Arcana hosts a Book Signing with John Divola: SCAPES
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAPlease join us to celebrate the arrival of Mr. Divola's stunning new Skinnerboox publication containing selections from three of the photographer's most celebrated bodies of early black and white work, "Four Landscapes", "As Far As I Could Get", and "Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert."
Extract No More: Phasing Out Oil Drilling in Greater Los Angeles
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAOn Thursday, July 28th, from 8:30 to 9:30 AM, please join Westside Urban Forum for a member networking and panel discussion that considers how Greater Los Angeles will transition away from fossil fuel extraction and how these brownfields may be reclaimed for regenerative new land uses.
Join Arcana Books for a Celebration of the Launch of The Steve Keene Art Book
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAStop in Arcana: Books on the Arts this Saturday, July 30th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the launch of The Steve Keene Art Book, with special guests Steve Keene, Dan Efram and J.C. Gabel and co-published by their friends at Hat & Beard Press. If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a signed copy, please place your order here or call Arcana at 310-458-1499.
Welcome Blanket: An Exhibition + Conversation with Jayna Zweiman
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
On Thursday, August 4th from 6:30 - 8:30 PM, please join us for an opening reception of the exhibition, Welcome Blanket, with founder Jayna Zweiman in conversation with cultural journalist Frances Anderton.
Join Arcana Books for a book signing with Clara Balzary: Big Fresh Air
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAFree
Stop in to Arcana: Books on the Arts this Saturday, August 6th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the launch of Clara Balzary's Big Fresh Air.
Knitting and Crocheting Workshop with Welcome Blanket
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAOn Sunday, August 7th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM stop in at the Helms Design Center to join in the knitting and crocheting workshop with the Welcome Blanket team. Beginning knitting will be taught by fiber artist and instructor Andrea Roth-Fedida. Yarn, needles and pattern supplied for novice knitters, but feel free to bring your own!
Room & Board Features Artists in Support of LA Family Housing
Room&Board 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CAPlease 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.
Welcome Blanket Exhibition in the Design Center
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
Join Arcana Books for a book signing with Peter Fetterman: The Power of Photography
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAFree
Please join us for a Book Signing and discussion with Peter Fetterman at Arcana Saturday, August 13th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.
Knitting Workshop with Welcome Blanket’s Linda Preuss and Joanne Poyourow
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Are you just learning to knit? Have you been knitting for a while? On Sunday August 14th from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, please join us for a FREE workshop led by Linda Preuss and Joanne Poyourow who over the years have knitted 9 blankets with a group of friends for the Welcome Blanket project. Come be part of making a Welcome Blanket, meet new friends from the fiber community, and share your immigration stories.
Welcome Blanket Exhibition in the Design Center
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
It’s the Summer of “Love Local” in Culver City
Helms Bakery District 8800 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFree
In partnership with the City of Culver City, we invite you to join us on Saturday, August 20th from 12:00 to 6:00 pm for a campus-wide celebration of Summer. Stop by and explore the center featuring music, poetry, art, dining, demos, shopping, book signing, sipping and so much more.
Join Arcana Books for a book signing with Eric Kroll: The New York Years, 1971 to 1994
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAFree
Please join us for a Book Signing with Eric Kroll at Arcana on Saturday, August 20th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.
Welcome Blanket Exhibition in the Design Center
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
Welcome Blanket Exhibition in the Design Center
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
Book Signing at Arcana with Gregory Bojorquez for Eastsiders
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAFree
Please join us at Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, September 3rd, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, for a Book Signing with Gregory Bojorquez: Eastsiders
Welcome Blanket Knit-Alongs during the Month of September Copy
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Thursdays in September! Please join us for an afternoon knit-along from 12:00 -2:00 pm with Welcome Blanket Founder, Jayna Zweiman.
Welcome Blanket Exhibition in the Design Center Copy
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
Welcome Blanket Craft Along & Helms Exhibition Tour
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
The Second Tuesday of every month, Welcome Blanket founder Jayna Zweiman hosts a virtual Welcome Blanket craft along. People join from Alaska to Florida, and from California to Maine. Whether you’re crafting, craft curious, or just want to connect, everyone is welcome!
This Tuesday, September 13, Jayna will hosting from the Welcome Blanket exhibition at the Helms Design Center. If you haven’t been able to see the show in person, this is a great way to see it! And if you’re in LA, please join us in person — the doors at Helms will be open.
Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Khadim Dai
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
As part of Welcome Blanket exhibition at Helms Design Center, please join us for a conversation, film screening and Q+A with filmmaker Khadim Dai. Khadim will be joining us remotely from Pakistan, where he is helping his family immigrate to Canada. He will be sharing two shorts: “Your Dust Will Carry” and “Machid.”
Welcome Blanket Exhibition Closing Event
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action. Handcraft makers are invited to make Welcome Blankets that include notecards with stories important to their families about immigration/migration/relocation to create symbolic and practical gifts of welcome for new refugees coming to the United States. These gifts are collected, catalogued, and displayed at art institutions and exhibitions. After each show’s close, Welcome Blanket’s 30+ partner refugee resettlement groups present these tangible gifts of welcome to our newest neighbors.
Welcome Back! Balloon Installation & Community Dialogue with Frances Anderton
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
We’ve been through unprecedented times, marked by a retreat from public spaces and by a reevaluation of intimate spaces. On Sunday, September 18th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, The L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design welcomes you back and we’ve blown up big balloons! Thought balloons with your messages and observations about how you occupied space over the last 2 ½ years are on display. Welcome to the conversation.
Westside Urban Forum Returns to In-Person Events!
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAOn Thursday, September 22nd from 8:30 to 9:30 am, please join Westside Urban Forum for Piece by Piece – Modular Construction’s Future in the LA Region, a discussion about present and future obstacles for modular construction and the exploration of its potential for transformative change.
smART Talks at Helms! FREE For Artists and Creative Professionals
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAStarting on Saturday, September 24th, we are excited to partner with Crewest Studio to present smARTtalks: A New Monthly Educational Series for Artists + Creatives with Expert Panelists! smARTalks occur once a month on Saturdays from 10am-1pm inside the Helms Design Center.
Book Signing + Talk with Joseph Giovannini
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Join us on Thursday, September 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm for a conversation about the new authoritative history of the Avant-Garde architecture of our times with Joseph Giovannini and architectural journalist Frances Anderton.
