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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 AND 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, Nathalie Angles, Anne Anka, Kamrooz Aram, Diana Attias, Laura Barbe, Joe Basurto, Jenny Chase and Andrew Bernstein, Jason Bloom, Ruth and Jacob Bloom, Diane Bush, Jade Chang, Dillon Cohen, Saul Cohen, John Connelly, Dorit Cypis, Johanna Cypis, Joe Day, David DeSanctis, Janet Owen Driggs, Armando Duron, Bobbi Elliott, Thomas Ellis, Caroline Falk, Greg Feldman, Veronica Fernandez, Jennifer and Abe Friedman, Jenny Fritz, Gigi Garner, Ronald Garrity, Dean Geleynse, Peter Gelles, Homeira and Arnold Goldstein, Ken Gonzales-Day, Rita Gonzalez, Leonard Goslee, Anthony Grant, Michael Groth, Alvin Hall, Michael Hanel, Jack Hanley, Anna Haudenschild, Eloisa and Chris Haudenschild, Rita Haudenschild, Eliane Nicole Henri, Orlando Herrera, Ryan Hill, Edgar and Robin Hirst, Clinton Hodges, Jeffrey Inaba, Alex Israel, Freya Ivener, Jet, Isaac Joseph, Tal Kahana, Julie and Phil Kamins, Brooke and Adam Kanter, Lissi and Richard Kaplan, Perla Karney, Nancy Kattler, Trek Thunder Kelly, Javad Kheradmandan, John and Amy Kinkead, 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, Helen Lewis, Philip Lord, Nayoung Ma, Michael Maloney, Christopher Massey, Maureen McCormick, EC Mathews, Jake Mathews, Sara Meltzer, David Meltzer, Leta Ming, Rita Gonzalez and Joseph Mosconi, Karen Moss, Terri Murray, 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, Michael Peck, Lan Pham, Rick Pirro, Nancy Portnoy, Shaun Caley Regen, Peter Remes, David Richards, Chris Robbins, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Anne Rosenberg, Alan and Georgina Rothenberg, Brian Saliman, Lisa Schiff, Deborah Schneider, Dennis and Debra Scholl, Marissa Schwartz, Ron and Sindi Schwartz, Marissa Schwartz, Whitney Shannon, John Sharp, Tracey Shiffman, Ben Spector, Shira Steele, Debbie Stern, Louis Stern, Scott Sternberg, Heather Taylor, Jocelyn Tetel, Geoff Tuck, Sylvia and Philippe Vergne, Susanne Vielmetter, Jamie Wachtell, Sheila Warner, Jennifer Wasser, Marisa Wasser, Bob Weebley, and Lee Wells.
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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, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
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
House of Campari generously sponsors LA><ART Project Space exhibitions.
LA><ART 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
- Joy Simmons, Chair
- Sanjay Kumar, Treasurer
- Donanne Kasikci, Secretary
- Jenny Chase Bernstein
- Rebecca Bloom
- Sima Familant
- Mara Hilman Kamins
- Phil Kamins
- Daniel Joseph Martinez
- Richard Massey
- Larry Mathews
- John Rubeli
- Lisa Schiff
- Peter Zellner
PRODUCERS COUNCIL
- Adam Nathanson, Chair
- Sue Hancock
CURATORS COUNCIL
- Angie Zupan
ADVISORY BOARD
- Jennifer Arceneaux
- Andrea Bowers
- Mark Bradford
- Juli Carson
- Aimee Chang
- Sylvia Chivaratanond
- Kyle Dunphy
- Sam Durant
- Okwui Enwezor
- Charles Gaines
- Peter Gelles
- Thelma Golden
- Rita Gonzalez
- Hou Hanru
- Drew Heitzler
- Lisa Ivorian Gray
- Eliane Nicole Henri
- Sarah Herda
- Jens Hoffman
- Barbara Hunt McLanahan
- Isaac Julien
- Glenn Kaino
- Mary Kelly
- Christine Y Kim
- Clara Kim
- Kris Kuramitsu
- Ilene Kurtz-Kretzschmar
- Glenn Ligon
- Karen Marta
- Shamim M. Momin
- Mark Nash
- Linda Norden
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Lorcan O’Herlihy
- Marcos Ramirez
- Alex Slade
- Eve Steele
- Sarah Stifler
- Linda Taalman
- Mungo Thomson
- Anton Vidokle
- The Wrong Gallery (Maurizio Cattelan, Ali Subotnick and Massimiliano Gioni)
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