This moving, seminal, visual arts project was conceptualized and developed by the Arts Center Director, Rosie Lee Hooks who commissioned 13 artists from the community to use shovels as a canvas to honor the legacy of our ancestors. Each of the world-renowned, master artists who accepted the challenge have a history of building arts institutions in Watts and the greater Los Angeles community.
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Spirit of the Ancestors
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Leimert Park Artwalk
The Leimert Park Artwalk is a monthly public celebration of Art, Music, Cinema, and History. This event features galleries, food, gift shops, free movies, children’s art making, a variety of music such as Pop, Jazz R&B, Hip Hop, and spoken word, and a continuous African Drum Circle in scenic Leimert Park. It also includes the Art and Practice gallery with displays of known and emerging artists.
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Artwalk in the Park with Doggies🐾 – Celebrate Black Arts
The Leimert Park Artwalk is a monthly public celebration of Art, Music, Cinema,& History. The Artwalk takes place the last Sunday of each month in Leimert Park Village, the cultural hub of the Black arts community. It is a FREE event featuring food, gift shops, free movies children’s art making,a variety of music such as Pop, Jazz R&B, Hip Hop & Spoken word, as well as a continuous African Drum Circle in scenic Leimert Park. It also includes Phantom gallery…
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Creating in Community: Fowler at 60
Creating in Community: Fowler at 60 celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. As we look back at the research, exhibitions, and public programs of the past sixty years, we recognize that the most joyful and interesting projects have been those created with others. Through these collaborations fresh ideas bloomed, unforeseen challenges and expectations arose, and new connections were forged. Come revisit these extraordinary projects with us, as we bring this spirit of engagement into the future…
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Cinco de Mayo Family Day
Discover California’s connection to the Battle of Puebla through theatrical performances, music, hands-on workshops, and more. Guest performers. Food and beverages will be available for sale.
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Center for the Art’s Eagle Rock Presents: Food is Family
The Big Read 2024 project inspired by “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant” by Roz Chast is a generational community recipe book and potluck book group honoring our parents, their parents and generations to come by creating an indelible story of family – both personal and universal – through the foods, traditions and stories that make each family unique. Through a book circle and recipe exchange and discussion, participants in the project will have their family recipes and anecdotes…