Work that moves people.
Central 100: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning
Marking the centennial of one of Los Angeles’s most beloved landmarks, this exhibition celebrates the depth and distinctiveness of Central Library’s subject departments.
Thought Projects designed, contracted and oversaw the fabrication, and installed the exhibition’s signature elements: eleven custom-built books, each seven feet tall, housing display vitrines with integrated lighting. Working in close partnership with the curatorial and graphic design team, Thought Projects led the design of the vitrines and managed the production through delivery and installation of the final casework.
Fabrication: MountArt
Curator: Los Angeles Public Library
Graphic Design: WeAreGiants.
East Los Streetscapers: World Encounter over El Arroyo Seco
In 1994, as Los Angeles prepared to host the World Cup for the first time, East Los Streetscapers artists David Botello and Wayne Healy created this vivid mural to capture the city’s global moment — a celebration of sport, community, and the multicultural energy that defines Los Angeles. The games’ return to Los Angeles in 2026 became an opportunity to revisit this remarkable work and display it in the library’s atrium.
Thought Projects curated and managed all aspects of the project including: identifying the artwork; coordination with artists; identifying a display location; loan forms and other paperwork; art transport, rigging and installation; and interpretive text.
Ashley Walker: Threads of Los Angeles
Ashley Walker, the Library’s 2025 Creator in Residence, drew on the Library’s historical archives — documents, manuscripts, and photographs — to create Threads of Los Angeles, a six-piece fashion line that embodies the layered history of the city. The collection was presented first at the Central Library and then at branch libraries across the city.
Thought Projects designed, fabricated, and installed the plinths and vitrines.
Curator: Los Angeles Public Library and Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Graphic Design: WeAreGiants.
Layered Lands: Synchronous Stories of Greater Los Angeles
Layered Lands: Synchronous Stories of Greater Los Angeles was a multi-institutional academic exhibition drawing on collections and scholarship from organizations across the region.
Thought Projects partnered with the exhibition curator to help translate a richly researched project into an experience accessible to a general public audience. Our scope encompassed: exhibition administration including data management and copy editing interpretive text; design, fabrication, and installation of custom casework; coordination with design team; handling of rare books and maps; and installation of all elements of the exhibition.
Curator: Marissa K. López, Associate Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies, UCLA
Graphic Design: WeAreGiants.
East Los Streetscapers: Hacia al Norte
Hacia al Norte, a monumental 65-foot mural on canvas by the East Los Streetscapers — artists David Botello, Wayne Healy, and Rich Raya — was commissioned in 1991 for a factory cafeteria. The sweeping narrative of journey and arrival is a visual celebration of the layered immigrant stories that define Los Angeles. It required careful transport, condition assessment, and installation.
Thought Projects curated and managed all aspects of the project including: identifying the artwork; coordination with artists and lender; exhibition administration; art transport; design, fabrication, and installation of custom display plinth; interpretive text; and coordination with design team.
Graphic Design: WeAreGiants.
Roosevelt High School History Walk
This bilingual public history project traces the rich, century-long history of Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights. Commissioned by LAUSD as part of the school’s campus modernization program, the project combined archival research, oral histories, and hands-on student engagement — resulting in an outdoor public history activation that brought important stories alive for a new generation of students and community members. The project consists of five outdoor interpretive stations organized around specific themes, and pavers embedded with narrative content tracing the school’s history.
Thought Projects served as content research and curatorial lead on this nuanced, bilingual public history project.
Project Administration: Chattel Inc
Design: Picnic Design
Looks Like a Home to Me: Inside the Progressive Art Studio
This bilingual exhibition brought the work of over 100 artists from progressive art studios across California into public view — organizations that provide inclusive, individually tailored studio environments for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The exhibition featured works across a broad range of media: ceramics, painting, drawing, textiles, video, and zines.
Thought Projects coordinated this exhibition including: identifying a concept and a qualified curator; exhibition administration; art transport; design, fabrication, and installation of custom display elements; coordination with the graphic design team; and interpretive text.
Curator: Paige Wery, Director, Tierra del Sol Gallery
Graphic Design: WeAreGiants.
Case Fabrication: MountArt