"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
POMONA—Join The American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) for the exhibition and accompanying catalog Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay, celebrating 44 artists who have defined—and redefined—ceramics over the past 100 years. Many of the Golden State’s most innovative and impactful ceramic artists in the 20th and 21st centuries are women who faced adversity due to gender […]
Online Premiere– A Prayer for Salmon is a new audio documentary series from KALW's The Spiritual Edge podcast that tells the story of the Winnemem Wintu people and their clash with one of California’s most important infrastructure sites: Shasta Dam. The dam’s construction expanded California's agricultural imprint, leaving a legacy of unsustainability it must reckon […]
The first event of Humanities For All Project Grant-funded Afrolatine California. These free events will focus on the Afro-Oaxacan community of Mexico, and feature two Oaxacan bands from Los Angeles – Los Guajes and Academia Marques – as well as artisan Esteban Zuñiga who will demonstrate and invite the public to participate in constructing bull […]
An event of Humanities For All Project Grant-funded Afrolatine California. This free event will focus on the Afro-Oaxacan community of Mexico, and feature live Oaxacan music from the Los Guajes Ensemble and the opportunity to participate in constructing bull and turtle structures used in Afro-Oaxacan celebrations. GEO artisenales will also be available for sale. Organized […]
Image credit: I Want My Story To Be Known by Judy Branfman and Eva Cockroft, 1997, Mixed media From March 4-10, 2023 visit the area overlooking the fountain at Los Angeles’ Grand Park to view images from the California Humanities-supported “Hidden Labor; Uncovering L.A.'s Garment Industry.” The current display is part of Los Angeles County […]
It Really Is a River: Exploring The Los Angeles River Exhibit Documenting an iconic urban waterway Wednesday, March 6, 2023 - May 31, 2023 (may extend) North Lobby Gallery – Claremont Colleges Library (800 N. Dartmouth Ave., Claremont, CA 91711) Exhibit on view during Library building hours Explore the Los Angeles River at The Claremont Colleges […]
ONLINE—Join The American Museum of Ceramic Arts (AMOCA) for a virtual discussion featuring artists from the third chapter of AMOCA’s current exhibition Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay. Exhibition Manager Pam Aliaga and participating artists will explore the influence of feminism on contemporary ceramics. They will quickly touch upon the Western history that has led to […]
NOTE 3/9/23: This event has been postposed due to weather. A new date will be announced soon. SAN FRANCISCO—Join SF Urban Film Fest at Victoria Manalo Draves Park in San Francisco for a festive ritual that gathers intergenerational families, artists and activists for a community celebration. Investment in the positive activation of space is a proven […]
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA–You are invited to a screening of FREE CHOL SOO LEE on the San Francisco State University campus on Thursday, March 16, 4-7 pm, Coppola Theater (Fine Arts Building 101). After a murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown, police arrest Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant with previous run-ins with the law. […]
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA–The Roxie Theater in San Francisco will host multiple screenings of SANSÓN AND ME from March 17-23. Film synopsis: During his day job as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes (499) met a young man named Sansón, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to […]
ARCATA—See Disasters of Humboldt Bay and consider: How does our view of the natural world shape us as individuals and societies? The free event includes three short videos and a panel discussion lead by Wiyot experts. Produced by the Humboldt County Historical Society, the event offers three short videos (“Discovery”; Disasters; Development) followed by a […]
Los Angeles—California is home to a large community of Russian-born and Ukrainian-born immigrants. Today the members of these once closely-knit communities are struggling to cope with the devastating and divisive war in Ukraine. Join us in a conversation with Beth Meyerowitz, USC Professor Emerita of Psychology, and Hazel Atuel, USC Research Associate Professor of Psychology […]
Los Angeles—Join USC Doheny Memorial Library for a reminiscent afternoon with 1st generation-born Ukrainian violinist & composer, Anna Kouchnerov. We will be journeying through sweet memories and stories of Anna’s childhood visits to Kiev, Ukraine. From admiring the bohemian richness of the Andriyivskyy Descent, to walking her grandmother’s goats through the crisp silence of the birch […]
It Really Is a River: Discussion and Reception Documenting an iconic urban waterway Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 4:15 pm- 5:30 pm PT Founders Room, Honnold 2 – Claremont Colleges Library You are invited to attend an exhibition discussion for It Really is a River. Enjoy a welcome blessing from indigenous culture bearer Tina Calderon […]
Come UCR ARTS in Riverside for a screening of ADIOS AMOR & post-film Q&A with the director.
538 9th Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA 94607
415.391.1474
PO Box 65917
Los Angeles, CA 90065
415.391.1474 ext. 316
