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LA Commons Staff
- Sep 7
Prop. 28: Transforming California Education through the Arts
Artwork from Cal Matter Wesbite Prop 28 artwork by LAist In 2022, California celebrated a significant milestone with the passage of...
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LA Commons Staff
- Aug 31
2023 LA Commons Interns
Each year we are blessed to receive a new cohort of interns through the LA County Arts Internship Program. We would like to extend a big...
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LA Commons Staff
- Aug 24
A Legend Has Passed on
LA Commons remembers long time partner and friend to LA Commons, Arturo Ybarra. Arturo founded the Watts/ Century Latino Organization in...
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LA Commons Staff
- Aug 10
3rd Annual Willowbrook Art Hop
Youth Artists Hailey Martinez and Jamila Walker posing in front of the Safe Passages Mural at Carver Park Last weekend, we celebrated the...
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LA Commons Staff
- Jul 27
Staff Spotlight: Joré Aaron
#StaffSpotlight - Meet Joré Aaron (She/Her), Executive Assistant at LA Commons! Joré is from South Central LA and has been working at LA...
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LA Commons Staff
- Jul 13
African American Historic Places Los Angeles
Last Month we kicked off the African American Historic Places, Los Angeles (AAHPLA), a joint project of the City of Los Angeles’ Office...
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LA Commons Staff
- Jun 29
Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks at the Leimert Park Artwalk 2023
Photography Credit: Mercedes Carreto and Daniel Aguirre Thank you to everyone who came out to the 13th annual Day of the Ancestors...
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- Jun 25
2023 Festival of Masks Program Seeds of the Village
13th Annual Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks at the Leimert Park Art Walk Sunday, June 25, 2023 Leimert Park's Day of the...
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LA Commons Staff
- May 18
LA: In Dialogue at the Band of Vices Gallery
The Getty Museum partnered with four local nonprofits to teach multigenerational artists photography inspired by Getty's current...
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LA Commons Staff
- May 4
Staff Spotlight: Guillermo “Memo” Alvarez
Meet Guillermo “Memo” Alvarez (him/his), Cultural Organizer at LA Commons! Memo is from Wilmington, California (Togova Land) and has been...
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LA Commons Staff
- Apr 20
Staff Spotlight: Beth Peterson
Meet Beth Peterson (she/her), Community Arts Program Director at LA Commons! Beth is originally from Minnesota but has lived in Los...
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LA Commons Staff
- Apr 6
Staff Spotlight: Anahit Poturyan
Meet Anahit Poturyan (she/her), Development Coordinator at LA Commons! Anahit is from Hollywood and has been working at LA Commons since...
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LA Commons Staff
- Mar 23
Staff Spotlight: Susie Garcia
Meet Susie Garcia (she/hers), Operations Manager at LA Commons! Susie is from Inglewood, California and has been working at LA Commons...
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LA Commons Staff
- Mar 9
Staff Spotlight: Valery Mendoza-Martinez
Meet Valery Mendoza-Martinez (she/her), Community Arts Program Manager at LA Commons! Valery is from Los Angeles and the Inland Empire,...
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LA Commons Staff
- Feb 23
Staff Spotlight: Hannah Dominica Chua
Meet Hannah Dominica Chua (they/she), Operations and Research Associate at LA Commons! Hannah was born in Quezon City, Philippines, and...
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LA Commons Staff
- Feb 9
Staff Spotlight: Kaitwan Jackson
Meet Kaitwan Jackson (he/him/his), Program Manager - Promise Zone Arts, South LA at LA Commons! Kaitwan is from Washington, DC and has...
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LA Commons Staff
- Jan 26
Staff Spotlight: Dena Cheng
Meet Dena Cheng (she/her), Development and Communications Manager at LA Commons! Dena is from North Hills in the San Fernando Valley and...
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LA Commons Staff
- Jan 12
About My Fellowship At the Getty!
In the first three months of 2023, I’ll have the extraordinary honor of serving as a Guest Scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute...
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LA Commons Staff
- Dec 8, 2022
A Karen becomes Mayor of LA
Lately, I have had a twinge of embarrassment at having the name Karen. Doing a Google search, you can understand why as the first thing...
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