Pioneering contemporary artist Melvin Edwards joins LA Blacksmith curator jill moniz in a discussion of the artist’s work. Edwards employs metalwork and abstraction to invoke social injustice and the African American experience, as evidenced in his work My Turn to Burn—a response to the 1965 Watts Rebellion—which is currently on display at CAAM.

Every second Saturday, CAAM offers in-depth tours of selected exhibitions. Meet passionate and knowledgeable members of CAAM’s Volunteer Docent Council for spirited conversations about the exhibitions Making Mammy: A Caricature of Black Womanhood, 1840–1940 in January

Basecamp & Crew Parking Filming at LA Memorial Coliseum

Enter at Gate 29

RAP Commission Meeting will be held at the EXPO Center on Thursday, January 16th.

The Afrofuturist Podcast’s co-creator and host, Ahmed Best, and panelists discuss ideas, stories, and products that are shaping the future. In conjunction with the exhibition Timothy Washington: Citizen/Ship, hear Lonny J Avi Brooks, co-creator of The Afrofuturist podcast and associate professor of strategic communication at California State University, East Bay, and Anthony Sparks, executive producer, […]