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Charlemagne Palestine, CCORNUUOORPHANOSSCCOPIAEE AANORPHANSSHHORNOFFPLENTYYY exhibition view at 356 Mission, Los Angeles, 2018 (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and 356 Mission)
Posted inNews

LA’s Art Community and Activists React to the Closing of 356 Mission

by Matt Stromberg April 4, 2018April 10, 2018

The Boyle Heights nonprofit space founded five years ago by Laura Owens and Wendy Yao had long been the focus of anti-gentrification protests.

Posted inFilm

An Artist Who Grew Up in Boyle Heights Navigates the Fight Over Gentrification

by Matt Stromberg September 21, 2017November 12, 2019

This exclusive new short documentary considers the less discussed and more personal perspective of what it’s like to be an artist from Boyle Heights.

Posted inArt

An Artists’ Guide to Not Being Complicit with Gentrification

by Heather M. O'Brien, Christina Sanchez Juarez and Betty Marin June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

We write this in hopes that more artists will finally break with their sense of exceptionalism and consider the roles they play in the gentrification process.

Posted inNews

LA Artists and Activists Clash at a Political Action Meeting in Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg February 23, 2017February 24, 2017

When the Artists’ Political Action Network held its first public meeting, it was met by protesters from the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement.

Posted inNews

Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists

by Matt Stromberg February 22, 2017February 23, 2017

After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.

Posted inOpinion

How to Draw a (Picket) Line: Activists Protest Event at Boyle Heights Gallery

by Nizan Shaked February 14, 2017February 22, 2017

A meeting of the Artists’ Political Action Network failed to take into account its location in a neighborhood that’s been mired in gentrification controversy for quite some time.

Posted inNews

Boyle Heights Activists Question LAPD’s Hate Crime Charge

by Matt Stromberg December 2, 2016

After the words “Fuck White Art” were anonymously spray-painted on the roll-up gate of Nicodim Gallery, the LAPD said it would treat the act of vandalism as a hate crime.

Posted inArt

Considering Community as Art Galleries Help Gentrify Harlem

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 14, 2016October 19, 2016

A new wave of art galleries are starting to move up uptown from Chelsea and lower Manhattan, and it is time to ask serious questions about their impact and what we can do to guarantee Harlem survives culturally.

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Activists in LA’s Boyle Heights Serve Galleries with Eviction Notices

by Matt Stromberg September 22, 2016September 23, 2016

LOS ANGELES — “No one is an innocent actor in the fine art of gentrification,” said a woman with a bandana covering her face, as she stood with dozens of protesters last Saturday evening outside of Museum as Retail Space, a gallery in the Eastside neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

Posted inNews

Anti-Gentrification Activists Show Concern When Two Art Spaces Open in LA’s Boyle Heights [UPDATED]

by Matt Stromberg September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The burgeoning gallery district east of the LA River is about to get a bit more crowded.

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Anti-Gentrification Coalition Calls for Galleries to Leave LA’s Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg July 28, 2016July 29, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The latest development in the debate over art and gentrification in Boyle Heights took place earlier this month, when a public forum was held at the Pico Gardens complex, part of the largest public housing bloc west of the Mississippi.

Asian Cultural Council Offers Fellowships and Grants for Research and Cultural Exchange
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Asian Cultural Council Offers Fellowships and Grants for Research and Cultural Exchange

ACC provides artists, arts professionals, and scholars with support for research and cultural exchange between Asia, the US, and within Asia. Applications open November 1–30.

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