Pali-Altadena Collective
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Pali-Altadena Collective
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

WHat is the Project?

Pali–Altadena Collective is a community-driven art and memory initiative created in response to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Founded by Palisades resident Luca Dal Bello, the project brings together displaced residents, students, artists, and families to preserve the places, routines, and shared experiences that shaped daily life before the fires.

Through hand-crafted miniature dioramas, oral histories, photographs, community storytelling, and participatory workshops, the project transforms personal memories into a living archive of collective memory and rebuilding.

The first exhibition, Rebuilding Memory: The Dioramas of Palisades, will take place at EMECO House in Venice, California, from May 31 – June 20, 2026, and focuses on Pacific Palisades. Future chapters and traveling exhibitions will expand to include Altadena and other fire-impacted communities.

Visitors are invited not only to view the work, but to participate in it—by recording oral histories for preservation through the Library of Congress and public library systems, creating memory keychains, contributing photographs, and adding miniature figures and stories to the evolving installation.

The exhibition is open daily from 12 PM – 6 PM and includes community programming, school visits, workshops, and gatherings throughout the run. Popular Palisades food trucks will also be on site during select events and opening celebrations.

School & Community Group Visits

RSVP Opening Reception & Meet the Creators and Founders (Limited Capacity)
May 30, 2026 at 5 PM

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Bring your students, families, and community to experience the Palisades Collective exhibition through storytelling, workshops, oral histories, and shared memory. LINK

 
 

Our towns

Palisades and Altadena—two distinct towns united by the devastation of separate fires—now come together through shared memory, storytelling, and a collective vision to rebuild with resilience and art.

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founder

Founded by Luca Hanazawa Dal Bello, this project began as a personal tribute to memory and has grown into a collective effort to preserve, heal, and rebuild through art.

Photo: Trish Alison Photography

 
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Will Rogers’ ranch house carried so much California history and spirit. It represented openness, humor, and the deep connection between landscape, community, and storytelling in the Palisades. Come and see it again in miniature. #WillRogers #
Village School held such a strong sense of belonging for so many families. Small classrooms, close friendships, and a community that felt deeply connected. We will miss the building across from Pali Garden Cafe. Pls come and see the miniature diorama
Reel Inn Nothing fancy, just exactly what it needed to be. Seafood, paper plates, long tables, and the kind of place you went back to without thinking. It felt easy, like part of the coast itself. EMECO House, 507 Boccaccio Ave, Venice, CA 90291,
Gelson’s A quick stop that was never just quick. Running into people in the aisles, grabbing what you needed and staying longer than you planned. Part errand, part routine, part seeing familiar faces. EMECO House, 507 Boccaccio Ave, Venice,
Café Vida quesadilla One of those orders you didn’t have to think about. Same table, same people, always just right. Simple, familiar, part of the routine. EMECO House, 507 Boccaccio Ave, Venice, CA 90291, United States Opening: May 3
Topanga Ranch Motel It always felt like a place from another time. Small cabins, ocean air, something quiet and a little untouched. It wasn’t really open to the public anymore. Most people only saw it from the road, or knew it through stories