Pali-Altadena Collective

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 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.

Rebuilding Memory: The Dioramas of Palisades

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 (507 Boccaccio Ave, Venice, CA 90291), 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.
(No signup necessary unless your party is 15+ please use this link for School & Community Group Visits)

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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.

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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Thank you @abc7la for sharing the story of the Pali–Altadena Collective and helping amplify the voices of young people working to preserve the memories of communities impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.

What began as Luca Dal Bello’s

Come check out! A miniature Palisades, built with Japanese craftsmen. Homes, landmarks, the small everyday details of a place that no longer exists. Walk through, take home a memory keychain, sit for photos, record your story for the archive. First c

Memory of Place: Architecture, Resilience & Rebuilding

What if rebuilding didn’t have to start from scratch?

Join us on June 4 at EMECO House for a special evening exploring how architecture, design, and community can help us recover afte

Shoppe Amber Interiors was my mom’s favorite interior store, but the whole block carried so many memories for our family. When we first moved to the Palisades, we used to eat at Matthew’s Garden Café — casually sitting outsid

Café Vida was where so much everyday life happened — breakfasts after workouts, lunches with friends, coffee meetings, and school drop-offs. It became part of the rhythm of the neighborhood.

Exhibition schedule: 5/31–6/20 daily fr

Amazing Music Store was where so many kids had their very first music lesson. Patrick helped generations of children discover music, confidence, and creativity through guitars, drums, piano lessons, and encouragement. 🎸

Exhibition schedule: 5/31&nd

The Presbyterian Church stood quietly at the center of the community for generations — a place for worship, gatherings, celebrations, and support during difficult moments. Come and see the miniature of the Presbyterian Church (and Preschool! Ev