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Calendar of Events
With the large number of cultural institutions, universities, and community centers in the Figueroa Corridor, there is always something fun going on, whether it’s a concert, ethnic festival, or sporting event.
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Free Tuesday at NHM
July 1, 2008
Natural History Museum of L.A. County
Admission to the Natural History Museum of L.A. County is free on the first Tuesday of each month.
Contact: www.nhm.org, 213.763.DINO
Sea Monsters 3D
Through December 31, 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
IMAX Theatre, Exposition Park
Sea Monsters 3D combines innovative imagery, powerful storytelling, and the experiential nature of giant-screen 3D theaters to immerse audiences in an unforgettable experience. Travel through the most dangerous oceans in history, along the way� encountering long-necked plesiosaurs, giant turtles, enormous fish, fierce sharks, and the most dangerous sea monster of all, the mosasaur.
Contact: http://goto.californiasciencecenter.org/seamonsters
A Woman�s Journey: A Retrospective of the life and work of Artis Lane
Through March 2, 2008
California African American Museum
The first retrospective of Artis Lane is an exploration of a painter/sculptor�s work that spans more than 60 years. The exhibition includes self-portraits, as well as representations of family and friends, busts and paintings of historical figures and celebrities. Her creative vision is captured in drawings and sculptures. Her imagery ranges from nudes to traditional portraits to abstract creations. Painted portraits include Oprah Winfrey and President John F. Kennedy among others.
Contact: www.caamuseum.org, 213-744-7432
Blacks In and Out of the Box
Through December 30
California African American Museum
This exhibition focuses on African Americans as artists and subjects throughout the history of photography. Thematically, it highlights California�s influence on Blacks in front of and behind the camera and the on-going dialogue African Americans have with the images of their past. The show features 20 works from CAAM�s permanent collection, as well as historic and contemporary images from collectors and artists ranging from Blacks on the frontier to contemporary videography.
Contact: www.caamuseum.org, 213-744-7432
Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear
Through December 31
California Science Center
This 5,000 square foot exhibit provides an experiential and holistic view of fear science, examining physiological, neurobiological, and sociological aspects of fear. Visitors will experience fear in a safe and enjoyable environment, measure their responses, and discover the science behind their reactions.
Contact: www.californiasciencecenter.org
Fade: The Dark Side of Light
Through May 31, 2008
California Science Center
The California Science Center developed this new exhibit in collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute. It blends science and art to explore the destructive effects of light exposure on priceless museum treasures and family photos. It also offers suggestions for mitigating the damage.
FADE's interactive exhibits explain the nature of light and why it permanently changes the appearance of many objects. Using their own energy, guests can create traveling waves of different lengths to better understand the relationship between wavelength and energy. Then through an AV program, guests can zoom in and learn how light damages materials at the atomic level.
Visitors see dramatic evidence of light damage through photographs, works of art and a collection of everyday items. "This exhibit serves to increase awareness about how we're losing our past through light exposure." said Science Center curator Ken Phillips. "Creating this exhibit with the Getty Conservation Institute, which has an excellent research lab focused on this topic, was a rare and exceptional opportunity."
Contact: www.californiasciencecenter.org
Earth, Wind & Solar
Through December 21, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
USC Annenberg School for Communication 2nd Floor Gallery
Political posters from the dawn of the environmental movement power this USC Annenberg exhibition.
On view in USC's Annenberg Gallery, the show is drawn from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG), a Los Angeles-based repository of more than 60,000 political posters produced in a staggering array of visual styles and print media, dating from the Russian Revolution to the present.
Curated by Jay Belloli, director of gallery programs at the Armory Center for the Arts, it features environmental posters dating from the 1960s to the present.
Political posters have been a primary communication tool warning of the dangers of pollution and organizing support for a cleaner and safer world. The posters in Earth, Wind & Solar illustrate the ongoing conflict between environmental protection and multinational corporate interests. Representing a variety of styles, techniques, issues, languages and regions of the world, the exhibition is a cross-section of the many issues the contemporary environmental movement has brought to the fore.
The show illuminates many of the basic human rights issues confronting society at large, including those of class and race. Represented in the exhibition are posters highlighting Shell Oil boycotts around the world. Another commemorates the life of Chico Mendes, whose murder in Brazil drew international attention to the destruction of the Amazon. The show spans the globe, with ecology posters from Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, Canada and all over the United States.
�Since Rachel Carson�s 1962 �Silent Spring� first called the world�s attention to the spreading, still-unnamed crisis, artists and organizers from Tokyo to Berlin, and from Sydney to Los Angeles, continue to use the power of graphics to organize a frontline of defense against rapidly escalating corporate pollution and environmental destruction,� says Wells. �Posters give witness to a history of environmental struggles, prevent the issues from being forgotten by future generations, and show the vitality and importance of art in mobilizing social change. They reclaim the power of art to educate, agitate and inspire action.�
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Free.
Contact: http://www.politicalgraphics.org/exhibitions/21earth_wind.html, visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Treasures From the Vault
Through January 21, 2008
Natural History Museum of L.A. County
See some rarely displayed, light-sensitive objects at the Natural History Museum, such as a coiled shell from an extinct marine animal that lived 80 million years ago. The opalescent quality of the ammonite makes it gemstone quality. Amelia Earhart's 1928 flight log is among the other pieces on display.
Contact: www.nhm.org, 213.763.DINO
Robert Graham: Body of Work
Through February 9, 2008
USC Fisher Gallery
Internationally renowned, Los Angeles-based artist Robert Graham (b. 1938, Mexico City) has explored the female figure in drawings, photographs, videos, and, especially, sculpture since the beginning of his career. The exhibition Body of Work reveals, for the first time in a museum context, a new phase in this exploration. Graham's interest in capturing movement and animating individual presence has been apparent in even his most restfully posed sculptural nudes. In his new works, Graham pushes the depiction of movement to its most abstract form, distilling morphology to its essence and allowing the energy and idiosyncracy of pose to convey individualism. These nudes, like virtuosic three-dimensional sketches, simultaneously embody the vigorous gesture of both the sculptor and his model.
Contact: www.fishergallery.org, (213) 740-5537
For additional events, check out these sites:
California African American Museum: www.caamuseum.org
California Science Center and IMAX Theater: www.californiasciencecenter.org
Da Camera Society of Mount St. Mary's College: www.dacamera.org
Exposition Park Intergenerational Community Center: www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/EPICC
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena: www.lacoliseum.com
Mount St. Mary’s College: www.msmc.la.edu/
Natural History Museum of L.A. County: www.nhm.org
Shrine Auditorium: www.shrineauditorium.com/events.html
University of Southern California: www.usc.edu
USC Fisher Gallery: www.fishergallery.org
West Adams Heritage Association: www.westadamsheritage.org
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