15 of the Best Art Galleries Enlivening SoCal College Campuses
SoCal has an abundance of colleges and universities that take arts education so seriously that they've invested in impressive art galleries for the benefit of students and the public alike. In fact, we...
View ArticleAt YOLA, an Ambitious Frank Gehry Redesign Makes the Case, and a Place, for...
The L.A. Philharmonic last week unveiled Gehry’s design for its $14.5 million YOLA Center (the full name is the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center @ Inglewood), a permanent home for the...
View ArticleUnited Teachers Los Angeles Votes to Authorize Strike
After weeks of escalating rhetoric and dueling legal filings, the members of United Teachers Los Angeles voted on Friday, Aug. 31, to give the union their strike authorization.
View ArticleGetting Schooled in Pot
Whether you're looking to break into the cannabis space or you already work in cannabis and want to touch up your knowledge base, Green Flower is taking you to weed school. Virtually, that is.
View ArticleCelebrated Photographer Badboi’s Big Picture: Philanthropy
From freelancing for sites like Highsnobiety and Hypebeast to shooting some of today’s biggest stars, Badboi quickly began gaining fame through word-of-mouth. Now, he plans to flip his success into...
View ArticleNonprofit Pillar City Hearts Puts a Fresh Focus on Youth Arts Education
Los Angeles has a deep bench when it comes to arts-based charities, with an admirable focus on providing access and instruction in visual, literary and performing arts to young people in underserved...
View ArticleClark Hulings Fund Offers Free Online Career-Building Fellowship for Artists
“I would not call it a grant,” says artist and CHF Fellow Gregg Chadwick. “What the Clark Hulings Fund offers is much more akin to an academic program.” When it comes to mapping out clear goals and...
View ArticleMatt Sorum and Jane Lynch's Adopt the Arts Helps Music and Arts Programs in...
On the surface, a collaboration between Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver/The Cult drummer Matt Sorum and actress-comedian Jane Lynch (Best in Show, Glee, etc.) makes little sense. And yet they’ve come...
View ArticleThe Wende Museum Explores the Art of, and Resistance to, Cold War Brainwashing
"War of Nerves: Psychological Landscapes of the Cold War" explores Cold War brainwashing through contemporary art, ephemera and artifacts from the era. From children’s toys to military training videos,...
View ArticleLabor's California Renaissance
Amid the historic decline of organized labor, Los Angeles is at the forefront of a spirited revival.
View ArticleHeather Repenning Campaigns for LAUSD Board of Education
Heather Repenning is the former vice president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, and the former director of external affairs for Mayor Eric Garcetti's office. In the March primary election,...
View ArticleLabor's California Renaissance
Amid the historic decline of organized labor, Los Angeles is at the forefront of a spirited revival.
View ArticleLAUSD, Teachers Union Still at Impasse as Threatened Strike Nears
Tensions over union contract negotiations with Los Angeles Unified School District, mounting since United Teachers Los Angeles announced its intention earlier in December to call a Jan. 10 strike,...
View ArticleHow to Make the Teachers Strike Productive for Your Kids
As the Los Angeles teachers strike enters its third day, parents not sending their kids to school (and most of us aren't: Recent stats indicate about 82 percent support the teachers' cause) may find...
View ArticleFour Days In: Protest, Publicity and the Fight for Public Education
In the first three days of L.A.’s historic teacher strike, the battle over the future of the city’s public schools raged on in competing press conferences, school and LAUSD site picket lines,...
View ArticleHeather Repenning Campaigns for LAUSD Board of Education
Heather Repenning is the former vice president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, and the former director of external affairs for Mayor Eric Garcetti's office. In the March primary election,...
View ArticleL.A. Creatives and Teachers Rally Today for Resources and Respect in Downtown
This afternoon, thousands of teachers, students, artists and supporters will take to the streets to fight for public education and demand respect for what they do. Promoted under the hashtag...
View ArticleSome Teachers Say Deal to End Strike "Is Not What I Picketed for"
Outrage over UTLA’s voting process and contract terms reverberated among its rank-and-file members and across social media after the teachers strike ended. UTLA ultimately reported 81 percent of its...
View ArticleOtis' Report on the Creative Economy States the Obvious (in a Good Way)
On Friday morning, Otis College released its findings for the 2019 Otis Report on the Creative Economy, and, as L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas put it at Friday morning’s official...
View ArticleWho Is Going to Save Our Kids From Depression?
We need to bring our depressed kids out from the shadows, shine a light on them and start having the conversations that will help them cope with this disease.
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