This Saturday May 10th, come out and help celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the opening of the (underground) Cypress Village Tunnel Art Walk!!!! Woohoo!!!
The street will be closed for us to enjoy Art, Music, Spoken Word, Local Crafts and Local Community Resources staged in and around the tunnel beginning at 5:30 PM
The re-claiming of community space was the vision of Yancey Quinones, owner of Antigua Coffeehouse. Raised in Cypress Park Yancey knew of the bad history involving the tunnel which had remained closed for years. Wanting to improve and empower the neighborhood he grew up in, the re-claiming of the tunnel is an extension of Yancey’s coffeehouse theme: Community, Progress, and Sustainability. Let's celebrate the tunnel, they community, the city and….. Yancey!!!!
CURATED by Gary De La Rosa
SPOKEN WORD:
Eric Eztli
Rebecca Gonzales
Jessica Ceballos
and Conrad Romo, guest curator
ARTISTS:
Richard Durado
Jose Ramirez
Jose Lozano
Luis Garza
Rafael Cardenas
Rebeca Guerrero
art created by local community youth
and Art Meza, guest curator
MUSIC:
Angry Cat
Coffee Pot w/ live silk-screening of shirts
surprise LAUSD student-led entertainment
COMMUNITY RESOURCES:
Cypress Park Family Service Center
Beautiful Day Foundation (Breast Cancer Information)
California Coverage
SAJE
Cypress Park Library
From Lots to Spots
Art Meza, photographer whose work was showcased in the book, LoWriting, was invited to exhibit both his work and to arrange a car and food theme connection to his work as in Low-Riders and a Taco truck.
We invite all, from the Eastside to Pomona, from downtown to South LA and all in-between to come and celebrate with us.
We wish to thank our major sponsors, Fine Art Solutions, Inc. and LA Works , for their support over the past year.
the Tunnel is at
3400 North Figueroa
Cypress Park 90065
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