Edgar Arceneaux: Watts House Project

Jul 01, 2008

Through the Hammer Artist Residency Program, Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux launches an ambitious long-term project called the Watts House Project (WHP) and completes the first of twenty residential property enhancements in the Watts neighborhood, just across the street from the historic Watts Towers landmark. Invested in the notion that residents can be empowered to creatively shape their own space and community, WHP facilitates the collaboration of an artist, an architect, and a homeowner on each property.