Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History

Event Series Dates

Through November 29, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00  AM – 4:00 PM

 

Event Schedule

June 2026

  • Sunday 28th 11:00 AM

July 2026

  • Friday 3rd 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 4th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 5th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 10th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 11th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 12th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 17th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 18th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 19th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 24th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 25th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 26th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 31st 11:00 AM

August 2026

  • Saturday 1st 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 2nd 11:00 AM
  • Friday 7th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 8th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 9th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 14th 11:00 AM

AMOCA’s exhibition Fractured Foundations coincides with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. For this exhibition, AMOCA invited ceramic artists to reconsider a historical event through the lens of contemporary art, challenging historical narratives and offering a more accurate perspective on our country. The work selected for this exhibition demonstrates resilience, injustice, triumph, and the impact of federal, state, and/or local policies, while also reflecting upon or referencing an event in US history.

Upcoming Events

October 8 @ 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.

October 7 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Free

Shifting Perspectives: Cheech Collects

Over the past year and a half, artists and collectors have donated 80 works by almost 35 artists to The Cheech Center Collection. This year's exhibition will highlight some new additions alongside works from Cheech Marin's initial gift of 500 works. The latest exhibition, Cheech Collects, explores different forms within the Cheech Marin Collection. It introduces photography and sculpture alongside paintings, prints, and mixed media works for which the collection is celebrated. See website for ticket prices.

October 7 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
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Construction, Occupation

Construction, Occupation presents the work of 24 artists and collectives that engage art’s potential to shape the city through the power of community. Drawing on myriad visual languages and poetics grounded in collective action, the exhibition investigates a radical urban vocabulary that blurs art and activism to address questions of infrastructure and vulnerability, circulation and segregation, and the body in public

October 7 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
$0.00 - $19.00

BEHIND BARS: INCARCERATION IN THE WEST

This installation features some of the many forms that incarceration has taken in the American West over time, in conversation with a new photo series by fine art photographer Pep Williams, taken in a California state prison. Located in the jail cell area of the Autry’s firearms galleries, the installation brings past and present into dialogue.

October 11 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
$0.00 - $15.95

Bernard Hoyes: Out from Under the Net

Presenting the evolution of Bernard Hoyes’ signature Rag Series, developed during the 1970s and expanded through collage, painting, and printmaking. His rhythmic compositions reflect Afro-Caribbean spirituality, rituals, and the power of women across music, dance, and magic. The works explore themes of race, identity, memory, and liberation through layered visual language.