Events

On Saturday, April 4th from 4:00 – 6:00pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a doubleheader book signing with Thomas Campbell: SEEING FATIMA’S EYES and Ed Templeton: WAYWARD COGNITIONS. Seeing Fatima’s Eyes: Surf, Life, Stuff, Morocco is a new photographic essay on surfing and life in Morocco by the self-taught painter, sculptor, photographer and filmmaker Thomas Campbell. Wayward […]

Join us on Thursday, April 9th from 6:30 – 9:00pm as we team up with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design to bring you a reception, lecture and discussion with Marcelyn Gow, partner and founding member of Servo Los Angeles, a design collaborative invested in the development of architectural environments integrating synthetic ecologies with shifting […]

On Wednesday, April 15th from 6:00 – 8:00pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing in celebration of William Hackman’s Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties. Out of Sight chronicles the rapid-fire rise, fall, and rebirth of the L.A. Art scene – from the emergence of a small bohemian community in […]

On Thursday, April 23rd at 6:00 pm, Helms Bakery partners with the Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) and AIA, Los Angeles to bring you you a series of films and conversations that explore how art, architecture and design influence our daily lives. Join us for a tour of our newest showroom Danish furniture company Carl Hansen & Son, enjoy […]

On Thursday, May 7th from 6:30 – 9:00pm, please join us in welcoming Erick Carcamo from X/A (X Atelier) for a reception, lecture and discussion. Mr. Carcamo is Principal and co-founder of X/A, an internationally based and recognized design firm whose intentions and processes deviate toward the extreme conditions of innovation and the pure coherence of invention. Introduced and moderated […]

On Sunday, May 10th from 4:00 – 6:00pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a double book signing of Dennis McGrath’s Heaven and Deanna Templeton’s They Should Never Touch The Ground. Round out your Mother’s Day celebrating with a lemonade or beer to toast these two authors. 8675 Washington Boulevard Culver City 310.458.1499

Helms Bakery and the Cal Poly Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design Host a Free Lecture and Discussion Series:
Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects

On Thursday, May 14th from 6:30 - 9:00pm, please join us in welcoming Stanley Saitowtiz, partner, principal and founding member of San Francisco based firm, Natoma Architects. Saitowitz produces architecture as an un-programmed and indeterminate blank slate, which is highly refined and evolved.

Helms Bakery and the Cal Poly Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design Host a Free Lecture and Discussion Series:
Erin Besler of Besler & Sons

On Thursday, May 21st from 6:30 - 9:00pm, please join us in welcoming Erin Besler, co-founder and principal of the Los Angeles based design collective, Besler & Sons. Holding both a B.A. from Yale University and a M.A. of Architecture with Distinction from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Besler is a faculty member in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA, where she was the 2013-2014 Teaching Fellow.

Helms Bakery and the Cal Poly Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design Host a Free Lecture and Discussion Series:
Alvin Huang of Synthesis Design + Architecture

On Thursday, May 28th from 6:30 - 9:00pm, please join us in welcoming Alvin Huang, AIA - architect, educator, designer, and Founder and Design Principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture, an award-winning contemporary design practice focused on exploring design at the intersection of Performance, Technology and Craft. Alvin specializes in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice.