Exhibition

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Fostering Photovoice: a photo exhibition about the foster youth experience, features photographs that depict identity, family, and the foster care system by six LA based foster youth artists. Join us for our Closing Reception on March 8, 2025. Stay tuned for upcoming details.

Fostering Photovoice is a group photography exhibition that reflects the lives and experiences of youth impacted by foster care. The project was conceived by a photovoice research collective that included six artists—all former foster youths between the ages of 18 and 25 who reside in Los Angeles County. Several UCLA undergraduate and graduate students were involved, among them, participants who have had lived experience in foster care, or had expertise in using the arts-based empowerment method called photovoice for research and social policy.

The collective came together over 7 weeks during the summer of 2023. The exhibition is organized by prompts and considers the differences in the views of each artist. It includes reflections on who the youth are, how they think about family, and how they would have liked the system to respond to and support their needs.

The series invites the viewer to beliefs about foster youth and the foster care system, including any biases they may have. It is also an opportunity to reflect on how to best support foster youth who enter state care through no fault of their own—both as children and as they transition to adulthood.

Event Date
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Event Location

Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10355050
Event Main Image
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.
Event Date
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Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851
Fee Required
Yes
Contact Phone
213.202.5567
Event ID
10332644
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
New media artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s CORPUS (2022/2024) is a monumental virtual sculpture that imagines a future of blended, embodied entanglement between human, machine, flora, and microbiome. The towering Augmented Reality (AR) figure is a glowing, dynamic body that blurs the boundaries between the digital and physical world. Anchored on the Hammer’s sculpture terrace located on Wilshire Boulevard,  CORPUS will be viewable only through iPhone 6s and above, or Android 7.0 and above, on the 4th Wall app
Event Date
Event Location

Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0591217, -118.4436674
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.443.7000
Event ID
10355546
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Intra-American Slave Trade Database is a resource for the study of the African diaspora in the Americas. Launched online in 2018, it documents more than 27,000 voyages that trafficked enslaved Africans and African-descended people from one part of the Americas to another from 1550 to 1860. This database strengthens research throughout the University of California system on the history and impact of the slave trade and slavery in the Americas by connecting scholarship on the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds.

Event Date
Event Location

Online
Online
Online, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
40.7136487, -74.0087126
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10350264
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Learn the history of LA’s pioneering Black Firefighters! Join us for a conversation with the museum historian and Co-founder retired Fire Captain Brent Burton.

Event Date
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Event Location

African American Firefighter Museum
1401 South Central Ave.
Los Angeles, 90021
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0284523, -118.2472488
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free Register at the website
Contact Phone
213.744.1730
Event ID
10354787
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The LA Art Show, LA’s largest and longest-running art fair, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall, on February 19 to 23, 2025 in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The show honors three decades of bringing artists, galleries, and collectors from across the world to Los Angeles for the best in contemporary and modern art. With more than 180,000 square feet of exhibition space committed to today’s prominent galleries, the show continues to lead the way with innovative programming and one-of-a-kind experiences for an expanding collecting audience.

 

Thursday and Friday 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Event Date
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Event Location

Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall
1201 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0413606, -118.2697771
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket prices
Event ID
10355528
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Prior to the colonization of Southern California in the 18th century, Native communities throughout the region deployed controlled fire regimes to ensure the well-being of their local ecosystems. Fire Kinship counters attitudes of fear and illegality around fire, arguing for a return to Native practices in which fire is regarded as a vital aspect of land stewardship, community well-being, and tribal sovereignty. Wednesdays 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m., Thursdays – Sundays 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Event Date
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Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.0738276, -118.4452915
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.825.4361
Event ID
10348200
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

An in-depth installation of Jean-Michel Basquiat features all 13 works by the artist in the Broad collection, including three works on view for the first time at The Broad: Santo 2, Deaf, and Wicker.

 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays – 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursdays – 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Event Date
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Event Location

The Broad
221 S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0544669, -118.2505609
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10351000
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Michael Jackson’s fashion sense has always been iconic. Our display of original artifacts on loan from the Michael Jackson estate showcases memorable pieces, including beaded jackets Jackson wore during the Jacksons’ 1984 Victory tour. Also featured is our original short film about making Jackson’s Thriller music video.

 

Sundays & Mondays, Wednesdays – Fridays 11:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Event Date
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Event Location

Grammy Museum
800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A 245
Los Angeles, CA 90015
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0447954, -118.2652703
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.765.6800
Event ID
10352839
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Explore 30 years of music history, from blues, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll to hip-hop and alternative music, through the lens of photographer Jay Blakesberg. Featuring more than 150 photographs shot on film between 1978 and 2008, Retro Blakesberg captures three decades of pivotal moments in music history. The dynamic exhibit showcases multiple genres and iconic musicians, ranging from Snoop Dogg, B-40, and Bob Dylan to PJ Harvey, Pearl Jam, and the Grateful Dead.

Event Date
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Event Location

Grammy Museum
800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A 245
Los Angeles, CA 90015
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0447954, -118.2652703
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.765.6800
Event ID
10353072
Event Main Image