Downtown Art Walk Delights Los Angeles

Dive into art, culture, and food
Sujata Day

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L.A.’s popular fun and free Downtown Art Walk celebrates the arts every second Thursday of each month. Locals, visitors, and art lovers unite for a unique event filled with a variety of eats, shops and art-related events and openings. Located predominantly between Spring and Main Streets and 2nd and 9th Avenues, the Downtown Art Walk reigns as a fun Los Angeles excursion enjoyed by children and adults.

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Gallery Row, Los Angeles Downtown Art WalkGallery Row, Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk — Photo courtesy of Ed Kwon

Stop by the Art Walk Lounge at 634 South Spring Street to peruse the rotating special showcase exhibit while a featured DJ spins uptempo tunes. Take the kids to Spread Skate Shop, a gallery influenced by skate culture highlighting skateboards, clothing, and accessories. Niche.LA Video Art gallery boasts an 18-seat screening room and exhibits digital photography and machinima. Crack Gallery carries clothing for metropolitan men and women with a small basement dedicated entirely to art pieces.

Hungry? Get your grub on at a multitude of restaurants and bars along the way. Cole’s, famous for its French Dip sandwiches, gets packed with downtown diners. Care for a cocktail? Sip a handcrafted drink at Varnish, a comfortable bar doling out daily Happy Hour specials. Throw on a light jacket, grab a map, and soak in some art at Downtown Art Walk in Los Angeles!

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Sujata Day

About Sujata Day

Living in the land of perpetual sun, beautiful beaches, and gorgeous people has fueled Sujata Day’s creativity in myriad ways. Her short story “Forbidden Fate” won the WRITE STUFF competition sponsored by MTV and People magazine, birthing a prosperous writing career. The tale was published in a collection of short stories titled Pieces, edited by Stephen Chbosky. Reviews hail Pieces as “an exciting glimpse into the future of fiction” and “endearingly raw, undeniably bold, and engagingly inventive.” Since moving to LA from the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA, Sujata has appeared in many TV shows, films, and internet productions. TV credits include Desperate Housewives, Secret Life of the American Teenager, Campus Ladies, Greek, and The Loop. She plays a supporting role in 2009’s Down For Life, alongside Danny Glover and Snoop Dogg. Sujata produced, wrote, and starred in the web pilot Raveena and the Vampire chosen to launch as a 2010 premiere vehicle on the popular internet channel, Somebody’s Basement. Currently, she stars as ‘CeCe’ in the hit web series, Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. Sujata can be seen next starring in the film, Big Breakin', to be released in early 2012.

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