Past Events

• Saturday
  Nov 5, 2022

  Art for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
  With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.

  

  Performance, Lecture, Environmental Council

  Saturday
  Nov 5, 2022

  Performance, Lecture, Environmental Council

  Art for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
  With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.

  The purity of an artwork often belies the dirty materials that went into its making: toxic paints and glazes in painting and ceramics; poisonous particulates in the process of sculpting and smelting objects. A current generation of artists views the materials themselves as part of the artistic narrative, especially …

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 6, 2022

  Exhibition Walkthrough
  Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B Side

  

  Lecture

  Sunday
  Nov 6, 2022

  Lecture

  Exhibition Walkthrough
  Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B Side

  MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will lead a public walkthrough of Henry Taylor: B Side.

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Tuesday
  Nov 8, 2022

  Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth

  

  Lecture, Environmental Council

  Tuesday
  Nov 8, 2022

  Lecture, Environmental Council

  Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth

  This panel brings together three individuals - an artist, an environmentalist, and a physicist - for a discussion on the global impact of human-made climate change, and the possibility of building a sustainable and equitable future through culture, activism, and education. Dustin Yellin is an artist who ba…

  MOCA Grand Avenue

• Thursday
  Nov 17, 2022

  Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan

  

  Lecture

  Thursday
  Nov 17, 2022

  Lecture

  Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan

  Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is a multidisciplinary arts group whose artists live and work in Skid Row. At MOCA’s and Judith F. Baca’s invitation LAPD has focused this evening to weigh in on the City’s forthcoming new community plan for downtown. Skid Row Now …

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

• Sunday
  Nov 20, 2022

  Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
  With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
  Moderated by Jennifer Swann.

  

  Lecture, Environmental Council

  Sunday
  Nov 20, 2022

  Lecture, Environmental Council

  Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
  With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
  Moderated by Jennifer Swann.

  Many Angelenos live in neighborhoods devastated by the environmental blights of polluted air (from refineries, manufacturing, shipping, freeway and air traffic) and toxic waste at brownfield sites. Some LA artists have found ways to bear witness to this environmental (in)justice. Eric Avila

  The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA