…winter’s day hike is hazy, dramatic as usual, and without our rainy-season rains it’s a drought-dry ..
…were just written up by Theodore Payne Foundation‘s Genny Arnold for the participants at the 50 Wildflowering LA sites across LA County: California is experiencing its driest year on record. Compound scant rainfall with persistent, drying Santa Ana winds, and we find our landscapes becoming stressed. We can learn about what our urban gardens will ..
…is the recurring question coming from many of the 50 participating Wildflowering LA sites across LA county, and here is Theodore Payne Foundation‘s Genny Arnold detailed response: It’s exciting to see wildflower seedlings emerge and grow. However, it can be disconcerting to observe weeds coming up right beside them! This common problem in sowing wildflower meadows ..
…is the name of the new-to-me but year-old artist-run Atwater Village eating establishment just off the beaten path zone of Glendale Boulevard bustle where I was lead yesterday by friends Luke & Sarah (after running into them at the farmers market, they are guides to good things, so I always follow them) where we had my ..
…was a welcome place to be, approaching LAX and home (where I’ll look forward to more time in the new year) after 14 hours of Paci..
…installation called Malarky – made of cast-offs, recycled & repurposed materials – in the “Melbourne Now” exhibition (a huge survey of 175 local artists, exactly what you want to see if you are passing through a town for the first time) at the National Gallery of Victoria was an exciting standout, where you could overhear every ..
…this morning after two and a half weeks of reading, writing, yoga, swimming and general beach-bumming in the iconic beach town – now headed to the more serious buttoned-up Ozzie city for a quick visit on the way home for some art and garden..
…small yellow Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), have been reported blooming over the past few days from various Wildflowering L.A. sites across the county, signaling the first wildflowers of the season. (Check out the images and updates on the Instagram and Twitter feed page, or drive by the confirmed locations at sites #17, #18, and #37 to see for ..
…is a fascinating show by artists Ian Milliss and Lucas Ihlein about the innovative Australian farmer/inventor which I was so happy to stumble upon in the lower level project space at the Art Gallery of New South Wales this afternoon. (project website) The Yeomans Project is based on the figure of Australian farmer and engineer PA Yeomans. ..
…was covered in lavish loud colorful and smoky fireworks with paper streamers rolling down from the floors of the tower above us and some freaked out grey-headed flying-fox bats from the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens taking to the ..
…is the 1967 film (which I found online today) on a designer/artist/educator who is a special kind of proprietary hero for many of us here in L.A. (where she lived until 1968, running the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College) and where you can still feel her influence in the air. Immaculate Heart College Art Department ..
…was a fun and helpful first step in figuring out this new series of interlocking triangular panels – combo cape/caftan/Parangolés/scarf/shawl/vestment/wrap – to be worn in public formations, more pict..
…by Los Angeles graphic designer Roman Jaster (big kudos/shout-out) is now up and running at wildflowering.org, where you can see a current slideshow & news updates, background project information, wildflower resources, the map of all 50 sites, and streaming #wildfloweringla updates from Twitter and Instagram – which I encourage Angelenos to contribute to as they encounter ..
Sunday, November 17, 2013 11am – 3pm _ Conversation and Knitting: Lisa Anne Auerbach Los Angeles–based artist Lisa Anne Auerbach will be spending time on the rug in the exhibition Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City, knitting and talking about Hønsestrik, a radical, anti-authoritarian style of knitting that originated in Denmark the 1970s. Known ..
…at the Los Angeles Arboretum was just removed today in preparation for a long term project I am in the early stages of planning, but initially as the flagship of 50 sites across Los Angeles County for Wildflowering L.A. (our first public workshop is at the Arboretum this Sun..
An open call throughout L.A. County for apartment complexes, businesses, child care centers, churches, community centers, hospitals, hotels, offices buildings, schools, senior centers, shopping malls, stores, vacant lots, etc. with publicly visible open land ready for some seasonal colorful wild beautiful reconsideration. Wildflowering L.A. is a native wildflower seed planting initiative throughout Los Angeles County ..
…from Domestic Integrities at the Walker Art Center and the last editions of Edible Estates and Animal Estates are now online… Edible Estate #15: Twin Cities VIDEO by Fritz Haeg and Jacinto Astiazarán, 19:30 min Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City VIDEO produced by the Walker Art Center, 3:30 min At Home with Fritz ..
…of Domestic Integrities part A05 for the opening of “Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City” at the Walker Art Center tomorrow night (plus today’s links to a Star Tribune story on Edible Estate #15 and an interview with Michael Pollan on the Walke..
…is how much bigger we aim to make the American Domestic Integrities rug this week – with a big rotating team of rug crocheting volunteers also bringing in old clothes and textiles – in anticipation for it’s installation in the gallery for the August 8th opening of..
…in Woodbury, Minnesota early this morning was my very first stop of the day and more later on the on the garden, but in the mean time some cauliflower and cabbage porn as just a little hint of the thriving happy delicious and very loved landscape growing in front of the Schoenherr̵..
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