PinnedThe MBFA — The New and Necessary Degree to Change the World that I Just InventedYears ago, my two worlds collided. In my 20s, I was a working ceramist with a full studio and gallery representation. In my 30s, deeply…Dec 5, 20191Dec 5, 20191
Why the A in L.A. does not, but should, stand for art.I wrote this in 2004. Frustratingly almost 20 years later very little has changed. Our dismissal of aesthetics — both organized and…Mar 16, 2023Mar 16, 2023
Space as Social Worker: How the Built Environment Impacts Health and Transforms LivesBeauty may be in the eye of the beholder but is its appreciation contingent on the beholder’s social status? Not according to the founders…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
L.A. Residential — LA 2030 and Blade RunnerA week ago — in 2010, when I first wrote this! — Newsweek published “L.A. Residential,” an essay showcasing the work of three prominent…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
Our Ambivalence with the Arts makes Bad Education and Economic Policy.With a new Los Angeles mayor taking office this month, I thought I would recycle this essay from over a decade ago when outgoing Mayor Eric…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
Street Art: A Window Into a City’s Soul … so why not Los Angeles?Street Art: A Window to a City’s SoulOct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
A Smile a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: The Role of Joy in the Face of SadnessAfter eight years of working in the charity sector, having founded an arts-based school for homeless youth, I left to put little ceramic…Oct 20, 2019Oct 20, 2019
I Shop, Therefore I am. Can Objects Make Us Happy?Products are instrumental accessories to our lives. They help us peel our fruit, brush our teeth, run our errands and wake us up. But can…Oct 20, 2019Oct 20, 2019
