Meet Jay Lopez :: blogdowntown

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES One day after his announcement as the new Executive Director of the Downtown Art Walk, Jay Lopez is sitting in the Historic Core cafeteria looking at floor skeleton for the building which he hopes to fill with artists as good as galleries. It's the plan which has both nothing as good as all to do with his new post as good as the operation of interests which Lopez thinks will have him the right male to lead Downtown's largest monthly event.

blogdowntown sat down with Lopez this afternoon to ask him the small bit some-more about his credentials as good as what he skeleton to do to get started.

ERIC RICHARDSON: If we were starting to give the short introduction to yourself as good as what we do, what would we say?

JAY LOPEZ: What do we do? we guess the easiest reduction of which is genuine estate as good as art. I've finished events, I've finished small business, I've finished galleries, I've finished events as good as benefits for galleries, projects with film directors...

ER: Art Walk is unequivocally arrange of the difficult event, because you've got art, you've got mercantile development, you've got galleries... It sounds similar to we move something to each of those pieces.

JL: Thank you.

I consider which my opposite ability sets will eventually be able to be used in each opposite facet of it, operative directly with the City, the councilpeople, the Business Improvement District, the galleries, the artists, the patrons, the spectators as good as the local businesses. The purpose is something which can tie them all together.

ER: You mentioned which the Art Walk house found you. What was your initial thought when they approached you?

JL: we was flattered.

ER: Flattered as good as excited? Flattered as good as worried?

JL: Flattered as good as excited. I'm not the worryi! ng type. I'm ready to begin working.

ER: What's the initial step? How have been we getting started?

JL: First step is talking to everybody. Not usually have been we starting to do the [DLANC Arts Committee] assembly tonight, though as shortly as we're finished with which my personal idea is to travel around to each opposite art studio to begin with, as good as to talk directly to the owner as good as find out what their needs, questions, concerns as good as comments are.

ER: On the genuine estate side, you've already been operative to move some-more galleries to Downtown. What do we consider it is about Downtown which makes it good suited for galleries?

JL: Not usually have been we about as mainly located as we could possibly be, though additionally we have such the operation to suggest people. Not usually do we have the small initial galleries, though additionally we have the small unequivocally critical institutions here as good as all in between. we consider galleries can do good down here.

ER: One of the things about Art Walk is which you've got the galleries which have been trying to sell art, though you've additionally got these 10,000 people coming Downtown which maybe aren't looking to buy art. How do those dual parts relate?

JL: From my knowledge at galleries, the lot of the critical collectors will come in prior to we even have the uncover up as good as they'll begin shopping pieces. A lot of them will come after... But the lot of them will come during which opening, take the demeanour around, see what's starting on, as good as then come back. Everything isn't starting to be sole on the initial night.

But 10,000 people coming Downtown, we have the tough time thinking which would be the bad thing for the city. we consider that's fantastic. We all need that. we consider which the galleries have so much to suggest these people which if we can keep brin! ging in the bigger crowd, it will expostulate some-more commercial operation to the galleries as good as the artists.

ER: You mentioned which prior to we were involved in Art Walk, we already had small ideas for things which could be done. What's something that's been running around in your head?

JL: You're starting to have to come to the small of my meetings for which one.

ER: Not even only the tease?

JL: It'll all be released really, unequivocally soon...

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