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Okayafrica interviews the founders of AFWLA
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The Examiner gives AFWLA a great review!
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The wonderful lady at Naturally Curly Kinky blogs wrote about the AFWLA mixer and DAY 2!
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Thank you STYLE BLAZER for the recap on Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles!
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Malaika Paul covers the last night of our Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles! Bishme Cromartie closed the show and was her absolute fav! You can see Jeffrey Deitch in the front row sitting next to P.I.A. founder Michelle Joan Papillion!
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Justina Blakeney came by the gallery after her friend (who has only seen the art online) encouraged her to go down and check it out! Glad she did...and equally happy that she shared it with her 1.3million pintrest followers!
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okayafrica posts about Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles happening at the gallery.
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We have to shout out Edge Magazine for always showing love! Here they are writing about our SF'SS screening for World Peace Day, a collaboration with the Puma Peace Project!
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Broccoli City Earth Day Social recap!
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Edge Magazine does a recap + video for our Earth Day Event, see the video, photos and the write up HERE
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LAist list us as one of LA's Earth Day events worth attending! Were hosting the event for Broccoli City!
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We love a repeat customer! Ok so these editors are not "customers" but they are the awesome guest who thought the gallery was so nice they decided to come twice!
Teka Lark the publisher at Inglewoodland Magazine came by for a visit and to chat with gallery director Michelle Joan Papillion, click the link above to hear all the wonderful things she had to say about the space and MJP!
Malika came back for our 2 year anniversary ARTE PARTY/Pre-Coachella kickoff!!!!! She enjoyed the experience of art + music the 2nd time around just as much as the first. Clink her link above to hear what she had to say about our space, MJP, DJ Nattu and Shafiq Husayn and the Dove Society!
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Huffington Post Arts interviews Jakob LeBaron Dwight about the N'CHI PROJEKT
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Blank Bare Clean writes about the opening of the Be Beautiful Project. Notice the logo done by #BBP artist Lana Futura
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More blog love for Be Beautiful Project, this time MALAIKA gives her praises on the art and the opening night experience.
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Joey NG covers the Be Beautiful Project!
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Soulfully Poetic blogs about the opening of Eric Berry's CUBA: Life After the Revolution
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Huff Post Arts (Huffington Posts art section) writes about Avant LA!
SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ
So earlier today a good friend and tech influencer said, "you're an internet art darling." We thought that was the funniest way we had been described ever.
Were not so sure if we fit in the category of "internet art darling" but we are really excited about being in the category of Top Contributor under Tumblr's coveted #ART section! One thing we agreed on with our tech influencer friend was he noted "that's some good company"
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The staff at Tumblr made our art blog ARTE:ZINE there #tumblrtuesday pick of the day. We are sooooo so honored, shocked and happy :-) They did a little research as well and checked out our site and did a write up about our space.
WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE BEHIND TUMBLR!
It also propelled our social media stock all the way up! Over 2000 notes in less than 24 hours and over 200 followers in 15 minutes. The post that started it all was when we blogged about artist Megan Geckler, who had an installation up in our space at the time.
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Chenoa Maxwell was interviewed for 360 Magazine,
she speaks about her dual careers of acting and photography
and her first solo exhibition Introspection: India
which opened last spring.
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Chicharon Adventures blogs about our LA RIOT opening, "I gotta give it up to the curator of the event because it was put together really well." the show was curated by Tomas Whitmore and Dan Figur under Thurz direction. Check it out for more photos.
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Also check out the LA Times article that came out August 9, they stopped by the space to preview the doc and interview Thurz
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Gallery Director Michelle Joan Papillion interviews Fab 5 Freddy for art magazine Juxtapoz "Art In The Streets" issue which comes out the same time as the opening of the historical exhibit at MOCA LA. Read it online HERE
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Uptown Magazine recently photographed the creators of the series Milk + Honey in our studio space, its exec produced by Idris Elba and Brown Paper Dolls and will be premiering soon!
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Issa Eugenia wrote about Jakob Lebaron Dwight's art on Pavo Nyne
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We were so excited about our 1st TOP TWEET we just had to post it! @KIM (how cool is her twitter name! simply @KIM...LOL) The multi talented Kim Sherrell tweeted that she thought our website was awesome and it became a top tweet! WOO HOO!!!
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Shapes Store blogs about "Do You Hear Us"
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Frolab showed us love for our 1 year anniversary group exhibition "Do You Hear Us"
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Edge Magazine talks art and photographs NBA basketball player Serge Ibaka in our studio.
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Uptown Magazine writes about the opening of photographer Chenoa Maxwell's solo exhibit Introspection: India
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POSH GLAM writes about Chenoa Maxwell and Introspection: India's opening night!
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ART BY CHERYL named us Gallery of the Week! Woo Hoo, feels good to be loved!
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Hip Hollywood does a write up on Chenoa Maxwell's solo exhibit Introspection: India
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Guest of a Guest LA came out and covered our opening of Introspection: India the photography of Chenoa Maxwell
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Already Famous blogged about our SF'SS series after attending the first one!
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Cool Hunting did a great interview/write up on our exhibition with Jakob Lebaron Dwight! Its a great piece and worth the read, so check it out HERE
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KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad does a write up on Papillion Institue of Art, Jakob LeBaron Dwight and some wonderfully kind words for founder Michelle Joan Papillion. Read his post on his site "The Adeventures of Anomaly"
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Jakob Lebaron Dwight's upcoming solo exhibition gets the nod of approval from #freshlyserious were excited that others are equally excited. See you 1.13.11 at 7
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KCRW Award winning on air personality and DJ Garth Trinidad recently tweeted his love for the gallery while he used the studio space to create new work for an upcoming exhibition. (We gave him a pass for spelling our twitter wrong...its @PAPILLIONART)
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Were really happy for our artist Paul Chan and his recent spread in The Hundreds Magazine. Congrats Animalchan!!
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Edge Magazine, did a wonderful article on
Michelle Joan Papillion and the Papillion Institute of Art
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Emortal blogs about the opening of Things Done Changed: The Photography of Paul Chan!
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Thank you to LAist.com for putting us on Things Done Changed "Pencil This In" list!
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YES Twitter counts as press, well when your getting shout outs like this from people like this!
Art icon Fab 5 Freddy tweets about Papillion Institute of Art...again! Be sure to check out Fab's artwork in the "ART IN THE STREETS" exhibit happening at MOCA!
Krondon tweets about Papillion Institute of Art...also again!
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Sonic Eclectic Magazine did an article on Michelle Joan Papillion and Papillion Institute of Art
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Vapors Magazine did a news article on Things Done Changed: Photography of Paul Chan
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The Skateboard Mag blogged about Things Done Changed: Photography of Paul Chan
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Liberating Style Magazine just published their summer issue and the cover story was taken at our studio space.
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Live From The Coast - blogged about AFRIKAN BAZAAR
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POP Magazine blogger SHALA paid a visit down to the gallery for a chat.
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Grey Republic came to the opening of The Hello Show and enjoyed it so much they decided to share there experience. Read it HERE
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BCTV (Broccoli City) did a reacap of the Hello Show opening which was also a pre Coachella Art Party!
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THE FADER MAG DOES A WRITE UP ON THE GALLERY OPENING
We were on the front page for a week! Full article here
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Dipdive came out and covered our opening and art party in their Daily Dips show
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URB Magazine wrote about the Hello Show full piece HERE
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Snippet of an on the spot interview with Genius
