Signs of Los Angeles: A Conversation on Sign-Painting and the City
Jun 20
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA)
1717 E. 7th Street, Los Angeles CA 90021
Join legendary sign-painter Doc Guthrie and artist Michael C. McMillen as they remember a time of when commercial signs were hand-painted and the city was like a large canvas. For more than twenty years, Doc Guthrie has taught sign painting at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (LATTC). Michael McMillen enrolled in Guthrie’s class in 2000 and has since mastered hand lettering in his fine art practice. Guthrie and McMillen, longtime Angelenos, have a witnessed the changes in our urban landscape, as hand-painting gave way to digital design and printing. Moderator Tucker Neel will facilitate a discussion between Guthrie and McMillen about history and practice of sign painting—and its remarkable resurgence in the present.
1717 E. 7th Street, Los Angeles CA 90021
