Art Walk Wrap: April 2010
Ed Fuentes
Industrial and environmental artist Doron Gazit placed some of his works that "reflect the flow" of weather currents in and around the LAPD plaza space.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The April edition of the Downtown Art Walk brought a few new changes in Gallery Row's evolution. A growing balance among the blocks was hastened by new galleries and strategic food truck placement. That's been a goal of the event, but the change is coming faster than expected according to Art Walk head Jay Lopez.
6th and Spring has been one corner to particularly benefit, with more life each month.
Another change next month will be a relocation of the Art Walk Lounge from The Exchange to the lobby of the Los Angeles Theater Center, according to Lopez.
At the north end of Gallery Row, the still-dead lawn at the new LAPD headquarters was the site for Art-Mart. Vendors selling paintings and the oddly added "your name on a grain of rice" table sat alongside great environmental sculptures that framed a stage that hosted live music.
Guest on April 13, 2010, at 09:34AM – #1
We were really impressed by the distribution of galleries. There was a fair amount of pedestrian traffic from 1st all the way to 9th street.
Nat Gale (@njg2103) on April 13, 2010, at 10:26AM – #2
Any hope for closing down spring and main to vehicular traffic once a month from 1st to 9th street during the event? I think that would be a great way to continue the art walk evolution.
Guest on April 13, 2010, at 11:13AM – #3
5th street is so bleek could you create a mobile food court up 5th to Pershing. People could park at Pershing Square, walk through the mobile food court to Spring. More space, more food, eazy parking.
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on April 13, 2010, at 11:19AM – #4
Nat: The traditional argument against a street closure like that is that it would have a profound effect on those who live on those two streets. You would be blocking thousands of residents out of their parking once a month, which I suspect would get old fast to those who need to run errands or get back from work.