California African American Museum

The outfits in Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century are often enhanced by accessories echoing the qualities of the Cross Colours clothing line—Afrocentric, empowering, and just so cool. Make your own pendant necklace out of leather, beads, and other materials to accessorize your favorite look. Ages 6 and up. Events are cancelled for […]

Calling all book lovers! Our monthly book club continues with titles that complement our current exhibitions. In March, we’ll cover Tanisha C. Ford’s Dressed in Dreams in conjunction with Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century. April’s selection will be the highly praised Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson celebrating the exhibition Men of Change: […]

Many of the artists in Sanctuary: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection use photography to tell their stories. Artist Janna Ireland poses herself in works such as Loveseat or uses carefully chosen objects in a still life to evoke particular meanings. For this workshop, under the guidance of artist Jean-Guerly Petion, arrange and photograph a […]

Tour Sanctuary with exhibition curator Mar Hollingsworth, Visual Arts Curator and Program Manager, and learn about the featured artists and issues of agency, visibility, and belonging.    Cancelled for the months of April & May 2020

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 Sula Bermúdez-Silverman: Neither Fish, Flesh, nor Fowl in March, Sanctuary: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection in April, Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth. in May, and Nikita Gale: […]

Opening Celebration  Sula Bermúdez-Silverman: Neither Fish, Flesh, nor Fowl Sanctuary: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection Nikita Gale: PRIVATE DANCER  Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth.   Also on view:  Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century    Come one, come all and enjoy after-hours at the museum for a night of art, history, […]

Tyree Boyd-Pates, humanities curator of the Power to the People! festival, discusses Hip-Hop’s role in contemporary activism with Gaye Theresa Johnson, associate professor of African American Studies and Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; cultural critic, journalist, and activist Bakari Kitwana; and legendary rapper Rakim. Presented in partnership with the […]

The New York Times critic-at-large and 1619 Project contributor Wesley Morris speaks to the intersection of black American music, fashion, and identity creation. A Q&A follows with CAAM’s Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Cameron Shaw.    Presented in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In conjunction with the exhibition Dust My Broom: Southern Vernacular from the Permanent Collection, sing with vocalist and composer Imani Uzuri’s Revolutionary Choir salon, a freedom and protest teach-in of historical and new songs of resistance and resilience. All voices are welcome.    Presented in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.