In early 2020, I am so thrilled to have been one of the 40+ open call artists who participated in Diverse L.A. at the L.A. Art Show this year, a project created by fellow Pratt Alum, Miss Art World, and supported by LAAA.org.
The artists gather before the first LA Art Show VIP Wednesday night performance Diversity Walks & Talks as part of Diverse LA.
Miss Art World has a great video of the first night of this diversity celebrating performance. I can't believe that was already 3 months ago! I met so many new artists, and a found a few that I’d met in other venues, including a performance artist at TAG, and an artist from an exhibition in Century City.
From Miss Art World’s video:
Diversity Walks and Talks By Miss Art World Curated by Peter Mays Presented by Los Angeles Arts Association / Gallery 825 The “Diversity Walks and Talks” performance invites individual proclaimers of LA’s culture to strut the runway in celebration of their uniqueness, showcasing LA’s diversity. A variety of participants will be pre-selected and interviewed about what diversity represents to them:
1 Oscar Ramirez @artunderworld 2 Lourans Mikhail @louransmikhail 3 Briana Edwards @breezydoesit 4 Annette Ramirez 5 Dominic Quagliozzi @artistdominic 6 Cecilia Taibo Rahban @ceciliassteelofficial 7 Ms.whoopdeedoo @Ms.whoopdeedoo 8 Ibuki Kuramochi @Ibuki_Kuramochi 9 Vanessa Osman @vanessaosman 10 Raychel Espiritu @Raychel Espiritu 11 Carlos Graña 12 Poohnana @sheisplussizebeauty 13 Kayla Cloonan @klcloonanart 14 Joshua Cabello @sunset_blush 15 Anne Marroquin @anne_banann 16 Chenhung Chen @chenhungchenart 17 Liza Sargent @lizasargent 18 Chuck Hohng @chohng 19 Joe Luis Cedillo @joeluiscedillo 20 Karen Sarrow @karensarrow 21 Jorge Zambrano @zambravo 22 Jay Walter @jwalterlb 23 Reinhardt Kenneth @Reinhardt Kenneth 24 SP Harper @spharper 25 Casey Miller @caseydia_ 26 Jon Ching @jonchingart 27 Brandon Thompson @branfreakindon 28 Christopher J Flores @Dangerous_Designs 29 Andrée Carter @abstractabc 30 BiJian Fan 31 Jerry Clifford 32 Dani Nicole @daninicolemusic 33 David Hopper 34 Maria Hernandez Wareagle @mariahernandezwareagle 35 Jasimen Phillips 36 Kingpelvisb @Kingpelvisb 37 Gabby Vera 38 Arifa Aboobucker @arifayasmin 39 Yozmit @yozmit 40 Black Man White Baby @BlackManWhiteBaby
IMAGI.LIFE now and MASKS
Imagi.Life Shop, which is the retail outlet for my passion promoting environmentally friendly gifts, will have a space inside the studio this year. We are preparing it for visitors!
Jonathan and I have been madly and lovingly producing CDC and WHO recommended cotton masks for about 6 weeks. We've surpassed well over 100 masks, and have already received such amazing support from The Miracle Mile Chamber, and the Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce, and our customers around the nation. We've been donating masks to the non-profit Valley Community Health Clinic, and are now donating 2% of mask proceeds to the LA Food Pantry. In fact, any purchases from our businesses will be generating a 2% donation to the LA Food Pantry.
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