Skip to Content
Events

Preview: ‘Origins’ ~ Opens Jan. 27 in Downtown L.A.

Valerie J Bower

Labs, a public-benefit corporation has announced its first exhibition at Downtown Labs, Los Angeles.

The exhibition will feature work by photographers you know and love if you're a regular reader of this website — Star Montana, Valerie J. Bower, Sean Maung. Also showing work will be Labs students, in partnership with Inner City Arts and Las Fotos Project, as well as a special performance by Paul Pescador.

Address:

Downtown Labs, 1427 East 4th Street, #11, LA, CA 90033

Opening:

Saturday, January 27, 4-7 pm

RSVP to info@redhooklabs.com

Please enjoy this gallery of images from the show...

Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
SEAN MAUNG
SEAN MAUNG
SEAN MAUNG
SEAN MAUNG
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Star Montana
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Valerie J Bower
Calynn (Inner City Arts Student)
Calynn (Inner City Arts Student)

About Labs
Labs is a public-benefit corporation located in Red Hook, Brooklyn and Downtown Los Angeles, which establishes arts education in public schools and community centers, provides accelerated skills training on its premises, and connects teens and young adults to internships and job opportunities in the creative industries. Labs is comprised of: Studios, Gallery and School. Each combine to make a truly dynamic and diverse space where the most talented emerging artists, alongside the most acclaimed, go to work, create, exhibit, teach, learn, collaborate, celebrate, employ and be employed.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from L.A. TACO

Daily Memo: California Is Installing ICE AI Surveillance Tools As Trump Goes After Your Civil and Constitutional Rights

Either through willful ignorance or foolish naivety, our local governments are building the surveillance apparatus that ICE currently uses and will continue to use to persecute immigrants, people of color, and dissidents to Trump. 

Why Did Anaheim City Council Vote to Install Nearly $1M-Worth of License Plate Surveillance?

Forty-one of the cameras will be deployed across the broader Orange County operational area as part of a regional surveillance network.

April 29, 2026

Final Round of TACO MADNESS Voting Is Now Open! Meet the Last Two Taquerías Left

The winner will be announced live on stage this Saturday at our TACO MADNESS live event at Grand Park! Members get in for free and it's our biggest fundraiser of the year for our independent journalism.

Daily Memo: ICE Unveils Plan To Detain Children In “Toxic” Louisiana Military Site

The raids continue here in Southern California, as we’ve been seeing many vehicles targeted and stopped. In one case, ICE deployed spike strips before chasing a fleeing woman into a residential area with their guns drawn.

USC Graduate Student at Center of Arturo Flores Sexual Assault Scandal Speaks Out

Since the news broke, there have been ongoing recall efforts and public pressure for Flores to resign. However, Flores remains a sitting council member.

April 28, 2026

Diners, Dommes, and Dives: The 13 Best Restaurants in L.A., According to Dominatrixes

Los Angeles, it turns out, has a tight-knit domme community. They’re caretakers, interpreters of human behavior, and, in their own way, societal pressure valves. Providing a safe and consensual place to release the stress and desires of clients. These are the spots they love to eat.

See all posts