Art, Immigration & Resistance

In this lecture, Dr. Álvaro Huerta will discuss the contentious topic of immigration through art. This includes photographs (Antonio Turok, Pablo Aguilar) and paintings (Salomón Huerta). In particular, by utilizing the brilliant art of Salomón (his sibling who was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico), Dr. Huerta seeks to humanize immigrants and defend los de abajo / those on the bottom—where he comes from—against Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric and policies.

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Art Exhibitions: What Works with Catherine Hess

Catherine Hess, Museum Curator with a 37-year career between the Getty Museum and Huntington Museum of Art, and Head of the Board at Art Division,  delivers a Zoom lecture on the topic of exhibitions. She is joined by Alma Ruiz, Senior Fellow at the Center for Business and Management of the Arts, Claremont Graduate University, where she teaches curatorial studies, and former MOCA Senior Curator,  Los Angeles, and Nereya Otieno, Communications Coordinator and Programs Assistant at Art + Practice, an exhibition and public program space in the Leimert Park area.

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Red Beard with Karyn Kusama

Karyn discusses one of Akira Kurosawa’s most humanistic films with the group, as well as what it means for all of us to be storytellers in today’s very chaotic world.

The Camera Lens as a Community Bridging Praxis

Xelestiál Moreno-Luz is a Los Angeles based artist who uses Photography and Cinematography to uplift and weave solidarity networks that highlight LGBTQIA+ communities of color. Her approach when documenting the sitter and the movement center on collective autonomy, fugitivity, and vulnerability.​