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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...

 

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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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LAPD’s New Project

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Creating a Compassionate Community: Engaged Women in Skid Row 11/20/21

WHAT: Public conversation Creating a Compassionate Community: Engaged Women in Skid RowWHEN: Saturday, November 20, 2021, 2-4pmWHERE: Gladys Park (corner E. 6th St. & Gladys Ave.), 808 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021WITH: Soma Snakeoil, Monique Noel, Josie Mattson, Natosha Smith and moderated by Cathy Gudis.A project of Los Angeles Poverty Department with support from CAL HUMANITIES. LAPD’s project “Compassion & Self-Deception” takes…
LA Poverty Department
November 10, 2021
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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

LAPD’s New Exhibition

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