TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Frogtown Artwalk 2012, Elysian Vallen, Los Angeles

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Frogtown Artwalk 2012, Elysian Vallen, Los Angeles

The Frogtown Artwalk in Elysian Valley last night was quite fun! We walked along the LA River Walk, popped out into a row of studios on the Blake, and visited more studios. Great energy! Young, hep, well-behaved. Many people strolling about. I enjoyed visiting the artists' lofts/studios and admired how creative they are in arranging residence and work space together. Most studios had wine and snacks. A tented area on Blake sold food and there was also a food truck. It felt a bit like Halloween trick-or-treating, going from studio to studio. I'll be ba-a-ac-k next year!

Photos:

Top - One of the studios

Next: We saw this sculptor at work as we walked along the LA River Walk

Bottom - the group that went on the Frogtown Artwalk

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.