July 2019
To Oblivion: The Speculator’s Eden by Sandra de la Loza
To Oblivion: The Speculator's Eden by Sandra de la Loza LACE Summer Residency 2019 Opening Reception July 10, 2019 7-10 PM Invocations start at 7:30 PM Exhibition Dates July 10 to September 1, 2019 (Programming see below) In To Oblivion: The Speculator's Eden de la Loza creates a portal inside LACE’s main gallery to transport us into a “disturbance zone,” a ghostly and haunted space that unveils fragmented stories of this land we call Los Angeles. In excavating the past, unsettling glimpses…
Find out more »Ancestral Healing and Resilience: Exploring Somatic Wisdom
Ancestral Healing and Resilience: Exploring Somatic Wisdom Led by Orameh Bagheri July 28, 2019, 2-4 PM This two hour workshop is an exploration utilizing somatic (body) practices and more to connect to the way people individually and collectively live and move in the world. This workshop will also feel into the ways ancestors experiences, wisdom and resilience are carried within our bodies and inform our experience of being. This workshop is an invitation to build and honor a felt sense…
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“Every Struggle is an Ecological Struggle”: Towards a Radical Arts Activism
"Every Struggle is an Ecological Struggle": Towards a Radical Arts Activism Led by Raina León August 10 and 11, 2019, 1-3 PM (Participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions) RSVP rsvp@welcometolace.org What can we learn from Beyonce, a mushroom, the human body, and an art exhibition? How do we "read the world" and learn to write alongside it? In this free workshop, artists and writers are invited to radically imagine a new arts activism that draws on multiple…
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Video in Site: The Horror Film
September 4, 2019, 7-9 PM Video in Site: The Horror Film The Video in Site series brings together video art and experimental film, alongside clips from the internet and other digital detritus. The final screening in the series explores the convention of the Horror Film - expect buckets of blood, drag queens, vampires and killers on the loose. Artists include: Charles Atlas, Jennifer West, Julie Orser, Miljohn Ruperto, Paloma Contreras Lomas and more! Image: Charles Atlas, “Son of Sam and Delilah”, 1991.
Find out more »Freewaves presents LOVE &/OR FEAR: A Celebration of Genders
September 7, 8-11 PM Freewaves presents LOVE &/OR FEAR: A Celebration of Genders FREE EVENT On Saturday, September 7, 2019 Freewaves will present LOVE &/OR FEAR: A Celebration of Genders, an unprecedented, large-scale public performance event to take place on the sidewalks of Hollywood Blvd, in the heart of this historic and legendary city. This event will unfold over two blocks at 6500-6600 Hollywood Boulevard, and will be centered on Hollywood Blvd. at exhibition space Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE).…
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