The Hammer Museum received a $100,000 grant today after participating in and winning Goldhirsh Foundation’s My LA2050 contest in the arts and cultural vitality category.
With the grant money, the Hammer Museum has proposed to curate a temporary artisanal pop-up village in Westwood in a project called “Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood.” DJs, chefs, artists and other creative-makers will bring their crafts to vacant storefronts in Westwood Village.
The LA2050 contest challenged the 279 participants to submit future projects that would facilitate a more successful and thriving community within Los Angeles.
After more than two weeks of online public voting from April 2 to April 17, the Goldhirsh Foundation named 10 winners within eight categories (Arts and Cultural Vitality, Education, Environmental Quality, Health, Housing, Income and Employment, Public Safety and Social Connectedness), plus two wild card picks. More than 70,000 people voted and each of the 10 winners was awarded $100,000 for their respective projects.
In discussing the Hammer Museum’s next steps, Communications Director Sarah Stifler said meetings are lined up in the next few days to pull the organizational team together.
“We didn’t really have anything in place because we didn’t know if we would win,” she said. “But now we’re working very hard to get an organizational structure in place and we have pretty exciting stuff to roll out.”
Stifler said the Hammer Museum will announce future plans for their project on Monday.
Compiled by Colin Reid, Bruin senior staff, and Ashley Verhines, Bruin contributor.