LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Announces Its Public Programming for 2021

After a 16-month pause due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes resumes its public programming, just in time as the downtown Los Angeles museum and cultural center celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Since its founding in 2011, LA Plaza has presented the best of Los Angeles Latinx

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Take a Virtual Tour of Only Light Can Do That, LA Plaza’s Newest Exhibition

A large-scale installation by artist Patrick Martinez has transformed LA Plaza’s Vickrey-Brunswig and Plaza House building windows into a monumental neon mural with bilingual social-political messages addressing the plight and resilience of essential workers in Los Angeles.   Referencing and riffing off of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s beloved sermon

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LA Plaza Receives $1.2 Million Dollar Grant From LA Arts Recovery Fund

The LA Arts Recovery Fund, initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust and administered by the California Community Foundation, announced a $1.2 million grant to LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes that will enable the downtown Los Angeles museum and cultural center to expand its programming, exhibition and educational initiatives and develop long-delayed

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John Echeveste Announces Retirement as LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes CEO

John Echeveste, who has guided the transformation of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes for the last six years, has announced plans to retire from the organization by end of the year. Echeveste informed the LA Plaza Board of Trustees of his plans recently and will stay on staff until

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LA Plaza Eastside Arts Initiative Continues Emergency Relief Fund Supporting Artists & Their Work

The LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (LA Plaza) Eastside Arts Initiative (EAI) announces that it will continue its ARTIST RELIEF FUND.  The fund totals $100,000 this cycle for artist emergency relief and creative project relief grants to support individual artists serving or residing in Eastern and South Eastern Los

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