welcome!

I’m Evan, a writer, reporter, editor, and event producer based in Los Angeles, California.

Currently, I am the managing editor of Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla), a free, quarterly print magazine dedicated to providing inclusive perspectives on contemporary art in L.A. The publication (which is a program of the larger nonprofit organization) is distributed to over 120 galleries, museums, and cultural institutions across the city. An active source of critical dialogue and centralized space for approachable art writing serving the L.A. art community, Carla also publishes essays, interviews, and reviews online.

Previously, I was The Hollywood Reporter‘s culture writer, covering arts and entertainment news, trends, and events for the weekly print magazine and website. In this role, I also pitched and wrote feature stories, conducted on-camera interviews from the red carpet and at press junkets, and profiled a diverse mix of people and businesses who contribute to the culture of Los Angeles, both in the entertainment industry and beyond.

Before that, I was a reporting fellow at The New York Times, where I wrote enterprise stories about the 2020 presidential election cycle on the Politics desk, and fashion + art + cultural trend pieces for Styles. I’ve also covered architecture and design for Fast Company‘s Co.Design vertical as a contributing writer.

I’ve written about the scientific creation of a new shade of blue, how direct-to-consumer catalogs of the 90*s forecasted a future of e-commerce shopping, UPN’s golden decade of Black television, the life-size glamour of Bob Mackie’s Barbie dolls, why Apple’s ‘Chicago’ typeface inaugurated the iPod interface, the power of collective nostalgia for classic chain restaurants, family reunions as sites of political organizing, and the democratic design of strip malls. 

My writing has appeared in Architectural Digest, Atlas Obscura, Cultured, The Cut, Dwell, Family Style, Getty Magazine, L.A. Times Image, TIME, T Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Vulture, and W Magazine, among other publications. I’ve also had the pleasure of appearing as a guest on podcasts, panels, news segments, and public radio, and being invited to lecture about reporting on cultural histories for modern audiences. Previous freelance work includes editing creative nonfiction essays for Guernica literary magazine, writing an illustrated children’s book for Benchmark Education about The Great Migration, and copywriting + editing for assorted brands and newsletters.

I occasionally blog about a miscellany of topics related to culture, symbols, spirituality, daily life, and the unseen on Substack (l00kingglassw0rld) and am the founder and host of GROUP CHAT, a conversation and creative mixer event series in Los Angeles.

*photo by Leah Rabinowitz