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Watts Towers Arts Center Campus

Since its founding in 1961, the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus has served as a cultural pillar of the Watts Community. Through extensive arts education, cultural programming, and artistic and political exhibits, the Center preserves a long history of creativity and paves the way for a new generation of talented artists.

Preserving Heritage, Inspiring Innovation

Watts Towers Arts Center Campus

Over the course of 33 years, Simon Rodia constructed the now famous Watts Towers, which is the world's largest single construction by an individual. Since its completion in 1954, the Watts Towers have played an integral role in the culture and heritage of the Watts community in Los Angeles. Founded in 1961, the Watts Towers Arts Center has been inextricably linked to the Watts Towers, serving as a source of cultural enrichment and arts education for several generations within the community. It provides tours, lectures, and classes in multi-media arts, and produce renowned exhibits, all of which attract both local and international attention.

GRoW Support

2022

Exhibition - I Wanted to do Something Big

WATTS TOWERS COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL

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2021

General Operating Support

Watts Towers Community Action CouncilĀ 

2019

General Operating Support

Friends of Watts Towers Arts CenterĀ 

2018

Event - 42nd Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival

Project - Sculpture of Simon Rodia
Exhibition - Creative Souls: African American Artists in Greater Los Angeles

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2017

Event - 41st Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival

Watts Towers Arts Center Campus

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Artbound: The Watts Towers Arts Center (Season 11, Episode 4)