LA Commons StaffApr 28Leading with Cultural EquityIn order of appearance: Janice Hahn, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Sheila Kuehl, and Kathryn Barger Highlighting Holly J. Mitchell,...
Karen Mack Jan 31Noni Olabisi - On Becoming Noni Olabisi had the perfect opportunity during this time, a residency at South LA based Arts at Blue Roof. A solo show culled from the...
Karen Mack Jan 24WHAT DOES CULTURAL EQUITY LOOK LIKE TO YOU?Last year I became a co-chair of the Advisory Committee for LA County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative (CEII). It’s a role I...
Karen Mack Dec 13, 2021Donor Spotlight: Ethnic Studies Leader Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona Our donor Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona just celebrated a great victory. In November, California became the first state in the nation to...
Karen Mack Nov 1, 2021Board Member Nominated to Chair National Endowment for the Arts.Maria Rosario Jackson was recently nominated to chair the National Endowment for the Arts!! She joined our board of directors 5 years...
leslie5632Jun 27, 20212021 Festival of Masks PROGRAM11TH ANNUAL LEIMERT PARK DAY OF THE ANCESTORS: FESTIVAL OF MASKS Thiossane: Looking Back, Moving Forward SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021, 12PM PT...
LA Commons StaffJun 10, 2021Artist Spotlight: Noni OlabisiNoni Olabisi is one of LA's most well regarded visual artists. Artist and muralist with over 25 years experience, receiving many awards...
LA Commons StaffApr 22, 2021The Art of Well-Being: Now on a Bus Bench Near YouLast year, the Mayor’s Office and the City’s Cultural Affairs and Emergency Management Departments came together to envision a wonderful...
LA Commons StaffApr 8, 20212021 Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks at the Leimert Park Artwalk Kick-OffThe Mask Festival Season is almost here! This year at Day of the Ancestors, experience Thiossane, the Senegalese way of taking cues from...
LA Commons StaffMar 25, 2021Nobuko Miyamoto "I sometimes feel like I’m a bull in the china shop in the JA community. But I just have to talk about this. These stories comes from...
LA Commons StaffJan 28, 2021John O’Neal"John O’Neal, co-founder of FST and founding Artistic Director of Junebug Productions has centered his work on stories because, as he...
LA Commons StaffJan 14, 2021An Influential LegacyJohn Outterbridge For details about the life of John Outterbridge who died late last year, visit these links: https://www.latimes.com/obi...
LA Commons StaffNov 24, 2020Giving Tuesday: Support Small Businesses this Holiday Season Gail Hawkins, Owner, Cultural Interiors Photo by Jason Lewis Los Angeles Standard Newspaper At the top of the hill, where Slauson and...
LA Commons StaffNov 12, 2020Bruce Lemon Jr. We have had a love/love relationship with Bruce Lemon for years. One of our programming partners in his native Watts and a beloved emcee...
LA Commons StaffOct 29, 2020Artist Spotlight: Aram Han SifuentesAram Han Sifuentes is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist working in fiber, performance, and social practice art. In anticipation of...
LA Commons StaffOct 22, 2020Bridging Divides: Art, Culture & ImmigrationThis just in, a new report published by Artplace America and Welcoming America, Bridging Divides, Creating Community: Arts, Culture, and...
LA Commons StaffOct 22, 2020Self-Help Graphics & ArtOfficial Self Help Graphics Dia De Los Muertos Design by Sandy Rodriguez At the height of the Chicano Civil Rights movement in 1970,...
LA Commons StaffSep 22, 2020Liliflor RamirezLiliflor Ramirez Liliflor Ramirez, Cihuatlzin Mujer Guerrera, Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 120”, 2017 What is your approach to artmaking? My...
LA Commons StaffSep 10, 2020Grace Lynne HaynesGrace Lynne Haynes CONGRATULATIONS GRACE! A lead artist on several LA Commons’ projects, Grace’s art recently graced (haha!) a second...