Global Inheritance, a 501c3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, debuted the Portal Potties – Southern California project at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in 2006.

Each Portal Potty represents a decade of music in Southern California - beginning with 1900 and continuing to present day.

Our goal is to raise awareness, support and funding for music education in public schools around Southern California. By bringing art and music together on a canvas that is an icon of music festival culture (the porta-potty), we look to inspire people to find creative ways to solve global imbalances.
To get more information on Portal Potties, upcoming exhibits and ways to help, please contact Portal@globalinheritance.org.

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Jeremiah Garcia . Vanessa Herzog . Dave Garcia . Tim Manifesta

Tin Pan Alley was the heart of the music publishing and sheet music business from 1885 into the 1920s.  At the turn of the century, before the popularization of phonographs and radio, many people had pianos in their homes. This drove the demand for sheet music, which was the “popular music” of the time, with many songs selling well over one million copies.  Song writers crammed into publishers’ offices all along Tin Pan Alley, rapidly churning out new songs with the hopes of creating the next big hit.  The term “Tin Pan Alley” was coined by a reporter who said that as he walked down the street it sounded as if people were banging on tin pans because of the racket pouring out from the various offices.

Mearone . Spectr . Julie Rasmussen . Todd Moyer

Although they would come to be known as American phenoms of the 20s and 30s - we found that these iconic artists were building and honing their craft in California during the teens of our 20th century -using that Cali' sunshine to grow strong and bring their vision to the world.

Ben Brough . Hovin Wang . Mike Zepeda

We transformed the porta pottie into a theater to capture the spirit of the roaring 20's. It was an exciting time for music, jazz was the catalyst and the youth ruled everything. If it was young, it was in. And jazz was definitely in. From San Fransisco to San Diego jazz had become the number one choice for music entertainment. It was also a time when the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Extravagant things were all around.

Freddi Cerasoli . Derek Albeck . Kelsey Brookes . Harmony Hines-Slattery . Jacky Girven

THE JAZZ FLOW OF THE CENTRAL AVE MOVEMENT' . We have taken our influences from the Jazz movement that happened on 'Central Ave' and ran from downtown to Watts. It was one of the first areas in the city to spawn local owned jazz parlors and soon became the hot spot to show case passing though well know jazz artists of that era.

Jean Chuang . Hunter Fine . Charlie Hilton . Ely Kim . Steve Porcaro . Chad Rea

Thanks to the gold rush, miners helped bring folk music to Southern California. It wasn't until the 1940's, however, that folk music was granted radio play and nationwide exposure. This decade was folk music’s moment to shine. Here's to the golden era of folk.

Mark X Farina

Time Out- Back to the Future. Swing through the doors and step into the Fifties. The age of Jazz, Beat and So Cal- So Cool.

Ryan Hitzel . Jeff Church

“TRIP” In a decade of massive social change against the confines and structure of the 1950’s, the 60’s were a time of experimentation. This installation plays on LA's fascination with drugs and music, merging it’s anthem and playground. It questions both the optimism and darkness of the Southern California music scene while allowing the viewer to enter a faux multi-dimensional world representative of the times. In an attempt to breathe new perspective into the songs of the 1960's, the audio visual piece includes an assortment of everyday people reciting lyrics without music from Socal bands such as the The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Love and The Seeds.

René Garcia, Jr. . Chris Garrity

The Leisure Council transports you back to the days when shorts were short and John Holmes was Long.. This recreation of 70's custom design captures the quintessential So Cal easy-living style with a hint of disco. Warm color tones, 8 track hi fi and friendly CB chatter make for a portable poo paradise.

Matthew Brady . Renee Gontarski

The 80’s music scene in L.A. was a viscous brew of flamboyant expression, wanton indulgence, limitless hedonism, and a too often dismissed pool of raging musical talent that would spawn cultural icons and ignite a worldwide musical movement that continues today. The bands of the Sunset Boulevard scene and the groupies that followed their every move are the inspiration for this work. For those that came of age dreaming of the ultimate backstage party you never got to be a part of – feast your eyes... This is Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room.

Plastic God

The 1990’s in Southern California had something for everyone. Swing to Gangster Rap, Grunge to Ska, Raves to Rage Rock, Hip Hop to Pop Punk. Each part of Southern California had its soon to be multi platinum selling artists. Orange County, San Diego, Bakersfield, Los Angeles and other pockets up and down the coasts and inland dominated the international radio waves with Rage Against the Machine, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, No Doubt, Stone Temple Pilots, Offspring, Tool, Jewel, Korn, Sublime, Blink-182, Jane’s Addiction, Tupac and more.

John Carr . Mike Russek . Omar . Laura Panella

The 2000-2006 Portal Potty brings a living manifestation of the So Cal music scene by transforming an ordinary porta potty into a party-rocking high-tech sound system. Music mixologists have been invited to bring their tunes from the clubs and bars of LA (and beyond) to the desert to represent our rich and diverse scene.

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