MUSEUM DAY AT LACMA
Join us for a trip to LACMA on Saturday July 12th.
July 12th 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Please arrive at the clubhouse on time as we will leave at 9:30 am sharp.
We will have a tour of the exhibition, Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics with Curator Dhyandra Lawson.
“Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics" finds aesthetic connections among 60 artists working in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The exhibition and its catalogue are among the first to examine nearly a quarter century of production by Black artists. The project debuts new acquisitions for LACMA and expands the Pan-African exhibition canon, historically focused on the Black Atlantic, by showcasing artists working along the Pacific Rim. Nearly 70 works of painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, and time-based media are organized into four themes: speech and silence, movement and transformation, imagination, and representation. Contemporary poets contributed original work to the catalogue, extending the historical use of poetry in Pan-African discourse. Diaspora’s general definition as a displacement from origins excludes all the creativity the term entails. People reinvent their heritage through artistic expressions, transforming diaspora from regional movement into a wellspring of imagination. Through an analysis of Black artists’ aesthetic choices, Imagining Black Diasporas reveals their insights about existence.” -Courtesy of LACMA
We will have our own time to explore the galleries, eat lunch as a group and learn from a Black Female Curator.
We will also like to sign up all attendees for a NexGenLA membership, which is available to anyone in L.A. County under the age of 17.
It includes free entry for the member and one accompanying adult.
If you wish for your child not to sign up please let us know.
Open to girls+, gender non-conforming youth, and teens in
Compton, Watts, Willowbrook, and surrounding neighborhoods.
Limited number of sponsored spots available.
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Compton G.IRLS Clubhouse
650 E 135th St
Los Angeles, CA 90059
