Art Program

Diane Briones Williams

"We Can 1, 2019, Textile and Wood "

We Can 1 was a 3-month social practice residency with 5–12-year-old students at California Creative Learning Academy in NELA. It explored societal roles and materiality in art, aiming to expand perceptions of time, space, process, and participation. Williams is a Filipinx interdisciplinary artist based in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, who uses salvaged and donated materials from immigrant communities to create art that weaves together shared, non-linear narratives that honor collective histories and resilience.

Diego Cardoso

Here Comes The Sun, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas

Cardoso is an artist and retired urban transport planner who paints the city, capturing its streets, buildings, and vibrant urban life. His work blends contemporary views of Los Angeles with a style he describes as “magical realism” to explore the transformative relationship between humans and the cities they create. In this piece, which was made especially for A34, the "Cinco Puntos" intersection in Lincoln Heights comes to life with runners, transit riders, and even the members of The Beatles. Here comes the sun!

Hiroshi Clark

Tossing Rags, 2021, Photography

This body of work centers around a rag factory in El Sereno where Hiroshi spent two days documenting workers, employers and industrial machinery. His initial interest stemmed from his own personal history as a blue collar laborer. Tossing Rags documents a worker unloading used linens from a truck. Clark grew up in Corona, CA and now lives in Long Beach.

Material Forms

Untitled Moonlander ("Sunrise"), 2025, Cement, marble and bronze

Material Forms is the sculpture and furniture studio of Duncan Niederlitz, exploring how aesthetics and desire are used to manipulate perceptions of our resource use, constructed environments, and cityscapes. The Moonlander table for the "Sunrise" lobby is made from ground and polished cement and marble aggregates on sand cast bronze legs. The uneven landscape of the table is both tactile and slightly awkward, inviting the user to briefly pause and be present to effectively place a drink down while also being given a moment to reflect on the value and costs of our fixations.

Nicholas Naughton

Matilija Green, 2024, Archival Pigment Print

Matilija Green is a stylized depiction of Matilija poppies which are native to California. Naughton finds inspiration in the world around him—shapes, colors, and forms—and abstracts them into something new, fresh and alive. He was born in Iowa and now works in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Jackson Hunt

Temperatures Rising, 2023, Acrylic, Inkjet and Collage on Canvas Wrapped Panel

Using collage and a CMYK acrylic palette, a photograph is repeated, layered, and distorted, with color applied in single passes via an HVLP sprayer. The process abstracts the reference, highlighting the materiality of image construction, the fluidity of memory, and the limits of legibility. Jackson Hunt is a multi-medium artist born in Portland, Oregon. His studio is located in China Town, in Los Angeles.

Jackson Hunt #2

Eureka, 2024, Acrylic, Inkjet and Collage on Canvas Wrapped Panel

Created in response to Temperatures Rising, Eureka follows the same process, emphasizing the chance discoveries inherent in it. While both works follow the same rubric, each piece becomes a world of its own. Jackson Hunt is a multi-medium artist born in Portland, Oregon. His studio is located in China Town, in Los Angeles.

Nicholas Naughton #2

Matilija Bloom, 2024/2025, Mural painting

This mural reimagines the Matilija poppy with vibrant, unexpected hues, blending graphic abstraction with natural form, thus transforming the flowers into bold graphics. Naughton finds inspiration in the world around him—shapes, colors, and forms—and abstracts them into something new, fresh and alive. He was born in Iowa and now works in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Renata Daina

Rhizomatic, 2025

This textile sculpture is made of handwoven and handcoiled repurposed materials. Inspired by the root systems of the region's native fauna and the earth’s layers, it references all the new growth (both physical and metaphorical) that will take root within the surrounding homes and communities. Daina was born in Sydney, Australia. She lives and works in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Sara Marlowe Hall

Riverpath, 2024, Acrylic & plaster on canvas

Riverpath is part of a series of plaster paintings inspired by Los Angeles. The painting was based on the artist’s journeys cycling alongside the LA River from her home to her studio. Using plaster and paint, she captures the riverbed's textured layers, revealing the bursts of nature she sees alongside the concrete. Hall works in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Susan Maddux

New Day Dawning, 2022, canvas and paint

Susan Maddux’s sculptural paintings combine folded painted canvas on a stretched, painted backdrop. Drawing inspiration from Los Angeles’s weathered cliffs and the Pacific Ocean, they reflect the layered sediment and natural phenomena distinctive to the region. Susan was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She works in Downtown Los Angeles.

Molly Shulman

To Do (Make Art Make Kale), 2022, Acrylic on Paper

This painting is part of Anec-notes, a series of works inspired by handwritten notes the artist wrote to herself. A play on "anecdote," it bridges the artist's solitary, cerebral experience with the public realm. Schulman, born in upstate New York, has a studio in East Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Ally Wallace

Nap Shadow 21, 2024, Cyanotype, pencil, frame

This cyanotype on paper, featuring folded fabric, linen, and hand-drawn graphite, uses sunlight-based photographic processes. Wallace combines shadow imagery, rigid fabric impressions, and drawing to merge multiple moments into a single visual plane. Wallace’s practice, long focused on exploring location and light, centers specifically on her movements within the city of Los Angeles. Her studio is located in Downtown, LA.

Ally Wallace #2

Nap Shadow 18, 2023, Fabric, frame

This cyanotype, created with sunlight, integrates fabric to add spontaneity. Tension between materials forms ripples, yielding an evocative memory that captures the essence of shadows over their exact form. Wallace’s practice, long focused on exploring location and light, centers specifically on her movements within the city of Los Angeles. Her studio is located in Downtown, LA.

Susan Maddux #2

Gold Rush, 2024, canvas and paint

Susan Maddux is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Japanese descent whose work is shaped by her upbringing in Hawaii’s vividly colored natural environment. Her totem-like works are created from raw canvas stained with washes of pigment and meticulously folded, transforming painting into dimensional sculptural forms. She works in Downtown Los Angeles.

Susan Maddux #3

Poppy Peak, 2024, canvas and paint

Susan Maddux is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Japanese descent whose work is shaped by her upbringing in Hawaii’s vividly colored natural environment. Her totem-like works are created from raw canvas stained with washes of pigment and meticulously folded, transforming painting into dimensional sculptural forms. She works in Downtown Los Angeles.

Ally Wallace #3

Mirror Year One, 2023, Fabric and frame

The Mirror Year series explores creation within caregiving constraints. Images, captured from the artist’s child’s bedroom mirror at sunrise, are printed on fabric. Wallace shifted from extended painting sessions to brief, focused sewing sessions on materials like muslin, linen, and silk chiffon – suitable for both art-making and toddler play. Wallace’s practice, long focused on exploring location and light, centers specifically on her movements within the city of Los Angeles. Her studio is located in Downtown, LA.

Ally Wallace #4

Mirror Year Two, 2023, Fabric and frame

The Mirror Year series explores creation within caregiving constraints. Images, captured from the artist’s child’s bedroom mirror at sunrise, are printed on fabric. Wallace shifted from extended painting sessions to brief, focused sewing sessions on materials like muslin, linen, and silk chiffon – suitable for both art-making and toddler play. Wallace’s practice, long focused on exploring location and light, centers specifically on her movements within the city of Los Angeles. Her studio is located in Downtown, LA.

Ally Wallace #5

Mirror Year Five, 2023, Fabric and frame

The Mirror Year series explores creation within caregiving constraints. Images, captured from the artist’s child’s bedroom mirror at sunrise, are printed on fabric. Wallace shifted from extended painting sessions to brief, focused sewing sessions on materials like muslin, linen, and silk chiffon – suitable for both art-making and toddler play. Wallace’s practice, long focused on exploring location and light, centers specifically on her movements within the city of Los Angeles. Her studio is located in Downtown, LA.

Cheyann Washington

Untitled, 2021, Charcoal on Paper

This drawing captures figurative gestures in motion. The process was deeply meditative in that Cheyann focused on following a continuous line throughout the piece. Cheyann was born in Inglewood County. She is represented by Wonzimer Gallery. Her studio is located in Lincoln Heights.

Cheyann Washington #2

Forest, 2020, Natural Pigment on Silk

Cheyann experiments with dyes from flowers, vegetables, and fruit. The chemical properties fascinate her, as different extraction methods offer unique results. She enjoys blending figurative forms with these natural materials. Cheyann was born in Inglewood County. She is represented by Wonzimer Gallery. Her studio is located in Lincoln Heights.

Vasco Del Ray

Antojitos de Chiapas: Quesadillas, 2025, Sand and Paint on Canvas

An appetizer of Mexico’s past. Vasco migrated to Los Angeles from Chiapas, Mexico at the age of 8. He aims to spark a conversation about the chaotic aspects of migration, emphasizing that the immigrant experience is a diverse spectrum of stories, not a single, monolithic narrative. His studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Vasco Del Ray #2

Antojitos de Chiapas: Tacos, 2025, Sand and Paint on Canvas

An appetizer of Mexico’s past. Vasco migrated to Los Angeles from Chiapas, Mexico at the age of 8. He aims to spark a conversation about the chaotic aspects of migration, emphasizing that the immigrant experience is a diverse spectrum of stories, not a single, monolithic narrative. His studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Vasco Del Ray #3

Antojitos de Chiapas: Tamales, 2025, Sand and Paint on Canvas

An appetizer of Mexico’s past. Vasco migrated to Los Angeles from Chiapas, Mexico at the age of 8. He aims to spark a conversation about the chaotic aspects of migration, emphasizing that the immigrant experience is a diverse spectrum of stories, not a single, monolithic narrative. His studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Vasco Del Ray #4

Antojitos de Chiapas: Tortas, 2025, Sand and Paint on Canvas

An appetizer of Mexico’s past. Vasco migrated to Los Angeles from Chiapas, Mexico at the age of 8. He aims to spark a conversation about the chaotic aspects of migration, emphasizing that the immigrant experience is a diverse spectrum of stories, not a single, monolithic narrative. His studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Mike Dempsey

Banana Peel; Day 19, 2019, Hahnemühle Photo Rag

Banana Peel is a collection of 100 self-portraits taken over 100 days. Dempsey drove around his block, positioning himself on street elements and capturing the shots with a remote trigger. Shot on 35mm film with a 50mm lens, he waited until day 100 to process the entire series. Dempsey lives and works in Highland Park.

Mike Dempsey #2

Banana Peel; Day 61, 2019, Hahnemühle Photo Rag

Banana Peel is a collection of 100 self-portraits taken over 100 days. Dempsey drove around his block, positioning himself on street elements and capturing the shots with a remote trigger. Shot on 35mm film with a 50mm lens, he waited until day 100 to process the entire series. Dempsey lives and works in Highland Park.

Mike Dempsey #3

Banana Peel; Day 93, 2019, Hahnemühle Photo Rag

Banana Peel is a collection of 100 self-portraits taken over 100 days. Dempsey drove around his block, positioning himself on street elements and capturing the shots with a remote trigger. Shot on 35mm film with a 50mm lens, he waited until day 100 to process the entire series. Dempsey lives and works in Highland Park.

Cheyann Washington #3

Sisters, 2020, Silk dye on Silk

As an only child, Cheyann imagined what it would be like to have a sister. The two figures kneel and mirror each other, conveying an unbreakable bond.

Raina Lee

The Elements: Spring, 2024, glazed ceramic

Based on the cycles of the four seasons—Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer—The Elements interprets each season as a shifting landscape. The works are rendered on large-format ceramic slabs, painted with layers of textured glazes. The way these glazes interact is always a surprise, mirroring the unpredictability of the natural world. Lee works in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Raina Lee #2

The Elements: Summer, 2024, glazed ceramic

Based on the cycles of the four seasons—Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer—The Elements interprets each season as a shifting landscape. The works are rendered on large-format ceramic slabs, painted with layers of textured glazes. The way these glazes interact is always a surprise, mirroring the unpredictability of the natural world. Lee works in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Raina Lee #3

The Elements: Fall, 2024, glazed ceramic

Based on the cycles of the four seasons—Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer—The Elements interprets each season as a shifting landscape. The works are rendered on large-format ceramic slabs, painted with layers of textured glazes. The way these glazes interact is always a surprise, mirroring the unpredictability of the natural world. Lee works in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Raina Lee #4

The Elements: Winter, 2024, glazed ceramic

Based on the cycles of the four seasons—Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer—The Elements interprets each season as a shifting landscape. The works are rendered on large-format ceramic slabs, painted with layers of textured glazes. The way these glazes interact is always a surprise, mirroring the unpredictability of the natural world. Lee works in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Jess Goehring

Holochromia Field, 2024, Layered dye sublimation print on organza and silk, metal chain, metal rods

Holochromia Field is an immersive installation blending digital and physical spaces through organza and digital imagery, including iPhone screenshots, text messages, memes, and AI visuals. Inspired by the Southern California Light and Space Movement, it creates a holographic effect, reimagining digital experiences as tactile interactions. Goehring works in Downtown Los Angeles.

Cheyann Washington #4

Decompose, 2021, Natural Pigment on Paper

Exploring gestures with plants, Cheyann uses natural pigments on handmade paper to explore themes of nurturing bonds and balance within biological systems. Cheyann was born in Inglewood County. She is represented by Wonzimer Gallery. Her studio is located in Lincoln Heights.

Cheyann Washington #5

Three-Headed, 2021, Natural Plant Pigment on Paper

Exploring gestures with plants, Cheyann uses natural pigments on handmade paper to explore themes of nurturing bonds and balance within biological systems. Cheyann was born in Inglewood County. She is represented by Wonzimer Gallery. Her studio is located in Lincoln Heights.

Cheyann Washington #6

En Route To Grow, 2021, Natural Pigment on Paper

Exploring gestures with plants, Cheyann uses natural pigments on handmade paper to explore themes of nurturing bonds and balance within biological systems. Cheyann was born in Inglewood County. She is represented by Wonzimer Gallery. Her studio is located in Lincoln Heights.

Material Forms #2

Untitled Moonlander ("Sunset"), 2025, Cement, marble and bronze

Material Forms is the sculpture and furniture studio of Duncan Niederlitz, exploring how aesthetics and desire are used to manipulate perceptions of our resource use, constructed environments, and cityscapes. The Moonlander table for the "Sunset" lobby is made from ground and polished cement and marble aggregates on sand cast bronze legs. The uneven landscape of the table is both tactile and slightly awkward, inviting the user to briefly pause and be present to effectively place a drink down while also being given a moment to reflect on the value and costs of our fixations.

Mike Dempsey #4

Panic at the Picnic, 2024, Paint

Panic at the Picnic highlights the playful juxtaposition of bees' innocence and humans' irrational fears. Picnic goers frantically evacuate while little bee friends simply snack away. Lincoln Park provides an ideal backdrop for this playful piece, transforming a peaceful day in the park into a fantastical, lighthearted adventure.

Mary Lai

Sunset Terrace Mural, 2024/2025, Exterior Paints

The Sunset Terrace Mural features bold shapes in warm tones of red, burgundy, and coral pink, set against a blue sky to make the colors pop. The artwork evokes a warm, magical glow, shifting with the sunlight from sunrise to sunset. Mary Lai is a multifaceted Korean-American artist working in Downtown, Los Angeles.

Nacho Sedano

Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent), 2024, Ceramics/Glazed Terra Cotta

A simplified depiction of an ancient god. Sedano grew up in Inglewood and Watts, drawing deep inspiration from his neighborhood and its landscape. While growing up in a tough environment, the neighborhood taught him resilience, authenticity, and perseverance. Constantly inspired by his surroundings, Sedano finds creative influence in the city’s unique architecture, industrial zones, graffiti, trees, and the ocean.

Nacho Sedano #2

Watts Towers, 2024, Ceramics/Glazed Terra Cotta

The hidden skyline of Watts. Sedano grew up in Inglewood and Watts, drawing deep inspiration from his neighborhood and its landscape. While growing up in a tough environment, the neighborhood taught him resilience, authenticity, and perseverance. Constantly inspired by his surroundings, Sedano finds creative influence in the city’s unique architecture, industrial zones, graffiti, trees, and the ocean.

Nacho Sedano #3

Palm Tree, 2024, Ceramics/Glazed Terra Cotta

A Los Angeles icon. Sedano grew up in Inglewood and Watts, drawing deep inspiration from his neighborhood and its landscape. While growing up in a tough environment, the neighborhood taught him resilience, authenticity, and perseverance. Constantly inspired by his surroundings, Sedano finds creative influence in the city’s unique architecture, industrial zones, graffiti, trees, and the ocean.

Nacho Sedano #4

Hillside, 2024, Ceramics/Glazed Terra Cotta

The beautiful hillsides of Lincoln Heights and East LA. Sedano grew up in Inglewood and Watts, drawing deep inspiration from his neighborhood and its landscape. While growing up in a tough environment, the neighborhood taught him resilience, authenticity, and perseverance. Constantly inspired by his surroundings, Sedano finds creative influence in the city’s unique architecture, industrial zones, graffiti, trees, and the ocean.

Diane Briones Williams #2

In Waves, 2021, Textile and Wood

In Waves explores the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade as an early form of globalization, marked by exploitation and forced labor. Williams, a Filipinx interdisciplinary artist based in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, uses salvaged materials from immigrant communities to create art that honors collective, non-linear histories and resilience.

Jackson Hunt #3

Crop Series, 2024, Mixed Media on Canvas wrapped Panel

Cut from a selection of larger works, these pieces isolate movement and gestures, inviting the viewer to look closely and slowly, offering a focused experience where the larger, denser picture might otherwise overwhelm. Jackson Hunt is a multi-medium artist born in Portland, Oregon. His studio is located in China Town, in Los Angeles.

Diego Cardoso #2

Abbey Road meets Mission Road, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas

Cardoso is an artist and retired urban transport planner who paints the city, capturing its streets, buildings, and vibrant urban life. His work blends contemporary views of Los Angeles with a style he describes as “magical realism” to explore the transformative relationship between humans and the cities they create. Cardoso is passionate about livable cities that are human-scaled and accessible to everyone. He believes that while humans build cities, the cities we build, in turn, transform us.

Material Forms #3

Untitled Moonlander ("Night"), 2025, Cement, marble and bronze

Material Forms is the sculpture and furniture studio of Duncan Niederlitz, exploring how aesthetics and desire are used to manipulate perceptions of our resource use, constructed environments, and cityscapes. The two Moonlander tables for the "Night" lobby are made from ground and polished cement and marble aggregates on sand cast bronze legs. The uneven landscapes of the tables are both tactile and slightly awkward, inviting the user to briefly pause and be present to effectively place a drink down while also being given a moment to reflect on the value and costs of our fixations.

Vasco Del Ray #5

Amazonian, 2022, Acrylic and Pastels on canvas

A woman lost in deep contemplation. Vasco migrated to Los Angeles from Chiapas, Mexico at the age of 8. He aims to spark a conversation about the chaotic aspects of migration, emphasizing that the immigrant experience is a diverse spectrum of stories, not a single, monolithic narrative. His studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.

Sinclair Vicisitud

Portrait of Luc, 2024, Oil on Canvas

Sinclair Vicisitud was born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and remains there to this day. Through his paintings, he captures moments of impermanence, reflecting the passage of time as both inevitable and elusive. Embracing failure as part of his process, his art leaves traces of existence on the canvas.

Mary Lai #2

Night Terrace Mural, 2024/2025, Exterior Paints

The Night Terrace Mural features cool tones, geometric shapes, and patterns, capturing a sense of the night sky with trees, stars, and the moon at dusk. Its calming atmosphere reflects the quiet complexity of the evening hours. Mary Lai is a multifaceted Korean-American artist working in Downtown, Los Angeles.

Carol Horst

Fissures 1, Architectural, 2024, Ceramics

Horst pit-fires these pieces and others in the ground in a remote canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. The smoke effects capture the essence of the place, experience, and time. Horst was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Pasadena, California.

Carol Horst #2

Fissures 2, Architectural, 2024, Ceramics

Horst pit-fires these pieces and others in the ground in a remote canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. The smoke effects capture the essence of the place, experience, and time. Horst was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Pasadena, California.

Carol Horst #3

Fissures 3, Architectural, 2024, Ceramics

Horst pit-fires these pieces and others in the ground in a remote canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. The smoke effects capture the essence of the place, experience, and time. Horst was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Pasadena, California.

Carol Horst #4

Fissures 4, Architectural, 2024, Ceramics

Horst pit-fires these pieces and others in the ground in a remote canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. The smoke effects capture the essence of the place, experience, and time. Horst was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Pasadena, California.

Carol Horst #5

Fissures 5, Architectural, 2024, Ceramics

Horst pit-fires these pieces and others in the ground in a remote canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. The smoke effects capture the essence of the place, experience, and time. Horst was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Pasadena, California.