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MISSION STATEMENT
RESPONDING TO LOS ANGELES’ CULTURAL CLIMATE, LA><ART QUESTIONS GIVEN CONTEXTS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
WITH A RENEWED VISION FOR THE POTENTIAL OF INDEPENDENT ART SPACES, LA><ART PROVIDES A CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION FOR THE PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION OF NEW EXPLORATORY WORK.
LA><ART OFFERS A SPACE FOR PROVOCATION, DIALOGUE AND CONFRONTATION BY PRACTICES ON THE GROUND IN LOS ANGELES AND ABROAD.
LA><ART IS A HUB FOR ARTISTS BASED ON FLEXIBILITY, TRANSITION, SPONTANEITY AND CHANGE.
THE SPACE RESPONDS TO AN URGENCY AND OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE EXHIBITION SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS.

BUILDING


Peter Zellner, Architect

SUPPORT
LA><ART is made possible with the generous support of its founding boards, members and sponsors including – Ravin and Alka Agrawal, Grimanesa Amoros, Nathalie Angles, Anne Anka, Kamrooz Aram, Diana Attias, Daniel Avchen, Laura Barbe, Joe Basurto, Lizabeth Belli, Jenny Chase and Andrew Bernstein, Jason Bloom, Ruth and Jacob Bloom, Bryan F Bowles, Julia Boyer, John Brown, Diane Bush, Clayton Campbell, Jade Chang, Kimberly Chang, Dillon Cohen, Saul Cohen, John Connelly, Dorit Cypis, Johanna Cypis, Joe Day, Simone de Pury, David DeSanctis, Janet Owen Driggs, J Dolgen, Armando Duron, Carol Eliel, Bobbi Elliott, Thomas Ellis, Caroline Falk, Greg Feldman, David Felts, Denyse Fennessey, Veronica Fernandez, Marilyn Firstenberg, Morgan Fisher, Judy Fiskin, Emi Fontana, Arnold Fram, Jennifer and Abe Friedman, Jenny Fritz, Gigi Garner, Ronald Garrity, Dean Geleynse, Peter Gelles, Jane Glassman, Homeira and Arnold Goldstein, Ken Gonzales-Day, Rita Gonzalez, Leonard Goslee, Ginger Grace, Anthony Grant, Sara Greenberger, Gary Greener, Jason Grode, Michael Groth, Alvin Hall, Michael Hanel, Jack Hanley, Julie Harrah, Anna Haudenschild, Eloisa and Chris Haudenschild, Rita Haudenschild, Louis Hayek, Eliane Nicole Henri, Orlando Herrera, Ryan Hill, Rodney Hill, Edgar and Robin Hirst, Clinton Hodges, Stanley Hollah, Jeffrey Inaba, Alex Israel, Ed Israel, Freya Ivener, Jet, Isaac Joseph, Tal Kahana, Julie and Phil Kamins, Brooke and Adam Kanter, Niels Kantor, Lissi and Richard Kaplan, Perla Karney, Nancy Kattler, Trek Thunder Kelly, Javad Kheradmandan, John and Amy Kinkead, Karyn Kohl, Will Kopeman, Bettina Korek, Nancy Korek, Ruth Kraft, Jill and Peter Kraus, Ilene Kurtz-Kretzschmar, David Lafaille, Katherine Lambert, Cristopher Lapp, Prins Lawrence, Larry Layne, Will Leben, Marc Lee, Max Leitman, Helen Lewis, Philip Lord, Nayoung Ma, Michael Maloney, Courtney Martin, Christopher Massey, Maureen McCormick, EC Mathews, Jake Mathews, Sara Meltzer, David Meltzer, Leta Ming, Ryan Moore, Rita Gonzalez and Joseph Mosconi, Amanda Moshay, Karen Moss, Terri Murray, Mike Niewmann, Regina Non, Merry Norris, Eileen Harris Norton, Chris and Lizabeth Oliveria, Lisa and Ben Orlanski, Linda Pace, William Palmer, Jeanne Patterson, Pam Paulson, Paulson Press, Dori Peck, Evie Peck, Michael Peck, Lisa Petrazzolo, Lan Pham, Annie Philbin, Rick Pirro, Nancy Portnoy, Dale Reed, Shaun Caley Regen, Peter Remes, Rob Reynolds, David Richards, Chris Robbins, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Anne Rosenberg, Alan and Georgina Rothenberg, Jennifer Rubinoff, Alma Ruiz, Brian Saliman, Lisa Schiff, Deborah Schneider, Dennis and Debra Scholl, Adam Schneider, Robert Schulze, Marissa Schwartz, Ron and Sindi Schwartz, Marissa Schwartz, Marc Selwyn, Whitney Shannon, John Sharp, Tracey Shiffman, Ben Spector, Darren Star, Shira Steele, John Steele, Debbie Stern, Louis Stern, Scott Sternberg, Scott Stover, Heather Taylor, Jocelyn Tetel, Jill Thirlwall, Geoff Tuck, Sylvia and Philippe Vergne, Susanne Vielmetter, Jamie Wachtell, Sheila Warner, Jennifer Wasser, Marisa Wasser, Bob Weebley, Lee Wells, Christopher Yins and John Yoon.
(list in progress)

FOUNDATIONS
LA><ART is made possible with the generous support of the American Center Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Danielson Foundation, The J. Paul Getty Foundation, Jumex Foundation, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, The Peter Norton Family Foundation, The Puffin Foundation, Grants For New Projects, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
LA><ART Exhibitions for 2008 are supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Special Thanks to The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs


IN KIND SUPPORT
LA><ART receives generous in-kind support from Art Papers, Art Review, California Modern, E-flux, For Your Art, InterReview, Matthews Studio Equipment, Uber.com, and X-tra.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP
LA><ART receives generous support Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
LA><ART also receives generous support from the Standard Hotel Downtown Los Angeles.

LA><ART also receives generous support from KCRW.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Lauri Firstenberg, Director/Curator
- Rebecca Bloom, Chair
- Sanjay Kumar, Treasurer
- Jenny Chase Bernstein
- Claire Birnbaum
- Andrea Bowers
- Sima Familant
- Pete Franciosa
- Elliott Hundley
- Phil Kamins
- Brooke Kanter
- Maryam Lieberman
- Phil Lord
- Daniel Joseph Martinez
- Richard Massey
- Jennie Prebor
- Brian Rosman
- Lisa Schiff
- Christopher Yin
- Peter Zellner
LA><ART FOUNDERS
- Michael Gold
- Sirje Gold
- Glenn Kaino
- Mara Hilman Kamins
- Donanne Kasikci
- Larry Mathews
- John Rubeli
- Joy Simmons
- Eve Steele
PRODUCERS COUNCIL
- Adam Nathanson, Chair
- Esthella Provas, Public Art Chair
- Sue Hancock
- Helen Lewis
- Kimberly Chang Mathieu Yannick Mathieu
- Stefan Simchowitz
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
COLLECTORS CIRCLE
- Sheridan Brown
- Gilbert Friesen
- Linda & Jerry Janger
- Catharine & Jeffrey Soros
CURATORS COUNCIL
- Julie Miyoshi, Co-Chair
- Jennie Prebor, Co-Chair
- Bob Bronstein
- Adam Englander
- Veronica Fernandez
- Oliver Furth
- Rochelle Glucksman
- Dorothy Goldeen
- Karyn Kohl
- Kathryn Lebowitz
- Marc Lee
- Miguel Macedo Basto de Carvalho
- Iris Marden
- Mimi McCormick
- Yasmine Mohseni
- Sanford Panitch
- Victoria Cuthbert Quinn
- Marc Richards
- Mark Sandelson
- Robyn Siegal
- Stefan Simchowitz
- Emily Waldorf
- Morgan Wandell
- Mary Wells
- John Yoon
- Angie Zupan
ADVISORY BOARD
- Edgar Arceneaux
- Jennifer Arceneaux
- Walead Beshty
- Brian Butler
- Mark Bradford
- Juli Carson
- Aimee Chang
- Sylvia Chivaratanond
- Kyle Dunphy
- Sam Durant
- Okwui Enwezor
- Charles Gaines
- Peter Gelles
- Thelma Golden
- Rita Gonzalez
- Karl Haendel
- Hou Hanru
- Drew Heitzler
- Lisa Ivorian Gray
- Eliane Nicole Henri
- Sarah Herda
- Jens Hoffman
- Barbara Hunt McLanahan
- Deborah Irmas
- Isaac Julien
- Mary Kelly
- Christine Y Kim
- Kris Kuramitsu
- Ilene Kurtz-Kretzschmar
- Glenn Ligon
- Shana Lutker
- Karen Marta
- Shamim M. Momin
- Mark Nash
- Warren Neidich
- Linda Norden
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Lorcan O’Herlihy
- Marc Pally
- Marcos Ramirez
- Ian Robertson
- Alex Slade
- Sarah Stifler
- Linda Taalman
- Mungo Thomson
- Anton Vidokle
- The Wrong Gallery (Maurizio Cattelan, Ali Subotnick and Massimiliano Gioni)
- (list in progress)
