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Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)

Founded in 1985, LAPD is made up of people who make art and live and work in Skid Row...

 

WALK THE TALK

Performance, visual art and community conversations. It's an epic history of Skid Row!...

 

Festival for All Skid Row Artists

LAPD's yearly arts festival at Gladys Park in Skid Row...

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screening Walk The Talk 2022 – 4/21, 7pm

Walk the Talk 2022Directed by John Malpede & Henriëtte BrouwersRuntime: 38 min. Walk the Talk 2022 is the 6th iteration of the Los Angeles Poverty Department’s biennial, peripatetic performance: an on-going chronicle of the accomplishments of Skid Row people and their visionary initiatives. Walk the Talk is a parade with…
LA Poverty Department
March 29, 2023
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The New Compassionate Downtown

PerformanceDirected by John Malpede and Henriëtte BrouwersVisual Art by Robby Herbst May 14 and 15, 2021 at 8PM.At Geffen Contemporary at MOCA plaza for a by invitation only, physically distanced audience & on YouTube Live stream Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) for WE RISE 2021 https://vimeo.com/593629056 Community…
LA Poverty Department
March 30, 2020

Exhibitions

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COSMOLOGY & COMMUNITY: Networks of Liberation 2/18 – 7/31

COSMOLOGY & COMMUNITY: Networks of LiberationThis exhibition centers on the work of Community Curator Charles Porter, in collaboration with & support of curatorial staff of Skid Row History Museum & Archive. February 18 - through July 31. Open: Thu, Fri, Sat 2-5pm. Events / Save the date:Friday, April 14 (6:30pm):  Skid Row Parks:…
LA Poverty Department
February 13, 2023
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THE WORLD RESPONDS TO THE WALK THE TALK ARCHIVE

THE WORLD RESPONDS TO THE WALK THE TALK ARCHIVEDecember 8, SCREENING, PANEL and OPENING of EXHIBITIONExhibition: Dec. 8, 2022 – January 31, 2023Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90012Open: Tue., Thur.: 10am-5pm and Sat. 2-5pm Walk the Talk is a project of the Los Angeles…
LA Poverty Department
November 28, 2022
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BLUE BOOK – GREEN PAPER

BLUE BOOK - GREEN PAPEREXHIBITION designed by Robert M. Ochshorn curated by LAPD / SRHM&A’s John Malpede. November 22, 2022 - January 28, 2023*PRESS CONFERENCE Nov. 22, 11am* OPENING RECEPTION Nov. 22, 5-7pm PRESS CONFERENCE:  11 / 22, 11:00am The Skid Row Now & 2040 Coalition releases its policy paper Containment and Community: The History…
LA Poverty Department
November 15, 2022

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