REDCAT teams up with Skid Row Housing Trust to Present "Where Hope Lives" Conversation 10/6

REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) and the Skid Row Housing Trust co-present the first conversation event of REDCAT's new season, Where Hope Lives: How Design Can Transform Lives and Communities on October 6, 2009 at 7:30pm. This event has been made free to the public in order to allow for all members of the greater Los Angeles community to attend.

Innovative downtown Los Angeles developments such as the New Carver Apartments, by Michael Maltzan Architecture, and the Abbey Apartments, by Koning Eizenberg Architecture, have radically upended the prevalent notion of "low-income housing "--long synonymous with continuing poverty and blight. CalArts President Steven D. Lavine welcomes architects from Michael Maltzan Architecture, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Killefer Flammang Architects and Lorcan O'Herlihy for an illuminating panel discussion on the role of design in realizing "supportive housing" for the homeless led by AIA LA President John E. Kaliski.

The term supportive housing refers to the pairing of affordable, attractive apartments for homeless individuals and families with key services and treatment, with the goal of substantially transforming the quality of life for individuals and communities. The discussion also touches on the pairing of architecture and community transformation with partners including Skid Row Housing Trust and the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

The event at REDCAT is co-sponsored by AIA Los Angeles, ALOUD, United Way of Greater Los Angeles and the Urban Land Institute Los Angeles.

Where Hope Lives: How Design Can Transform Lives and Communities will take place at REDCAT, October 6, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is general admission. Reservations can be made through the REDCAT box office by calling 213-237-2800. Additional information available at www.redcat.org.

REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, is located at the corner of W. 2nd and Hope Streets, inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex (631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012).

ABOUT SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST
This year Skid Row Housing Trust is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a series of celebrations and community events. Founded in 1989, the Trust ends homelessness by providing permanent, affordable homes in concert with the services and support necessary to break the cycle of homelessness. Over the past two decades the Trust has built and preserved more than 1,300 apartments for the most vulnerable men and women in Los Angeles. Dedicated to the highest architectural standards, the Trust creates stunning buildings that both turn around lives and transform communities. For more information visit www.skidrow.org

ABOUT REDCAT
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, opened by CalArts in 2003, introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in this region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT is the newest partner in an international network of adventurous art and performance centers, which together are playing a vital role in the evolution of contemporary culture. REDCAT is a center for experimentation, discovery, and lively civic discourse.

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