December 2011
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Support Lamp this Holiday Season
For Lamp Community, the holiday season is a time to reflect on another year of service to the homeless and formerly homeless men and women in Los Angeles who live with challenges ranging from mental illness and physical disabilities to drug and alcohol addiction and chronic disease. Lamp has made a difference in many of their lives.
You can make a real difference too. This season, we ask...
'Tis the Season! Work From the Lamp Art Project...
Looking for a truly unique holiday gift? This season, give something that’s beautiful and supports Lamp Community’s Art Project. The works of Lamp artists and the Lamp Art Project are available for sale online at Imagekind!
(Flower, by Eiko Yoshii)
Log in at Lamp_ArtProject.imagekind.com to browse galleries representing nine Lamp artists — Gary Brown, Carl Bunker, Vickey...
Fall Affair Honors Steve Lopez, Celebrates Lamp's...
Last month, Lamp partners and friends gathered together to celebrate the agency’s work in the fight to end homelessness at the first annual Lamp Community Fall Affair, held at Kesspro Studios in the Downtown Arts District. The event honored Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, whose work has made an incredible impact by raising awareness about homelessness and living with mental...
Lamp's Winter Shelter Program Opens Dec. 1st
The winter months — even in Southern California — are an especially difficult and dangerous time of year for those living on the streets. Wet and cold weather not only increase the chances of illness, but also increase the odds of making existing health conditions worse. Starting in December, Lamp is pleased to be among the organizations offering temporary housing to the men and ...
First Class of Peer Supporters Graduates from the...
The process of recovery — from addiction, from mental illness, from homelessness — is long and complicated, and it involves an enormous amount of hard work, patience and determination. It also requires the best possible support, which is the goal of Lamp Community’s Peer Advocate Pilot Project.
Monica Potts, who has been Lamp’s Mental Health Peer Advocate for two and...
November 2011
2 posts
In case you missed it: L.A. Times' Steve Lopez:...
The Los Angeles Times’ Steve Lopez recently wrote an extremely timely column on how homeless shelters and other facilities are always in need of help, not just at Thanksgiving and Christmas. There’s no time of the year when agencies who work to end homelessness aren’t in need of volunteers and donations — and for those who are striving to make a difference, your help...
Join Lamp in the United Way Homewalk This...
Lamp Community is sponsoring a team for the United Way Homewalk this Saturday, Nov. 19th, and we’d love for you to join us!
The Homewalk is part of United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ annual 5K Run/Walk to End Homelessness. Homelessness is a solvable problem — if we work together. And each year thousands of people join the walk to raise money and awareness about what we can...
October 2011
10 posts
'Lost Angels' documentary about life on Skid Row...
“Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home,” a 75-minute documentary featuring men and women living on skid row, was featured in the Los Angeles Times last week: On Location: Skid row finds new home in ‘Lost Angels’ documentary. The film was shot in 2008 and 2009 around Skid Row, including San Julian Street, Broadway (during the Downtown Art Walk), the Church of the Nazarene, the Midnight...
Tickets are Still Available for Lamp Community's...
Tickets are on sale now for Lamp Community’s Fall Affair on Wednesday, Oct. 26, honoring Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez at this annual celebration of Lamp Community’s work in the fight to end homelessness.
John Rabe, host of 89.3 KPCC’s “Off-Ramp,” will serve as master of ceremonies for the evening, which will celebrate the work of Lamp Community and its...
Lamp Art Project Story By USC's Neon Tommy: Art...
Lamp Art Project and its relocation to Lamp Village is the focus of a great story by Paige Brettingen of USC’s Neon Tommy, the digital news site of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
(Lamp artist Jerome Robertson with his artwork. Photo by Paige Brettingen)
Art Gallery Unveils L.A.’s Hidden Talents
By Paige Brettingen, Executive Producer | September 12,...
Peer Advocate Pilot Project Offers Support,...
At its core, Lamp Community is not only about ending homelessness for men and women living with mental illness; it’s also about providing supportive services that improve their lives and their health, and empower them. A dedicated team of advocates, therapists, specialists and health care providers helps realize this goal. And now, thanks to the work of Lamp Village Mental Health Peer...
Lamp Art Project Accepts Donations, Celebrates...
This summer, Lamp Art Project moved from its previous location on 7th Street to Lamp Village, where even more Lamp members will be able to take part in this extraordinary program. The Art Project hosted a Grand Re-Opening Show on Sept. 8 to celebrate the work of these artists and the program’s new home.
In addition, What Can I Do? Campaign recently partnered with Blick Art Supplies to offer...
Supplies, Volunteers Needed for Lamp Lodge Garden...
This fall, Lamp is taking advantage of L.A.’s year-round gardening opportunities to build a community garden at the Lamp Lodge! With your help, we can transform the spaces pictured here into a beautiful, functioning community garden that members, staff and the neighborhood surrounding 660 Stanford Avenue can enjoy.
Lamp is looking for both volunteers and supplies to create these new...
Lamp Celebrates Members, Friends at BBQ
Lamp members, staff and supporters gathered in Pasadena’s Brookside Park for Lamp Community’s 26th Annual Member BBQ this summer.
This tradition features food, music and performances and creates an opportunity for everyone involved with Lamp Community to get together and enjoy one another’s company.
You can browse photo gallery of the festivities online at
Lamp...
Lamp Leads Downtown Pathway Home's Registry Week
Lamp is a proud leader of Downtown Pathway Home Registry Week Sept. 12-16. Housing Specialist Alexis Austin helped to run the program, organizing and helping to train 75 volunteers to survey homeless men and women in four shelters in Downtown’s Skid Row area. Through the surveys, Downtown Pathway Home — a group of service organizations and shelters in Skid Row — will identify...
Please Join Us! The Lamp Community Fall Affair...
Lamp Community’s Fall Affair will honor the Los Angeles Times’ Steve Lopez, whose work and commitment have made an incredible impact on raising public awareness about both Lamp Community and homelessness in Downtown Los Angeles.
John Rabe, host of 89.3 KPCC’s “Off-Ramp,” will serve as master of ceremonies for the evening, which will celebrate the work of Lamp...
Lamp Artists' Work for Sale on Imagekind Site
Lamp Community is proud to announce that the works of Lamp artists and the Lamp Art Project are available for sale online at Imagekind!
Log in at Lamp_ArtProject.imagekind.com to browse galleries of work from nine Lamp artists, all of which are available as prints, posters, framed prints and canvas prints.
Imagekind is an online community (with an iPhone app) for professional artists to...
August 2011
3 posts
Lamp Art Project GRAND REOPENING Art Show Sept. 8,...
Lamp Art Project has moved to the Lamp Village, and we’re celebrating this new location with a Grand Reopening! Please join us in celebration of these remarkable artists who create incredible beauty undeterred by homelessness and mental illness.
Save the Date – The Lamp Community Fall Affair is...
We hope you can join us for this fall’s fantastic event celebrating the great work of Lamp Community on behalf of homeless men and women living with mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
Please spread the word to friends, colleagues and anyone interested in helping Lamp in its mission!
EXTENDED! Donate Art Supplies to Lamp Art Project,...
Thank you so much for your help! Due to the enormous success and generosity of volunteers donating art supplies to Lamp Community Art Project through Blick Art Materials and the What Can I Do? Campaign, the promotion is being EXTENDED for another week — August 1-7!
Please stop in to purchase something for Lamp Art Project or for yourself, and if you spend $100 or more on your total...
July 2011
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Lamp Guest Blogs at the National Alliance to End...
Lamp Community is proud to join the voices of partners doing incredible work to end homelessness who have posted on the blog of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Read the full post:
http://blog.endhomelessness.org/home-for-good-an-opportunity-to-end-homelessness-through-partnership/
Today’s post comes to us from Donna Gallup, MSW, LSW, and Executive Director of Lamp Community in...
THIS WEEK ONLY! Donate Art Supplies to Lamp...
The Lamp Community Art Project is proud to be working with the What Can I Do? Campaign, which raises awareness and compassion about homelessness through art and social action. This week, the campaign has put together a special offer that helps both Lamp artists and offers you a great discount!
Purchase new supplies between July 25 and July 31 at the Blick Art Supply Store at 7301 Beverly...
Lamp launches Lodge Garden Project
Lamp Community is planning to turn the outdoor spaces at the Lamp Lodge into a beautiful, functioning community garden that members, staff and the neighborhood surrounding 660 Stanford Avenue can enjoy. And we’d love your help with this transformation!
(Yard and side yard at the Lamp Lodge)
Lamp is looking for both volunteers and supplies to create these new outdoor areas. More...
Save the Date! Lamp Annual Member BBQ, July 29
Lamp Community is hosting its annual member BBQ!
This event is a fantastic opportunity for members, friends and partners to come together and enjoy each other’s company.
We hope that you can attend!
WHO: Lamp Community
WHAT: Annual Member BBQ
WHEN: Friday, July 29, 2011
WHERE: Brookside Park 360 North Arroyo Boulevard...
Lamp Art Project is Moving!
Lamp Art Project is moving from its old studio space on 7th Street to Lamp Village, at 526 San Pedro Street, and we’d love your help! We need volunteers to help with the move on the following days: • Wednesday, July 13, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. • Friday, July 15, Noon-6 p.m. • Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Please contact us at haykm@lampcommunity.org if you are able to come...
Join Lamp Art Project for an OPEN STUDIO July 14
The Lamp Community Art Project is moving to Lamp Village, and we’re hosting one last OPEN STUDIO at our old space! Please join us at this show bidding goodbye to our old studio on Thursday, June 14 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1010 E. 7th St., Los Angeles, 90021.
The show takes place on the night of the Downtown Art Walk — come and see the amazing work of Lamp artists as part of your...
June 2011
3 posts
Lamp Community Welcomes New Clinical Leaders
Dear Friends:
On behalf of Lamp Community and the people it serves, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Leah Carroll, MSW, ASW, as the organization’s new Director of Clinical Services. Beginning in July, Ms. Carroll will provide leadership to ensure that Lamp operates high-quality Wellness Center programming at two locations in Downtown Los Angeles.
Ms. Carroll brings a wealth of...
Join Lamp Art Project for an OPEN STUDIO June 9
Lamp Art Project will present on OPEN STUDIO on Thursday, June 9 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 1010 E. 7th St., Los Angeles, 90021.
This is a great chance to meet some of Lamp’s artists, see their fantastic work, and support this renowned project. Please join us!
If you can’t make it in person, learn more about Lamp Art Project:
On the Lamp Community web site;
On Facebook...
TONIGHT: Lamp Art Project Joins Rachel Fleischer...
Lamp Art Project is proud to be participating in an amazing exhibition by photographer Rachel Fleischer TONIGHT! Rachel will be selling her photographs in limited editions.
WHAT: Rachel Fleischer Solo Photography Exhibition
WHEN: Wednesday, June 8 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: 7665 Melrose Ave. (cross street Stanley) Los Angeles, CA 90046
(EXPANDED) MAP
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May 2011
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Lamp Art Project at VENICE ART WALK on Sunday, May...
The fantastic work of Lamp Art Project continues to build a reputation for excellence in the Los Angeles area, and we’re proud to be part of the VENICE ART WALK on Sunday, May 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Lamp Community’s Art Habitat, at the Junger/Wellman Building at 920 Abbot Kinney Blvd., will be part of the Venice Artists’ Studio Tour.
Take a look at the full list of...
April 2011
9 posts
Lamp Art Project Work on Display, for Sale at Los...
The wonderful work of the Lamp Art Project artists is gaining an even broader audience in Los Angeles, thanks to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), one of the agency’s key public sector partners. A total of 23 works by Lamp artists are on display — and for sale — at the LAHSA offices: 811 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 The works on display...
In Memoriam: Vytautas Pliura
With great sadness, Lamp announces the passing of Vytautas Pliura, a talented poet and artist with the Lamp Art Project who died on March 30, leaving behind an amazing creative legacy.
Vytautas was with Lamp Art Project for more than 10 years, and specialized in painting landscapes and scenes inspired by memories from his childhood on a central Illinois farm where he grew up raising angus cattle,...
Photos: Volunteers and Staff Revamp Frank Rice...
The Frank Rice Center — the original home of Lamp — got a great facelift on April 2 and 3, thanks to the hard work, energy and spirit of some terrific volunteers and staff. Over two days, the group cleaned, painted and assembled new furniture and work and common spaces for expanded services to chronically homeless and formerly homeless men and women with mental illness and co-occurring...
L.A. County to Give Priority to Chronically...
Los Angeles County supervisors yesterday unanimously adopted a proposal yesterday to prioritize the chronically homeless and those with addiction and mental health problems when deciding how to distribute housing and resources, the Los Angeles Times reports today.
This is a major step for Home for Good, and for efforts by local officials to give the most vulnerable populations much-needed...
Join Lamp Art Project for an OPEN STUDIO April 14
Lamp Art Project will present on OPEN STUDIO on Thursday, April 14 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1010 E. 7th St., Los Angeles, 90021.
The show is celebrating the birthday of Lamp artist Carl, and remembering the life of the late Lamp artist Vytautas. Please come and support Lamp Art Project — and see the remarkable work of the Lamp artists.
APRIL 9: See this new documentary about Skid Row...
HUMBLE BEAUTY, a documentary about Skid Row artists, screens TOMORROW, April 9, as part of the First Glance Film Festival. Come out and support the film, which chronicles the lives of a group of homeless and formerly homeless men and women on Skid Row who create art — and how their work has changed their lives.
HUMBLE BEAUTY Saturday, April 9 3:30 p.m. Raleigh Studios’ Chaplin Theater...
Home For Good Report: Broad Support to End...
Home for Good L.A., a plan by the Los Angeles Business Leaders Task Force to end chronic and veteran homelessness by 2016, released its Spring 2011 progress report today, which found that that while the plan to end homelessness enjoys broad support, much more cooperation is necessary for the effort to achieve its goals. Read the...
Service Days a Success -- Thanks to Volunteers and...
Thanks to all of the hard work of Lamp Community volunteers and members who came to participate in the days of service at the Frank Rice Access Center at 627 San Julian Street on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3. Together we cleaned, painted, and got the Frank Rice Access Center ready for expanded services that Lamp is now offering.
Lamp is grateful for your energy, your spirit, and your...
Emergency Food & Shelter Funds in Danger -- Please...
Dear Friends,
As you know, Lamp provides vitally important services for a vulnerable and chronically homeless population in Los Angeles, aided by an extensive network of support including federal, state and city programs, foundation and corporate grants, and individual partners.
But Lamp’s ability to help with food, housing and rental assistance, mental health treatment, and social services...
March 2011
1 post
Help End Homelessness on Skid Row Join Lamp for...
On Monday, April 4, Lamp Community will begin providing new services at the Frank Rice Access Center — and we need your help to get ready. Come and be a part of Lamp’s history in helping to end homelessness in Los Angeles and to help men and women affected by mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
We need to make sure the facilities are ready to house the additional services,...
In Case You Missed It: Lamp Art Project Featured...
Earlier this month, the Lamp Art Project was the focus of a great article on Neon Tommy, the digital news site of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
(Untitled, by Carl Bunker)
L.A. Mental Health Program Practices Art of Recovery
By Ryan Faughnder, Senior News Editor | February 4, 2011
“What’s immediately striking about Gary Brown’s paintings are the eyes of his...
February 2011
3 posts
They Came. They Saw. They Danced.
(Left to right: Nani Nelson, Lisa Jones, Murphy Holmes and Lauri Gaddis celebrate Valentine’s Day at the dance.)
Lamp Community is more than an organization with a mission to end homelessness on Skid Row and in greater Los Angeles – particularly for homeless men and women living with mental illness. It’s also a home, offering a supportive environment where members can get the services...
Skirball Exhibition Includes Lamp Artists
The Lamp Art Project has given members a unique opportunity to express themselves creatively since its founding in 1998. And now, four artists with the program have contributed to an exciting exhibition — The 1000 Journals Project — at the Skirball Cultural Center through Feb 27 — extended from Feb. 13.
Darlene D., Gary B., Carl B., Eiko Y. and Robert B. joined thousands of others who...
January 2011
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Lamp Public Laundromat featured in LA Times
Last week, the Lamp Community Public Laundromat was featured in The Los Angeles Times. You may view the piece on the Los Angeles Times website or read the article in its entirety below.
From wash to spin dry, a haven from the grit of L.A.’s skid row
A laundromat and showers next door offer a respite from the streets. The attendant lends her ear as well. ‘You think that you have...
December 2010
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Support Lamp this Holiday Season
This holiday season, as Lamp celebrates a quarter century of dedicated service and looks forward to its next 25 years, we ask that you make a remarkable, lasting difference in the lives of homeless and formerly homeless men and women by making a contribution to Lamp Community and the people it serves.
Conventional wisdom had long said that homeless people with disabilities had to “straighten up”...
November 2010
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Lamp Community Celebrates 25 Years
This past week, Lamp Community friends, longtime supporters, and staff gathered at the home of board member Jeffrey Moskowitz to commemorate a quarter century of permanently ending homeless.
Lamp Community has come a long way since a small group of brave individuals opened up a day center for some of Skid Row’s most vulnerable residents. Each year, the agency’s housing and services...
October 2010
3 posts
Lamp Community: Celebrating 25 Years of Ending...
On Wednesday, November 10th, Lamp Community will be celebrating 25 years of ending homelessness, improving mental and physical health, and building self-sufficiency among men and women living with mental illness and co-occurring disorders in Los Angeles.
Please join us at the home of Lamp Board member Jeffrey Moskowitz as we honor Wells Fargo, Web Service Company and Participant Media for their...
Lamp Community Public Showers FREE in November
In November, the Lamp Community Public Showers will be offered FREE to the general public. During that month, anyone can visit the newly renovated facility and receive a towel at no cost and with no strings attached. For more information contact Brenda Sanford at 213.488.9559 x127. To download the flier embedded above, click HERE.
Join Lamp in stopping cuts to the Emergency Food...
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program allows Lamp to serve more than 500 healthy snacks and meals each day at its transitional housing locations, creating a sense of home and improving the health of chronically homeless men and women. In the last year, this program has also provided rental assistance that helped Lamp keep formerly homeless people living with disabilities in permanent supportive...
September 2010
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Lamp Community 25th Anniversary Celebration
This year, Lamp Community celebrates 25 years of permanently ending homelessness, improving health and building self-sufficiency among men and women living with severe mental illness.
This fall, join us as we reflect on Lamp’s accomplishments over the past quarter century, honor those who have made and continue to make our work possible, and look forward to the agency’s next 25 years. Lamp...