LA Convention | Rose River Memorial

Rose River Memorial at LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles

Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2021
This installation was shown at the LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles

The Center had been a Covid field hospital over the last year. The installation, comprised of 10,500 community-made roses formed the entranceway to the LA Art Show which was on Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2021. The Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti opened the event, which coincided with the 50 year anniversary of the LA Convention Center in front of the Rose River Memorial.

This memorial was set up in front of the Tennessee State Capitol in the City of Nashville. At the time there were over 13,000 deaths from Covid.

At the time there were 25,000 deaths from Covid in Los Angeles County.