Lauri Firstenberg, former director of LAXArt, will serve as curator and artistic director. Glenn Kaino will have inaugural installations.
, but in Long Beach, a new art venue with an emphasis on wellness is forging ahead with plans to open this fall.and outdoor courtyard and sculpture garden, plans to open in late September in the city’s Zaferia district. The nonprofit was founded by philanthropist and interior designer
Megan Tagliaferri, who will serve as creative director, and will feature contemporary art exhibitions as well as immersive installations., former director of the noted Los Angeles exhibition space LAXArt, will serve as Compound’s curator and artistic director. The project has been in the works for more than five years and was in the final stages of construction in March when the“We’re so deeply committed to this work and our community, that wasn’t even an option,” she said. “Of course, learning about COVID and safety was on our mind. But this moment we’re in, it just deepened our purpose as a space for people to heal and come together.
A rendering of Compound’s space called the Warehouse and one of its galleries, adjacent to Ellie’s restaurant. Tagliaferri, a member of the Scripps media family — her great-great grandfather was Edward Willis Scripps, who founded the E.W. Scripps Co. — funded the $1.2-million adaptive reuse project, which she designed in conjunction with BOA Architecture of Long Beach. Compound will rely on revenue from chef Jason Witzl’s restaurant Ellie’s, a farm-to-table Italian deli, plus a gift shop and public programming grants to stay afloat. “And I’m committing my resources, over time,” Tagliaferri said.
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