about essenceLA

The purpose of essenceLA arts is to connect and exhibit native Los Angeles artists to one another and the greater arts community. It is a space where two Los Angeles natives decided to reconcile their love of the arts with the love of their community. Everything featured on this blog depicts the very essence of Los Angeles. Every artist and work of art that you see here can claim the city of angels as their birthplace. They were born and raised in a city that is known worldwide to thrive on the creativity and the charisma of its inhabitants. But the rest of the world only sees what mainstream media shows them. essenceLA takes you directly to the streets of Los Angeles to discover the creativity that outsiders might not get to see otherwise.  

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instagram: @essenceLAarts
Twitter: @essenceLAarts

soundcloud: essenceLAarts

email: essencelosangeles@gmail.com

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Curnie Compton

Curnie grew up in Compton, California where at a young age, she became infatuated with film and television production. She attended the University of California Santa Cruz and obtained a BA in Film and Digital Media. As an aspiring television producer, she became involved in many productions inside and outside of school. As a young scholar, she began to pay more attention to the dividing and oppressive aspects that society imposes on many communities including her own. She grew to appreciate art as a vehicle of expression and social commentary and its ability to unite people from all walks of life. Currently, she splits her time between being a Production Assistant and searching for ways to promote and unite artists from underrepresented communities.
instagram: curnie_compton

Lana LosAngeles

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Lana is a mixed media artist native to Mid-city Los Angeles who grew up learning the love of the arts. An actor, dancer, director and performance poet by trade, Lana attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where she completed her undergraduate career with a BA in Theatre Arts and Dance, and while working in Santa Cruz, began to take a serious interest in the arts for social justice and education. Now back in LA Lana works as a performance artist, an advocate artist for positive social change and as a between the members of the art community strengthening their ties and support of fellow artists and their craft.

instagram: @lanalosangeles