Curator Interview: Sekou Cooke
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Join us for a conversation with Sekou Cooke, curator of Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture, and Nu Goteh of Deem Journal.
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Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture Opening Party
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Join us in celebrating the launch of the acclaimed exhibition Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture at Helms Bakery District.
Design & Art In California, a curated collection of books by Cisco Home & Burntsienna Research Society
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Cisco Home and Burntsienna Research Society have curated a collection of books centered around Design & Art in California for the Los Angeles Design Festival.
California Dreaming
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
What does “California Dream” mean to you? That’s the question that will be addressed by designers, architects and audience members gathering at the Helms Design Center.
Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Talk: Reviving Transit Ridership
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAOn Thursday, June 29th at 7:45 am, please join Westside Urban Forum at the Helms Design Center for a breakfast reception and discussion: Reviving Transit Ridership
LA Metro, LADOT, Walk ’n Rollers, and BikeLA host a community-based design workshop
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
Join LA Metro, LADOT, Walk ’n Rollers, and BikeLA for a community- based design workshop and provide input on the proposed MAT Culver City First/Last Mile project list. The project aims to make the 1/2 mile radius around Culver City Metro Station easier to walk and bicycle. Limited availability.
Book Signing with esteemed artist Awol Erizku at Arcana: Books on the Arts
Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CAFree
Working across photography, film, video, painting, and installation, Awol Erizku's work references and re-imagines African-American and African visual culture, from hip hop vernacular to Nefertiti, while nodding to traditions of spirituality and Surrealism.
Westside Urban Forum presents An Evening of Urbanism: Frances Anderton & Josh Stephens
Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CALos Angeles was built imperfectly, at an imperfect time. Now it is trying to reinvent itself. Into what? That’s Topic A for authors Frances Anderton (Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles) and Josh Stephens (The Urban Mystique) when they sit down to talk about Los Angeles, community and urbanity today – from the house to the megalopolis.
Unearthing a Black Aesthetic: Conversation with Demar Matthews & Kevin Sherrod
Close to the Edge Exhibition 8707 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAFree
SoCal NOMA hosts a dynamic conversation with Los Angeles-based architectural designer and theorist, Demar Matthews, Principal of OffTop Design and Kevin Sherrod, Arts and Culture Practice Area Leader from Gensler, LA. Matthews and Sherrod will discuss OffTOP’s work in the development of a Black architectural language, how their visions align, as well as their collaborative work, which investigates the power of architecture as a cultural signifier and vehicle of traditions, values, and identity for Black communities.