The Miracle Mile Art Walk was introduced to Los Angeles by the Mid City West Community Council in 2005. The event was designed as a forum to show appreciation to and for local businesses and the community at large. Since that time, the art walk has grown to become a well-known celebration of art and culture that entertains and informs thousands of attendees each month. Additionally, with numerous high profile galleries, the art walk is a much sought-after showcase of the works of world renown and local artists of many different disciplines and crafts. Past exhibits and lecturers include the works of individuals such as Shepherd Fairey, Melvin Sokolsky, Lynne Aldrich, and many more.

Open to the general public, the art walk embraces the works of world-renown and local artists of many different disciplines and crafts. Past exhibits and lectures include Shepherd Fairey, Melvin Sokolsky, Lynne Aldrich, Melanie Pullen and Richard Amend to name a few. Gallery owners and curators also provide special presentations to art walk attendees.

Other longstanding staples in the area include CBS Studios, The Grove and Farmer's Market, E! Entertainment, Variety Magazine, the El Rey Theater, La Brea Tar Pits, Petersen Automotive Museum, Pink's Hot Dogs, Fairfax High School, CBS Radio, LACMA, Canter's Deli, the Silent Movie Theater, and several others

Mid City West Community Council is the certified Los Angeles Neighborhood Council for the Miracle Mile, Beverly-Fairfax, Park La Brea, Melrose, Beverly Grove, and Burton Way areas, representing nearly 80,000 renters, homeowners, businesses and community activists. For the past 5 years, the Council has celebrated the culture, diversity and influence of its community by holding the Miracle Mile Art walk each month. For more information, please visit www.midcitywest.org.

The Mid City West Community Council's Arts and Recreation Committee is chaired by longstanding community leader Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran. Rebecca is also the director of the L.A. Film Studies Center (LAFSC), an intensive film production program for college seniors who are finishing their degrees in film. She also teaches in the program. Rebecca recently moved from being the director of the City of the Angels Film Festival to the Board of Directors, and has participated as panelist, emcee, co-producer and head of panels over the last seven years. She is on the planning committee for Reel Spirituality, a think-tank for filmmakers and theologians sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary. Rebecca speaks on film, culture and theological issues at Reel Spirituality, Act One (faculty) and at various conferences and colleges/universities. She was on the revision team for the book Reel Spirituality and has written "Polanyi's Personal Knowledge and Watching Movies," in the book Reframing Theology and Film: New Focus for an Emerging Discipline (Cultural Exegesis), edited by Robert K. Johnston for Baker Academics.

Midcity West Community Council Arts and Recreation Committee Members: