Follow us:    Call for Volunteers! Saturday, October 8th, Urban Art Festival Kick-Off Celebration, LA Plaza 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles 90012 Hey everyone! . . .we’ve got a fun, funky weekend event ahead of us and we’re in need of a few smiling faces and creative hands to lend a hand with set-up, hanging out, photos, assorteds and keeping it zen. . . food, music, live art, performance, and installation downtown at LA Plaza 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles 90012. Hit us up if you’d like to spend the day with some of your friends in the park. Give us a call or email us with your availability and particular talents Friday, October 7th for Set-up, Saturday, October 8th Fun in the Park, Sunday, October 9th and Monday, October 11th, Come-Down. Call Daneva at 213.479.1516 or write to daneva@laartmahine.com. Urban Art Festival – Join L.A. Art Machine this Saturday, October 8th, 11am – 9pm at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (LA Plaza)— for a celebration in the park!  501 North Main Street, Los Angeles 90012. Against the backdrop of LA Plaza, historical structures and greenways will merge into the city streets themselves, paralleling the endemic emergence of street art as an artistic form that continues to shape and inspire artists and city-dwellers alike.   Paying homage to LA’s status as a street art capital, while acknowledging the movement’s global influence, this kick-off celebration presents the multi-faceted forms of urban art. Programming will unfold into a moving environment of live painting, outdoor installations, music, food, dance, performance and other forms of urban expression. Enjoy a day in the city center of one of the world’s most energetic and complex metropolis with the artists who shape and inspire its landscape. This outdoor event is free to the public though donations are welcome.  LA Plaza galleries will be open from 12pm to 7pm, admission is $9.00 adults, $5.00 child.  Featured participants and artists include: Absnt, Codak, Mear One, Cryptik, Amy Kaps, Jennifer Vanderpool, Mileece, Sheron Wray, SPARC, HACER, and others. 11am:  Join Performance Architect Sheron Wray for a Contemporary Dance Workshop Music and DJ sets including Bacchanal Soundsystem and House of Vibe with very special guests. Come early and stay all day.  For directions to LA Plaza please visit:  http://lapca.org/visit.  LA Plaza is within easy walking distance from the downtown Union Station.   LA Plaza 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles 90012 For further information on LA Plaza programming please visit: lapca.org.   Presented with support from: La Plaza, FIND Art Magazine, STROKE Urban Art Fair, and Schelp & Fetch                  for more information contact: daneva@laartmachine.com or 213.479.1516