For a breather (because you know we all need one), Mixografia is sharing images of Helen Frankenthaler’s exuberant Los Angeles prints, as well as some special photographs of the artist at work in the 1980s.
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Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
Amplifying Incarcerated Voices
Somos LA Arte (image courtesy ACTA Arts in Corrections)
Art programs for imprisoned people make a difference.
This is the resounding message of “Share the Mic: Incarcerated Arts,” hosted by LA’s Fowler Museum. This Saturday from 12 to 1:15pm, various leaders of such programs will talk about their work and how museums and cultural institutions can “destigmatize and center incarcerated voices.”
Centered in a community of visual and performing artists, the MA program’s core courses are supplemented by electives and a stimulating, art-focused environment.
In 1979, Frankenthaler traveled west and was introduced to the gallery and studio Mixografia, where she would eventually produce a series of serene and exuberant prints.
The Grand — a complex including a luxury residential tower, movie theater, and upscale retailers — is a billion-dollar gamble at a time when in-person business is in steep decline.
Billy Anania
What's Else is Happening?
Platinum Equity CEO Tom Gores has resigned from the board of LACMA. Activists had been targeting Gores since 2017, when his firm purchased a telecom company that manages phone systems at thousands of prisons.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library have received the world’s foremost collection of pre-cinematic technology and toys.
How can museums and other arts institutions support Black creatives? For Erin Christovale, it’s a little more radical than just hiring Black and buying Black.
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