Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art

Council District

City Council District 5

Event Series Dates

Through April 12, 2026

Event Schedule

November 2025

  • Thursday 6th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 7th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 8th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 9th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 12th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 13th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 14th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 15th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 16th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 19th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 20th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 21st 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 22nd 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 23rd 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 26th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 27th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 28th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 29th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 30th 12:00 PM

December 2025

  • Wednesday 3rd 12:00 PM

This exhibition reintroduces Indigenous fire practices as vital ecological tools, featuring cultural and contemporary works by Southern California Native communities in dialogue with land, ceremony, and environmental sovereignty.

Upcoming Events

January 30 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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$0.00 - $7.00

Hollyhock House Tours

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

January 30 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Adults - $5, Seniors and Students - $3, Members and Children under 12 - Free

Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies: Siapo ma Solo

siapo—indigenous Samoan barkcloth abstraction—and solo—poetry in the Samoan genre and worldview, here composed in English—by Fa’afafine, non-binary Samoan artist Dan Taulapapa McMullin. Printed on cloth with ink painting, these works embody the fa’asamoa understanding that the body itself is an archive, carrying ancestral and personal memory through the mana of social and environmental relationships.

January 30 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
Adults - $19, Students and Seniors - $14, Children (3–12) - $8Free on Tuesday - Wednesday, 1:00  - 4:00  p.m.

Behind Bars: Incarceration in the West

This exhibition examines incarceration across the western United States, including Native and Indigenous experiences, policing, resistance, and carceral systems from the 1800s through the present.