Concept Art Association Co-Founder Nicole Hendrix

If Someone Wants to Do Something, I’m Generally Down

Nicole Hendrix is a producer, creative director, and the co-founder and executive director of BRIC Foundation, an organization that focuses on increasing representation for women and people from historically excluded groups in entertainment, media, and tech. She is also the co-founder of Concept Art Association, focusing on elevating and raising the profile of concept artists within the entertainment industry. Before joining the panel for the Zócalo, Arts for LA, ASU Narrative and Emerging Media Program, and LACMA public program “Is AI the End of Creativity—Or a New Beginning?,” Hendrix chatted …

Curator, Author, and Educator Anuradha Vikram | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Curator, Author, and Educator Anuradha Vikram

Cultural Power Is Real Power

Anuradha Vikram is a writer, curator, and educator in Los Angeles. They are co-curator of the 2024 Portland Biennial and guest curator of the Getty PST Art exhibition Atmosphere of Sound: …

LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab Director Joel Ferree | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab Director Joel Ferree

I’m Curious How AI Can Play Out Within the Art Institution

Joel Ferree is the program director of LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab which supports artist experiments with emerging technology. He was director of the Spencer Brownstone Gallery in New York …

Writer and Producer John Lopez | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Writer and Producer John Lopez

I Worry Hollywood Never Fails to Take the Wrong Lesson

John Lopez is a writer, producer, and member of the AI working group in the Writer’s Guild of America. Before joining the panel for the Zócalo, Arts for LA, ASU Narrative and Emerging Media Program, and …

How L.A. Can Keep Its Creative Hive Buzzing

To Nurture Artists, Writers, and Toy Manufacturers, the City Needs to Keep Encouraging Weird Ideas

Los Angeles isn’t fantasizing when it calls itself America’s creative capital–the numbers back it up. Economist Kimberly Ritter-Martinez rattled them off at a panel sponsored by the City of Los …

Imagination Is a City’s Most Vital Resource

If You Want to Know the Health of a City, Count the Permits It Issues for Concerts, Street Fairs, and Festivals

In hard economic times, cities need to decide what industries are essential, and what programs and services can be cut down to save resources. The arts are perennial contenders for …