The Brewery Art Colony

The Brewery Art Colony
General information
Type	Artist lofts
Location	2100 North Main Street Los Angeles, 90031 United States
Coordinates	34°03′53″N 118°13′05″W / 34.06459°N 118.21813°WCoordinates: 34°03′53″N 118°13′05″W / 34.06459°N 118.21813°W
Construction started	1894
Completed	1903
Design and construction
Architect	John B. Parkinson

The Brewery Art Colony, located in Los Angeles, has been called the largest live-and-work artists' colony in the world. The compound sits on twenty-one former warehouses with an old Edison power plant chimney dating to 1903, house work studios, living lofts, restaurants and galleries.^[1] The Brewery is home to practitioners of a variety of artistic media from painting, sculpture and photography to industrial design, architecture and experimental new media.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

History

The Brewery Art Colony began in 1903 as the Edison Electric Steam Power Plant and then as a Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery. Years later it was converted into artist lofts.

Location

2100 North Main Street

Los Angeles, CA

References

1. Drennon, Daniel (April 14, 2011). "LA Weekly". Blogs.laweekly.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
2. "The Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. November 6, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. "The Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. November 28, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
4. "Experiencela.com". Experiencela.com. October 20, 2003. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
5. Thursday, December 30, 2010, by Pauline O'Connor (December 30, 2010). "Lacurbed.com". Lacurbed.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
6. "Labrewery.com". Labrewery.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
7. "Thebrewery.net". Thebrewery.net. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
8. "Breweryartwalk.com". Breweryartwalk.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

External links

• Official website