Opening Reception: Acceleration-in-Equilibrium: Crisis as Quintessence

Date

October 3

Time

3:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Cost

Free, no RSVP necessary.

Council District

City Council District 10
Event Schedule

October 2026

  • Saturday 3rd 3:00 AM

Acceleration-in-Equilibrium: Crisis as Quintessence, a group exhibition, treats the crisis not as a temporary disruption, but as a continuous state of baseline reality. It gathers contemporary art through the focus of marginalized artists and communities. Asking key questions: How do we build home/sanctuary, preserve memory? Foster culture while targeted by systemic displacement?

Opening reception:
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 3 - 7:30 pm
With a live tribute to Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln’s 
“WE INSIST: The Freedom Now Suite” by The Veritus Miller Truth Troupe at 6 pm

Free, accessible and open to the public

The exhibition is a project of The William Grant Still Arts Center, Department of Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Fall of Freedom www.falloffreedom.comand The Friends of WIlliam Grant Still Arts Center

Acceleration-in-Equilibrium:Crisis as Quintessence includes visual, film and sonic/music artists with ancillary programming throughout the duration. Please call or check our website for upcoming events.

Exhibition Runs: October 3 - November 14, 2026

Location:
William Grant Still Arts Center
2520 S. West View Street, Los Angeles, California 90016

323-734-1165 wgsarts@lacity.org 

https://wgsac.wordpress.com/ 

The William Grant Still Arts Center is a facility of the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs

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