Nestled in the foothills of Fair Oaks Avenue up a windy dirt road, lies the infamous 48-acre liberatory art compound, Zorthian Ranch, where resident artists tend to goats, keep bees, and share a legacy of a place where peoples like Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Charlie Parker, Segovia, Richard Feynman, and many more have gathered to exchange ideas and celebrate life and times with its erstwhile proprietor, Jirayr Zorthian.

Zorthian passed in 2004 at the age of 92, but his aesthetic legacy is alive and well with his son Alan and granddaughters Caroline, Julia, and Tara who care for this land, the community that’s formed here, and the ideals of what Zorthian Ranch is and can continue to become. From permaculture conferences to community gardening, trash pageants to oil painting classes, Zorthian Ranch is one of LA’s great examples of the role of art in social liberation and building the world we need into being.

Until the Eaton Fire, we hosted a regular series with Z Ranch and hold what’s possibly the largest archive of recorded music from the upper ranch.

Learn more about Zorthian Ranch and how to support them via their website.