Folk And Traditional Arts

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) presents Displacing Structures, an exhibition guest curated by local artist and CSULB Professor Fafnir Adamites. In Displacing Structures, traditional methods of weaving, netting, lacemaking, and basketry techniques are expanded upon to reveal and embrace personal and shared experiences, queer bodies and the tensions between structure and deviation.

Displacing Structures includes works by Fafnir Adamites, Molly Haynes, José Santiago Pérez, Jade Yumang, and Tomorrow, Asteroid x Jeanne Medina Le.

Displacing Structures is focused on artists who create with materials or techniques that are traditionally within the field of fiber or textile art. These five contemporary artists utilize both traditional and unconventional materials to reveal forms that hold, frame, expand and otherwise make room for the permeable edges. The grid structure found within weaving and netting acts as a stand-in for the societal, political, and binary-heavy structures around us. The artists in Displacing Structures disrupt these strict edges of the grid, instead using it as a visual framework to investigate place, identity and belonging. Languages, bodies, desires, abilities and anomalies of all kinds are given space within their practice to breathe and thrive. Straying from pattern allows room for critique of power structures, imposed binaries and systems of oppression.

Whether permeable or opaque, obvious or veiled, all of the artists included in Displacing Structures push against borders and defy fixed perspectives by examining personal and collective experiences. The artists use thoughtful intention to manipulate, activate and engage materials to create portals, fresh topographies and defiant patterns that offer respite for anyone seeking a break in the grid.

Displacing Structures, alongside UPEND Female Experience and Activism, will be on view in the gallery through August 17th, 2024 with free public visiting hours Thursdays through Saturdays, from 10am to 4pm. Please note that pets are not allowed inside our buildings. For questions, please email gallery@angelsgateart.org.

This exhibition is supported by the California Natural Resources Agency for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.

Visit angelsgateart.org to learn more.

Image: Jade Yumang, Obedience Training (detail), 2023. Discharged dye, cotton, sublimation dye, mercerized cotton yarn, fiberfill, cotton piping cord, and bamboo.

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) presents Displacing Structures, an exhibition guest curated by local artist and CSULB Professor Fafnir Adamites. In Displacing Structures, traditional methods of weaving, netting, lacemaking, and basketry techniques are expanded upon to reveal and embrace personal and shared experiences, queer bodies and the tensions between structure and deviation.

Displacing Structures includes works by Fafnir Adamites, Molly Haynes, José Santiago Pérez, Jade Yumang, and Tomorrow, Asteroid x Jeanne Medina Le.

Displacing Structures is focused on artists who create with materials or techniques that are traditionally within the field of fiber or textile art. These five contemporary artists utilize both traditional and unconventional materials to reveal forms that hold, frame, expand and otherwise make room for the permeable edges. The grid structure found within weaving and netting acts as a stand-in for the societal, political, and binary-heavy structures around us. The artists in Displacing Structures disrupt these strict edges of the grid, instead using it as a visual framework to investigate place, identity and belonging. Languages, bodies, desires, abilities and anomalies of all kinds are given space within their practice to breathe and thrive. Straying from pattern allows room for critique of power structures, imposed binaries and systems of oppression.

Whether permeable or opaque, obvious or veiled, all of the artists included in Displacing Structures push against borders and defy fixed perspectives by examining personal and collective experiences. The artists use thoughtful intention to manipulate, activate and engage materials to create portals, fresh topographies and defiant patterns that offer respite for anyone seeking a break in the grid.

Displacing Structures, alongside UPEND Female Experience and Activism, will be on view in the gallery through August 17th, 2024 with free public visiting hours Thursdays through Saturdays, from 10am to 4pm. Please note that pets are not allowed inside our buildings. For questions, please email gallery@angelsgateart.org.

This exhibition is supported by the California Natural Resources Agency for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.

Visit angelsgateart.org to learn more.

Image: Jade Yumang, Obedience Training (detail), 2023. Discharged dye, cotton, sublimation dye, mercerized cotton yarn, fiberfill, cotton piping cord, and bamboo.

Khalil Nelson is your host for a guided tour of Bob Baker Marionette (BBMT) Theater on the occasion of the Theater’s 60th Anniversary and as it prepares to preview scenes from its first original production in 40 Years!

Tours include backstage, our fabrication workshop, and music and visual archives! Khalil will share the world of BBMT through the lens of the creation of our new scenes, as part of the current show and in preparation for a full production in 2025, Choo Choo Revue! Don’t miss it!

Go Behind the Scenes at Bob Baker Marionette Theater with Guided Tours Every Saturday and Sunday in June at 12 Noon! Reservations are required.

For more information email: hello@bobbakermarionettetheater.com

Parking:

The Theater does not have its own parking. Street and public lot parking is available nearby. Please leave yourself plenty of time.

The Norton Simon Museum houses a world-renowned collection of South and Southeast Asian art that includes examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions that developed in this region over more than 2,000 years. To learn more, view the video podcast Learning to Look at Asian Art  https://www.nortonsimon.org/learn/watch-and-listen/videos-podcasts-and-lectures/video-learning-to-look-at-asian-art-at-the-norton-simon-museum-2/

 

Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m., Friday and Saturdays, 12:00 noon – 7:00 p.m.

Adults – $20, Seniors – $15, Members, Students and Children – Free

Scattered like stars across the night sky are over 20,000 Pacific Islands in Oceania, with a human history rich in ritual, narrative tradition, innovation, and art. Our mission is to incorporate the diverse cultures of the Pacific Islands, with a focus on Micronesia, into a permanent collection, educational programs, rotating exhibits, and living arts.

 

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Adults – $5, Seniors and Students – $3, Members and Children under 12 – Free

This exhibit is our land acknowledgment practiced in a ceremony between Indigenous artists (Tongva & Pasifika) of the salt water. Humans have the responsibility and obligation to take care of and be part of the whole of nature. “It’s important for people to know that these are not gestural acts but a tradition of Indigenous communities sharing and extending respect, honor, and spirit.” – Cindi Alvitre, Tongva guest curator and artist.

 

 

Adults – $5, Seniors and Students – $3, Members and Children under 12 – Free

Coming together to partake in a meal is a practice shared by all cultures. Food defines us—we are what we eat. Dining with the Sultan is the first exhibition to present Islamic art in the context of its associated culinary traditions. It will include some 250 works of art related to sourcing, preparing, serving, and consuming food.

 

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Fridays 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Adults – $20, Seniors – $16, Members, Students, and Children – Free
Reserve a timed entry ticket online.
General admission is Free after 3:00 p.m. on weekdays