Culver City: Colorful Communities Poster Program
Culver City: Colorful Communities – A New Arts Program
Culver City: Colorful Communities (CC:CC), a new pilot program, celebrates Culver City's vibrant and diverse neighborhoods through the unique perspective of local visual artists. This program emphasizes the unique, handmade quality of art where new and original two-dimensional artworks are created, showcasing each artist's vision and the distinct characteristics and details of a specific neighborhood. Visual artists will design commemorative posters that depict the unique history, culture, and character of different communities across Culver City.
For the first cycle (2025–2026), posters will feature five neighborhoods: Blair Hills, Culver/West, Fox Hills, Lucerne/Higuera, and Sunkist Park. Future cycles will include other neighborhoods across the City.
This program offers professional artists in Los Angeles County—especially those who live or work in Culver City—the opportunity to create artwork that builds community pride, tells our stories, and makes art more accessible to everyone.
The Cultural Affairs Division invites professional visual artists and artist teams residing in Los Angeles County to submit qualifications in this first of a two-stage competitive process for the 2025-2026 Culver City: Colorful Communities (CC:CC) program. Visual artists/artist teams who live or work in Culver City or neighboring cities are highly encouraged to apply.
CC:CC is a program of the City of Culver City's Cultural Affairs Division, implemented through the Art in Public Places Program (APPP) in coordination with the Cultural Affairs Commission and funded by the Cultural Trust Fund.
Read the Request for Qualifications (RFQ)(PDF, 387KB).
Submission Deadline: This deadline has passed.
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Call for Neighborhood Representatives
Culver City: Colorful Communities (CC:CC) is looking for five neighborhood representatives--one each from Blair Hills, Culver/West, Fox Hills, Lucerne/Higuera, and Sunkist Park--to help select the local visual artists who will create original poster artworks celebrating our city's vibrant and diverse neighborhoods.
Representatives will serve on the Artist Selection Committee, reviewing applications and helping to recommend artists to the Cultural Affairs Commission.
This is your opportunity to help shape how your neighborhood's story is told through art, highlighting its history, culture, and community spirit.
Submission Deadline: Apply by Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5pm. This deadline has passed.
$250 honorarium is offered to each neighborhood representative.
Let's celebrate the creativity that makes each corner of Culver City unique!
Read the Neighborhood Representative Fact Sheet & Application Details.
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Artist Selection Committee - Five Neighborhood Representatives Selected
The Cultural Affairs Division was successful in recruiting five neighborhood representatives to serve on the Artist Selection Committee. Each representative was required to attend a virtual scoring orientation and sign a Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement. Then, the representatives received electronic access to the twenty-five applications; the representatives are currently reviewing and scoring the twenty-five (25) eligible applications, selecting the top five artists to create original artworks that will be translated into collectible posters.
The following four scoring criteria, with a possible score of 100 points total, were included in the scoring guidelines and provided to the five representatives.
- Artistic Excellence of Qualification, Materials, Techniques, and Concepts (Up to 30 points)
- Potential Compatibility of Artist's Art Practice to Align with the Program's Objectives (Up to 30 points)
- Equity and Inclusion Commitment (Up to 25 points)
- Public Engagement Experience & Approach (Up to 15 points)
Each representative will submit their scores to the Cultural Affairs Division by Thursday, January 8, 2026. The Cultural Affairs Commission Public Art Subcommittee and Cultural Affairs Division Staff will meet to finalize the top five artist recommendations from the Artist Selection Committee on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Factors such as the artist's qualifications, past work samples, artist statements, style, technique, and potential ability to successfully produce an artwork that appropriately reflect the neighborhood of which the five top artists are randomly assigned.
If the Cultural Affairs Commission Public Art Subcommittee members approve the Artist Selection Committee's recommendation, then Cultural Affairs Division staff will advance the recommendation to the Cultural Affairs Commission for final approval at its February 17, 2026 meeting. Award and declination notifications will be sent to all artists by the end of February 2026.
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Four Artists & One Artist Team were Selected
Every neighborhood has a story and in Culver City, those stores are coming to life through art.
For the 2025-2026 cycle, Culver City awarded five $8,000 commissions to:
Selected by neighborhood representatives with guidance from the Cultural Affairs Public Art Subcommittee, the artists' posters will be completed by Fall 2026.
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Join artist Buena Johnson at Vibes After 5 (Fox Hills Edition)
Join artist Buena Johnson for a free, hands-on drawing workshop as part of Vibes After 5 (Fox Hills Edition).
When: Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 5pm to 8pm
Where: C3 at Culver Pointe, 300 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, CA 90230
Buena Johnson was selected to design an original poster, celebrating the Fox Hills neighborhood. This workshop is your chance to connect with the artist and be part of the creative process. No art experience needed--just come ready to create and enjoy an evening of artmaking, music, food, and community.
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Did You Know Sunkist Park was an Airport, Owned by Margaret Perry, in the 1930s?
Let's celebrate Mother's Day Weekend and the 96th Anniversary of the opening of the Culver City Airport with artist Deborah Aschheim at El Marino Park.
When: Saturday, May 9, 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Where: El Marino Park, 5301 Berryman Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230
As a special guest, Daniela Ossemer Guimaraes, a member of the Ninety-Nines Los Angeles Chapter, will be attending the May 9 celebration. Fun fact: Amelia Earhart and other early women pilots founded The Ninety-Nines, which is an international organization of licensed women pilots from 44 countries. Virtually all women of achievement in aviation have been or are members of The Ninety-Nines! Light refreshments will be provided.
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Do you know the local histories of Blair Hills? What about the silverpoint drawing technique?
Come discover the local histories such as Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes and Corral Viejo del Rincon of Blair Hills and the silverpoint drawing technique with artist Lori Escalera. The Cultural Affairs Division and the artist are delighted to offer free, hands-on art activities at Blair Hills Park.
When: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 2pm to 3:30pm
Where: Blair Hills Park, 5950 Wrightcrest Drive, Culver City, CA 90230
Join us for an afternoon filled with fun, artmaking, and lively discussions. Light refreshments will be provided.
Through a competitive process, Escalera was selected to create an original poster for the Blair Hills neighborhood.
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Come Meet the Artist Team AQMNI at Culver West Alexander Park Recreation Center
Join the Artist Team AQMNI (Ethel and Carlo Zafranco) for a fun afternoon of artmaking & discussion about the Culver West neighborhood. The Cultural Affairs Division and the artists are delighted to offer free, hands-on art activities at Alexander Park Recreation Center, Sunday, May 24, 2026, 2pm to 4pm.
When: Sunday, May 24, 2026, 2 pm to 4 pm
Where: Culver West Alexander Park Recreation Center, 4162 Wade Street, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Through a competitive process, AQMNI was selected to create an original poster for the Culver West neighborhood.
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Come Meet the Artist Stephen Holman at Destroyer
Join us at Destroyer for a meet and greet with artist Stephen Holman. Holman was selected to create an original poster of the Lucerne/Higuera neighborhood.
When: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 11:30 am to 1 pm
Where: Destroyer, 3578 Hayden Avenue, Culver City, CA 90232
Destroyer, a modern Michelin-recognized restaurant known for its creative, Scandinavian-inspired cuisine, minimalist design, and focus on unique flavor compositions, is featured as one of the architectural landmarks in Holman's poster design. Holman was influenced by the energy of the Hayden Tract area and the diversity of the patrons, creating a poster design that references the past with the contemporary.
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