A NEW CREATIVE STRATEGY, PUBLIC ART, EVENTS, AND PRODUCTION AGENCY.

Public Art Company is a multi-disciplinary agency devoted to creating compelling public art, experiential installations, and cultural programming.

Story

While producing art fairs and music festivals in Southern California and Mexico, our founders met and realized they shared a passion for connecting people through unique art experiences. Inspired by their multi-cultural upbringing and a mutual desire to create art and experiences accessible to all. A lens of inclusivity is ingrained in their approach, not an afterthought. Reflecting the diversity of the United States, Public Art Company seeks to build a more diverse future one neighborhood at a time.

Originally from Tijuana, founder Karla Aguiñiga is an artist, curator, and educator working actively in the US and Mexico. Her curatorial work includes exhibitions and programming for the Hammer Museum, Craft Contemporary, and the Mexican Consulate of LA.

Founder Raffi Lehrer is a curator and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. For over 10 years, he has developed and produced large-scale installations, immersive exhibits, and cultural programming at events such as Art Basel, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and Design Miami.

When they aren’t scheming together on ways to bring art into unexpected places they can be found in LA tending to their plants and/or deciding on what to cook for dinner.

Projects

Click the images below for more details on a selection of our past projects...

Services

Whether it's for a Capital Improvement Project or a Private Development Art project we go beyond production. We are a full-service agency, capable of executing and designing unique experiences that connect audiences, stakeholders, and artists. We are experienced in the management, production, and execution of creative components, in addition to logistics needs including permitting, documentation, and budgeting so crucial for a successful project management.

Shown here: Installing Etherea by Edoardo Tresoldi for Coachella 2018.

Proposal development, project management, fabrication consulting, and event production. We do the dirty work, so you don't have to.

Shown here: Laboratory for Embodied Intelligence with artist Nina Waisman and choreographer Flora Weigmann, produced with Fulcrum Arts for Arroyo Seco Weekend 2018. Image Courtesy Goldenvoice.

Developing and producing temporary installations and activations that leave an indelible mark long after they've been taken down.

Shown here: Spectra by NEWSUBSTANCE for Coachella 2018. Image Courtesy Goldenvoice.

Producing events and public programming with institutions, foundations, and brands across the US.

Shown here: #NASAVISIONS, produced with The Studio at Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Arroyo Seco Weekend 2018. Image Courtesy Dan Goods

We provide design, curatorial, and production services for art and programming both publicly and privately commissioned. Our multi-disciplinary team can produce large-scale permanent installations as well as short-term experience design. With a diverse global network of artists, designers, architects, engineers, and experienced fabricators we can execute projects at any scale.

Shown here: Installing Sarbalé ke by Francis Kéré for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 2019.

Whether it's for a Capital Improvement Project or a Private Development Art project we go beyond production. We are a full-service agency, capable of executing and designing unique experiences that connect audiences, stakeholders, and artists. We are experienced in the management, production, and execution of creative components, in addition to logistics needs including permitting, documentation, and budgeting so crucial for a successful project management.

Shown here: Installing Etherea by Edoardo Tresoldi for Coachella 2018.

Proposal development, project management, fabrication consulting, and event production. We do the dirty work, so you don't have to.

Shown here: Laboratory for Embodied Intelligence with artist Nina Waisman and choreographer Flora Weigmann, produced with Fulcrum Arts for Arroyo Seco Weekend 2018. Image Courtesy Goldenvoice.

With hands-on project management we deliver projects that leave a lasting mark. Our multidisciplinary team can manage every stage of a project, ensuring that our clients have the confidence that the journey is as successful and enjoyable as the end result.

Clients

Both Public Art Company and its members have collaborated with institutions, corporations, and events such as the Craft Contemporary Museum of LA, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, The Hammer Museum, The Huntington Gardens, Goldenvoice, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mexican Consulate General of Los Angeles and Armory Center for the Arts.

We’ve also worked with a diverse range of talented artists and designers such as Francis Kéré, The Haas Brothers, Jimenez Lai, Oana Stanescu, Office Kovacs, Phillip K Smith III, Shahryar Nashat, and Tanya Aguiñiga.

Mission

We're placemakers. Collaborating with artists, designers, developers, community organizations, arts councils, cultural institutions, and emerging brands. Whether it's a one-time event, long term programming, or permanent installation - we conceive destinations that bring people together.