An old-growth forest, through its great age, exhibits unique ecological features and is often home to rare, threatened, and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant. Unfortunately, many of our old-growth forest are threatened by habitat destruction at the invasive hands of man. This exhibition hopes to address the wonders and perils of the forest by creating an environment which is at once unique and fantastic, dangerous and bizarre, and by acknowledging that one day the built environment may be all that’s left to us.

No one really knows what lurks within the deepest, darkest parts of the forest.  Artists, whose talents extend from novice to expert crafters, will create trees, groundcover, animals, monsters, and maybe an alien or two. Works range from funny to socially conscience, use standard, recycled, and unusual materials, and/or push the knit/crochet envelope.

The Arroyo Arts Collective was established in 1989, as a community organization of artists, writers and performers who live and work in Northeast Los Angeles. The mission of the Arroyo Arts Collective is to develop and present creative events that educate while fostering an awareness of the creative vitality of Northeast Los Angeles.

Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a group of guerrilla knitters who originally came together in October 2010 for “Fig KnitOn” L.A.’s first large scale public graffiti yarn installation/exhibition and the "Yarn Bombing 18th St" installation at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica in June 2011.

For more information, please visit: www.ArroyoArtsCollective.org or http://yarnbombing18th.weebly.com.