An Exhibition Dedicated to Altadena’s Past and Present Highlights a Community Where Creativity Still Persists

An Exhibition Dedicated to Altadena’s Past and Present Highlights a Community Where Creativity Still Persists

For the first months of this year, gut-wrenching headlines detailed the incalculable loss in Altadena—an unincorporated, historically Black community in Los Angeles County’s San Gabriel Valley—triggered by the Eaton Fire. But beyond that devastation, there still exists a surviving community of artists, and their resilient creativity is the focus of an exhibition at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles. Organized by indepe…