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Warren High Chalk Festival

I wish I could have spent more time looking around, but congratulations to the artists at Warren High School for their wonderful chalk-art a couple weeks ago, May 28th. The winners and other pictures are posted up on the Warren High Art Club blog. Congrats to the students and teachers, particularly the prolific George Redfox.… Continue reading Warren High Chalk Festival

Our Dormant Downey Museum of Art

At Furman Park on Rives Avenue, you can find a building with double-doors that read “Open Thurs-Sat 1 to 5PM.” Unfortunately, if you peer through the tinted glass you can see the truth: empty walls. This was the Downey Museum of Art, once a tour stop for vans of local art lovers looking for a… Continue reading Our Dormant Downey Museum of Art

Thursday: Fine Arts night at Downey High

Downey High School is showing student art work across all disciplines Thursday evening, 4 to 7PM in the J-Hall on campus. The event is free to the public, and there will also be food prepared by culinary students as well.

Next Meeting May 28th, WHS Chalk Festival

Our next meeting will take place at 11AM on Saturday May 28th at Warren High School, taking place during their 2nd Annual Chalk Art Festival, which runs 8AM to 4PM. We’ll be meeting in George Redfox’s classroom, J-1 out at the back of the school near the parking lot. We’ll be discussing the Downey Museum of… Continue reading Next Meeting May 28th, WHS Chalk Festival

An art experiment in South Gate

We had a smaller, but informative meeting on Saturday, in which a lot of time was dedicated to discussing the ins and outs of starting an art walk, or smaller “art crawl” in Downey with local artists. Part of what has been interesting to me about starting the Downey Arts Coalition is to support local… Continue reading An art experiment in South Gate

Coordinating Art with Downey Symphony Concert

One of the sadly under-utilized features of the Downey Theatre is the gallery space that was designed with the lobby. In it’s forty year history it may have been used less than 5 times, with two of those in the past year. One of those just a couple weeks ago coordinated with the Downey Symphony… Continue reading Coordinating Art with Downey Symphony Concert

Next meeting, Saturday April 30th 2PM

Pencil in our next meeting for April 30th, 2PM, back at the Downey Theatre green room. We have special guest, Jay Lopez, formerly of the Downtown LA Art Walk, and currently of Art Weekend LA, Off Broadway LA, and has is own outfit called Contemporary Cultural Consultants. He helps cities find their footing with arts… Continue reading Next meeting, Saturday April 30th 2PM

Next Meeting Saturday March 26th

The second meeting of the Downey Arts Coalition will be this Saturday, March 26th, 12 Noon at the Downey Civic Theatre. Meeting will take place in the green room, so please enter from the back door on Brookshire Ave. The theatre’s address is 8435 Firestone Blvd, Downey. We’ll discuss ideas for a Downey Art Walk event,… Continue reading Next Meeting Saturday March 26th

Visiting band students from Kobe, Japan at the Downey Theatre

Warren High Band director David Niemeyer has organized an exciting event at the Downey Theatre next Wednesday March 23rd. You may have heard about the recent Japanese earthquake. I’ll let his words explain. “Over a year ago I was contaced by a company in Tokyo that helps groups have joint concert experiences/ trips. I’m guessing… Continue reading Visiting band students from Kobe, Japan at the Downey Theatre

Downey Theatre Photos

Sunday I walked around downtown Downey with a camera, and took a few photos. Coming soon, a photo walking tour of Downey Avenue classically known as downtown Downey, as well as some of 2nd street and 3rd street. I also walked over to the theatre for a couple hero shots. So here for internet posterity… Continue reading Downey Theatre Photos