The Watts Towers aren't officially open for their centennial, having been closed for restoration since 2017. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) A hundred years ago, in what was then the semi-rural ...

It’s so hot that the heat doesn’t hang, it shimmers. And though Edgar Arceneaux tends toward the pragmatic, even he has to stop and question whether he’s staring at a mirage. Standing in the tilting, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Using meditation as his inspiration, Kevin Watts, owner of Knowledge Sculpture, turns personal challenges into sculpture and jewelry that he hopes inspires and shares love. Watts often ...

Lynnette Watts makes highly ornate shrines that are shaped by her family's Catholic values, yet allow for a smile where a smile might be God's will. Large as a suitcase or small as a matchbox, her ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, assemblage — the practice of creating artwork from discarded items — gave black L.A. artists the chance to reclaim their community while calling out the indignities they faced.

A hundred years ago, in what was then the semi-rural farming community of Watts, a 40ish-year-old Italian immigrant laborer named Sabato Rodia bought a little home on a dead-end block by the railroad ...