March 2008
Suburbs with Karen Tongson (A LACE Listening Party)
March 4, 2008 Karen Tongson is an English and Gender Studies USCprofessor at USC. She is currently at work on a book title RELOCATIONS about race and sexuality in the southern California suburbs (for NYU Press). The project’s scraps can be found on Inland Emperor. She is also a co-founder (with Christine Balance and Alexandra Vazquez) of the popblog Oh! Industry. Listening Parties are interactive public conversations curated by Josh Kun and are inspired by the current explosion of mp3 players, podcasts and other…
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Listening Party: Detroit with RJ Smith
April 1, 2008 Pondered: What is the fate of a great American city? What’s new to say about Motown? How does one achieve a membership card to the Midnight Funk Association? What does muskrat really taste like? These questions and more answered. Listening Party: 1 April 2008 For the Listening Party, RJ Smith expertly led a wander through Detroit's musical (and political) history. Smith is the author of The Great Black Way: LA in the 1940s and the Lost African American Renaissance and…
Find out more »Learning From the Bilbao Guggenheim/ Institutional Critique and After
April 10, 2008 A BOOK LAUNCH AND PANEL DISCUSSION Introductions by: John Welchman, University of California, San Diego, Chair SoCCAS Joseba Zulaika, Director, Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno Followed by a panel discussion with: Andrea Fraser, UCLA, Artist and author of Museum Highlights: The Writings of Andrea Fraser (MIT, 2005) Anna Maria Guasch, University of Barcelona, Author of El Arte Ultimo del Siglo XX: Del Postminimalism a lo Multicultural (2003) Serge Guilbaut, University of British Columbia, Author…
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Re: Present
May 22, 2008 LACE Annual Benefit Art Auction: A Celebration of the Moment Representing three decades of excellence with a toast to the future! It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us for on 22 May 2008 to celebrate our 30th anniversary. With Ann Magnuson as our MC, Re:PRESENT, LACE’s Annual Benefit Art Auction, featured both silent and live auctions and special entertainment to link LACE’s historical foundations with the exciting new cultural production abounding in our city…
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LACE 10K 2008: Second Annual Art Walk
September 13, 2008 The 10K is a fundraising art walk that will take you on an insider's tour of the museums and galleries that have helped bring LA to the forefront of the international art world. Explore with us the dozens of art spaces throughout Chinatown and the downtown arts district, featuring: Exclusive access to 1804 Industrial Street, LACE’s legendary downtown location, with studio tours of the current residents and a viewing of the Richard Hawkins mural. Free admission and a…
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