Welcome to the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk!
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“Faces of Leica” x Downtown Art Walk
PER BERNAL & PARIS CHONG PRESENT
FACES OF LEICA LA
The @downtownartwalk is thrilled to collab with @leicagalleryla for “FACES OF LEICA” to showcase diverse talent and culture shifting photography across the city and beyond.
Art (Walk) is Every Day!
As California reopens, we are inspired and invested to help the community bounce back with a renewed vibrancy through the arts. To help the galleries, small businesses, and art enthusiasts reconnect, we’re providing online tools to help everyone navigate and design their own Art Walk any day of the week.
Spotlight: Dale Youngman
When Dale Youngman saw the nascent growth of art advocacy in Downtown Los Angeles’ Historic Core in 2005, she saw an opportunity. It was a way to grow an art business on the back of her experience as a consultant and designer for a digital print production company. The timing seemed right.
Spotlight: Robert Vargas
It was a hot, dog-days-of-summer afternoon when I rolled out of Pershing Square subway station in Downtown Los Angeles and looked up to discover Angelus, the in-progress and reputed “largest mural in the world by one artist.” It was the rendezvous point for my first meeting with the artist himself, Robert Vargas.
Spotlight: Renee Warren, REN Gallery
Owning and running a contemporary art gallery is not for the fainthearted. For art gallery startups in particular, it can be a daunting test of survival. A love it or leave it commitment. That said, stalwarts like REN Gallery owner Renee Warren prove that success is possible with a passion for art…
Spotlight: Gronk
Chicano artist Gronk (né Glugio Nicandro) may have earned a reputation as mercurial, but he has also gained legendary status with his prolific practice as painter, theatrical set designer, performance artist, muralist, art collective co-founder, art activist, provocateur, and more.
Spotlight: Art Meets Architecture
Step into the Fine Arts Building in Downtown Los Angeles and you step back into an era when art and architecture merged with breathtaking panache. A landmark Romanesque Revival hidden gem, the building was constructed in 1926 to house the studios of local Downtown Los Angeles artists.
Spotlight: Spring Arts Collective
Spring Arts Tower has seen constant change since it was founded in 1915. A remarkable group of five artists – the Spring Arts Collective – have built a steadfast presence with their gallery/studio spaces on the building’s mezzanine.
OUR IMPACT
INSTAGRAM: 56,000+
TWITTER: 27,500+
WEBSITE: 18,000 users
NEWSLETTER: 6,000 subscribers
LMI INDIVIDUALS SERVED
75% of people served by our programs are low to moderate income.
Art Walk Audience Age
Over 60 % of on-site and social audiences are Millennials; 26% are 38-44 years old, and 13% are 45 and over.
GENDER DATA
In a recent survey, Art Walk audiences self-identified as 59% female, 40% male, and 1% non-binary.
EDUCATION DATA
Over 80% of Art Walk audiences have at least an undergraduate degree, while 20% have high school or trade.
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