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Small Green Door is a future-facing creative studio specializing in brand development, product photography, and cultivating an artistic community. 

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The META Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides mentorship and scholarship to Latino youth in Southern California, with the vision of increasing the college opportunities for Latinos to become successful business and community leaders.

META is partnering with Small Green Door to host an art exhibition and silent art auction.  All proceeds will go directly to supporting META’s Scholars in their efforts to earn college degrees.

We are inviting Los Angeles artists to donate a painting, sculpture, or photograph towards the art auction to make an impact in the lives of local Latino students.  

Why donate your work to META?

META has raised over $400,000 for scholarships that make college affordable for local Latino students. Each piece of art donated will make education possible for even more scholars.

Featured artist biographies will be published on the META website, in the exhibition program, and across media outlets.

Artists whose work is sold will receive a tax donation credit for the value of the artwork.

All featured artists will receive 2 free tickets to the exhibition.

The artist whose work raises the most money will be invited to put on solo exhibition at Small Green Door!

Please send a brief artists’ biography and photos of the piece(s) you would like to donate to [email protected] by February 12th.

The LA Artists for Scholars Exhibition will be held on Saturday, March 10th from 5:00 to 7:30 pm at Small Green Door in Commerce, CA.  

Small Green Door is an interactive design and product photography studio in East Los Angeles offering gallery and event space to promote and incubate artistic talent. Small Green Door celebrates our community through history, education and the arts.

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REI #TakeaHike: Editorial Campaign

This is an editorial campaign created by the Small Green team as a pitch deck for an outdoor magazine. Typically editorial shoots that feature outdoor gear are- as one would expect- set outdoors. The casual hiker might see their fantasy in these images, but not necessarily a reflection of their reality. This series marries the fantasy and reality by recreating outdoor setting within a monochromatic office. 

Inspiration

The series drew tonal inspiration from films like Stranger Than Fiction and Fight Club to tell a cohesive story with a variety of products. By using the opposite of outdoor gear- a monochromatic office, the product is juxtaposed into the scene and begins to tell a story. The employee starts by dreaming of relaxing in her office. Soon she's building a fire and camping out. Eventually, she throws her work in the air and chooses to step into the wild.

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Happy holidays from Momo & Small Green Door!! 

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We’re so excited to have gotten such amazing support from the community about this project. We want all of you to be a part of making this park a reality for everyone in Commerce!

Here’s the status on the park so far:

1. First we drafted a petition and got your support.

2. Then we took your signatures, over 250 names, to city hall.

3. Mayor Rebollo was very excited about the project and set up a presentation at the following city council meeting.

4. We gave a presentation at the city council meeting and received very positive response from the councilmembers.

5. City administrators began investigating ownership of the proposed land in order to find the best location.

6. It was confirmed that the land we are proposing is currently owned by CalTrans.

7. The city agreed to move forward in negotiating the acquisition of this plot of land and offering a different plot of land if we are unable to acquire this land.

8. We are now partnering with Commerce United and other community groups to put pressure on the city to make the Dog Park a priority!

How you can help:

Tell your friends, family members, and neighbors! The more people that are excited about the dog park, the more the city with prioritize it as a top project. If you own or work for a printing, manufacturing, or construction business email [email protected]. We want to hire with local Commerce businesses to build and promote everything related to the park. This park will be built by the neighborhood for the neighborhood. Follow us on social media to find out about Commerce Dog Park stickers, T-Shirts, and an upcoming Kickstarter campaign. Lastly, contact your local representatives, city council members, and city leaders to ask them to make the Commerce Dog Park a top priority!

Who are we?

If you’re wondering who’s organizing this petition, allow us to introduce ourselves! We work at Small Green Door, a branding agency on Atlantic Blvd. Our founder grew up just down the street and is passionate about giving back to the community. The dog park was just a dream at first, but as we talked to our neighbors and friends in the Commerce area we realized lots of other people want a dog park too. There are currently no dog parks in the East LA area, but tons of dogs and people that would enjoy more outdoor space to run and play. Email us back to say hello and let us know what you want to see in the park.

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New photo series taken by @smallgreendoor of pieces by @alexismyre. The small pods, entitled Philolaus Figures, are handmade using porcelain, glass, plexi, seeds, and wire. 

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The latest exhibition at Small Green Door featured immersive audio-visual experiences from a range of video artists. Curator and co-founder of Los Angeles Video Artists Eddy Varakitpongse wanted to offer total freedom to video artists who often bound by the demands of museums, musicians, and venues. This was an exhibition for artists to bring their most experimental projects. The refreshingly uncommercial sentiment emanated throughout the show. Eddy chose 8 innovative artists to show their work at a LAVA Relaunch and Showcase event at Small Green Dooron November 4th. The night featured experiences from Agnes Stauber, Animal Charm, @CUTMOD, David Glicksman, Jssn Duller and Eddy Vajarakitipongse, Pete Thornbury, and Grant Davis VJ Culture.

From Atlantic Blvd, passersby could see that something unique was happening in Small Green Door. The windows were alive with light, color, and movement. Upon entering the space, event goers were confronted with 4 unique installations. A binaural zone built from metal pyramids invited people in to sit and relax. Across the room was a responsive light projection that moved in accompaniment with whoever was standing in front of it.  

A freestanding AV experience in the form of a shopping cart punctuated the middle of the main space. One room in the back of the space had bulb lights strewn about the floorspace lit by a changing wave of colors. The other room featured a mixed reality experience with sensors that created a fully interactive experience for both the VR-headset wearer and the observer.

No corner of the studio was forgotten, even in the bathroom was a small peephole installation. Through the hole was a delicately-made tin foil man camping in front of moving visuals.

Want to see more from the Los Angeles Video Artists? Follow @lavasees or attend a gathering through https://www.meetup.com/LAVAmeets.

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The I Love Your Fucking Shoes opening last Saturday at Small Green Door was a night full of weirdness. A banana shoe photobooth, Brett’s signature bright paintings, and his daughter Moon’s darbee stand (sparkling popsicle stick characters) set the stage for a playfulness to ensue. Come see the work for yourself. The paintings will be up until November 26th, email [email protected] ⚡⚡⚡

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Donate to META scholars HERE

The META (Making Education the Answer) Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides college scholarships and mentorship to Latino youth in Southern California with the vision of increasing the opportunities for Latinos to become successful business and community leaders.

We are raising funds to sponsor the Small Green Door team during the  META 5k in Griffith Park! All donations throughGenerosity will go directly to the META 5k fundraising scholarship fund. If you'd like to register to run during the event please sign up here as a part of the Small Green Door team.

Student Success Stories

From Monique, Sophomore, Cal State Fullerton

I very much enjoyed my first semester at Cal State Fullerton. It was a bit of an adjustment but after the second week I was becoming more familiar with the resources on campus and meeting new people who are now very good friends. I applied for an internship called Jumpstart. I am placed at a preschool in Santa Ana and I work with 3-4-year-olds. I am enjoying every minute of it. I also enjoyed all of my classes this semester, especially my Sociology class. I got very close to a few of my professors and they were always willing to help during their office hours. I became Vice-President of the Freshman Student Association on campus and joined two other community service clubs. I was also able to go back to my local high school and give presentations to freshmen and seniors on topics such as college applications, the college life, scholarships, and volunteering. It is always nice to be able to help others in the same way that I was given the help and resources in high school. The college environment is amazing! I love how I can schedule my own classes and I find that some of the classes that I am taking are interesting.

Once again I would like to thank the META Foundation, the donors, and the board of directors for all their hard work and for all they do and for allowing me to continue pursuing a higher education.

From Yamileth, Junior, Brown University

This is my third-semester tutoring and was in a tenth-grade math class but this was my first semester organizing weekly meetings and coordinating our group of over 50 tutors with my co-coordinator. It was very challenging but I loved building connections with the school, other tutors, my students, and even developing a new college access part of the program.

This semester I also started working as a Bonner program developer. Bonner is a national program that just opened its first chapter at Brown with 40 first-year students. It focuses on helping first-generation, low-income students to get involved in community partnerships and increase the opportunities for service and leadership for students that may not always have these opportunities.

I want to thank you and everyone who is a part of META for giving me the resources and support to attend Brown and be able to engage in amazing programs. I really appreciate the financial support that takes a pressure off of me and my parents in covering the costs of going to school across the country. I know you help a lot of students like me and you really are helping us reach our goals.

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Artist and long-time Comme des Garçons collaborator, Brett Westfall, returns to Small Green Door in Los Angeles with an installation of more than 30 new paintings showcasing his experimentation in hand-dyeing canvases while retaining his signature motifs of whimsy, humor, food, love, nature and metal. In addition, there will be a selection of Brett's previous works, publications and fashion designs, including a 10 year anniversary revisit to his classic SHERF era. Curated and hosted by Matt Chait. Refreshments will be provided by Inquisitors Brewing Company. DJs Charlie Staunton and Shirley Kurata of Virgil Normal.

RSVP here: www.tinyurl.com/iloveyourfuckingshoes

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This project has been a dream of ours for years. When we built the Small Green Door studio in Commerce in 2008, we noticed the large open lot just down the street. After talking with the community more, we decided we weren’t the only ones in the neighborhood that wanted a dog park. We developed a petition and posted it on the side of our building, waiting to see how passersby might respond. We were thrilled to find pages and pages of signatures on our paper petition, so we set up an online petition to garner even more support. After a few weeks, we had someone walk through our doors asking about the dog park. We told her about our dream and she responded by telling us that she was the mayor of Commerce and wants to help!

This helped up get the ball rolling to truly building this park. Next week, we will be presenting our proposal and petition signatures in front of City Council. If you want to help our East LA community have a dog park, please sign our online petition at www.tinyurl.com/commercedogpark or follow the dog park on social media @commercedogpark!

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Elemental Exigency Family Day

The mission of Elemental Exigency was more than just to experience art one night. We wanted to spark dialogue, education, and activism beyond these doors. Part of that mission was a Family Day where kids could experience the artwork and participate in responding to an environmental threat. Together with the artists, Small Green Door set up stations for families to: 

1. Interact with the artwork. 

Our curator @karlLeone, led kids on a tour of the artwork where they had the opportunity to play Adrienne Adar’s sonic succulents, turn on the healing tones of Eddy Varakitipongse’s water fountain, and look at the paintings and installations from the rest of our artists.  

3. Paint scrolls with featured artist, Dante Marshall. 

Under Dante’s “Trees were once dancers” piece, we set up a table, paints, and mini scrolls. Drawing inspiration from the rest of the art in the studio, kids were encouraged to paint their own scrolls.  

3. Plant local plants in recycled drinkware. 

After opening night, we saved the drinkware to repurpose as pots for pet plants at family day. We rinsed these cups and drilled small holes in the bottom of each of them. We planted nasturtium seeds in them, these local plants grow well in the heat, have bright colorful flowers, and are edible! 

Special thanks to the Shumei Center who joined us to spread healing energy and talk about their natural agriculture work. Stay tuned for more environmentally-oriented artistic collaborations at Small Green Door! 

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#SiliconVarrios: Diversity in the Digital Economy

In order for communities to thrive in the digital economy they need to be cultivated locally. This means business that are designed to sustain the surrounding community. Locally manufactured goods and services create a scalable economy where everyone gets an opportunity to participate. This panel will explore this concept with two people that are shaping the creative economy from the barrios of Los Angeles.

The creative economy will fuel the next industrial revolution. Creative spaces will be the community centers for education, technology, and culture for the future. Silicon Varrios need to cultivate locally relevant events and creative thinking to solve local needs that are unique to our neighborhoods (barrios). Local craftspeople are the cornerstone of constructing this vision. Think interactive art shows, indoor farming, micro education seminars, and local cryptocurrency education. What does your Varrio become in the future?

Find out more! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/73830

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Elemental Exigency Opening Night

Danté Marshall, creator of the oil paintings on cotton scrolls, wrote about his work in a way that we felt embodied the show. He writes, 

“The destructive nature of the animal kingdom achieves harmony through necessity. One of the planet's most advanced species, the squid, lives its life hiding to survive. Imagine what it could achieve without the weight of fear.

The destructive nature of mankind achieves balance through respect and love. We are indeed the planet's most advanced species, yet some of us live our own lives hiding to survive. We must act to provide balance when the destruction of our fellow mankind and the materials of the planet outweigh the love and respect we need to harmonize.

After all, one never knows where one is in the cycle of creation and reincarnation; man will become squid, and the trees were once dancers. Honor every object on the earth as if it is our next form of existence.”

#HideToSurvive #LoveToSurvive

Congratulations to all the wonderful artists showing at Elemental Exigency. We felt honored to show your work. Thank you to Adrienne Adar, Daniella Dolenc, Raymond Ejiofor, Danté Marshall, Alexis Myre, Orson Oblowitz, Rezm Orah, Gretchen Ryan, Tushar Routh, Jillian Stoltz, Alexandra Velasco and Eddy Vajarakitipongse. 

Special thanks to our curator @karlleone. 

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FREE DOG PARK Wallpapers are here! Download and share your happiness :)

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ELEMENTAL EXIGENCY

August 5th - August, 19th 2017

Los Angeles, CA – Small Green Door is pleased to present “Elemental Exigency” – an environmental arts exhibition that explores the elemental repercussions of human habitation on Earth through photography, painting, sculpture, performance, poetry and immersive installation. As life on this planet faces increasing threats from climate change accelerated by human impact, this exhibition will showcase how a number artists in Los Angeles and beyond are responding to the elemental forces of their natural environment.  

Elemental Exigency will feature work by artists Adrienne Adar, Danté Marshall, Alexis Myre, Orson Oblowitz, Rezm Orah, Gretchen Ryan, Tushar Routh, Alexandra Velasco and Eddy Vajarakitipongse. This exciting new group of artists uses the practice of art as a means to examine the intricate processes and patterns in nature. Their work reveals new potential for humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world. These artists represent a spectrum of artistic disciplines with diverse vantage points shaped by their landscape, terrain, culture, and identity. In experiencing their work we come to understand personal accounts of survival and regeneration in the human habitable range.

Elemental Exigency will be on view from August 5th to August 19th. An opening reception, where a live solar powered concert will happen, is to be held on August 5th from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. All are welcome, hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be provided. Small Green Door is located at 2075 South Atlantic Blvd. in the city of Commerce, CA  – 15 minutes south of Downtown LA.

Our environmental arts exhibition has the goal of promoting progressive modes of sustainability and natural agriculture. In order to embolden this environmental commitment, Small Green Door has partnered with Sunstock Solar Festival to make this exhibition a fully solar-powered and waste-free event. The Shumei Center of Hollywood is serving as the agricultural ambassador of this exhibition and will be leading a daylong arts and agriculture workshop for kids of all ages to better understand the fundamental relationship between nourishing the mind and nourishing the Earth. Continued environmental and educational programming will take place at Small Green Door throughout the exhibition dates.  

Small Green Door is an interactive design and product photography studio in East Los Angeles offering gallery and event space to promote and incubate artistic talent. Small Green Door celebrates diversity and community through history, education and the arts. 

RSVP at www.tinyurl.com/ElementalExigency!

Elemental Exigency is curated by Karl C. Leone.

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Los Angeles, CA – Small Green Door is pleased to announce “It Happened” – large scale visual installations, interactive digital experiences, and live figure paintings from Los Angeles artists Ginger Jarvis and Elaine Cheung. The work is accompanied by live experimental music from Tim Lacatena and Spirit Center. Visitors to the gallery space will explore movement and color in a wide variety of forms in a unique industrial setting as Jarvis and Cheung transform live music into visual expression, inviting the audience to interact with and influence the creation process. Taking guidance from “The Happenings” of the late 1960’s, It Happened explores what performance art can look like as a response to the electronic sounds that typify the current digital age. Where Ginger’s painterly works focus on the expression of emotion and form through color, Elaine’s digital installations immerse viewers into alternate visual realities, challenging visitors to explore color and movement in both tangible and intangible ways. 

It Happened will be on exhibit from July 8th to August 1st. An artist’s reception, where live creation will occur, will be held on July 8th from 8:00 to 12:00 pm. All are welcome, hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be provided. Small Green Door is located at 2075 South Atlantic Blvd. in the city of Commerce, CA – 15 minutes south of Downtown LA.

Ginger Jarvis is a Toronto-born grapheme-color synesthete whose unique perception of color guides her work. She uses dance, acrylic painting, and illustration to express an emotional relationship with color. Ginger has shown and created work live in Toronto and Los Angeles. It Happened is the debut of paintings to be featured in an exhibition in Paris later this year. She will be performing live painting of acrylic on canvas at the opening of It Happened. 

Elaine Cheung is an LA native who explores themes relating to our embodiment of tech, future systems, and experiential interactions. As a Chinese-American, she bridges ideologies from Eastern and Western perspectives and practices. Her most recent work explores the nature of consciousness through wearable technologies. Her work has been exhibited in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Moscow. 

Tim Lacatena is an Alaskan born musician who uses Ableton Live to mix analog synths, drum machines, samples, guitar, saxophone, and vocal tracks. While he has performed across the country and internationally with the band Soulcirque, It Happened will be the Los Angeles debut of his original solo works.

Spirit Center is a Los Angeles based DJ and Producer who combines original and edited music with Ableton Live, Traktor, and controllerism to create his experimental Liquid Drum and Bass performance.  It Happened will signify the culmination and evolution over the years of producing and performing at a variety of events in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Small Green Door is an interactive design and product photography studio in East Los Angeles offering gallery and event space to promote and incubate artistic talent. Small Green Door celebrates diversity and community through history, education and the arts.

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Watercourse: An Exploration of the LA River

Artifact studios and small green door are proud to present documentary filmmaker David Grabias’ first Los Angeles area gallery exhibition Watercourse. 

In collaboration with experiential designer Eddy Vajarakitipongse, Grabias will debut a series of large-scale video projections and experiential installations that explore how we understand geographical features and landscapes. 

"Watercourse" will be on exhibit from December 3 to January 21. An artists' reception will be held on December 3rd from 5pm-9pm. All are welcome, hors d'oeuvres and refreshments provided by Cheese to Meet You and Iron Triangle Brewing. Small Green Door is located at 2075 South Atlantic Blvd. in the city of Commerce, CA – 15 minutes south of Downtown LA