Exhibition

We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Mesoamerican artists held a cosmic responsibility: as they adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages, and sculptures with color, they (quite literally) made the world. Color mapped the very order of the cosmos, of time and space. The exhibition explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. See website for ticket prices and registration.
Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10332509
Event Main Image

Descanse en Paz: Memorial Paintings from 19th-Century Mexico

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This exhibition highlights two popular genres of 19th-century Mexican painting commemorating family members who no longer reside in the household— offering them a lasting presence in the home. The first intimately portrays deceased individuals in likenesses imbued with grief and tender remembrance. The second genre is the uniquely Mexican monja Coronado or “crowned nun” portrait. Images of flowers adorned Brides of Christ were commissioned by the families of women who took Catholic ecclesiastical vows and permanently embarked on cloistered lives.
Website Link
https://fowler.ucla.edu/exhibitions/descanse-en-paz/
Event Date
Event Location

Fowler Museum at UCLA
W. Sunset Blvd. and Westwood Plaza,
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0738276, -118.4452915

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.825.4361
Event ID
10336200
Event Main Image

Museum Free Days

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

SoCal Museums is committed to promoting the dynamic landscape of cultural institutions in Southern California. SoCal Museums presents an assortment of museums as diverse as SoCal itself. Be it art, natural history, science, or culture, there is something for everyone, and you can find out which museums are free today.

Website Link
socalmuseums.org/free
Event Date
Event Location

Multiple venues, check the website for details
CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.778261, -119.4179324

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10318377
Event Main Image

Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Tanya Aguiñiga & Porfirio Gutiérrez en Conversación/in Conversation

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal is a multi-site project offering an expanded understanding of the scientific and Indigenous origins of cochineal, a red dye developed by the Zapotec people. Interdisciplinary fiber artists Tanya Aguiñiga and Porfirio Gutiérrez will be featured in an exhibition of new commissions and existing work, alongside Oaxacan textiles from the Fowler collection. This multivocal exhibition will center ancestral knowledge and technical experimentation and bring a special focus to issues of immigration and labor justice.
Website Link
fowler.ucla.edu/exhibitions
Event Date
-
Event Location

Fowler Museum, UCLA
308 Charles E. Young Dr. N.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0729274, -118.442983

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.825.9672
Event ID
10331416
Event Main Image

Form and Function in the Ancient Americas

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Vincent Price Art Museum’s permanent collection includes artworks from ancient civilizations in Central and South America, with a concentration of art from West Mexico and Peru. Form and Function in the Ancient Americas highlights our pre-Columbian collection’s wide range of civilizations. Cultures from the Nayarit-Jalisco-Colima region of West Mexico (2000 – 1000 BCE) to the Chimú of Peru (900-1500 CE) are featured.
Website Link
https://vincentpriceartmuseum.org/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Vincent Price Art Museum
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA 91754
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0411583, -118.1509885

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.265.8841
Event ID
10330529
Event Main Image

Calle Principal: Mi México en Los Ángeles

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This interactive and educational permanent exhibition invites families to explore the sights, sounds and smells of downtown Los Angeles during the 1920s. Calle Principal is an immersive recreation of Main Street, the one-time heart of Los Angeles’s Mexican, Mexican-American, and immigrant communities—and the street where LA Plaza sits on today.

Website Link
https://lapca.org/exhibition/calle-principal-mi-mexico-en-los-angeles/
Event Date
-
Event Location

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
501 N Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0564554, -118.2398448

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(213) 542-6259
Event ID
10336147
Event Main Image

Hope and Dignity: The Farmworker Movement

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The photo exhibition aims to capture the dual struggle faced by farmworkers, encompassing their hope for a better economic future for themselves and their families through the formation of a strong union, as well as their quest for dignity and recognition as human beings and citizens. The exhibition specifically focuses on the early years of the farmworkers’ struggle, which include the grape strike, the boycott, the first march or pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento, the initial efforts to organize workers in Texas, and César Chávez’s fasting as a call for nonviolence and sacrifice.
Website Link
museumofsocialjustice.org
Event Date
-
Event Location

Museum of Social Justice
115 Paseo de La Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0567823, -118.238094

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10329939
Event Main Image

Fiesta del Pueblo exhibit at DCA’s Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The DCA’s Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall will feature the Fiesta del Pueblo exhibition from September 9 to September 30, 2024, featuring artwork from Latino and Chicano artists in the Los Angeles area and curated with help from the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. This year’s theme and celebration will highlight the working people, indigenous peoples, women, and organizers who have been such an integral part of the revolutionary spirit of Latinx culture and history – both in LA and around the world.

Website Link
https://culture.lacity.gov/cultural-centers/bridge-gallery-city-hall/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Bridge Gallery Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring St., 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0537126, -118.2428145

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10330264
Event Main Image

Moompetam American Indian Festival

Event Type
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
You are invited to join the Aquarium of the Pacific for its twentieth annual Moompetam American Indian Festival. This celebration features traditional cultural craft demonstrations, storytelling, music, and dance. The festival celebrates indigenous California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Chumash, Acjachemen, Costanoan, Luiseño, and Kumeyaay. General admission is required. Free for Aquarium members with reservations.
Website Link
aquariumofpacific.org/events/category/festival
Event Date
-
Event Location

Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7621679, -118.196966

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
562.590.3100
Event ID
10335395
Event Main Image

We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Mesoamerican artists held a cosmic responsibility: as they adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages, and sculptures with color, they (quite literally) made the world. Color mapped the very order of the cosmos, of time and space. The exhibition explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. See website for ticket prices and registration.
Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10332508
Event Main Image
Exhibition