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NAAO Performances

March 25, 1988 March 25th: A special program of nine 10-minute performances by artists from across the country organized in conjunction with the NAAO Conference. The program included performances by: ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1988, Christine Tamblyn, Enormous Bones, Hudson, John Fleck, John Malpede, Joyce Scott, Karen Finley, Kay Lawal, Kiken Chin, NAAO Performances, Orson Maquelani, Pearl Cleage, performance, poetry, the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), theater, Thunder Thigh Revue, writing

RE: Placement / LACE 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition

March 2 - April 12, 1988 An exhibition and performances that scrutinized how art is presented and defined by various institutions and how those very institutions become intrinsic to understanding the ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1988, Adrian Piper, Andrea Fraser, Antonio Muntadas, B. Wurtz, Constance deJong, David Avalos, Elizabeth Sisco, Exhibition, Jefferey Vallance, Joy Silverman, LACE 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Nishio, Liz Larner, Louis Hock, Louise Lawler, Marc Pally, Mothers of Medusa, performance, Peter Nagy, RE: Placement, RE: Placement / LACE 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Rita McBride, Tim Bennett, Tony Oursler

National Association of Artists’ Organizations (NAAO) 5th Annual Conference

March 23-27, 1988 LACE hosted to the Fifth National Association of Artists' Organization's (NAAO) Conference for more than 300 artists, arts administrators, educators and others to discuss issues ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, LACE Tagged With: 1988, conference, course/class, discussion, forum, lecture, NAAO at LACE, NAAO Conference, NAAO Conference / NAAO at LACE, National Association of Artists' Organization's (NAAO), panel, panel discussion, party, performance, reception, tour, workshop

LACE’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner at the Stock Exchange

March 3, 1988 LACE's 10-year gala benefit sponsored by Tanqueray Gin took place at the Stock Exchange, a club in downtown Los Angeles. Highlighted by the presentation of the publication 10 Years ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Benefit, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1988, benefit, Elizabeth Freeman, Gai Gherardi, gala, LACE's 10th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner at the Stock Exchange, Mary Sue Milliken, performance, Rick Elfman, Susan Feninger

RE: Placement/LACE 10 Years Anniversary Exhibition

March 2, 1988 - April 12, 1988 An exhibition and performances that scrutinized how art is presented and defined by various institutions and how those very institutions become intrinsic to ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, Performance Tagged With: 1988, anniversary, Exhibition, LACE, performance

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On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for this year's Artists’ Film International (AFI'25) at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

This touring film program is collectively curated and presented by 16 international arts organizations and convened by Forma (@formaartsmedia). AFI’25 introduces the work of talented moving image artists to worldwide audiences, and will be live over 300 days, with exhibitions, screenings and public programs hosted across 4 continents.

LACE’s selection for AFI’25 is "Leymusoom Garden: New Sun" (2024) by Heesoo Kwon (@leymusoom). Kwon’s oneiric visual language and unique animation style allow her to create memoryscapes of personal and community liberation. The film rewrites mythical matrilineal histories through utopian and whimsical abstractions of time, space, and memory to ultimately bring forth healing and transformation. 

Admission is free! RSVP at the link in our bio.

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Still from Heesoo Kwon, Leymusoom Garden: New Sun, 2024. Courtesy the artist
Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Saturday, July 19, 2–5 PM at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

Curated by Selene Preciado and Andrea Acuña, this film program presents a selection of video works that integrate ancestral knowledge and indigenous storytelling, imagining futures where the past and present connect through the power of ruins and resilience. Followed by a musical performance with multimedia NeoCumbia artist El Keamo (@el_keamo).

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We are excited to announce LACE's 11th Emerging Cu We are excited to announce LACE's 11th Emerging Curator! Meet Semaj Peltier (@horsebreath87) and pom*pom (@__pom____pom__), collaborators in a curatorial collective and experimental film archive organizing community-based events since 2022. For the Emerging Curator Program, Semaj Peltier and Pom Pom curate "No Loneliness Like This," a film and food event showcasing experimental films that traverse the many manifestations of state-sanctioned isolation.

Peltier, a projectionist, archivist and filmmaker, brings a praxis shaped by her studies at the University of Amsterdam’s Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image Masters program, specializing in ephemeral histories shaped by coloniality and otherness. pom*pom, developed by Russell Hartling and Crystal Dawana, is an experimental food collective whose sensory-driven dining experiences intersect with film programming to evoke memory, storytelling, and connection. Together, they build worlds where film and food become tools of resistance—rituals that evoke memory, incite dialogue, and nurture solidarity through shared sensation and subversion. 

This year’s panel included Jheanelle Brown (@jheaneeeeeelle), faculty member at CalArts and Curator of Film at REDCAT; Carrie Chen (@carriechen01), artist, curator, and educator; and Heber Rodriguez (@hebereatschips), Coordinator for the City of Lancaster’s Parks, Recreation and Arts Department in the Arts and Museums Division. 

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