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06/20/2024

Read all about LAND’s latest project, Lita Albuquerque: Malibu Line, both online and in print in today’s The New York Times. A new iteration of Lita’s first earthwork from 1978, Malibu Line is a simple but poetic gesture that underscores our interconnectedness to the natural world.

Please note that tickets for this weekend’s viewing have sold out. For updates on additional opportunities to visit Malibu Line in the future, sign up for LAND’s mailing list.

Photo by Chantal Anderson.

02/27/2024

LAND is thrilled to be participating at Frieze Los Angeles this year with a solo booth by in the nonprofit tent alongside .us .club.

We will be presenting a selection of unique artworks for sale in support of our multisite exhibition with Felix, fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise currently on view and .

Entrance to the nonprofit tent is free and does not require tickets to the main fair. Come say hi!

Image: Felix Quintana, cruising through 5 dollar paradise (watts to k town), 2021-22. Cyanotype prints, archival pigment prints, found NO ICE sticker, van d**e brown print, coffee toned inkjet print, paleta payaso cardboard, leather, spray paint, acrylic, spray painted grateful dead patch, love bear plushie, found poster, silver gelatin print, nike shoe panel, digital negative, cyanotype print on coffee filter, cardboard, milk carton, ink, dynamic cyanotype print, rope, Circus Circus ticket, window tint, Paramount Swap Meet ticket stub, transparent plastic on canvas. 36x48in.

02/24/2024

LA! Come through today for an opening celebration as we unveil a large scale installation by !

fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise
opening celebration
saturday, february 24
3-5pm

Art Division
2418 W 6th Street
LA CA 90057

We’ll be serving up .coffee and Pan dulce!

Thank you to everyone that has been involved with bringing this to life - Irina Gusin (producer), Arantza Pelayo & Sterling Organization (Plaza Mexico), Dan McCleary and Luis Hernandez (Art Division), Raven Sanchez (Project Assistant), Carlos Diaz (Print Co Direct), Rey Sepulveda and Jimmy Saldivar (Cultivarte Studios).

fantasma paraiso is supported by the 2023 Mohn LAND Grant with generosity from

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02/22/2024

Join Felix Quintana, LAND and Art Division this Saturday, February 24 from 3-5pm for an opening celebration of fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise - a multisite exhibition. We’ll be unveiling a new site-specific installation along 6th street next to .

Art Division
2418 W 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057

We’ll be serving up coffee from Lynwood favorites .coffee. See you there!

02/17/2024

LAND Presents:

fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise
A multisite ephemeral portrait of Los Angeles
by

Join us for an opening celebration
Saturday, February 24
3-5pm

2418 W 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057

fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise is a multisite exhibition by artist Felix Quintana commissioned and presented by public art nonprofit Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND). From February - March 2024, Quintana’s mixed-media works will form an ephemeral portrait of Los Angeles by placing his signature portrait and landscape photography directly in the locations that they represent. His billboards, wheatpaste posters, vinyl banners, and signs uplift the beauty of the day-to-day routines and the emblems of diasporic communities of Los Angeles. Quintana encourages a slowing-down and flattening of the past and present through his unique cyanotype style of combining photography, print-making, collage, and mixed-media.

Felix Quintana is a 2023 Mohn LAND Grant recipient. fantasma paraiso is the final project of our initial year of Mohn LAND Grant-supported projects. 2024 Mohn LAND Grant recipients will be announced this spring.

LAND and the artist would like to thank Irina Gusin (producer), Arantza Pelayo & the Sterling Organization (Plaza Mexico), Dan McCleary and Luis Hernandez (Art Division), Raven Sanchez (Project Assistant), Jynx Prado (Installation) Carlos Diaz (Print Co Direct), Rey Sepulveda and Jimmy Saldivar (Cultivarte Studios).

Installation image: by

02/10/2024

Sneak peek of our forthcoming multi-site exhibition fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise by - stay tuned for all the details.

01/31/2024

Broader Than Broadway
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On Broadway they do wheelies
with no front wheel
Off Cliftons, stealing tha sunshine
I hop on the 16 in early daylight
Where palm tree’s off of 5th Street
slip and glide
Layers of dust and sprayed tags
Time wanders slow around here
Where they slang doggie dog bags
And Tacos for $1.25

Views from the 11th floor at dusk
Synchronized flashes
pop off and disappear
Across the way, A pool
filled with water that mimicked
the ocean

A Salvadoran flag cut into
an LA logo
Broader than Broadway
the light gleams in slow mo’
A poster repeated promo
The homies not working pro-bono
Sinaloa Jewelers covered by
A draped and tattered banner

I woke up to a street parade
And witness the sun shine move
Like wire spokes
In strips from east to west

Today we share images and a poem by on the final day of his month long residency , coinciding with the last days of the hotel. We are grateful to all of our friends at Ace for all of the collaborations over the year.

This series is also a sneak peak of our forthcoming multisite exhibition with Felix, fantasma paraiso / phantom paradise. fantasma paraiso is means of chronicling the critical and disappearing histories of the city’s immigrant communities and businesses. Stay tuned. 💙

01/04/2024

Join Star Feliz () and Ace Hotel Downtown LA () on Saturday, January 13 for a special Green and Gold Tea Party to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Green Gold Oracle Deck . Star was our inaugural LANDxAIR artist in residence at Ace DTLA this past summer, as well as a 2023 recipient of the Mohn LAND grant. Feliz was also part of a major sculpture presentation by LANDxAIR as part of Gatherings last fall .

The community gathering will start with a workshop led by Feliz focused on co-creating your artistic dreams with the mystical guidance of plant spirits.

Taste the aromatic symphony of teas by Botánica Cimarrón (), immerse yourself in the earthy scents of SYD Botanica (), and devour the magic forest with a wondrous custom cake by Chariot LA ().

Prepare to forge a deeper connection to the earth’s organic rhythms. You’ll learn more about ancestral plant spirits, and allow your creativity to help you rediscover the wonder woven into the fabric of life.

Loam at Ace DTLA
Saturday, January 13th
5:00pm-7:00pm
Free with RSVP
Link in bio

12/31/2023

So many moments we are grateful to have shared with you in 2023… Looking forward to all that lies ahead in 2024. Thanks for being there with us. 💗 - Laura

12/28/2023

Pope.L Forever 💔

An artist that serves as a major inspiration for LAND, we mourn his loss. Thank you for making us see the world differently.

12/21/2023

This year we supported a synergetic community of artists across a variety of scales, and they all blossomed in their own unique way. 2023 brought us deeply impactful projects and turned out to be one of our most ambitious programmatic years — all presented for free, thanks to you. Along with our incredibly generous and enthusiastic funders, we want to say thank you to all of the artists, collaborators, community members, advisors, and everyone who contributed in their own unique way. By centering artists who are invested in community-based practices, together we can be part of creating a more equitable world. ♥️

12/14/2023

Sunday was a dream! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to provide artsy goods and plants for earth lovers. And a huge thank you to everyone who came out to support. It was such a beautiful day full of good conversations and new connections. We’re already excited for next year. Don’t forget to share photos of the goodies you brought home and tag us when you do! To our collaborators, , we couldn’t have done it without you. Cheers to creating more opportunities like this in the future!

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12/07/2023

Get ready for whimsy, wonder, and a few plants you've probably never seen before.

Join us for Alika's Cooper's Plant Sale () this Sunday, 12/10 for plant and art lovers. That means everything from elaborate plant sculptures, to handmade ceramic candles, live plants, of course, or your new favorite homemade aioli. We'll have plenty to snack on too . Immerse yourself in this artistic celebration of earth's creativity while supporting your local community for the holidays.

Come cozy up with our vendors 12/10 from 10am-3pm.

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11/28/2023

Join us for a closing ceremony on 12/8 from 2pm-4pm to remove the poison within the belly of the serpent. Opening with a musical performance by the band Priestusssy, the audience is invited to close the evening with a collective cleansing ritual. Bring your own hammer.

Thank you for the flyer!

11/25/2023

Sending lots of love and gratitude to everyone who made X’ene’s Witness possible. Last weekend was phenomenal. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your creativity and flexibility. Thank you for your joy.

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11/21/2023

🖤 thank you to all that joined us for X’ene’s Witness this weekend, this incredible cast and crew that brought it to life, the team especially Jonathan Hernandez for giving the work a home, and all those that supported this piece - especially and so many more..

11/19/2023

It’s night two! There’s so much to love about Justen Leroy’s contemporary opera, X’ene’s Witness, including the environmental installation. Swipe for pics of how it all came together from rendering to magic on the floor thanks to the creative team and .

Doors open at 6:45 and the show starts at 7:30. Come witness these extraordinary artists transform climate consciousness into embodied sound.

If you were with us Friday night, drop a comment below and let us know what you thought of the show!

11/17/2023

X’ENE’S WITNESS

Tonight + Tomorrow

“Justen employs the history of Black vocal traditions to communicate resistance and liberation. Composed by LeRoy and Alexander Hadyn, the score conveys many of today’s fears and societal issues. Musician and performance artist X’ene Sky shines as the vehicle for Earth’s expression, while movement artist Qwenga interprets the injustices of the planet felt in the physical form.” Okla Jones,

11/16/2023

X’ENE’S WITNESS

2 days away

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11/15/2023

X’ENE’S WITNESS

This Friday and Saturday at Marciano Art Foundation

Join us tonight for Prelude 8:30-10 featuring intimate sets by and

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11/12/2023

Today, Sunday November 12
10am - 3pm

Artist is offering free community portraits ! Come with your family! Photos taken will be considered to be included in an upcoming public art project at Plaza Mexico 💙

11/04/2023

Join LAND next Saturday, November 11 at noon for a walkthrough with LAND ED Laura Hyatt and artist Cole Sternberg of Cole’s current exhibition, a forest of thoughts in quick succession,

The exhibition’s epicenter is a series of 365 letters the artist wrote to Gerhard Richter in 2017. Part meditation, part ritual, Sternberg began his quest to converse with the famed German after stumbling upon his home address in Cologne, unassured that his letters would be received, read, or answered. Alongside the letters, shown in their entirety, are a series of new paintings and sculptures.

All are welcome, no rsvp required. See you then.

11/02/2023

Join LAND on Tuesday, November 14 Upstairs for Prelude, 8:30-10:00pm. This will be an intimate opportunity to hear a preview of music from X’ene’s Witness.

Multidisciplinary artist and curator Justen Leroy (leroysoundsystem) creates sonic and performance work that investigates the traditions of Black sound related to spirituality and geology. His most recent work, Lay Me Down In Praise, includes multi-channel visual and sound installations that survey climate change and environmental racism.

Justen will be previewing music from his forthcoming opera, X’ene’s Witness, commissioned and presented by LAND on November 17 & 18 at Marciano Art Foundation.

The score is a sonic response to our current climate crisis and expresses the anxieties Black communities feel in parallel to our Earth in this moment. In addition, collaborators of X’ene’s Witness, X’ene Sky and Alexander Hadyn will be joining to present new works.

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10/31/2023

Have you been by In the Belly of the Serpent yet?

the Belly of the Serpent by artist Star Feliz is a sculptural work meant to invoke our collective imagination, to envision the abolishment of existing global systems of exploitation. We’re tasked in helping the healing of the Great Mother, often represented by a serpent in the Taino culture. The center point of the mud-built earth mound is an engorged stomach; new opportunities for world-making have been obstructed within this belly of creation by the insatiable extraction of natural and biotic resources for economic gain. In tandem with the same water which flowed through the historic Zanja Madre, as well as Afro-Arawak power plants and mystic symbols studied and employed by the artist, the serpent emerges as an activated force of rebirth.

By utilizing this form, and connecting it to the rehabilitating power of earth and water, Feliz aims to create a sacred space for park visitors to reflect on the potentialities of the future, and then dream them into reality. Conceptually informed by postcolonial feminisms, Caribbean folk healing traditions, and prehistoric earthworks, the mud material references both the mudbrick architecture of West Africa and Southern California. For Feliz, building with materials from the surrounding environment is root medicine for connection, belonging, and remembrance for diasporic populations.

On view through December just south of the main lawn.

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LAND thanks the supporters of this work that made it possible: Pamela and through the Mohn LAND Grant, and the , along with our lead annual supporters, the Offield Family Foundation, the Jerry and Terri Kohl Family Foundation, and The Perenchio Foundation.

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10/26/2023

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10/19/2023

This Saturday⁠
October 21, 2023⁠
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Performance begins at 10:00 am⁠
Festival begins at 11:00 am⁠
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Los Angeles State Historic Park⁠
1245 North Spring Street⁠
Los Angeles, CA 90012⁠
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Happening this Saturday, Procession is a civic activation that traces historical courses of the Los Angeles River initiated and led by artists Debra Scacco and Joel Garcia. It is a celebration of water in the form of a dynamic social sculpture that starts in the streets of LA with three walking performances. Charted across land that once was water, all walking routes lead to a festival at the LA State Historic Park.⁠
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Each performance is guided by a local artist, including members of the Tongva and Chumash tribal communities—i.e., Los Angeles’s First Peoples—Lazaro Arvizu Jr. (Gabrielino/Tongva) and Tina Calderon (Gabrielino Tongva, Chumash, Yoeme), as well as Little Tokyo’s Nobuko Miyamoto. While retracing the river’s former paths on foot, Arvizu Jr., Calderon, and Miyamoto share distinctive cultural practices that reflect their respective origins and traditions.⁠
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10/17/2023

This is the last week to view Lauren Halsey rooftop commission - the eastside of south central Los Angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I) on view through October 22. Don’t miss!
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Who wants to see the work back home in LA? ⁠👀👀👀
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Installation views, 'The Roof Garden Commission: Halsey, the Eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I),' 2022, April 18 - October 22, 2023, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. C Lauren Halsey. Images: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photos by Hyla Skopitz and Erica Allen

10/13/2023

JUSTEN LEROY — X'ENE'S WITNESS
NOVEMBER 17 & 18 2023
MARCIANO ART FOUNDATION
4357 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010
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10/03/2023

In the Belly of the Serpent is undergoing some maintenance the next few days 🌞

10/02/2023

LAND is hiring!⁠
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As we prepare for LAND’s fifteenth (!) anniversary, we are excited to be growing our fundraising team. We are looking for an experienced Director of Development as well as a Development and Communications Coordinator to help grow our capacity and tell our story. ⁠
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Is this you? Apply today at link in bio.

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2021 W Jefferson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90018

Telephone

+13107213296

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http://www.nomadicdivision.org/

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#Repost @iamteira for Soundscapes: Teira ・・・ I have been recording soundscapes since I was a child. A soundscape is a blend of controlled or uncontrolled sounds from an environment. When @nomadicdivision asked me to create a playlist for their new soundscape series, I immediately thought about spaces and artists that shaped my practice as a songwriter and interdisciplinary artist. The aesthetic of the playlist embodies the feeling of being in motion. Like turning corners at the center of a swap meet where brutalist architecture, bouncy ringtones, jewelers molding gold down into hearts, the low whisper of jazz pouring out of booth 20, blends together. The playlist includes songs across many genres and provides a snapshot of artists who inspired my EP Vortex and aesthetic today. Link in bio💐💕 Director, Editor (film + sound): @iamteira Cinematographer: @corydeanford Production Coordinator: @_nelemoens_ ____ #sounddesign #sound #audio #sounddesign #sounddesigner #film #filmmaking #shortfilm #fashion #fashionstyle #music #musician #musicvideo #musicproducer #soundhealing #ambient #teira #electronicmusic #electronics #streetstyle #store #sounddesigner #sounddesign #ableton #recording #filmisnotdead #playlist