Artist talk with Liat Yossifor and Ed Schad during our kickoff anniversary show, Whispering Bells, with works of artists spanning thirty years of our residency program. Over the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, a poet/curator and a painter correspond in their own mediums, developing a conversation across space and time during lockdown. Part monograph, part poetry collection, Letters Apart presents unusual events of language and a progression of imagery that conjure personal memories, early Expressionism, and the capacity for lightness and darkness, fear and flights of fancy to coexist. Letters Apart was published in 2023 with DoubleHouse Press. This talk is part of the group exhibition at O-Town House gallery, our kickoff anniversary show with works of artists spanning thirty years of our residency program. Together with O-Town House, this anniversary show celebrates old friends and new partners: international alliances showcasing our role as transatlantic bridge-builders and local connections anchoring our resident artists in Los Angeles. Whispering Bells is curated by Friedel Schmoranzer and Scott Cameron Weaver. The exhibition is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, with generous support from our long-standing partner, Saxony-Anhalt Arts Foundation.