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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Feb 23, 2023
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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Feb 9, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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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LA Commons Staff
Nov 24, 2022
Join Us in Sustaining Strong, Vibrant Los Angeles Communities
Giving Tuesday is next week on November 29! We invite you to partner with us to fund the leadership of artists and youth as we...
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LA Commons Staff
Nov 10, 2022
Art vs Hate
October 2022 was truly a scary month. Yeah there are all those creepy decorations, people dressed in spooky costumes and terrifying...
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LA Commons Staff
Oct 27, 2022
A Recap: Creating Our Next LA Takeover of The Music Center’s Jerry Moss Plaza
As part of the first Grand Ave Arts Access celebration in 3 years, LA Commons partnered with the Music Center and several organizations...
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LA Commons Staff
Oct 19, 2022
Join us for Creating Our Next LA: A Celebration of Our Collective Vision
This Saturday, LA Commons will be taking over The Music Center for a day of artmaking, poetry, dance, and community building to...
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LA Commons Staff
Oct 12, 2022
There is a Silver Lining
Power to the people!!! Protesters gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. Credit: Lauren Justice for The New York Times. We...
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LA Commons Staff
Sep 29, 2022
The Intersection of Arts and Health
Promoting community wellness through the Fremont Healthy Culture Hub. Los Angeles County Arts and Health Week Summit on June 15, 2022....
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Sep 15, 2022
Uplifting the Cultural Treasures of South LA
Featuring the California African American Museum, Adé Neff, and Ben Caldwell. Vison Theater, Leimert Park Cultural Treasures of South LA...
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LA Commons Staff
Aug 18, 2022
Introducing our 2022 Summer Interns
We have been blessed this summer to have an incredible group of interns through the Los Angeles County Arts Internship Program. Hailing...
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LA Commons Staff
Aug 11, 2022
Working Together to Capture Crenshaw
Meet the photographers behind our new Getty 25 Celebrates Crenshaw exhibition: Crenshaw Remembers: Cultural Treasures of the District...
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LA Commons Staff
Jul 7, 2022
Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks at the Leimert Park Artwalk 2022
Clockwise from top left: Lula Washington Dancers perform in honor of Lark Galloway-Gilliam, Veronica Mayes-Jackson and Loretta Jones;...
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LA Commons Staff
Jun 26, 2022
2022 Festival of Masks Program UNITY + LEGACY = HEALING
12th Annual Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks at the Leimert Park Art Walk Sunday, June 26, 2022 Welcome to our 12th installment of...
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LA Commons Staff
Jun 9, 2022
Share your vision for LA with a song
Attendees at the Music Center Plaza's Dance DTLA event In Spring of 2020, as the pandemic took hold, LA Commons devised the idea of...
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LA Commons Staff
Apr 28, 2022
Leading with Cultural Equity
In order of appearance: Janice Hahn, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Sheila Kuehl, and Kathryn Barger Highlighting Holly J. Mitchell,...
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Karen Mack
Jan 31, 2022
Noni 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...
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