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 an incredible artist chat between international Afro-Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea and MOLAA’s Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga.

Join us for the online panel to discuss the "Keepers of the Corn," a documentary by Gustavo Vazquez and produced by Jonathan Barbieri & Yira Vallejo, exploring the ancient seed exchange practices among native farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico. This event is free to the public and has limited seating available. Please reserve your space now.

Join us for "Keepers of the Corn," a documentary by Gustavo Vazquez and produced by Jonathan Barbieri & Yira Vallejo, exploring the ancient seed exchange practices among native farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico. This event is free to the public and has limited seating available. Please reserve your space now.

Join us for "Keepers of the Corn," a documentary by Gustavo Vazquez and produced by Jonathan Barbieri & Yira Vallejo, exploring the ancient seed exchange practices among native farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico. This event is free to the public and has limited seating available. Please reserve your space now.

Taller El Misterio de la Pintura; El jueves, 7 de septiembre de 2023 a las 6:00 PM con Paola Vega

 Únase a nosotros el jueves, 7 de septiembre de 2023 a las 6:00 PM para un taller presencial con la artista argentina Paola Vega. Este taller se enfocará en los colores, sensaciones, sentimientos de pintar juntos en comunidad. Todos los materiales serán proporcionados. El costo es de $10.00. Por favor reserve haciendo clic en el siguiente enlace:

Taller será en español.

Join us for an engaging panel called “Telling Our Stories: Sharing lived experience as a form of healing and imagining a more just future,” a panel dedicated to individuals sharing their lived experience with different racial, gender, and sexuality identities, led by Christina A. (she/they), a lecturer of Ethnic Studies at CSU Stanislaus with a BA in Chicana/o Studies and Psychology from CSU Fullerton and an MA in Sociology from UC Merced.

Join us for the closing event for the exhibition Narsiso Martínez: Rethinking Essential where the artist Narsiso Martinez will give our visitors a bilingual tour of the exhibition.

Join us for the closing event for the exhibition Narsiso Martínez: Rethinking Essential where the artist Narsiso Martinez will give our visitors a bilingual tour of the exhibition.

Join us for a virtual panel dedicated to exploring the iconography of Guadalupe by Chicanx artists. Guest speakers include Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga, Co-Curator Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, and guests artists.

Free Fifty-minute artist-guided tour by the artist Narsiso Martinez. Parties meet in the lobby. In collaboration with the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition.

Scavenger Hunt at MacArthur Park! Meet up for part 2 of the closing educational events for the DREAM TEAM: Crack Rodriguez exhibition. Participate in a Scavenger Hunt in MacArthur Park for an of site activation of the famous park where Crack Rodriguez created his artistic performance in 2021 as part of Intergalactix: against isolation/contra el aislamiento, project created by LACE.

Join us for this virtual presentation and discussion on the history and art of MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in collaboration with the LA Conservancy!

“Abstract Art Beyond the Frame” with celebrated scholar and co-curator of MOLAA’s newest exhibition on geometric abstract art, Patrick Frank, PhD. This Webinar takes place on Tuesday May 24th at 11:00AM. Click here to register.

"El Salvador: The Invisible Country" with Nelson Lopez Rojas, PhD.
Description of the event / campaign: An engaging presentation by esteemed author and translator, Dr. Nelson Lopez Rojas on El Salvador’s 1932 massacre, the civil war, and arts as resistance in modern El Salvador.

Afro Cuban Dance presentation and workshop by Kati Hernández (In-person) Limited spaces.

This series of conversations explores how grit, an attribute often given to people who overcome obstacles, can serve as a tool to build agency. With a specific focus on creative expression, G.R.I.T seeks to expand what it means to practice art for social change. Hosted by Griselda Suárez.

Judy Baca, ever the innovator, can’t be confined within the walls of a single medium. But walls are where Baca’s work is best seen. Join us to learn about El Taller Siqueiros, the great Mexican muralist himself and how his work influenced Judy Baca’s murals today. This program will be held via Zoom Webinar format. Attendance is free with registration.

In this talk, Dr. Fredy González (University of Illinois at Chicago) will give a brief history of Chinese immigration to Mexico during the twentieth century and illustrate some of the ways the Chinese contributed to and claimed belonging to the Mexican nation.

Each chapter will feature a conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin America and Latinx in the U.S. and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga. Together we will focus on a series or specific artwork which requires a close inspection, a 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.

Each chapter will feature a conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin America and Latinx in the U.S. and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga. Together we will focus on a series or specific artwork which requires a close inspection, a 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.

From Spanish colonial missions to WWII concentration camps to present day ICE run “family detention centers,” the history of the U.S. is marked by mass incarceration due to racism and xenophobia. In 1942, Crystal City detention facility opened in south Texas as one of the many sites around the U.S. used to incarcerate those of Japanese ancestry during WWII. Unique to Crystal City, many of these internees had been deported from Latin America to the U.S. This panel of Japanese American and Latinx artists and experts will speak not only to these communities' connected histories of violence and displacement, but also to the interwoven stories of resistance and community power that were built out of these times of pressure.

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Eating Up Easter explores the challenges faced by the Rapa Nui people, and the intergenerational fight to preserve their culture and a beloved environment against a backdrop of a modernizing society and a booming tourism trade. A Q & A with native filmmaker Sergio Rapu will follow the screening. Presented in partnership with Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM)

Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Latinx Festival at MOLAA as we explore the instances of cultural synthesis between Asian, Pacific Islander & Latinx Communities in the US and throughout Latin America. We examine these narratives throughout the month of May in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM).

In this panel discussion, we bring together 5 accomplished Latina and Latin American artists featured in the HERland exhibition, with distinct styles and approaches to their art-making processes, but united in making powerful work connected to a surrealist imaginary and defined a new powerful land with new meanings.

Gabriela Urtiaga, MOLAA Chief Curator, will join multi-disciplinary artist Patrick Martinez in his studio. We will get a close look at his work, which explores the socio-economic detritus and objects of working-class urban and suburban Los Angeles as sites of personal, civic, and cultural loss. Patrick will take us through his studio to show us his works in progress, his process of creation, and the influences present in his work.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E2pfXAXXTr2xmPBtxm9g4g

Join us for a virtual tour of MOLAA’s exhibition Arte, Mujer y Memoria: Arpilleras from Chile. Arpilleras are palpable testimonies to the lived experiences of Chilean women during the Pinochet dictatorship. Gabriela Martínez will host a conversation on the exhibition with Dr. Alicia Del Campo (CSULB) and Marisol Quintana of MEMCH-Los Angeles (Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women). They’ll discuss the context of these colorful handmade textiles and the origins of the process, as well as their political impact and visual legacy.