The Arts District & Boyle Heights Get a new Park

L.A.’s Eastside, in need of green space, will get a new 12-acre park under 6th Street Viaduct BYVANESSA ARREDONDO STAFF WRITER  PUBLISHED MAY 12, 2023 UPDATED MAY 15, 2023 3:39 PM PT When the 6th Street Viaduct opened last summer, Angelenos massed in revelry — so much so that authorities shut down the bridge for several nights because of street …

Volunteers create a habitat filled with milkweed, the butterfly version of a maternity ward

Why monarch butterflies, fighting extinction, love LA State Historic Park By STAFF REPORT PUBLISHED: April 26, 2023 at 9:14 a.m. | UPDATED: April 26, 2023 at 2:09 p.m. The Arts District Community Council Los Angeles (ADCCLA) and other environmental groups and leaders participated in a successful Earth Day effort to enlarge a butterfly habitat at the Los Angeles State …

Arts District Alliance Launch

Arts District Alliance Launches at Lot 613  DTLA WEEKLY, DIANA KING  JANUARY 19, 2015  On January 20th, 2015, Arts District Alliance launches its  first exchange with China;  specifically with four prolific world-class photographers from 798 in Beijing, Edward Chung, Liu DaDi, Guo Jijiang, and Tinly Wong and Arts District Artists, Tammy Holmgren, Miller Osceola Refetoff, Laura Velkei …

Arts District Artists impacted by Land Speculation

IS DOWNTOWN L.A.’S ART SCENE ALREADY DOOMED? CATHERINE WAGLEY DECEMBER 1, 2015 Before vacating his downtown gallery, Ibid Projects, Magnus Edensvard decided he’d dismantle the space his own way. He titled the final exhibit “Tree House Down,” and, at the suggestion of artist Amir Mogharabi, invited a trained archer to shoot arrows into the walls, …