dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Los Angeles, California, United States | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 2003-2008 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | Metro Builders and Engineers Group, Ltd. | en_US |
dc.date | 2003-2008 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-24T15:45:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-12-24T15:45:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 244029 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2787 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/152467 | |
dc.description | Entrance off small plaza into galvanized metal-clad "lean-to" lobby; Charles Mingus, the musician, grew up in a small house around the corner from the structure that would become known the world over as the "Watts Towers of Simon Rodia". He attended local schools in the neighborhood. His collaborator, Buddy Collette, started a Jazz Mentorship Program, which is the foundation of the music program at the center. The two-story center also has art and theater programs for children. The design architect was Celso Del
Poso. Source: Watts Towers Arts Center; http://www.wattstowers.org/ (accessed 8/11/2013) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | stucco; concrete; glass; galvanized steel cladding; steel | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
dc.subject | music | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Performing arts | en_US |
dc.subject | music education | en_US |
dc.subject | Twenty-first century | en_US |
dc.title | Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-US-LA-CMYA-A02 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
vra.worktype | community center | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | Metro Builders and Engineers Group, Ltd. (American architectural firm, founded 1987) | en_US |