Alum Jessica Wimbley (MFA, ’05) is featured in the West Hollywood’s next Moving Image Art Media  (MIMA) series. MIMA Exhibition Series will present Wimbley’s The True Story of Edges: Sunset Boulevard which is new iteration of her Edges series designed specifically to address the vertical dimensions of the billboard. Edges is a video collage of visual imagery within the artist’s afro and braided hair and is a play on the African American vernacular for the fine hairs along the hairline, uses hair as a mutable space of memory and storytelling. 

The True Story of Edges: Sunset Boulevard can be seen at the top and at :30 minutes past the hour on the digital billboard at 8775 Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Spectacular).

Artworks by artists Alexandre Arrechea, Kordae Henry, Sarah Cwynar, Da’Shaunae Marisa, Richard Mapes, Pix3lface, Shoji Yamasaki as well as Jessica Wimbley will display at the top of every hour on various digital billboards on Sunset Boulevard from Sunday, Feb. 1 through May 31, 2026. Biographical information for each of the artists can be found at go.weho.org/mima.