L.A. River Public Art Project Kicks off 2nd Annual Lewis MacAdams Prize
Juried public art competition honoring FoLAR Co-Founder call for submissions, now open
From: lariverpublicartproject.org
Los Angeles–In honor of Lewis MacAdams (1944-2020), co-founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River, the L.A. River Public Art Project (LARPAP) launch[ed] the 2nd annual Lewis MacAdams Prize on April 27th. The competition is a forum for artists to present work that imagines the Los Angeles River as a transformed space for public art that addresses place, community and creativity.
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Without Lewis MacAdams, an avowed poet, Los Angeles might have completely forgotten the river that birthed the city. “There would not be a movement to save or restore the L.A. river without him,” said Joe Edmiston, executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. “He was able to provide some romance, some poetry, some vision that you didn’t see.”
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