April 2016
Closing Events: A new job to unwork at
A new job to unwork at Closing weekend: April 15-17 Free + open to the public A new job to unwork at is an interdisciplinary research platform involving a core working group of Los Angeles-based artists and curators. Together with these participants, we have been examining the function of work as a dominant life-structuring construct; work as a function of ideology and normativity; work as an activity that shapes our lives, pays our rent, drives us mad, and gives us many pleasures.…
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BIG BODY: J-Settle Performance Workshop
LOCATION NOTE: Saturday, August 6, at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Sunday, August 7, at we live in space Join Jermone "Donte" Beacham and Jumatatu Poe for two FREE dance workshops centered around experiments in J-Sette performance. J-Sette, also known as Bucking, is a performance style popular in the southern United States, practiced widely among majorettes and drill teams at historically Black colleges and universities, and also among teams of primarily queer men who compete in gay clubs and pride festivals.…
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Social Media for Artists Workshop with Center for Cultural Innovation
Social Media for Artists Workshop with Center for Cultural Innovation September 20, 2016 - 6:30 - 9:30 PM Workshop Fee: $40 through September 6, $50 after September 6 Tickets can be purchased here. Social media pervades almost every aspect of contemporary professional life. For artists in particular, these primarily visual platforms can boost an artist's impact at any stage in their career journey. While there are a wealth of platforms available to promote your work – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Facebook…
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Art and Activism!
Art and Activism! Sunday December 11, 2016 1-5PM Co-presented by Micol Hebron, Suzanne Wright, The Situation Room, Freewaves, and LACE Join us at LACE for an afternoon of making political signs, posters, banners and flags in the wake of the election, and in anticipation of the Women's marches on Washington and Los Angeles. There will be artist-activists on site to guide sign-making sessions. Come meet other artists and activists, share stories, slogans, and images. Look at historic political slogans and…
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Freewaves x LACE present Art + Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Freewaves x LACE present Art + Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Saturday March 11, 2017 11AM - 4PM Come celebrate Women's History Month with us by flexing some information activist muscle with us and Art+Feminism! We'll be holding a communal Wikipedia workshop where people can learn how to edit the online encyclopedia, create, or update Wikipedia entries that are related to art and feminism. People of all gender identites and expressions welcome! Even if you are not particularly keen on editing, come show…
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