Architectural sites that define our community
Architectural sites that define our community

Architectural sites that define our community

Los Angeles is home to architecture that is wacky and wonderful, artful and edgy. Buildings bursting with post World War II exuberance nestle against mid-century modern drive-ins, Italianate libraries, avant-garde edifices and homes that could double as castles.

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Los Angeles County: Through the eyes of local artists
Los Angeles County: Through the eyes of local artists

Los Angeles County: Through the eyes of local artists

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) recently unveiled its latest poster showcasing Whittier for its Through the Eyes of Artists poster series. For this poster series, Metro commissioned local artists to create original artwork to visually portray the regions that make up Los Angeles County.

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center mural - A community undertaking
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center mural - A community undertaking

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center mural - A community undertaking

Watts, Willowbrook, and Compton residents met to give their input to the artists who will design the Martin Luther King Multi- Service Ambulatory Care Center walkway at a creative workshop at the Hudson Auditorium in Willowbrook.

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Sculptor Cliff Garten completes commission for a new public health facility in South Los Angeles
Sculptor Cliff Garten completes commission for a new public health facility in South Los Angeles

Sculptor Cliff Garten completes commission for a new public health facility in South Los Angeles

Sculptor Cliff Garten’s masterpiece Elevations (1) is on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Center for Public Health in Willowbrook. “Elevations (1)” is a seven-by-seven foot illuminated sculpture with a corresponding Venetian plaster wall that measures 12 feet wide and 22 feet tall.

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Endangered Arts Internship Program Restored

Endangered Arts Internship Program Restored

A ten week endangered Arts Internship Program that has given more than 1,400 undergraduate college students the opportunity to work with a non profit organization has been restored through the action taken by the Board of Supervisors at the County Budget meeting. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas spoke to the 75 undergraduate student who received paid summer internships in the arts at the 2011 Arts Summit at City Hall in Pasadena.

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