CAAM Here and Now - Winter 2018 by The California African American Museum

here & now California African American Museum Winter 2018

welcome. The start of the year is naturally filled with excitement—a time to dream big, set intentions, and make a plan of action! At the California African American Museum that anticipation is amplified by the fact that the calendar commences with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, and we proudly present a slate of dynamic public programs that amplify both celebrations. We’re also debuting a new series of programs dedicated to your well-being: Reclaiming Our Time: Radical Self Care Now! In 2017, we presented Activism Now, the popular talks that welcomed rapper/ activist David Banner, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, political analyst Angela Rye, and others. These activists challenged us to care for ourselves in order to engage effectively in the important work of change, so our new series in 2018 will be dedicated to doing just that (see page 14 for details). This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, January 15, 2018, and we open our doors (normally closed on Mondays) at 10:00 a.m. for a free, daylong celebration of the man and his dream, featuring hands-on art activities, a marathon reading of King’s powerful speeches, exhibition tours, food trucks, and more! Please see page 12 for a rundown, and mark your calendar to join us. We wish you the fulfillment of your dreams in 2018, and we hope to see you here often in the coming year!

4 exhibitions | 12 public programs | 20 for families | 22 visit Photo: HRDWRKER

exhibitions

How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles February 8–August 26, 2018 How did Los Angeles become a hub of 20th-century gospel music? With vintage artifacts and photographs, memorabilia, and other fascinating ephemera, How Sweet the Sound explores this facet of Los Angeles’s religious history and highlights beloved gospel musicians including James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Sallie Martin, and others. The exhibition charts the story of gospel in LA, including the Azusa Street Revival in 1906; the Great Migration to Los Angeles in the 1940s; musical innovators within black church congregations; its key role during the Civil Rights era; and the thriving commercial success it enjoyed afterward. Each period contributed to producing a global musical phenomenon that shifted American popular culture and politics—and uplifted the country for generations. How Sweet the Sound is a collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC) Gospel Music Archive. The exhibition is curated by Tyree Boyd-Pates, history curator and program manager, CAAM, in conjunction with historian Daniel Walker from USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.

A choir sings for Civil Rights on the steps of City Hall, 1960s. Photo courtesy In Our Own Image

Charting the Terrain: Eric Mack and Pamela Smith Hudson March 14–September 9, 2018 In Charting the Terrain new and recent works by Atlanta-based artist Eric Mack and Los Angeles-based artist Pamela Smith Hudson offer nuanced, abstract perspectives on the West Coast landscape. Both artists create intricate compositions of aerial views that are reminiscent of topographic or satellite maps. Their detailed landscapes portray beaches and forests, sites that have recently endured natural and man-made devastation and rejuvenation. Honing in on their surroundings with geometrical, patterned, and grid-like or undulating forms, Mack and Smith Hudson provide new perspectives on this classical genre while reflecting on resolutions to counter environmental disasters.

exhibitions Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity February 1–August 26, 2018 Adler Guerrier (b. 1975, Port-au-Prince) is best known for his work in photography and printmaking that explores the poetics and politics of place. He examines the public space of the street as a site for civil discourse and disobedience and the more private realm of the home and yard as places for meditative observation and reverie—addressing both as political spheres. Guerrier’s new project for CAAM continues his investigation of history’s relationship to landscape, picturing what the artist has described as the “limited utopias” enacted within domestic gardens, outdoor spaces, and private yards. In photographs, prints, and drawings, Guerrier offers quiet, subjective observations of the landscapes of Los Angeles and Miami, the artist’s hometown. Guerrier explores how both of these 20th-century cities resonate with their early promises of sunshine, space, and self-determination, even as they remain subject to unfulfilled historical demands for prosperity, justice, and civil rights. Capturing the lush sweetness of these places, Guerrier proposes, as the title suggests, intimate conditions and forms for black life and longevity. For this project, the artist has returned to the moniker for a fictive radical activist group of his own devising—blck—which suggests the critical role imaginaries play in giving shape to the space of liberation. His dreamy works of contemporary landscape offer glimpses into a notion of black utopia that is ephemeral, personal, and grounded.

Over the course of their careers, both of these artists’ styles have evolved considerably. Mack commenced as an illustrator and eventually began incorporating broad brushstrokes and layered patterns. Smith Hudson studied printmaking and now makes textured, mixed media works featuring an organic, painterly style. Exhibiting together for the first time and with distinctive visual vocabularies, their work engages in an intriguing dialog about the West Coast.

This exhibition is organized by independent curator Diana Nawi. Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity is generously supported by ArtCenter/South Florida. This exhibition is also supported by David Castillo Gallery, Miami. Adler Guerrier, Untitled (Deployed conditionally and sunsetted; Underground), 2017 (detail). Archival pigment print, 16 x 20 in. Courtesy the artist and David Castillo Gallery, Miami

This exhibition is curated by Vida L. Brown, visual arts curator and program manager, CAAM. Eric Mack, Skateboard Movement, 2014. Mixed media on canvas, 4’ x 8’

exhibitions Shinique Smith: Refuge March 14–September 9, 2018 For more than a decade, multimedia artist Shinique Smith has employed new, used, and personal recycled clothing, fabrics, and objects—items that exist in the realm of what we call belongings—to construct sculptures, paintings, and site-specific installations. Examining the ways in which these objects resonate on a personal and social scale, Smith’s works operate at the convergence of consumption, displacement, and sanctuary. In Smith’s hands, these works reveal connections across space, time, and place to suggest the possibility of constructing worlds renewed by hopeful delight. Refuge, Smith’s first solo show at CAAM, references landscapes of and for the displaced. The growing global epidemic of homelessness and the navigation of private/public for those nomadic populations are central to Smith’s exhibition. The lifecycles of care and use evident in found materials and shifting notions of home are mapped and unfold in the gallery space. Smith’s bundles and paintings propose moments of abundance, moments of rest, and moments of spiritual reflection. Here, the deliberate acts involved in collage and assemblage are used to explore ideas of hope and belonging, as well as how we as human beings create and share refuge. Boundaries between object and subject, interior and exterior, and the forgotten and remembered are deferred in favor of a holistic and dynamic presence. Refuge proposes that we all belong to each other and have the capacity to build, shelter, and strengthen the ties that hold us together as a people. This exhibition is curated by independent curator Essence Harden. Shinique Smith, Sometimes I wonder, 2016. Acrylic, ink, fabric, collage, ribbon, and objects on canvas over wood panel. 60 x 60 x 8 in. Image courtesy the artist and David Castillo Gallery

ongoing exhibitions

exhibitions

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 Through January 14, 2018 “We Wanted a Revolution is a one-two punch of melanin and estrogen that makes a demand: Look at us. Look at black women. Look at what they have made. How they have suffered. What they are worth. Hear their voices. Consider their souls and experiences. See their value. Take the time to learn the histories of their art, of the battles against racism and sexism in which they’re still forced to engage.” LA Weekly, October 12, 2017

Lezley Saar: Salon des Refusés Through February 18, 2018 “An homage to outsiderness, the exhibition shows Saar’s deep flirtation with the ostensible. Grappling enormously with face-value appearances, her work derives beauty in those who are often deemed by society to be anomalies or aberrations.” LA Weekly, November 17, 2017

Nicole Miller: Athens, California March 14–September 9, 2018 Southern California-based artist Nicole Miller works with film, video, and photography to explore themes including subjectivity, self-representation, and agency, especially as they relate to African American subjects. In Miller’s hands, film becomes a dynamic storytelling tool used to examine under-known histories and identities. For her first exhibition at the California African American Museum, Miller debuts Athens, California (2016). The artist captured the stories of students from Washington Prep High School living in the city of Athens, California, a predominantly black, heavily Hispanic, unincorporated community in the southern region of Los Angeles County. Often cited as one of the most dangerous places in the region, many of the students have been deeply affected by gang violence. Resisting the temptation to be viewed as a documentary film, this presentation explores not only the city and its high school residents, but also the racial segregation that exists in and the inequitable resources that are allocated to this specific neighborhood in Los Angeles. This exhibition is curated by Naima Keith, deputy director and chief curator, CAAM. 10

Still from Athens, California (2016)

Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora Through February 25, 2018 Gary Simmons: Fade to Black Through Summer 2018 “Fade to Black is a powerful suite of five monumental mural paintings by Gary Simmons in which history and memory toil mightily to keep from vanishing. In an enormous visual blur created by great smears of white paint on a black ground, dissolution has been stopped in its tracks.” Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2017

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celebrations

can’t stop won’t stop!

Monday, January 15, 2018 | 10:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by surrounding yourself with art, culture, and community. Enjoy an array of vibrant programs and activities for all ages. Bring the kids for art-making activities and food, visit our exhibitions, hear a marathon reading of King’s lesser-known speeches and sermons, and much more—free for everyone! 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Family Drop-in Art Activities Dream Catchers Use quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. combined with your own to create dream catchers that imagine a better future.

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Marking the Movement Make a unique bookmark of MLK’s words and image using collage techniques. Complete the workshop by joining our Readers to Leaders Circle where you can read to the group or enjoy hearing uplifting stories read aloud by others.

Often overlooked throughout history, countless women have played pivotal roles in the Civil Rights Movement. This panel explores the roles of these women and the challenges they faced in the fight for racial equality. Panelists include Meta Golding, the actress who depicts Rosa Parks in the upcoming film Behind the Movement (February 2018); Jan Perry, former LA councilwoman and currently general manager of the Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development Department; Brenda Stevenson, UCLA Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Department of History; and writer/ activist Rebecca Walker. Moderated by Jaia Thomas, attorney and member of the CAAM History Council.

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. King Study

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speeches

Peace Garden Inspired by the beautiful, two-toned grandiflora rose named in honor of Coretta Scott King, contribute to a community peace garden installation.

Listen to a recording of King’s 1964 Nobel Prize acceptance speech then stay for a group discussion about how his words relate to our lives today.

Listen to a marathon reading of Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches by Professor Jody Amour, USC School of Law; Justin Andrews, program manager for strategic initiatives at the Liberty Hill Foundation; Funmilola Fagbamila, professor of Africana Studies at CSULA; and Matthew J. Miller, Ph.D candidate and writer, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Reading: The Mountaintop The celebration concludes with a reading from The Mountaintop, written by American playwright Katori Hall and read by actors Larry Powell and Dominique Morrisseau. This critically acclaimed play is a fictional depiction of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last night on earth, set in room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of his assassination in 1968. Language may not be suitable for all audiences.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Opening Celebration Come one, come all! DJ sets by Huneycut and Suga Shay Good art, people & food trucks FREE RSVP: rsvp@caamuseum.org Celebrating the openings of: How Sweet the Sound: Gospel in Los Angeles Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity Shinique Smith: Refuge Charting the Terrain: Eric Mack and Pamela Smith Hudson Nicole Miller: Athens, California Come early from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. for back-to-back, 30-minute walkthroughs with the artists and curators of Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity and Shinique Smith: Refuge

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public programs Events are free unless otherwise noted and are subject to change. Please visit caamuseum.org for the most up-to-date information on upcoming public programs. RSVP to CAAM programs at 213.744.2024 or rsvp@caamuseum.org

NEW SERIES Reclaiming Our Time: Radical Self Care Now! When Representative Maxine Waters invoked the phrase “reclaiming my time” during a House Financial Services Committee meeting last year, social media went ablaze. Used by the Congresswoman to demand that her questions be answered, the phrase signaled that it was the moment for Waters—and maybe all of us—to take back our power. In that spirit, CAAM is launching a series dedicated to well-being. Radical self care is the bold act of making your quality of life primary. This series explores how a balanced and vibrant life demands that we take our needs into consideration and act upon them.

LeTania Kirkland Smith, yoga and movement instructor. Photo: Rafael Cardenas

symposium Sunday, January 14, 2018 I 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 Closing Symposium This symposium marks the closing of the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85. Developed in partnership with Freewaves.org creator of Dis…MISS, the event engages artists in conversation about the social, political, and aesthetic environments that defined this era in the contemporary realm.

Saturday, January 6, 2018 | 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Practicing the Art of Radical Self Care Start 2018 right at the kickoff of Reclaiming Our Time: Radical Self Care Now!, a new series dedicated to health and happiness, with a full day of healthy outlets for both the body and mind.

Support provided by Metabolic Studio.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Yoga with LeTania Kirkland Smith Begin your day with yoga surrounded by art! Smith guides you to set intentions, honor your body and its limits, and push to your own personal edge. The workshop begins with a guided meditation followed by creative sun salutations, flowing movement, and then a quiet savasana. Expect to sweat. All are welcome and variations will be provided for every skill level. Please bring a yoga mat.

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. In Conversation: Faith Ringgold with Michele Wallace Join us for a conversation between Faith Ringgold and her daughter Michele Wallace as they discuss the catalytic political period captured in the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution. This conversation derives from their life-long relationship and highlights key moments and stories behind the work. Moderated by Erin Christovale, assistant curator, Hammer Museum.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Plant-Based Nutrition Workshop Vegan Outreach returns to CAAM to present a plant-based nutrition workshop, including a food demonstration and vegan bites. Come sample and learn more about veganism. 1:00 – 2:30 p.m Move with Myshell Tabu Work out last year’s stress on the dance floor with choreographer, actress, and filmmaker Myshell Tabu. Turn up the volume and tune into you! Tuesday, March 20, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Ericka Huggins Reclaiming Our Time: Radical Self Care Now! See page 19 for details.

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Opening remarks By Alison Saar honoring Betye Saar and Samella Lewis

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Black Radical Women Now! This series of conversations between artists featured in We Wanted a Revolution and local practitioners working in Los Angeles traces the synergies between movements and making. Panelists include Linda Goode Bryant, Maren Hassinger, Barbara McCullough, and Senga Nengudi, who will share the influences behind their work and how they continue to practice today. This conversation is moderated by Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and co-curator of We Wanted a Revolution. 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Performance: Women’s Work by Maren Hassinger Everyone in the audience is invited to participate in this project designed to highlight our unity. Lona Foote, Blondell Cummings performing “Blind Dates” at Just Above Midtown Gallery, November 1982, Photograph, 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Radical Women Workshop Hear breakout conversations between featured artists Jae Jarrell, Dindga McCannon, and others on topics of mutual interest such as artist-run spaces, collective practices, performance work, and feminist practice. Participating local artists are Lili Bernard, April Bey, Adebukola Bodunrin, Zeal Harris, Tonya Ingram, Cole M. James, Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, Nicole Kelly, Jessica Wimbley, and others. Moderated by independent curator and artist Chelle Barber. 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Closing Reception Celebration DJ Scholar Lynnée Denise spins music inspired by We Wanted a Revolution. This feminist sonic collage will honor black women’s radical cultural contributions that are typically erased from discourse on black music. Denise curates a set featuring music produced, written, and/or performed by black women between 1965 and 1985. 15

Sunday, February 4, 2018 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm In Conversation: John Edgar Wideman with David Ulin On the day after WordTheatre’s presentation of Witness at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, acclaimed writer and MacArthur Fellow John Edgar Wideman talks with David Ulin, former Los Angeles Times book editor, amidst the backdrop of artist Gary Simmons’s monumental mural, Fade to Black. Wideman has authored numerous works including Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File and the forthcoming American Histories. Simmons’s site-specific painting addresses race, class, and memory using the language of American popular culture, forcefully echoing Wideman’s chronicle of contemporary black experience.

public programs Events are free unless otherwise noted and are subject to change. Please visit caamuseum.org for the most up-to-date information on upcoming public programs.

This program is presented in partnership with WordTheatre®.

Thursday, February 8, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Frederick Douglass Now by Roger Guenveur Smith In celebration of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial, Roger Guenveur Smith presents his internationally acclaimed solo performance, Frederick Douglass Now. Smith bookends Douglass’s classic 19th-century texts with original narrative to create what the Los Angeles Times calls “a personal benchmark for this remarkable artist.” Douglass, the pioneering abolitionist and feminist, is among a gallery of historically inspired theatrical portraits drawn by Smith. RSVP required.

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Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday, February 11, 2018 Sunday, March 11, 2018 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. CAAM Book Club The CAAM Book Club continues this winter with titles selected in conjunction with the exhibition Lezley Saar: Salon des Refusés, which explores the concept of identity from the viewpoint of those on the margins of society. We will start in January with Toni Morrison’s emotionally charged The Bluest Eye. February’s selection is Kathleen Collins’s collection of short stories entitled Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?, recommended by Saar and an influence on her art. In March, during Women’s History Month, we will read the only-known novel written by Zelda Fitzgerald, Save Me the Waltz, which chronicles her volatile life and marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald. 16

Friday, January 12, 2018 I 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Conversation between asha bandele and Patrisse Khan-Cullors This talk and book signing with asha bandele, author and former senior editor at Essence, and artist, organizer and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Khan-Cullors, explores their new book, When They Call You a Terrorist, which takes an intimate look at Khan-Cullors’s time growing up in Van Nuys, California, weaving her experiences into the larger picture of how predominantly black and Latino neighborhoods are under constant systemic attack. Moderated by Melina Abdullah, professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, this program is presented in conjunction with Eso Won Books.

Friday, February 16, 2018 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Curatorial Walkthrough: How Sweet the Sound Tour How Sweet the Sound with CAAM history curator Tyree Boyd-Pates and Daniel Walker of USC’s Gospel Music Archive and discover how gospel music pioneers like James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Sallie Martin, and others brought gospel to Los Angeles and redefined the genre. Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Salon and Performance by Maurice Harris During the closing week of Salon des Refusés by Lezley Saar, artist Maurice Harris, founding creator of floral design company Bloom & Plume, will activate the exhibition with a performance featuring spoken word as well as readings of passages from books that inspired Saar’s surrealist works, including Madwoman in the Attic and Monad.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Working the Public, with Theaster Gates Join us for a conversation with Theaster Gates, one of the most important public artists of our time. As the founder of the Rebuild Foundation, a non-profit platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation, Gates is redefining the way we think about visual art and its potential to change the world. Gates’s artistic practice spans media, including ceramics, installations, and performance; political interventions; and the founding of organizations. He will participate in a conversation with Naima J. Keith, deputy director and chief curator at CAAM. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Amelia Jones, Karen Koblitz, and the USC Roski School of Art and Design. Co-sponsored by the California African American Museum. Frederick Douglass

Sunday, February 25, 2018 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Panel: Albert Chong, Andrea Chung, and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, moderated by Lok Siu On the closing day of Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora, join us for a conversation with featured artists Albert Chong, Andrea Chung, and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, moderated by Lok Siu, associate professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley. The discussion will cover the 200-plus year history of the Chinese diaspora in the Caribbean and how art has played a pivotal role in depicting these historically silenced narratives.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Screening and Panel: Jewel’s Catch One This special presentation of Jewel’s Catch One, a documentary film about one of the country’s first black, gay discos, is followed by a conversation between the director, C. Fitz, and the film’s protagonist and owner of the disco, Jewel Thais-Williams. Join them for their discussion on the important role of women of color in the arts. Presented in collaboration with ARRAY, a community-based arts collective dedicated to the amplification of films by people of color, and Blackout for Human Rights, a network of creative activists and citizens united to protest human rights violations against American citizens throughout the country.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Points of Access: Artists in Conversation Ramsess, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, and Synthia St. James Location: Art + Practice 4334 Degnan Blvd., LA 90008

Organized by CAAM and Art + Practice (A+P), this is the first in a series of panels offering meaningful dialogues about access to and our understanding of contemporary art. In four public programs, CAAM and A+P welcome artists, curators, collectors, and administrators to discuss their diverse paths and how they have navigated the art world at each point in their careers. Points of Access is designed for individuals at all levels of understanding about contemporary art; no prior knowledge is required and all are welcome. Moderated by Isabelle Lutterodt, director, Barnsdall Park. Wednesday, March 14, 2018 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm Artists + Curatorial Walkthrough Tour Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity with artist Adler Guerrier and guest curator Diana Nawi and Refuge with artist Shinique Smith and deputy director Naima J. Keith in back-to-back, 30-minute walkthroughs prior to the start of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop,” our opening celebration. Sunday, March 18 2018 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. In Conversation: Eric Mack and Pamela Smith Hudson In conjunction with Charting the Terrain, artists Pamela Smith Hudson and Eric Mack discuss how their creative practices address notions of change in our built and natural environments. Moderated by Vida Brown, visual arts curator and program manager, CAAM.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Ericka Huggins Reclaiming Our Time: Radical Self Care Now! Sometimes a self care practice is a lifeline in trying times. That was the case for Ericka Huggins, who was drawn to meditation while in prison. In May 1969, Huggins and Bobby Seale, both leading members of the Black Panther Party, were arrested on conspiracy to murder charges. While awaiting trial for two years before charges were eventually dropped, Huggins spent time in isolation and in solitary confinement, where she taught herself to meditate as a tool to face the recent death of her husband, John Huggins, and the separation from their baby daughter. Hear from Huggins how she continues to incorporate spiritual practice into her community work as a speaker, facilitator, and teacher for change. After she shares her life experiences, we will sit quietly together to experience meditation as an important tool to serve humanity. Saturday, March 24, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. RACE/d: A Journal for You In conjunction with Gary Simmons: Fade to Black, a diverse group of emerging and established artists of color will participate in a program devoted to images, texts, and films about cultural erasure and displacement from the new online publication, RACE/d: A Journal for You. The evening will include a screening of two short films by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, whose work inspired the journal, and readings and discussions w ith contributors Angel Dominguez, Phung Huynh, Tiffany Lin, Ari Laurel, Paul Pescador, Marton Robinson, and Karen Tei Yamashita. Presented in partnership with USC Roski School of Art and Design, MA Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere

Sunday, March 25, 2018 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm Conversationsby Artists for Artists Charlene M. Green and Scot Brown continue this series conceived by artist Lisa Soto and originally hosted at Soto Studio in Inglewood, which brings together creative contemporaries from many artistic genres, including visual, performing, and multidisciplinary practices. Two artists working in different mediums and with distinctly different approaches interview one another and then broaden their conversation to an audience of their peers. Come for a stimulating, nurturing, and supportive environment where creatives can get to know one another and talk shop. A reception with homemade Caribbean food follows, cooked by Soto. Limited capacity, RSVP required.

Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Collective Action: Artists for Housing and Homeless Rights Taking ideas addressed in Adler Guerrier’s exhibition as a starting point, Collective Action investigates the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in relation to both the local and overarching political climate in California, while focusing on the role the arts can play in shifting policy and public discourse. This program features a workshop led by Terra Graziani of the Anti- Eviction Mapping Project from the San Francisco Bay Area, followed by a walkthrough of Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity led by guest curator Diana Nawi. In the afternoon John Malpede and Henriëtte Brouwers from the Los Angeles Poverty Department will lead a participatory workshop. Presented in partnership with USC Roski School of Art and Design, MA Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere.

Tuesdays | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Drop-In Exhibition Tours Come for free tours led by museum guides! Tours last approximately forty-five minutes and are followed by a Q&A. Space is limited; first come, first served. Organizations and groups of ten or more must schedule tours in advance by contacting info@caamuseum.org.

for families Sunday, January 7, 2018 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Radical Flag Faith Ringgold’s People’s Flag Show Poster and The Judson 3, both on display in We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, express solidarity with the tumultuous times of the 1970s. Create your own radical flag using a collage of words and images that reflect something you feel passionate about in this decade. Suitable for 3rd grade and up. Saturday, January 13, 2018 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. We Wear a Revolution: Radical Clothing Workshop Invent and embellish your own fashion statement inspired by works in the exhibition, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85: Jae Jarrell’s Urban Wall Suit and Lorraine O’Grady’s Mlle Bourgeoise Noire. Led by Dindga McCannon and Jae Jarrell, artists in We Wanted a Revolution. The workshop concludes with a fashion show where participants can share their radical duds. Fabric and embellishments will be provided. Sunday, January 28, 2018 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Collage Faces: Express Yourself Using collage and painting, artist Lezley Saar leads a family workshop to reflect on identities seen and expressed. Fabrics, curious still life objects, and a variety of materials will be provided to fully explore and express your creative self.

Saturday, February 3, 2018 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Placemaking Portraits Inspired by ideas and techniques from works in his exhibition Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity, artist Adler Guerrier will guide participants in an art-making workshop to draw, shape, and collage images of place. Sunday, February 25, 2018 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Symbols in Copper On the final day of Circles and Circuits, participate in a family workshop inspired by the images in the copper matting of Albert Chong’s Throne for the Gorilla Spirits, 1993. Chong’s work uses symbolism to celebrate the diversity of mankind. Meet the artist and make impressions of meaningful symbols in soft copper to create a frame for a small photograph. Suitable for 3rd grade and up.

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Encaustic Landscapes With artist Pamela Smith Hudson, create small landscape paintings using unique papers layered with translucent wax paint and sealed with encaustic, an ancient process of painting with wax. Smith Hudson is a painter, printmaker, and teaching artist based in Los Angeles whose work is currently featured in Charting the Terrain.

Events are free unless otherwise noted and are subject to change. Please visit caamuseum.org for the most up-to-date information on upcoming public programs. RSVP to CAAM programs on our website, at 213.744.2024, or rsvp@caamuseum.org

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Friday, March 9, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Teachers Workshop: Interacting with Art and Artifacts from African American History At this hands-on workshop, K-12 teachers explore themes around social justice and African American history using art and artifacts, including digital multimedia from the curriculum unit “Being a Change Agent—Lessons Learned from the Middle Passage” from Kinsey Unit Resources. Special guest speaker Bernard Kinsey from the Kinsey Foundation will share objects from the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection, an award-winning traveling museum exhibition consisting of primarysource historical objects and art. Additionally, guest artist Bruce Dean will guide participants through hands-on arts activities. This program is offered in partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Workshop fee: $55 for this single session at CAAM or $130 for the series of three. Registration required http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops

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