Chelo Montoya

USC's Saved By Grace Gospel Choir presents their 20th anniversary concert at CAAM! Current and alumni members sing gospel hits accompanied by a student band from the USC Thornton School of Music, providing a night of worship, gratitude, and homecoming through song.  Presented in conjunction with the exhibition How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in […]

Our presenter, Frau Fiber, and her army of Faux Fraus want you to stop shopping and start sewing! Address the environmental impact of T-shirt surplus by learning to upcycle and make functional and fashionable objects for everyday use. Bring your gently worn, unwanted, and clean T-shirts and discover simple fabrication and stitching strategies you can […]

To inspire activism in the next generation of leaders, community mentors in a variety of fields welcome teens to participate in unscripted conversations and workshops about changing communities. Young people use art, critical thinking, and community organizing to reframe “responsibility” to mean “the ability to respond to a broken society.” This spring, teens share topics […]

The Evolution of View Park Inspired by the exhibition Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity, come for lively conversations about Los Angeles’s View Park, one of the largest historically African American enclaves in the United States. The first program focuses on the beginnings of View Park, a community developed between the 1920s and […]

The art and science of stained glass dates back hundreds of years and is often associated with the church, although stained glass was also found in wealthy homes and businesses. Today, it is produced by professional studios and has also become a popular hobby. In this family workshop, create a window ornament that will glow […]

Our monthly book club continues this spring with titles selected in conjunction with the exhibition How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles. April’s book is David Ritz’s Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin. May's selection is The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, along with his essay Letter from a Region in My […]

The documentary film Civic Art delves into the world of Los Angeles–based artists as they negotiate with the government and local neighborhoods to produce ambitious, permanent, large-scale public art projects. This film highlights the vital, complicated, and often misunderstood efforts behind these artworks and explores the extensive social power of art within four unincorporated South […]

Now on view, Nicole Miller’s video Athens, California ends with a moving scene depicting joy through dance. Join us for a conversation between USC professor Robeson Taj Frazier and Thomas Johnson aka Tommy the Clown, the legendary American dancer best known as the inventor of "clowning," as they discuss the social impact of this prominent […]

Our monthly book club continues this spring with titles selected in conjunction with the exhibition How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles. April’s book is David Ritz’s Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin. May's selection is The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, along with his essay Letter from a Region in My […]

Presented in conjunction with How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles, Gospel-Oke invites singers in all keys and levels to join in a spirited evening of karaoke dedicated to celebrating community with gospel music. The gathering will be led by Diane White-Clayton (“Dr. Dee”), a composer, conductor, vocalist, and pianist whose style ranges […]