Since August of 2012, on the 15th of every month, FELLOWS & Friends of Villa Aurora have met at the Dresden in Kreuzberg.

It offers a forum for former fellows to share their thoughts, ideas and impressions on life in the Villa and Los Angeles with the ones, about to travel to L.A. It has also been an opportunity to have people from the cultural scenes of Los Angeles and Berlin meet the fellows. The Dresden resembles a bar of the same name in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, known to be one of Charles Bukowski favorite haunts.

At the last meeting on December 15, we showed a video documentation of works by the 2011 to 2013 group of fellows, as well as photos of Villa Aurora night at Tempelhof Airport. In addition we were able to welcome guests of many L.A. based cultural institutions, who happened to be in Berlin.

The Details, such as venue and time, of the next FELLOWS & Friends meeting will be posted on our website, on Facebook and Twitter.

We would like to thank all of the artists, friends, partnering organizations and supporters for a rich and eventful year.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.