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Full Dollar Collection, photo of the week: "This is one of several businesses on York which utilize the style of graffiti as a means of both artistic expression and form of advertisement."
We recently had a chat with X. Andrade about the parameters involved in deciding which business owners, sign painters and artists should be selected for the Full Dollar York Blvd. project.
We gathered a handful of Los Angeles sign painters together at the Outpost for Contemporary Art to view their work, talk about the craft of sign painting, and discuss the goals of the Full Dollar project on York Blvd.
This week we take a closer look at the work of muralist and sign painter Art Tapia.
An update on the project since its hiatus in 2011 due to unforeseen circumstances.
X. Andrade (Otavalo, Ecuador, 1963) lives and works in Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador. He is an urban anthropologist, Chairman-for-Life of Full Dollar Inc,…
More than any other neighborhood in Los Angeles, Highland Park's cyclical history can be seen as a microcosm of the evolution of our city as a whole, each era creating the context from the the next generation emerges.
Outpost for Contemporary Art is part of a burgeoning art scene in Northeast L.A. The Highland Park-based Full Dollar Project seeks to contribute to the sense of collective pride that exists in the community.
The Aztec theme of El Huarache Azteca extends onto the hand painted exterior of this local favorite.
A Q&A with 50 & York, one of five businesses partcipating in the Full Dollar Collection of Contemporary Art in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
Historical photo of York Blvd. in Highland Park reveals changes in the neighborhood.
