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Well-Oiled Machine: A Q&A with Machine Projectâ€™s Mark Allen

November 28, 2010newsblog, Blog Archive, California Institute Of The Arts, Concerts, Email Machine, Fruit Project, Mastermind, Oiled Machine, Santa Monica, Well Oiled Machine

As previously posted on 24700 (the blog for the California Institute of the Arts), Machine Projectâ€”a loose collective of Los Angeles-based artistsâ€”has been incredibly active in the Los Angeles area this fall: from its curated coatroom concerts to its recent involvement with the Fallen Fruit Project and Santa Monicaâ€™s Glow Festival.

24700 recently conducted an email interview with Machine Projectâ€™s director, founder and mastermind, Mark Allen (Art MFA 99), to discuss the nonprofit and its future.

Check it out here:Â 24700 Â» Blog Archive Â» Well-Oiled Machine: A Q&A with Machine Projectâ€™s Mark Allen.

Almost Utopia

October 11, 2009EcoLOGIC LAAngelinos, California State University, California State University Northridge, City Of Lakewood, Department Of History, Department Of Mathematics, Dj Waldie, Loyola Department, Marymount University, Meaney, Pedestrian Culture, Public Discussions, Public Information Officer, Santa Monica, Shame Train, State University Northridge, Suburban Memoir, Transportation Planner, Ucla Department, Urbanist

For the fourth and final installment of Almost Utopia, the gallery at 18th Street Arts Center will be dedicated to an unprecedented investigation of 100 Car-Less Angelinos and it will tell their stories of living in Los Angeles.

Public Discussions are as follows:

November 6, 9:30PM
Ride-ARC Ride on Santa Monica Car and Pedestrian Culture: Alex Amerri

November 11, 7:OOPM
â€œWalking in LAâ€ Panel/Discussion with:
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Professor, UCLA Department of Urban Planning; author of Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation Over Public Space
Herbert Medina, Professor, Loyola Department of Mathematics
Nigel Raab, Assistant Professor, Loyola Department of History
DJ Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, Real City:Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out and Where We are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, Public Information Officer for the City of Lakewood
Damon Willick, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University

November 14, 2pm
â€œTransportation and the Future of Los Angelesâ€
Jessica Meaney, Transportation Planner, So. CAL Assoc. of Governments
Browne Molyneux, Journalist and Blogger, Shame Train LA
Claude Willey, Artist, Urbanist and Educator, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, California State University, Northridge

Others to be confirmed

Go to EcoLOGIC LA

APInews: RFP: Status of the Creative Economy in L.A.

March 26, 2009Announcements18th Street, Address, Creative Economy, Exhibition, Proposals, Rfp, Santa Monica

For its 2010 exhibition year, 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, Calif., is seeking proposals that address a common theme: the status of L.A.s creative economy.

via APInews: RFP: Status of the Creative Economy in L.A. .