A gallery in the West Adams District is trying to make the work of Black artists more accessible to the very people they portray.
"People who've been unseen, unheard, unrecognized," Tilford said.
They could've opened this gallery anywhere like the Arts District in downtown LA or West LA but they chose to do it here for a very specific reason. Their work is displayed on Rodeo Drive or in Santa Monica which is fine but are not reaching a wide audience.
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