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    ASU FIDM Museum

    4.6 (68 reviews)
    InexpensiveMuseums, Art Galleries
    Closed 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Emmy nominee, "Verdon & Fosse".
    Tess M.

    Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM)* if only we had met when we were both young perhaps my career path would have been more satisfying, more creative or at least different. Nevertheless, FIDM's Los Angeles Museum and Galleries' current installation of 2018-19 Emmy Award winners AKA, "Art of Television Costume Design" was an amazing experience, an opportunity to view the construction, the detail these designers, these geniuses create up close and personal sans TV camera all of which we, the consumer only get a snippet of often in but a fleeting shot. Now through October 26, 2019 http://www.fidmmuseum.org/exhibitions/current/ you too can see what I/we saw, ooh and aw, walk away with renewed appreciation for artistic process, for all art... Some of the costumes from shows my fashionista buddies and I viewed: * "A Series of Unfortunate Events" * "Crazy Ex Girlfriend" * "Game of Thrones" * "The Masked Singer" * "Sharp Objects" * "Veep" * "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" * "Blackish" * "Russian Dolls" You will feel welcomed here as we did, from the students woman-ing/manning the gift shop to THE MOST interactive, knowledgeable, charismatic security guards I/we have ever encountered in a museum setting. Admission is free to the public and parking is equally free on weekends. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Institute_of_Design_%26_Merchandising

    Lorraine I.

    No need to make the reservation No need to buy the ticket "free" The exhibition is wonderful Really small museum, you can finish it within 15 mins They r running a TV costumes exhibition Had my favorite "the marvelous" The strong Mrs Maisel figure accompanied me with my dark moments and hardest period.

    The entrance to the FIDM Museum is on the west side of the building facing Grand Hope Park.
    Roy R. P.

    Went to the FIDM Museum for the first time today. Saw the TV costume exhibit, which closes on October 26th 2019. Everything was very well displayed and easy to see. The entrance to the FIDM Museum is on the west side of the building facing Grand Hope Park. There is a Museum Shop in the FIDM Museum, as well as an FIDM store also facing Grand Hope Park, and a FIDM fashion store (went in, mostly ladies clothing) in the northeast corner of the FIDM building. The FIDM Museum is a very good value compared to most museums. (It's free.)

    Cris I.

    I had this place bookmarked for a long time but wasn't able to visit until a few weeks ago. And to tell you the truth, the visit wasn't even planned. I was around the area and decided to check out Grand Hope Park. Little did I know that the entrance to FIDM is actually through this same park. An added bonus? I dropped by during Star Wars Day and they had a special exhibition with all the characters onsite for photo ops. Entrance to the museum is free and I was lucky to see the exhibit for the 26th annual Art and Motion Picture Costume Design which ended on April 7, 2018. The museum is small but you will see more than enough interesting costumes used in recent blockbuster movies. This includes Wonder Woman, Star Wars, Thor, It, The Greatest Showman, Battle of the Sexes, Tonya, Blade Runner, Lady Bird, Beauty and the Beast, Pitch Perfect, and much more. There is also a gift shop on site where you can buy souvenir items of your favorite movie characters or favorite motion picture.

    The Huntsman: Winter's War (credit: http://tyrannyofstyle.com)
    Tina C.

    Visited the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising's wonderful museum again the other week. The museum typically houses two exhibits, at least one of which tends to be Hollywood-related. I saw: 1. 26th Annual Motion Picture Costume Design: yet another stellar showcase of top films, this time from 2017, including many 2018 Academy Award-winning and nominee films. Costumes from Phantom Thread (Academy Award Winner for Best Costume Design), Beauty and the Beast, I Tonya, Wonder Woman, Dunkirk, Thor: Ragnarock, Blade Runner 2049c Beguiled, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lady Bird, Tulip Fever, and many more. My favorite was Emma Watson's gorgeous yellow Belle gown from Beauty and the Beast! Ends Apr 7, 2018. 2. Acquiring Beauty: FIDM Museum Fashion Council: from a gorgeous modern feathered peacock runway gown to tiny women's gloves from the 1800s, the Fashion Council has curated a collection of its best pieces. Interesting and lovely! Ends Jul 7, 2018. Don't walk - run to the FIDM Museum!

    Beauty and the Beast
    Rachel M.

    The best part of the FIDM Museum is that it's free. As a movie lover, I was so excited to go to The 26th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition on its last day. I appreciate costume design because I love classic movies especially when they were designed by Edith Head. I enjoyed this exhibition very much that included costumes from the past year's Academy Award nominated films and blockbusters like Wonder Woman, The Last Jedi, and Beauty and the Beast. It was nice seeing the designs and details close up. The lighting was also great for picture taking. I look forward to going to this annually. There was also another exhibition called Acquiring Beauty: FIDM Museum Fashion Council, Est. 2011. It featured beautiful dresses and accessories from various time periods. There was a stunning Alexander McQueen dress that was the crowd favorite. This was a wonderful way to spend my Saturday morning. The FIDM staff was very nice from security to the museum shop. If you need to use the restroom and the museum one isn't open, then you have to be escorted to another floor. I will check out their upcoming exhibitions. FIDM's location is also nearby good food spots too.

    Coolest place ever, easy to find! Parking is just as you turn the corner off 9th on to Grand, $10. Amazing selection of costumes and the staff there were very nice and helpful! Def worth a visit :)

    Moon knight costume
    Christina K.

    I visit each time they change out their display. It's amazing seeing costumes from film and television up close. The staff is always lovely too.

    This current exhibit has amazing pieces in exceptional shape!! You must go to appreciate every hand sewn glass bead & hand-woven hat.
    Sarah H.

    I lived across from FIDM for a year and never went. Partially because they didn't open the FIDM Museum until the year after I moved. If you haven't been, GO! The exhibits are so much better up close and personal so you can see all the painstaking detail! I can't wait to return for their Academy Award-nominated costume display! AND they have a museum store that everyone in my life can just go here if you ever need gift ideas for me. They also have an amazing sample clothing and shoe store and jewelry store where you can get great pieces for way less than they are worth! #FIDM #lindaandstevenplochocki #exhibition #makesmewander

    Westworld costumes are ornate and beautiful.
    Gen M.

    I love this gallery. Their shows are thoughtful and they change several times a year. My favorites are their Oscar and Emmy costumes, which happen each once a year. But they also have an amazing collection of vintage clothing that they also display, usually around themes such as "travel clothes" or "men's wear." They even had an entire show focused around handheld fans! Right now the television costume show is running until October 7. And did I mention it's free?

    Sansa Stark's gown
    Vivian S.

    This is a great little museum that is always a treat to visit. Admission is FREE and the exhibits are always fun and colorful. They change installations a few times a year, so check back periodically to see what might catch your eye. I've been here a few times, but the latest installation, The 13th Art of Television Costume Design, was a great experience! There were costumes from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Russian Doll, Black-ish, The Masked Singer, Outlander, the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, a Series of Unfortunate Events and gowns from Game of Thrones, as well! It was a great opportunity to see the fabric, construction and details of these fantastic costumes so closely. All of the costumes were well lit to present them at their best, and the explanatory signs were quite informative. Some of the costume designers are FIDM alumna. TV monitors showed short clips to help us see the costumes in motion! Randomly, I also enjoyed seeing how big, small, or tall the costumes are. It's interesting to see that you might be the same height as a favorite actress. Parking: According to the website, there is garage parking at the FIDM school for $5, and I've heard that it's free on Saturdays. I usually park at the meters along Grand avenue. Just make sure to pay attention to the signs, because they tow cars away from 4 to 6pm on weekdays. Tip: The entrance to the museum is on the back side of the school. I usually enter through Grand Hope park at the corner of Hope and 9th. Since the museum is only about 3 rooms big, you can probably see the entire thing in 30 minutes or so, longer if you read all the placards. Have fun!

    Entrance to the exhibition.
    Lianne K.

    What's not to love? This lovely gallery of fashion design is free for the public to visit. Right now they are featuring designs from various Oscar-nominated films. I had not known this existed in DTLA, so jumped on the chance to go when the book club I recently joined was taking a trip there. So glad that I went. It was fun to share it with a group of like-minded film enthusiasts. There is a small, but elegant gift shop near the entrance to the museum. A serene park is adjacent to the FIDM property, which makes for a break from the concrete surroundings. I'd recommend a visit to see the fashions if you are in the area and enjoy movies. You can marvel at how tiny the actresses are to have worn the costumes.

    Wedding bells are ringing. Great gifts at FIDM!
    Isobel L.

    Ah, weddings! Love, hope, eternity. No matter how high the divorce rate, no matter how dismal past relationships may have been, people keep taking the leap into holy matrimony. Including my friends, who by the way, have been living on their own for years. Which means that when their wedding came around, I started to become concerned. No blenders! No toasters! No crock pots! I was stuck at the last minute trying to think of something special to express my goodwill and best wishes. Now, where does FIDM fit in? They offer the perfect solution for my dilemma. They have the most amazing gift store stocked with gorgeous items in excellent taste. Unique. Tasteful. Pricey but who cares when you are STUCK!!! Desperate and frantic, I made a special trip to FIDM for help. And guess what? They were CLOSED to set up a special event!! But guess what else? Judy, the super special buyer and manager, saw my look of desperation and LET ME IN ANYWAY! Not only did she let me in, she showed me some special items that weren't even on display and that fit the bill. Then, she and Anika wrapped everything up in wedding-appropriate attire. Problem solved. 10 Yelp stars for customer service! Thanks to Judy and Anika, I got the best customer service ever as well as an appropriate wedding gift. Will the bride and groom like it? Who knows. If they don't like it, they are free to re-gift (hopefully, to me! ), sell it on eBay or donate it to the charity of their choice. Either way, the FIDM gift store rocks and is the perfect place to pick up that last minute tasteful unique gorgeous item. Call first! Street parking.

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    It was my first time here even though they were having a 10 year anniversary party. I vaguely knew…read moreabout this place, but I abstained from going because I'm not into modern art. However, on the Time Out website I read that there would be free ice cream and biscuits and the courtyard looked amazing, so I finally decided to go. As an Angeleno my first concern is always parking. I read from previous reviewers that you could pay for valet for the onsite restaurant, Manuela, but when I looked at the menu it looked a bit expensive, so I didn't want to do that. Then I read another reviewer say they found street parking on Hewitt, but when I saw a parking enforcement car there it made me worried, so I ultimately settled on a $5 per hour lot where you could pay by text, which turned out the best since I could extend my stay through my phone when I decided to stay longer. They do trick you though because they'll open up other windows, so you have to make sure you're on the right window where you can extend, not pay for a new session altogether. The old flour mill is beautifully renovated. The exterior alone makes it look brand new. Walking in there's a long hall that leads to the amazing courtyard, but along the way you'll see exhibit rooms and a bookstore. In total I saw 2 big exhibit rooms, 1 small exhibit room, a screening room, a bookstore, and another garden off to the side in addition to the courtyard in the middle. The vibe was casual with people bringing their children and dogs, there was a live band playing salsa music, and a taco truck across the street where I bought my lunch then ate it at the courtyard which has tables and benches. As for the art itself, watching the screenings really does help because then you know what you're looking at. Like one of the pieces was a sculpture of monstrous faces on a marble pedestal. The artist explained that he saw eyes wherever there was a dot in the marble which inspired the faces on the sculpture. Since I didn't want to leave in the middle of the films or the live conversations with the artists themselves, I ended up missing out on the free ice cream, which sucked, but now I'm planning to visit Watts Towers in the future because of the film and panel afterward. It really is a nice space to visit even though I'm not a fan of modern art. At the very least this festival helped me understand some of it a little bit more.

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    Had lunch at Urth Caffe with my daughter after the gym (still in our gym clothes) while walking…read moreback to our car we came across this cute looking store. Walked in, liked some things and bought some things. As we were ready to leave we noticed the wall in the back with the art displays. They have a beautiful piece with what looks like a woman in a turban or headpiece. They also have it painted on the wall. Considering it's permanently on the wall, think safe assumption, the woman behind desk would know the history of the painting. She said she didn't. And not in an I just work here kind of way but in a snobby tone. We got the impression she judged a book by its cover...like I said we were in gym clothes. She made it clear she had no interest in wasting her time on us. I'd like to go back and support the independent artists but not at the cost of a snob. I asked because I was interested in purchasing the painting but not after that encounter.

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    4.1
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    0.7 mi
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    An Art Walk in Los Angeles should be expected to be a scene where culture and artful expression…read moreknows no boundaries and embraces established techniques, modern absurdity and the limitless quanity of weird in the globe to produce what moves emotion or in other words to produce art. And my recent trip to the Downtown LA Art Walk was exactly that a collection of techniques, practices, talents, mediums, and modes of communication that came together and landed to create an amorphous experience that was shaped, like clay, to create visual and sensory craftwork. There were different galleries offering different works. I will begin this review by naming some of my favorite. There was this gallery showing photography that was enhanced, played, or showcased light and that is where I found the dinosaurs of Cabezon come to life by the angles of a camera. I clipped the picture of the drawing (art inception) and it shows a long neck dinosaur that I want to call a jirrafasuaraus but I know that is wrong, walking toward a twilight colored horizon-- where the low of the sky was orange, layered above by a lemon-yellow strip of sky, then followed a soften almost transparent orange, with the rest of the sky being a early evening blue. I could not tell that the picture was fake. I do not want to say that I thought that Jurrasic Park was real, but, the picture did make me feel that the dessert has seen dinosaurs walking toward lovely sunsets. Another favorite was a negative of a picture of what looked like a swan floating in water that was completely black, like a swan swimming on black construction paper. But the only visible parts of the swan was is feathered body, its long neck, and regal tail. I could not see its eyes, I could not see its beak, I could not see its crest up high. The swan was averting the lens of the camera and yet the beauty of the swan was evident because its pure white ruffles were silent against a black backdrop. I could continue naming the pieces I like and why, but then the artwalk would becoming an art viewing. So I will conclude that I also saw a woman wearing a ruffled vest that dragged to the floor. It was inconvenient and kind of bulky, and maybe drag dirt along the train, but this was also art. I point that out because the show attracted people with style, and style on a body, is art, as everyone knows. There was also an apartment building that opens its doors. It offered a fondue fountain, chocolate, pool table, blackjack, and a giant arcade machine where one could play spade invader or pac-man. So the engagement level of Art Walk expanded to art one could make on the spot. And if you wonder how one makes art at a pool table--- then I suggest seeing a video of a player using a stick to make a ball jump to avoid one ball and hit the other. The movement is a type of ballet jump (a piroutte) that is prompted by a stick propulsion. If that is not artistic expression, then, a person living in a glass box suspended in air above the ground isn't either. As I walked the streets of LA, I also saw a truck that had four spotlights. I have always seen events that are signaled out by spotlights but now I know that these spotlights are ambulatory, and kind of, yes, art in their own way. They rose lights to the buildings side and to the night sky. The movement was a type of dance light, and I defy anyone to prove me wrong because at its core, art can never be truly define by words because, on its own, its a visual language.

    Fun experience going into these private artsy businesses and checking out their collection. This is…read morea well planned art walk where maps are included. You essentially just get lost going from one art studio to the next. It's everything about art into one event. Traffic can be difficult but once you're in, it doesn't even matter anymore. This was a fun experience.

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    4.3
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    1.3 mi

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