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Update: AUGUST 2021
Greetings!
Restart Note:
I’ve been splitting my time between Los Angeles & the Hi Desert for about a year, so Creative Growth SoCal seems a more appropriate name than ever. Expect to see events in the Joshua Tree/Palm Springs area, as well in LA (and points in between).
For now, our events will be virtual.
In a new twist, I am planning to offer a few 'Maker' activities. I have taught a university coarse for 25 years which employs project-based learning to expand the creative confidence and self-expression of my students. I am developing an online version of this course which will be available to all.
Hope you are doing well!
Michael.
PS-The new header image is a photo I took during a walk around one of amazing modernist neighborhoods of Palm Springs. These are known as the Alexander Tracts.
Are you inspired by art/design/architecture? Do you like to make things, and stretch yourself creatively? <br>The Creative Growth SoCal MeetUp will have events where we drink in interesting experiences in Art, Architecture, and Design, and also have workshops where members have a chance to draw, paint, and build things. <br>The Maker Movement inspires us, and some of the places we visit will be SoCal CoBuild spaces, set up with 3d printers and other great tools, offering anyone a chance to get ideas out of their heads and make them real. <br>The Creative Growth SoCal MeetUp will grow to suit the interests of members.
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SEE <br>• A small museum of Mystery. Hang out for tea & conversation in the rooftop Moroccan garden. <br>• Said to be the largest artwork ever made by one person, this LA icon hasn’t been visited by that many people. <br>• 30’s producer of musicals, Busby Berkley built this Italianate palace in the West Adams district. The beautiful garden contains an exact replica of the labyrinth from Chartres Cathedral. You are invited to walk the labyrinth, an effective form of active meditation. MAKE <br>• Meditation / Mindfulness Drawings in a workshop for everyone <br>• “Flow State” Painting experience. <br>• 3d Printing Party. We print your design for a cookie cutter, then roll out and bake some cookies.
Upcoming events
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LA River Photography by Fred Kaplan art opening.
LA Artcore, 120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, CA, USLos Angeles, CA — LA Artcore is pleased to present Los Angeles: Meditations on the Edge, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Fred Kaplan, on view January 23–25, 2026, with an opening reception on January 24 from 5–7 PM.
Rooted in a lifelong relationship with the city, Kaplan’s work traces its origins to the edge of the Los Angeles River, where chain-link fences once restricted human interaction with water and land alike. From these margins, Kaplan began photographing the city’s overlooked thresholds— sites where radically engineered urban infrastructures meet the persistent, organic forms of nature.
https://laartcore.org/los-angeles-meditations-on-the-edge
I hope you can join me at the opening of this photography exhibit in Little Tokyo at the LA Artcore Gallery. Fred is a good friend. In addition to excellent photos of the LA River, I strongly encourage to you watch his 27th minute film, The River Under the City of the Angels: https://youtu.be/tomT0VK9kQM?si=DhSQ-XludG08Zv_3
Thanks, Michael
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