Watts Towers [SEP] creator
Watts Towers
The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles. The entire site of towers, structures, sculptures, pavement and walls were designed and built solely by Sabato ("Simon") Rodia (1879–1965), an Italian immigrant construction worker and tile mason, over a period of
as Art Center Director at the Watts Towers Arts Center as part of the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles. He also served on the Board of the Korean American Museum, was the Vice President of the Los Angeles Art Association, and was on the board of the Downtown Arts Development Association.
Exhibitions.
Sep, 2014 Lookin’ Back in Front of Me: Selected Works of Mark Steven Greenfield, 1974-2014 
California African American Museum
Sep, 2014 EAT.DRINK.ART - A Kaleidoscope of the Senses