Projects related to local history.

Durango by Max Benavidez - A multimedia project using Benavidez's poem "Durango." The poem weaves his history, as a third-generation Los Angeleno, with those of his grandmother and mother's histories.

LA Women Community Quilt--A Collaborative Project highlighting LA Women over time. This project includes contributions from dozens of quilters who each submitted someone special to honor in this beautiful quilt.

A People's Guide to LA: This website documents 23 sites in LA history that deal with race and ethnicity with a focus on struggle and cooperation. In addition to a timeline mapping the entries across Los Angeles history, this website includes a compelling introductory essay about geography and history by Dr. Laura Pulido.

The Holiday Bowl History Project: A multimedia website with documentary, timeline, essay and more for those interested in this cherished bowling alley on Crenshaw Blvd. This bowling alley was built in 1957 and survived two riots before its demolition. While the coffee shop for the former neighborhood hub has been converted to a Starbucks, many still mourn this place.

A 2007 Homage to Womanhouse (1972): Womanhouse was a pioneering feminist art exhibit in LA; this site is an updated version of the idea behind the original by Judy Chicago and Mirriam Shapiro based on an installation at the Studio for Southern California History.

Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles History Project: This multimedia website connects fans of Evergreen Cemetery with a gps specific map care of Google maps and detailed biographies of different residents of Evergreen Cemetery--LA's oldest nondenominational cemetery.

Altar to Karen Boccalero: This art installation is adapted to the web showing the insides of the this discarded filing cabinet-turned altar to Karen Boccalero, founder of Self-Help Graphics and popularizer of "Day of the Dead" in LA in the 1970s. This exhibit has four drawers--each representing a key cemetery or memorial park in the Los Angeles area including Evergreen Cemetery, Angelus Rosedale, Westwood Memorial and the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery in Calabasas. The installation was created in 2008 and originally was at the Hive Studios and Gallery.