Ed Fuentes
Ed Fuentes is a cultural journalist who has been covering the Inland Empire, the High Desert, and downtown Los Angeles for KCET since 2010. He lived in downtown Los Angeles for 13 years before moving to Las Vegas, where he covers regional art, including murals and street art, at painthisdesert.com. He tweets at @viewfromaloft.
Eighteen or so cardboard figures were seen lingering at Belvedere Park in East Los Angeles as part of "Meet Me at the Metro" art program.
A hearing to save a historic mural and building in East L.A. will be held August 29 at the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, at 9 a.m.
KCET Departures "Writing on the Wall" guest editorial series continues with the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles in response over the debate of the city of Los Angeles mural ordinance.
In Edition Two of the Monthly Mural Wrap at Writing on the Wall (or the WOW 12), the quick tags include nod to a librarian, a tour of Jewish murals, and some catching up with what local artists are doing here and abroad.
A series of recent pop-up street art, from chalk drawings to cardboard installations, has been designed to invoke political and social commentary.
Advocating for paint-only murals border on censorship and elitism, as well as contradict how David Siqueiros pushed technology until his passing in 1974.
A mural in Little Tokyo honors the Spanish, Jewish, American-Indian, and African-Americans that lived in the area before it became the center of Japanese American activity.
The mural ordinance hearing is currently under way. Here's a rundown of what to expect.
New mural replicas printed on recycled plastic and vinyl make the commute on the 101 freeway a little bit easier on the eyes.
Here's a rundown of mural and public art related stories for the month of June.