The shift will be funded with a $10 million donation from MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers, who says: “Charging admission is counterintuitive to art’s ability and purpose to connect, inspire, and heal people.”
Los Angeles
JR, Shepard Fairey, and Other Muralists Collaborate with LA High Schoolers
In addition to their input, students were invited to assist local and international artists in completing the murals, as well as serve as subject matter in some cases.
A Factory that Processes Your Dandelion Wishes
The anonymous art collective simply known as the Art Department transformed a decommissioned building into “a secret wish-processing facility.”
When Barbara T. Smith Traveled the World, Casting Herself as Modern-Day Odysseus
A documentary on “The 21st Century Odyssey” offers an in-depth look at this pioneering work of technologically aided human connection.
A Six-Hour Performance Centered on One Kiss
Vanessa German and her partner, Janae Brown, present an intimate exchange between Black women, a perspective absent in mainstream depictions of African-American femininity.
Santa Fe Through the Eyes of a Minnesota Chippewa Artist
Modern art history, popular culture, and Indigenous people commingle in David Bradley’s imagination of the Southwest in idiosyncratic ways.
Be a Part of an Artist Collective’s Spontaneous, Street-Based Performances
Each Saturday, the Family Room Collective creates films inside a gallery and on the streets below, creating narratives based on texts and interactions with those they encounter.
In LA, Indigenous Artists Host an Immersive Event on Their Land
Now in its second year, Indigenous Now is a four-hour program that pays tribute to the area’s first inhabitants while celebrating their contemporary creative expressions.
Developing a Collective Language of Resistance Across the Centuries
It’s not often that you find a space in which communication is not only possible, but encouraged across time, discourses, and borders.
Win Tickets to LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight on June 1 and ATLAS on June 11
We are giving 5 pairs of bench seat tickets for each concert. Enter for your chance to win!
A Forgotten Precursor of Genderqueer Performance Art
Stephen Varble made the city streets his stage, using garbage to create his alter-ego, Marie Debris.
Rethinking How We Talk About Queer Spaces and Movements
The founder of a digital LGBTQ storytelling platform and an artist and filmmaker discuss their work.