sister dreamer, lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles

sister dreamer, lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles is a monument to the community of South Central Los Angeles by artist Lauren Halsey.

In 2006, Halsey began designing sister dreamer while studying architecture at El Camino Community College. The work investigates what architecture can be and how public space can invite collective creation. While prototypes of varying elements have been previously exhibited at museums across the country, Halsey always imagined the fully realized monument embedded within South Central Los Angeles, the neighborhood Halsey and her family have called home for generations.

Presented by Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), sister dreamer will be open to the public free of cost from March 2026 to November 2027 in South Central Los Angeles. The monument will be activated by a comprehensive schedule of free public programs by Summaeverythang Community Center, Halsey’s nonprofit organization.

Join us in making sister dreamer possible with a fully tax-deductible contribution.

Online donations can be made here.

For more information on sister dreamer and additional donation options, please email Christopher Mangum-James, LAND’s deputy director, at christopher@nomadicdivision.org

sister dreamer, lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles is presented by Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) and co-produced and curated by Christine Y. Kim.

This project has been made possible by the Mellon Foundation.

Major support provided by the Ford Foundation, Agnes Gund, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, and Brad Pitt.

Generous support provided by Candy and Michael Barasch, Justin Bayless, Allison and Larry Berg, Maverick Carter and LeBron James of LRMR Ventures, the Genco-Kamin Family, Terri and Eric Holoman, the Sherman Family Foundation, and George Wells and Manfred Rantner.

Additional support provided by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Ayesha Selden and Devin W. Blackburn, Esq., as well as the members of kinfolk for sister dreamer: Charles Gaines and Roxana Landaverde, Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian, Julie Mehretu, and Mickalene Thomas.