Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home. When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Richard Bruland  – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides. Bruland’s art may be found inside the Room & Board showroom through the months of July and August.

For inquiries, please contact the artist at 323.422.9071 or email richardbruland@sbcglobal.net.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Richard Bruland was born in Lima, Peru and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a graduate (BFA) of California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. He has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S.

From 1982 -1990 he was owner/operator of Bebop Records & Fine Art, a combination retail record store, art gallery, and performance place. The gallery regularly hosted shows by artists, musicians, and poets, becoming known as one of the finest small venues in the L.A. area.

Bruland is married to artist Dori Atlantis, and works out of his studio in their Silver Lake home. He teaches painting at Whizen Center for Continuing Education at the American Jewish University, Los Angeles, and lectures and speaks about art in the Los Angeles area.