Forest For The Trees by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
co-curated by David Orozco and Darlyn Susan Yee
project/room at Cerritos College Art Gallery
January 26 - February 6, 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 28th from 4pm-8pm
co-curated by David Orozco and Darlyn Susan Yee
project/room at Cerritos College Art Gallery
January 26 - February 6, 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 28th from 4pm-8pm
About Forest For The Trees:
Old-growth forests exhibit distinctive ecological features and are often home to rare, threatened, and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant. Unfortunately, many of our old-growth forest stands are threatened by habitat destruction at the invasive hands of man. This fiber-based installation hopes to address the wonders and perils of the forest by creating an environment that is at once unique and fantastic, dangerous and bizarre, and by acknowledging that one day, the built environment may be all that’s left.
In 2011, the Arroyo Arts Collective in Northeast Los Angeles, initiated the Forest, For the Trees project, while its co-producer Yarn Bombing Los Angeles invited artists from all over the world to contribute work. Artists used standard, recycled, and unusual materials to create all of the elements you might see in a forest. From its debut at Avenue 50 Studio the Forest has evolved into installations at Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center, Brand Library, Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, and most recently in the Boddy House Library at Descanso Gardens.
We’re a group of fiber artists collaborating since 2010 to stage public installations to expand the definition of public art, blending street art, fiber art, social practice, craft, and high art. The eclectic group encompasses all ages, genders and backgrounds. YBLA encourages professional artists and novice crafters to use materials ranging from yarn to garbage bags using traditional fiber techniques to create collaborative installations. The pieces may be whimsical, humorous, conceptual or political. The common thread is the creation of work that pushes the knit/crochet envelope, and our presentation of the work in the public realm.
Contributing Artists through the years:
Edith Abeyta, Alyssa Arney, Autry Museum’s Annual Summer Block Party and Inspired By Nature Attendees, Mercy Azarcon, Amy Bauer, Alexis Bell, Tegan Bellamy, Luisa Bottari, Leslie Brown, Burbank’s Fiber Fiends, Alexandra Busby, Diane Bush, Linda Cahoon, Jill Cary, Janice Carter, Mara Cheng, Jean Choate, Jen Chow, Kathryn Cobbin, Irene Cochran, Leighann Corbin, Bernice "Bee" Colman, Yolanda Diaz, Sue Dietel, Katelyn Dorroh, Erica Durante, Beth Elliott, Hui-Mei Ellis, Jacque Lene Engel, Susana Ethiel, Chantal Eyong, Jennifer Fahy, Melissa Federowicz, James Jude Ferrera, Esther Finney, Liz Flynn, Amy Frey, The Fuzzy Panda, Glendale’s Jewel City Knitters, Carmela Gomes, Becky Goodman, Grace, Linda Greco, Judy Gregory, Connie Griffin, Guess Cares, Andy Hadwick, Jennifer Hall, Julia Hartley, Margaret Hatfield, Ruth Head, Laura Henley, Yolanda Hernandez, Amy Caterina Hill, Heather Hoggan, Lynne Hopper, Francesca Innocenti, Jeanette Johannes, Kristen Johannesen, Lisa Jong, Sarah Jung, Patty Kersting, Julie Kornblum, Arzu Arda Kosar, Gem Lagonoy, Jessica Lam, Diane Larsen, Bisi Lawal, Debi Leibovitz, Linda Leonard, Justine Leong, Sheilah Levin, Stella Ligutom, Terri Lonski, Sylvia Lyons, Kristie Mach, Geeta Mande, Charlotte Marshall, Karen Semenoff McCuaig, Silvia Mendoza, Tyler Mitzner, Theresa Knopf Morgan, Allie Moskowitz, Lauri Mraz, Alice Neal, Nancy Nelson, Janice Ogata, Ola, Pat Olson, Diane Olson-Baskin, Gilda Ongkeko, Racquel “Rocky” Ormsby, David Orozco, Thea Orozco, Pat Ortiz, Olga O’Shea, Niccole V. Osborn, Pasadena’s Crochet Meet Up, Lori Perea, Domenica Piumetti, Rita Poon, Nancy Pyne-Hapke, Ashley Reynolds, Irene Rezaie, Adrianna Rianna, Judy Richards, Penny Richards, Glenid Rivera, Dolores Robles, Connie Rohman, Marsha Rose, Mary Rosales, Joan Sauve, Erin Shea, Jocelyn Sia, Ginna Siman, Rachel Sirr, Andrea Smith, Kathleen Smith, Rita Smith, Jennifer Snoeyink, Meriel Stern, Beth Sterner, Ann Storc, Kazuko Tajima, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Jerene Thomson, Threadwinners, Sarah Todd, Kacy Treadway, Christina Tucker, Cristina Tueler, Evelyn Van Orden, Bonnie Vilchez, Nicole Wade, Jane Wang, Jessica Wards, Kayla Waxman, Fumiko Wellington, Natalie Welts, Nicholas Welts, West Flamingo Yarn Stormers, Wetherby, Maryam Will, Tracy Williams, Stefa Witt, Darlyn Susan Yee, Mariam Yonsset, Maria Zapata, Carol Zou.
01/26-02/06 2026
Old-growth forests exhibit distinctive ecological features and are often home to rare, threatened, and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant. Unfortunately, many of our old-growth forest stands are threatened by habitat destruction at the invasive hands of man. This fiber-based installation hopes to address the wonders and perils of the forest by creating an environment that is at once unique and fantastic, dangerous and bizarre, and by acknowledging that one day, the built environment may be all that’s left.
In 2011, the Arroyo Arts Collective in Northeast Los Angeles, initiated the Forest, For the Trees project, while its co-producer Yarn Bombing Los Angeles invited artists from all over the world to contribute work. Artists used standard, recycled, and unusual materials to create all of the elements you might see in a forest. From its debut at Avenue 50 Studio the Forest has evolved into installations at Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center, Brand Library, Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, and most recently in the Boddy House Library at Descanso Gardens.
We’re a group of fiber artists collaborating since 2010 to stage public installations to expand the definition of public art, blending street art, fiber art, social practice, craft, and high art. The eclectic group encompasses all ages, genders and backgrounds. YBLA encourages professional artists and novice crafters to use materials ranging from yarn to garbage bags using traditional fiber techniques to create collaborative installations. The pieces may be whimsical, humorous, conceptual or political. The common thread is the creation of work that pushes the knit/crochet envelope, and our presentation of the work in the public realm.
Contributing Artists through the years:
Edith Abeyta, Alyssa Arney, Autry Museum’s Annual Summer Block Party and Inspired By Nature Attendees, Mercy Azarcon, Amy Bauer, Alexis Bell, Tegan Bellamy, Luisa Bottari, Leslie Brown, Burbank’s Fiber Fiends, Alexandra Busby, Diane Bush, Linda Cahoon, Jill Cary, Janice Carter, Mara Cheng, Jean Choate, Jen Chow, Kathryn Cobbin, Irene Cochran, Leighann Corbin, Bernice "Bee" Colman, Yolanda Diaz, Sue Dietel, Katelyn Dorroh, Erica Durante, Beth Elliott, Hui-Mei Ellis, Jacque Lene Engel, Susana Ethiel, Chantal Eyong, Jennifer Fahy, Melissa Federowicz, James Jude Ferrera, Esther Finney, Liz Flynn, Amy Frey, The Fuzzy Panda, Glendale’s Jewel City Knitters, Carmela Gomes, Becky Goodman, Grace, Linda Greco, Judy Gregory, Connie Griffin, Guess Cares, Andy Hadwick, Jennifer Hall, Julia Hartley, Margaret Hatfield, Ruth Head, Laura Henley, Yolanda Hernandez, Amy Caterina Hill, Heather Hoggan, Lynne Hopper, Francesca Innocenti, Jeanette Johannes, Kristen Johannesen, Lisa Jong, Sarah Jung, Patty Kersting, Julie Kornblum, Arzu Arda Kosar, Gem Lagonoy, Jessica Lam, Diane Larsen, Bisi Lawal, Debi Leibovitz, Linda Leonard, Justine Leong, Sheilah Levin, Stella Ligutom, Terri Lonski, Sylvia Lyons, Kristie Mach, Geeta Mande, Charlotte Marshall, Karen Semenoff McCuaig, Silvia Mendoza, Tyler Mitzner, Theresa Knopf Morgan, Allie Moskowitz, Lauri Mraz, Alice Neal, Nancy Nelson, Janice Ogata, Ola, Pat Olson, Diane Olson-Baskin, Gilda Ongkeko, Racquel “Rocky” Ormsby, David Orozco, Thea Orozco, Pat Ortiz, Olga O’Shea, Niccole V. Osborn, Pasadena’s Crochet Meet Up, Lori Perea, Domenica Piumetti, Rita Poon, Nancy Pyne-Hapke, Ashley Reynolds, Irene Rezaie, Adrianna Rianna, Judy Richards, Penny Richards, Glenid Rivera, Dolores Robles, Connie Rohman, Marsha Rose, Mary Rosales, Joan Sauve, Erin Shea, Jocelyn Sia, Ginna Siman, Rachel Sirr, Andrea Smith, Kathleen Smith, Rita Smith, Jennifer Snoeyink, Meriel Stern, Beth Sterner, Ann Storc, Kazuko Tajima, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Jerene Thomson, Threadwinners, Sarah Todd, Kacy Treadway, Christina Tucker, Cristina Tueler, Evelyn Van Orden, Bonnie Vilchez, Nicole Wade, Jane Wang, Jessica Wards, Kayla Waxman, Fumiko Wellington, Natalie Welts, Nicholas Welts, West Flamingo Yarn Stormers, Wetherby, Maryam Will, Tracy Williams, Stefa Witt, Darlyn Susan Yee, Mariam Yonsset, Maria Zapata, Carol Zou.
01/26-02/06 2026