Exhibition

Visual Communications Archives

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Visual Communication Archives is one of the largest photographic and moving image archives on Asian Pacific experiences in America.  Created by a group of artists and filmmakers to organize and empower communities through media, Visual Communications is the nation’s first media arts organization dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayal of Asian American and Pacific Islander peoples and communities.  The VC Archives is a story of people in motion, reflecting imagination and adventure, desperation and courage, minds and bodies leaping and struggling towards new possibilities and futures.

 

Website Link
archives.vcmedia.org/
Event Date
Event Location

Online with Visual Communications
120 Judge John Aiso Stree
Los Angeles, 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0508062, -118.2403161

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10382728
Event Main Image

Stories and Voices from L.A. Chinatown

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Explore the rich history of Los Angeles’ Chinatown through the online exhibition “Stories and Voices from L.A. Chinatown.” This exhibition delves into the creation of New Chinatown in 1938, highlighting the vision, resilience, and traditions of its community members. Featuring historic photographs, documents, and maps from The Huntington and Los Angeles Public Library collections, the exhibition is organized into themes such as Exclusion, Resilience, Vision, Opportunity, Community, and Tradition.
Website Link
https://exhibits.lapl.org/chinatown/
Event Date
Event Location

United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10372575
Event Main Image

ISLAND BLOCK JAM SESSIONS

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) presents Island Block Jam Sessions, six live contemporary music performances by seasoned Pasifika artists available online. The Virtual Backstage provides an inside look into the artists’ backstories. Their music is a gift for our ancestors and for all the little spirits of the human journey. This is where music and mana meet.
Website Link
pieam.org/virtual-backstage
Event Date
Event Location

Online at Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
695 Alamitos Ave.
Long Beach, 90802
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7751664, -118.1804853

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10381233
Event Main Image

Walking the Chinese Garden on a Summer Morning

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Huntington’s Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside of China. Filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture, the landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre garden.  
Website Link
youtube.com/watch?v=R9LCH5GkSzQ
Event Date
Event Location

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1278618, -118.1094516

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
626.405.2100
Event ID
10382850
Event Main Image

MUSEUM FREE DAYS

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
SoCal Museums is dedicated to showcasing the diverse and vibrant cultural landscape of Southern California. SoCal Museums presents a diverse assortment of museums, reflecting the unique character of Southern California itself. Whether it’s art, natural history, science, or culture, there’s something for everyone, and you can find out which museums are free today.
Website Link
socalmuseums.org/free-days
Event Date
Event Location

Various locations around Los Angeles
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10383348
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
10336361
Event Main Image

JAZZ AT LACMA

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

Jazz at LACMA is a celebration of L.A.’s finest jazz musicians and has featured such legends as Wayne Shorter, The Yellowjackets, Quincy Jones All Star Orchestra with John Clayton, Arturo Sandoval, Jeff Lorber, Billy Childs, Tierney Sutton, Ernie Watts, and many more. Concerts are broadcast on KJAZZ (88.1 FM) every Sunday evening from 7–9 pm and include interviews with featured performers. Jazz at LACMA is produced under the direction of Director of Music Programs Mitch Glickman.

Website Link
lacma.org/programs/music
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art -Smidt Welcome Plaza
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.857.6010
Event ID
10385297
Event Main Image

STORRIER STEARNS JAPANESE GARDEN

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This Japanese garden features a light hill-scape, pond, cascading 25-foot waterfall, and a formal teahouse designed by Kinzuchi Fujii. The garden is considered by many to be a masterwork, demonstrating the adaptability of Japanese culture in modern America.

 

Fridays and Saturdays, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $15, Register in advance at the website
Website Link
japanesegardenpasadena.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
270 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1279069, -118.1560162

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15
Contact Phone
626,399.1721
Event ID
10382467
Event Main Image

Bird Circuit

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Bird Circuit explores themes of personal expression and identity through the rich symbolism of birds utilizing a queer-coded lens. The exhibition takes inspiration from the historical network of mid-20th-century bars in cities like New York and Los Angeles, where venues with bird-inspired names covertly signaled safety and solidarity as queer communal spaces at a time when self-expression was a dangerous pursuit.  
Website Link
vojislavradovanovic.com/single-post/bird-circuit-solo-exhibition
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0663797, -118.1684782

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10386218
Event Main Image

My hands are monsters who believe in magic

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This exhibition showcases works by Asian diasporic artists that explore the process of unmaking and remaking the self. Focusing on art as a site of radical reimagination, the exhibition presents a cross-generational conversation about the liberatory possibilities inherent in the continuous, messy, and sometimes contradictory process of forming social identity.

Event Date
-
Event Location

Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91103
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1483721, -118.1493752

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
626.792.5101
Event ID
10382096
Event Main Image
Exhibition