Oscar on November 10, 2009, at 04:22PM – #2

wow....

me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me!

YOU!

who, me?

YES!

oh no, no no no no... no

WALT! on November 11, 2009, at 12:16AM – #3

Bummer.

outmywindow on November 11, 2009, at 10:27AM – #4

Isn't this article missing information. Lets get real the situation was out of control. Resigned? Ok if you say so.

Mike on November 11, 2009, at 10:38AM – #5

What situation was out of control?

Howie on November 11, 2009, at 05:31PM – #7

the dog wagging the tail or the tail wagging the dog? Hummmmm.....

Sandie Richards on November 24, 2009, at 11:02AM – #9

The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk is an extraordinary phenomenon; it has grown exponentially over the past five years and is a tribute to all who have had a hand in managing it over the years, including Bert Green, Shane Guffog, Russ Brown, and most recently, Richard Schave. Mr. Schave can be credited with creating the formal non-profit entity that will steward the event moving forward; he and his family have done a tremendous service to the community during the five months since the birth of that non-profit entity.

The historic leadership of the Art Walk had perhaps a different vision of how the Art Walk should grow and move forward. In deference to that vision, Mr. Schave agreed to step down for the good of the community. It is my hope that Mr. Brown and others, particularly the Gallery owners, will help us to move forward in good faith. Each and every member of the newly-established Art Walk board has the best interests of the community at heart; there will always be differences of opinion, and we are committed to listening closely to the needs and desires of all the constituents and to working out the best possible solutions.

Richard Schave, Kim Cooper, and Chinta Cooper have spent hundreds of hours as volunteers in service of the Art Walk. They met regularly with community members, attended DLANC and DLANC Arts Committee meetings, and created a website with links to Galleries. The Facebook fan page and the group each have thousands (about 3k each), of members. Press releases were circulated to thousands of press contacts and have resulted in a stream of positive coverage. They launched a blog celebrating the people of Art Walk, gave a voice to non-commercial Happenings promoters, responded to hundreds of calls and emails, and raised $6500 in sponsorships.

In an effort to provide programming during the Art Walk, several cultural events were planned such as walking tours (with volunteer docents), salon-style discussions, and most recently, the opening of the Spring Arcade with curated acts taking place. This provided a connection between Broadway and Spring Streets, and was a smash success within about an hour during the September Art Walk. They partnered with the LA Historic Theatre Foundation to sync their theatre tours with our walking tour series, the first of many planned non-profit partnerships.

The work of Richard Shave, Kim Cooper, and Chinta Cooper in service to the Art Walk and the community that supports it, is deeply appreciated. Their hard work helped the Art Walk through an important transition. At our last Art Walk Board meeting the remaining board members expressed gratitude for all the accomplishments I've listed above.

Sincerely, Sandie Richards Art Walk board member

James B. on December 10, 2009, at 10:01AM – #10

The artwalk is lucky to be rid of these two unscrupulous characters

meestercranky on December 14, 2009, at 02:09PM – #11

yeah, well as someone who stood in front of my 18 year old daughter, a paying ticketholder on one of his tours, loudly repeating over and over how much he hates teenagers and kids in general and wishes they'd all just "f*** off", I can't say I expect much more of him that to volunteer then leave the whole thing in the lurch.