‘An ode to Altadena’: LA arts community bands together to support fire-ravaged neighborhood
The eclectic neighborhood was devastated by the wildfire last month; galleries and artists are now working to protect its legacy
A charred baby Slinky, a handful of book ash, blackened cowrie shells from a necklace made in Ghana. These are some of the remnants of precious things the artist Kenturah Davis has salvaged from what is left of her Altadena home.
Nearby, there is virtually nothing left of her parents’ home of 40 years. Gone are her mother’s intricately stitched quilts and a trove of paintings and sketches Davis’s father made of Hollywood backlots during his decades of working on television and movie sets.
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