Ave.
35. Dotter 5027 York Blvd. www.dotterstore.com
15. Antigua Coffee House 3400 N. Figueroa St. www.antiguacoffeehouse.com 16. Align Gallery 5045 York Blvd. www.aligngallery.com 17. New Stone Age Mosaics 1754 Colorado Blvd. 18. Panorama Press House 4700 York Blvd. www.thepanoramapress.com 19. Evil or Sacred Tattoos 4524 Eagle Rock Blvd. 20. Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd 323.344.8330 torospottery.com 8
25. Ball Clay Studio 4851 York Blvd. ballclaystudio.com
On the Sec Elysian Val art and ea the update 42. Eklectomania 6152 York Blvd. facebook.com/EklectoMania 43. State Farm Insurance (Haggus Society) 5683 York Blvd. 44. The New Seed Ave 34 & Verdugo 45. The Slow Down Gallery @ Random Gallery 200 N. Ave 64 46. Curve Line 1577 Colorado Blvd. 47. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. www.theglassstudio.net 48. Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa St. 323.635.9125 49. All Star Lanes 4459 N Eagle Rock Blvd. 323.254.2579 50. Casa Marengo 131 No. ave 50 51. Apiary Gallery at The Hive Highland Park 5670 York Blvd. www.thehive.la 52. Bookshow 5503 Figueroa St. www.bookshow.com 53. Arroyo General 5028 York Blvd. 54. Rosie Bunny Bean 1309 N. Ave 51 rosiebunnybean.com 55. co-Lab Gallery 5319 York Blvd. www.co-Lab.com 56. The luxelust life Vintage Furniture 6095 York Blvd 57. Bob Taylor Properties 5526 N. Figueroa St. 323-257-1080
36. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5204 Eagle Rock Blvd. www.leannalinswonderland.com
58. MAN Insurance Ave 50 Satellite 1270 N. Ave 50 323.256.3151
37. Good Eye Gallery 4538 N. Eagle Rock Blvd. www.goodeyegallery.com
59. Possession Vintage 5119 York Blvd. www.possessionvintage.com
38. Highland Cafe 5010 York Blvd. 323.259.1000
60. The Hunt Vintage 5317 York Blvd. www.thehuntvintage.com
39. CucuArt Gallery 4704-06 Eagle Rocl Blvd. 323.202.0672
61. Two Tracks Pola Lopez, open studio. 131 North Avenue 50
40. Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor 5115 York Blvd.
62. The U Space 2626 N. Figueroa St., suite C
41. Zen Nails 6320 York Blvd. www.zenfacebodynails.com
cond Saturday of every month galleries, businesses, and artists in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, lley, and Lincoln Heightsopen their doors a little later in the evening and welcome visitors. Use this map for locations of ateries, grab someone you love, get some dinner, and enjoy some art. Friend NELA Art Gallery Night on Facebook for ed last minute list.
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Second Saturday september 2015 Victoria De Leon at Cafe de Leche
Vanessa Ramirez, “A Serious & Silly Tribute to Maurice Sendak & Shel Silverstein” at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland
Robyn King at Dotter
Rami Kim at Matters of Space
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heARTbreak: remained at Avenue 50 Studio
Joey Dott at Vapegoat
“A Serious & Silly Tribute to Maurice Sendak & Shel Silverstein” at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland
“Unknown Relics” by Steven Correa. at Avenue 50 Studio
New neon at Future Studio Daniel Cervantes at Mi Vida
Eddie Solis at Future Studio
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CITY MOVES TO ELIMINATE PEDESTRIAN, CYCLIST AND MOTORIST DEATHS Northeast Streets Among Those Targeted
The City of Los Angeles has embarked on an ambitious plan to eliminate all traffic deaths in the City by 2025. According to Mayor Eric Garcetti, in his announcement of the plan, “Every year, more than 200 people are killed while trying to move around Los Angeles. Nearly half of the people who die on our streets are people walking and bicycling, and an alarming number of them are children and older adults.” The City’s plan falls under the umbrella of “Vision Zero,” an international movement founded in Sweden to promote smart behaviors and good roadway design. Sweden has managed, despite an increased volume of traffic, to reduce deaths 30% since 1997. Besides Los Angeles, U.S. cities that have embraced Vision Zero include New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, San Jose, and San Diego, with dozens more looking into it. Vision Zero replaces the outdated thinking that the goal of transportation planning is to move as many cars as possible across a city as fast as possible, and that a certain number of deaths in the process is inevitable. The new thinking is that not one single death is considered inevitable or acceptable. Human life takes priority over other objectives of the road system. In Los Angeles, pedestrians and bicyclists are vulnerable. Pedestrians account for 18% of travelers, but 33% of traffic deaths and severe injuries. Bicyclists account for 1% of travelers, but 11% of traffic deaths and severe injuries. Speed is recognized to be the number one predictor of whether or not one survives a collision. A pedestrian hit by a car traveling 20 miles per hour has a 90% chance of survival. A pedestrian hit by a car traveling 40 miles per hour has a 20% chance of survival. Slower speeds also mean a widened field of vision and more time to react to the unexpected. There are many indicators as to who is most at risk--among them age, ethnicity and neighborhood. Adults over 65 and youth under 18 are at high risk, with collisions the leading cause of death for residents aged two to 14. Racial minorities are disproportionately represented in traffic deaths, and drivers are less apt to yield to people of color trying to cross a road. Sixty-five per cent of deaths and severe injuries involving people walking occur on just 6% of streets. The City’s identified “High Injury Network” (HIN) includes a number of Northeast Los Angeles corridors: North Figueroa Street from Avenue 26 to Colorado Boulevard; Avenue 26 from North Figueroa Street to San Fernando Road; Avenue 50 from North Figueroa Street to Monte Vista Street; Monte Vista Street from Avenue 50 to Avenue 60; York Boulevard from Mount Angelus to Bridewell; Eagle Rock Boulevard from Avenue 41 to Colorado Boulevard; San Fernando Road from Treadwell to Division; Fletcher Drive from Glendale Boulevard to Estara; Huntington Drive from Eastern to Van Horne; Eastern Avenue from Huntington Drive to Lombardy; North Broadway from Avenue 18 to Mission; Pasadena Avenue from Avenue 21 to Avenue 26; Daly Street from North Broadway to Pasadena Avenue. Engineering makes a difference. New York has managed to cut its death rate from collisions to half that of Los Angeles, with improvements coming continued on page 13
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at twice the rate on corridors with engineering upgrades as on those without. Notably absent from Los Angeles’ HIN list are Northeast streets that have experienced modest attempts at mitigation, i.e. Colorado Boulevard, most of York Boulevard and Glendale Boulevard. Garcetti has articulated specific goals in L.A.’s implementation of Vision Zero. Traffic deaths are to be reduced by 20% by 2017. Older adults and children are to be prioritized. All traffic deaths are to be eliminated by 2025. The Mayor has directed all city departments to collaborate on the effort, and the Mayor’s Office, The Department of Transportation and The Board of Public Works are networking with The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, The Los Angeles Unified School District, The Los Angeles Police Department, and The Los Angeles Fire Department. A coalition of organizations has signed on to the effort--ranging from cyclist and pedestrian advocacy groups to the AARP. In addition to engineering, other action items include enforcement, education, partnerships at the neighborhood level, and a focus on equity. At a City Hall presentation on Vision Zero, Northeast Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar pointed out that the understandings of the mandate were incorporated into the City’s recent update of the Mobility Element of its General Plan. “It’s in our constitution,” said Huizar. “It’s in our charter.” Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the national Vision Zero Network, told the gathering that this is the first time that there has been an acknowledgement on such a powerful level that deaths and injuries are completely preventable; there is no such thing as a traffic “accident.” Malcolm Harris of T.R.U.S.T. South LA pointed out that what is happening with Vision Zero represents a culture shift, as factors such as class become recognized. “We are not a one priority community,” said Harris, adding that the issue is not just a matter of riding a bike to the beach, but of being able to get to the grocery store or the health clinic. Seleta Reynolds, General Manager of the City’s Department of Transportation, sees a role for artists in the Vision Zero process. Art and media can pull people out of their normal routines, enabling them to see things differently. “That’s what artists are good at,” said Reynolds.
Vigil for Yolanda Family and friends of Yolanda Lugo and community members gathered on North Figueroa Street September 25 to mourn Ms Lugo and to call for safety improvements on the busy street. Ms Lugo was a local family member and 20-year employee of Highland Park Guest Home. She was struck by a car while crossing North Figueroa in a marked crosswalk on September 18 at approximately 10 p.m. The driver, who has not been apprehended as of press time, stopped to remove his license plates, but did not in any way assist the victim. Ms Lugo passed away on Sept 20. The hit and run is one of several in the the Northeast area in the past few months. Participants in the vigil called for lights at the crosswalk. They called on the City for traffic calming measures, and they called for drivers to slow down. The intersection of North Figueroa and Avenue 55, where the crime took place, is familiar to NELAart Gallery Night participants, as it is located in close proximity to three venues, Future Studio, Bob Taylor Properties and Book Show. It is also one block from the field office of Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo. A much appreciated donation to help the family with expenses may be made by going to www.YouCaring.com and typing Yolanda Lugo into the search box. Anyone with any information on the case is asked to call the Central Traffic Division Watch Commander at (213) 486-8344.
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OPENING DAY AT THE BROAD MUSEUM
Written and Photographed By: Baha Danesh from WeChooseArt.com On Sunday September 20th, 2015 thousands of Southern Californians lined up in 90-degree weather to celebrate the public opening of The Broad Museum. Spectators waited patiently along Grand Avenue until it was their turn to see Eli and Edythe’s Broad blue-chip collection of contemporary art. This new Los Angeles art museum, which is designed by the renowned architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, offers free general admission. The museum is home to 2,000 works of art and is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. With its innovative “veil-and-vault” concept, the 120,000-square-foot, $140-million building features two floors of gallery space that showcase art by The Broad Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha and other modern and contemporary artists. One of Eli Broad’s goals in building his namesake contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles was to help make a stretch of Grand Avenue a premier destination. Judging by the opening day crowds, his strategy seems to have worked. Many had signed up weeks in advance for their timed tickets for Sunday’s opening day, while others joined impromptu. However, not everyone was there to explore the museum. Red-shirted members of United Teachers Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s teachers union, arrived early in protest of the opening of The Broad Museum. Inside the museum energetic crowds studied over 250 works of art. The museum’s collection is arranged chronologically and first-time visitors are encouraged to take the escalators upstairs where they are greeted by a 7-foot tall bouquet of steel “Tulips” created by Jeff Koons. One of the most popular installations was Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room, a mirror-lined chamber housing a dazzling and seemingly endless LED light display. The experiential installation was located on the museum’s first floor. Each visitor had approximately Jeff Koons 45 seconds to experience the installation that required a separate free timed ticket. Reservations for The Broad are free and can be made online. The museum will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information visit their website at www. TheBroad.org.
Robert Therrien Roy Lichtenstein
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Leading Ladies at Forest Lawn Museum “Leading Ladies from Fantasy to Reality� at the Forest Lawn Museum features over 75 art works depicting prominent women. The women range from political leaders to movie stars and fairytale heroines. Leading Ladies from Fantasy to Reality Through March 27 Forest Lawn Museum 1712 South Glendale Avenue, Glendale www.forestlawn.com
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Margaret Garcia and Bonnie Lambert at the Forest Lawn Museum
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