Latino Heritage Month

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
10332505
Event Main Image

Introduction to Latin American Music: A Hispanic Heritage Month Listening Guide

Event Type
Culture & Community
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The music of Latin America is as diverse as the multiple ethnicities and languages spoken across the continent. Each and every region, from Mexico to Puerto Rico, from Cuba to Colombia, has given the world a wide array of rhythms and emotions to celebrate life and to experience sorrow. This listening guide is an introduction to a very rich and complex treasure trove of music genres.
Website Link
theford.com/about/watch-and-listen/introduction-to-latin-american-music-listening-guide
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online at the Ford
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10329979
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
10336198
Event Main Image

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This museum exhibition is of LA-based, Venezuelan-born, artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess. Trained in painting, printmaking, and sculpture in Venezuela, Chile, and New York, Suarez Frimkess’ most recognized works are clay. Spanning over five decades, The Finest Disregard offers insights into the artist’s fascination with art history books, popular media, cartoons, animation, and autobiography. See website for ticket prices and registration.
Website Link
lacma.org/art/exhibition/magdalena-suarez-frimkess-finest-disregard
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
139176
Event Main Image

The Significant Movies and Moviemakers Gallery – Lourdes Portillo

Event Type
Culture & Community
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The gallery devoted to Lourdes Portillo highlights the life and career of this remarkable documentarian, visual artist, journalist, and activist. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles, Portillo’s documentaries blend experimental and traditional modes of storytelling to focus on themes of identity and social justice in the US and Latin America. See website for event times. 
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0633867, -118.3608799

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.930.3000
Event ID
139224
Event Main Image

SHADES OF LA PHOTO COLLECTION

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The library has an archive of over 7,000 photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and copied in a project sponsored by Photo Friends, a library support group. They include daily life, social organizations, work, personal, and holiday celebrations. In addition to the images, there are oral histories about living in Southern California.
Website Link
lapl.org/collections-resources/photo-collection/shades-la
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles Library – Online
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0522342, -118.2436849

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139222
Event Main Image

Panel Discussion: Black and Afro Latinx experience in Media

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
As a part of Solidarity for Sanctuary, Diana Diaz leads a wide-ranging conversation exploring Black and Brown solidarity with a focus on women and non-binary people in media. The panel features Jessica Matos, Leslie C. Antonoff, Maiya Norton, and Mariah Carrillo.
Website Link
theford.com/about/watch-and-listen/panel-discussion-black-and-afro-latinx-experience-in-media
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online at the Ford
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139188
Event Main Image

MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART EN CASA

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Explore MOLAA’s online exhibitions on their website and view the Permanent Collection through Google Arts & Culture, watch YouTube exhibition walkthroughs, and listen to the MOLAA Zoom Project.
Website Link
molaa.org/molaa-en-casa
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online from the Museum of Latin American Art
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
562.437.1689
Event ID
139182
Event Main Image

MOLAA EN CASA

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Explore MOLAA’s online exhibitions on their website and view the Permanent Collection through Google Arts & Culture, watch YouTube exhibition walkthroughs, and listen in on the MOLAA Zoom Project
Website Link
molaa.org/molaa-en-casa
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online from the Museum of Latin American Art
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
562.437.1689
Event ID
139180
Event Main Image

Living Resistance Panel Discussion: Community Healing, A Decolonized Approach from Radical Women of Color

Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
As part of The Ford’s Living Resistance festival, Jocelyn Ramirez moderated Community Healing: A Decolonized Approach from Radical Women of Color. This panel discusses ways to heal minds, bodies, and spirits through alternative approaches with wellness practitioners Claudia Serrato, Adriana Alejandre, and Dania Cabello.
Website Link
theford.com/about/watch-and-listen/ford-digital-festivals-living-resistance?watch-and-listen=
Event Date
-
Event Location

Online at the Ford
United States

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139174
Event Main Image
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