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Dispatches and Directions:
On Artist-Run Organizations in
Los Angeles

Jim Skuldt, Skelturds Norginomical Star Chart, 2010

Over the past several years ART2102 has acted as a platform for artists and curators in Los Angeles to realize their projects and exhibitions. From its space in Boyle Heights, ART2102 hosted a vibrant program known for its open cultural discourse and flexibility of ideas, and for engaging both local and international artists at various stages in their careers. Gradually, ART2102 moved away from this physical site as its programming and initiatives engaged with the large network of other artists-run spaces across Los Angeles and Southern California.

Dispatches and Directions, the final publication and project of ART2102, will not simply document this history, but will also emulate the organization's role as a platform and a network by spotlighting a number of the artists-run collaborations that are currently active in LA, and that will continue to thrive as ART2102 recedes. The publication will not only provide space in which these organizations can describe their work, but will also look at the legacy of ART2102 in light of the diverse range of programming emulated by these groups.

Dispatches and Directions is edited by Ronni Kimm and Jesse Aron Green and includes: an essay by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer; contributions from many artist-run projects, including Artist Curated Project, Esthetics as a Second Language, Genesis, Material, Monte Vista Gallery, Slab, TELIC Arts Exchange and Wildness; thoughts and anecdotes from Kate Fowle, Rika Hiro, Songmi Huff, Thomas Lawson, Paul McCarthy, Erlea Maneros, Yoshua Okon, and Renaud Proch; a directory of artist-run and non-profit spaces in Los Angeles; and a specially commissioned 'Star map' to help navigate the scene, by artist Jim Skuldt.

ART2102 is a 501(c)3. All contributions will go towards the printing of the publication and are tax-deductible.