Worklife’s ‘Keeping it Local’ Show Features the Distinct Work of Five Artists, United by Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, October 3, 2024 (CarryOnHarry.com)
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Though inexplicable, there’s a certain “LA-ness” about all who reside in the City of Angels. While it certainly characterizes local habits, style, and lingo, it also weaves its way into local art.

When the idea of a group show first struck Worklife Managing Director Brianne Kimmel and her team, they began brainstorming artists to showcase until they were left with an amalgamation of Angelenos; their work fiercely distinct yet united by locality. 

Born and raised in LA, Emily Labowe is an established figure in fashion as well as textile design. She creates intuitive, abstract art that decides its fate on the canvas. In her words, her work “evokes a subtle essence of LA — from the rough edges to the bright colors, and textured mediums I use.” @emlabowe

Wallace May is a North Carolina-born, Los Angeles-based artist. Her current body of work is mainly acrylic and watercolor paintings that center memory and “borrowed nostalgia.” Of LA’s influential aspects, the architecture has lent itself most to Wallace’s work, immersing her in the same midcentury buildings and homes captured in the photographs she paints. @wallymadethis

Phoebe Clemens Rigg is a self-taught LA-based oil painter. Her work attempts to name themes and images while her color and composition choices document not just physical spaces, but the moods they emanate. Her works capture many moments and scenes firmly grounded in Los Angeles. “My work is saturated with LA.” @phoebeclemens

Conner Meager is an LA-based artist who uses elements of the past to create something digestible for the present. While his most used materials are an ode to his hometown, Detroit, his subject matter reflects a childhood obsession with rock ‘n’ roll culture and a love of film. Though not originally from Los Angeles, Conner has always felt drawn to it. “LA was one of the first things to ever inspire me as an adolescent.” @connermeager

Easton Schirra lives and loves in his home of Los Angeles with his fiancé and cat, Punk. He finds inspiration in the beauty of the world and the people that inhabit it. A modern-day renaissance man, or in his words “a caffeine-fueled octopus,” Easton creates as much of whatever he can. Easton moved to LA to pursue acting at the age of 12. “This is the land of opportunity. It’s always been the dream for me.” @eastonschirra

When: The opening-night reception of “Keeping it Local” is on Oct. 10 from 6-10 p.m. The show will run from Oct. 11-25 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays.

Where: Worklife Studios, 3531 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

RSVP: On Eventbrite. Worklife asks you to consider purchasing a donation ticket via Eventbrite. All funds will support Hurricane Helene Relief in North Carolina. 

Source: Worklife