CIVIC VIRTUE: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center http://civicvirtuela.org explores the intertwined histories of two of Los Angeles’s oldest and most diverse centers of artistic activity, both operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:12:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hale, Rodia http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=528 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=528#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:57:12 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=528

Still from The Towers, film by William Hale, 1957. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Watts Towers Arts Center

 

 

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=528 0 Shulman, Simon Rodia’s Towers http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=531 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=531#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:56:14 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=531

Julius Shulman
Simon Rodia’s Towers, 1967
Gelatin silver print, 23 × 18 inches (58.4 × 45.7 cm)
Julius Shulman Photography Archive,
Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust

 

 

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=531 0 Corita, Procession http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=194 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=194#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:55:19 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=194 Procession at Watts Towers, 1957. Photograph from color slide by Corita (Sister Mary Corita Kent)Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=194 0 Rosen, Classes Under Tarp http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=186 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=186#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:54:53 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=186 Children’s art class on the site of Rodia’s former house, ca. 1961. Photograph by Seymour Rosen. Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments (SPACES)

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=186 0 child with mask http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=534 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=534#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:53:18 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=534

Child with mask made in a WTAC class, n.d.
Photographer unknown.
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, Watts Towers Arts Center

 

 

 

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=534 0 Paint-Up Day http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=537 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=537#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:52:58 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=537

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=537 0 Rosen, Children at WTAC http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=188 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=188#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:51:09 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=188 Children at the groundbreaking event for the WTAC’s new facility, ca. 1970. Photograph by Seymour Rosen. Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments (SPACES)

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=188 0 Corita, my people http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=183 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=183#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:50:16 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=183 Corita (Sister Mary Corita Kent)
my people, 1965
Silkscreen, 35 × 23 in. (89 × 58.4 cm) Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=183 0 Brewer, Sunflowers http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=540 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=540#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:49:40 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=540

]]> http://civicvirtuela.org/?feed=rss2&p=540 0 Purifoy, Lace Curtain http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=164 http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=164#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:48:59 +0000 civicvirtuela http://civicvirtuela.org/?p=164 Noah Purifoy

Lace Curtain, 1993

Assemblage, 65 × 38 in. (165 × 96.5 cm)
Collection of Sue A. Welsh at Tara’s Hall

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