Artists Call, Participate in a Traveling Exhibition on the Housing Crisis in LA
Posted February 8, 2006 by in Events
The Southern California Library (SCL) is seeking artists including performers, musicians, spoken word, and multimedia artists to participate in a traveling exhibition. If you have work or if you are interested in creating work related to the "housing crisis" in Los Angeles, they are looking for you!
The mural pictured here was painted by Eva Cockcroft and hangs on the inside wall of SCL, beside the "Wall of Honor." The "Wall of Honor" commemorates family, heroes, and friends.
DEADLINE IS MARCH 1!
Submission content should relate to these themes:
- Housing: history, memory, oral history, mapping, activism
- Land: public place, (re) development, urban planning
- Homelessness
- Gentrification/ Relocation/ Displacement
- Concepts of sustainability
- Environmental & social justice, past/ present local political movements
- Zapatista/ Indigenous Movements: Global comparisons of land, space, housing, urban planning
Artists who have an interest in creative political education, including graffiti and conceptual artists, that will help tell the story of the "housing crisis" in L.A. are encouraged to apply. For more information and application, please contact Joy at (323) 687-6743 or lunakul@yahoo.com
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