Fifty-minute Docent guided tours available with paid admission or free for members. Parties meet in lobby.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us for April’s members-only book club featuring The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. This is a coming-of-age novel that tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in a Chicago neighborhood. Through series of vignettes, the narrative explores Esperanza’s experiences living in a modest that fails to meet her dreams of a better life.. Light refreshments provided.
Fifty-minute Docent guided tours available to all guests during Free MOLAA Sundays. Parties meet in lobby.
Join us as we celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Latinx art and culture at MOLAA and explore the instances of cultural synthesis between Asian, Pacific Islander & Latinx Communities in the US and throughout Latin America. You will connect with colleagues and learn hands-on art activities to take back to your classroom. This in-person session includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking. Teachers who attend get special access to discounts on memberships.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us for a morning workshop led by a teaching artist Maria Guadalupe in our Corner Garden. All materials will be provided by MOLAA! Admission cost is $5 and is non-refundable. MOLAA members are free. Please arrive on time, your spot will be offered to another attendee if you arrive more than 15 minutes late. *Location subject to change to indoors if we experience inclement weather.
Since 2014, pioneering Mexican artist Mercedes Gertz had been leading a psychological art experiment with international participants in the pursuit of the language of the unconscious. In this hands-on workshop, MOLAA guests are invited to participate in an artistic exchange of sorts - one where their dreams are shared in a safe gallery setting, in exchange for one of Mercedes' own. Mark your calendars for one of our three rare opportunities to connect beyond everyday conversation, and access inner mythologies of being and ancestry. All Materials Provided. Must RSVP. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver giving permission to have their likeness recorded.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Museum members are invited to join us for an offsite field trip to one of Long Beach’s historic sites, Rancho Los Alamitos. Enjoy a docent-led tour as we explore the beautiful gardens and the historic Rancho House. Registrants must have their own transportation.
Join us for an afternoon celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage and cross-cultural exchange through Korean traditional performing arts. In collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, the Museum of Latin American Art presents a special program featuring traditional Korean music and dance on Sunday, April 26, from 1 PM to 3 PM. Sponsored by: The Port of Long beach and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture.
In each chapter, in conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin-America and Latinxs in the US and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga, we place the focus on a series or specific artwork that requires a close inspection and deliberate process of contemplation and exploration; delving into the ideas surrounding the creation of the works, their sources of research and inspiration, in an effort to immerse ourselves in the world of the artists.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us for the annual 2026 MOLAA Gala!
This year it will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM in MOLAA. Check back for more details about this year’s LEGADO Award honorees.
For table sales or sponsorship opportunities, please email gala@molaa.org.
Turn up the rhythm and raise a glass at MOLAA’s Dancing Night and Tequila Tasting! on April 3rd! Experience an unforgettable evening where culture, flavor, and connection come together. Savor a curated selection of premium tequilas, spark new connections during speed dating, and learn the moves of salsa and bachata with guided instruction. Then hit the dance floor and celebrate into the night.
From 7 PM to 12 AM, MOLAA transforms into Long Beach’s most vibrant destination—where art, music, and community meet. Tickets are limited—secure yours today and don’t miss this one-of-a-kind night at MOLAA.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us as three novelists with new releases - Naomi Hirahara, Pedro Iniguez, and David A. Romero - discuss how mystery, horror, and science fiction can be used to celebrate cultures and unearth repressed histories. We all love a good page-turner, why not support books that increase BIPOC representation and inspire us to investigate the world around us that are as entertaining as Hollywood movies?
Free admission. First come first served.
Join us for a morning workshop led by teaching artist Maria Guadalupe in our Corner Garden. All materials will be provided by MOLAA! Admission cost is $5 and is non-refundable. Please arrive on time, your spot will be offered to another attendee if you arrive more than 15 minutes late. *Location subject to change to indoors if we experience inclement weather.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
"How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance." written by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau is onsale now at La Tienda en MOLAA.
Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among others—that have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in a historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau—creators of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus”—demonstrate Bad Bunny’s place in a long tradition of infusing both joy and protest into music and honor the many evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us for March’s members-only book club featuring Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez, a darkly comic memoir about survival, identity, and the elusive American Dream as the author navigates poverty, family, and queer Latinx community in Florida. Light refreshments provided.
Turn up the rhythm and raise a glass at MOLAA’s Tequila Tasting & Dancing Night on March 6! Experience an unforgettable evening where culture, flavor, and connection come together. Savor a curated selection of premium tequilas, spark new connections during speed dating, and learn the moves of salsa and bachata with guided instruction. Then hit the dance floor and celebrate into the night.
From 7 PM to 1 AM, MOLAA transforms into Long Beach’s most vibrant destination—where art, music, and community meet. Tickets are limited—secure yours today and don’t miss this one-of-a-kind night at MOLAA.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
Fifty-minute Docent guided tours available to all guests during Free MOLAA Sundays. Parties meet in lobby.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In each chapter, in conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin America and Latinxs in the US and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga, we place the focus on a series or specific artwork that requires a close inspection and deliberate process of contemplation and exploration; delving into the ideas surrounding the creation of the works, their sources of research and inspiration, in an effort to immerse ourselves in the world of the artists.
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) invites you to learn more about the diversity of Afro-Latinx experiences directly from artists, scholars, and community organizers most actively bringing attention to contemporary Afro-Latinx communities and their histories.
This interactive workshop invites participants to explore how culture, art, memory, and lived experience shape the way we lead, create, and move through the world. Together, we’ll look at how our rhythms, languages, traditions, and artistic expressions can inform more expansive, authentic, and impactful leadership.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
Art speaks to us. Sometimes in order to craft brilliant poetry, all we need to do is learn how to listen to the art of great artists with our eyes Led by world renowned poets and publishers and the co-founders of El Martillo Press, Matt Sedillo and David A. Romero, participants of all ages will take a poet's tour of MOLAA: encouraging participants to discuss, take notes, and write poetry!
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
Join us for our annual Día del Cariño/Valentine’s Day workshop where we open the MOLAA Art Studio to all and celebrate this special day in the U.S and parts of Latin America. Attendees are invited to drop-in and make their own valentine card with craft supplies and kind messages. All ages are welcome; all materials are provided!
Fifty-minute Docent guided tours available with paid admission or free for members. Parties meet in lobby.
Join us at the Museum of Latin American Art for a lively, beginner-friendly dance series where art and movement meet. Led by professional instructors from Cielo Dance Events, classes take place every Wednesday from 7:00–8:30 PM in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. This year, each month focuses on one dance style: Merengue in February, Bachata in March, and Salsa in April. Participants may register per class or save with a four-class package. Enjoy great music, community vibes, and a cash bar through joyful social dance.
In partnership with Help Me Help You, MOLAA supports our local communities by hosting a food pantry twice a month.
You can come to MOLAA and enter through the 6th Street entrance to receive free groceries for your family. Drive-through and walk-up services will be provided. You do not have to show identification or prove your income. No need to register. You can attend without an appointment.
Join us as we do a deep dive into the fascinating work of Afro-Dominican artist and scholar, Patricia Encarnación (she/they). Encarnación is an Afro-Dominican interdisciplinary artist whose work critically engages with colonial legacies across various cultural layers within Afro-diasporic communities. Through explorations of material culture, collective memory, and cultural identity, Encarnación challenges tropes of Caribbean and tropical aesthetics by recontextualizing everyday objects, landscapes, and aesthetics from her upbringing. In this session, we will explore examples of her diverse artistic projects and provide a hands-on art activity based on her themes. This session is in-person and includes light refreshments.
Fifty-minute Docent guided tours available to all guests during Free MOLAA Sundays. Parties meet in lobby.
Join us for February’s members-only book club featuring Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-García, a Jazz Age fantasy following Casiopea Tun as she embarks on a perilous journey with a Mayan death god. Light refreshments will be served.
