JANUARY
Art Talk with Judith Baca
Thursday, January 19, 6:30pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Artist Judith Baca will discuss her work in the context of Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, which features video documentation of her epic mural The Great Wall of Los Angeles, created between 1976 and 1983 with youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).
FREE; no reservations
INFO 213/621-1745 or education@moca.org
Art Talk with Paul Schimmel
Thursday, January 26, 6:30pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Join MOCA’s chief curator and exhibition curator Paul Schimmel for a walkthrough of Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981
FREE; no reservations
INFO 213/621-1745 or education@moca.org
MOCA presents X with special guests, The Dead Kennedys, and The Avengers
Saturday, January 28
Doors at 6:30; show at 7:30
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Join us for one of the culminating events of the PST Performance Festival for an exclusive concert with three seminal punk rock bands that continue to shape California’s music scene. The Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival is organized by LA><ART and the Getty Research Institute, and made possible by grants from the Getty Foundation.
ONLINE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. A very limited number of tickets are available while supplies last at the box offices at both downtown MOCA locations, during public museum hours.
FEBRUARY
Art Talk with Ilene Segalove
Sunday, February 5, 3pm
Artist Ilene Segalove will discuss her work in conjunction with Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981, which features Segalove’s The Mom Tapes (1974), All the Pants I Had Except the Ones I Was Wearing (Front and Back) (1974/2010), The History of a Woman is the History of Her Jewelry (1975/2010), Meet the Turk (Meet the Jerk) (1975), and U.S. Treasury Nose (1979).
INFO 213/621-1745 or education@moca.org
FREE with museum admission; no reservations
DISSENT: TEEN NIGHT 2012
Saturday, February 11, 6:30–10pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Each year, teens take over the museum for an evening extravaganza of art, music, and more. Inspired by MOCA’s exhibition Under the Big Black Sun, the aim of DISSENT: TEEN NIGHT 2012 is to inform the youth of Los Angeles of the political and social roles of artists during a time when there seemed to be no place for speaking up against the opinions of political and institutional authority. The event features live performances and visual art by local students, artmaking, and refreshments. Have fun, hang out, and learn something new. Teen Night is an event exclusively for students in high school, hosted by teens from the MOCA Apprenticeship Program (MAP).
This year, attendees will receive a complimentary museum membership.
INFO 213-621-1745 or pnam@moca.org
FREE; guardian waiver required
