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 for MOLAA’s annual Dead of the Dead Family Festival! This year will be bigger and better than ever with merchants, delicious food stations, beer & wine, and of course sweets for the kids and the kids at heart. Live performances and tunes spun all day by DJ Caveman.

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.

Join our kick-off event for the Afro-Latinx Series & Festival celebrating the Garifuna community! Special film screening and conversation with the Directors followed by a food and cocktail lab. Food and drink for purchase. Must be 21+ for the cocktail lab.  

Join us for MOLAA’s annual Dead of the Dead Family Festival! This year will be bigger and better than ever with merchants, delicious food stations, beer & wine, and of course sweets for the kids and the kids at heart. Live performances and tunes spun all day by DJ Caveman.

Rooted in the first experiments in 1973 to the results of the use of Deep Learning, in a body practice anchored in the technology of each era, Analivia Cordeiro and computer scientist Nilton Lobo lead this dance and movement workshop in which participants are guided through movement exercises and created original choreographies inspired by the relationships between the body, movement, visual and audiovisual art, and media technology. Join is for this very rare opportunity to create art alongside this innovative duo. Cost: $25

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.

On Jan 20th, LACO presents CURRENT [inti]mate!

Join us for MOLAA’s annual Dead of the Dead Family Festival! This year will be bigger and better than ever with over 36 merchants, nine delicious food stations, beer & wine, and of course sweets for the kids and the kids at heart. Live performances and tunes spun all day by DJ Caveman.

Join us for an unforgettable night of vibrant music, pulsating rhythms, and mouthwatering flavors at ALT Rhythms: Latinx Music! Get ready to immerse yourself in the infectious mixes of DJ Irving Keys and our featured band for the evening. 

Join us for an unforgettable night of vibrant music, pulsating rhythms, and mouthwatering flavors at ALT Rhythms: Latinx Music! Get ready to immerse yourself in the electrifying beats of Los Caciques del Caribe and the infectious mixes of DJ Irving Keys. 

Join us for an outdoor painting class led by LA-based artist Priscilla Ortiz where we learn tips and techniques for painting figures based on a live model. Drawing inspiration from Chicana artist, Yolanda Gonzales, we will celebrate self-expression and wine!

Join us as we learn the technique of blind contour drawing in art. Blind contour drawing is a technique that helps artists practice their observation skills and promote calming mindfulness and metal health. All materials will be provided. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your spot will be awarded to someone else. 

Inspired by Frank Romero’s work on display in the MOLAA Lobby, participants will learn how to construct nichos or miniature “shrines” dedicated to loved ones.

Join us as we learn about the history and power of zines to uplift and empower voices outside the mainstream. Participants will learn how to make their own self-published, non-commercial print-work inspired by Chicanx artists.

Join us for an outdoor painting class where we learn tips and techniques for painting still life. Drawing inspiration from Colombian Master Fernando Botero, we’ll celebrate the abundance of Colombian culture and wine! Must be 21+ and bring proof of ID.

Join us for a very special two-hour family art workshop of altar-making in honor of Day of the Dead. Together we will learn about the history of ofrendas and create a community altar in the MOLAA Art Studio. Pan de muerto and champurrado will be served. Please bring a photocopy of a loved one in a frame that you can plan on leaving with us. Framed photos may not be returned so please do not bring any precious items or items that you want returned.

Podcast en vivo: Infancias con Afro Chingonas / Live Podcast: Childhood with Afro Chingonas

Este programa se presentará en español / This program will be presented in Spanish.

Featured Participants: Afro Chingonas (Valeria Angola, Mar Bella Figueroa, Scarlet Estrada)

Afrochingonas es un podcast entre amigas dedicado a temas random, desde la experiencia de 3 mujeres Negras en Ciudad de México. / Afrochingonas is a podcast hosted by friends and dedicated to random topics as experienced by three Black women in Mexico City.

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)

Performed by Zuri Adia

Zoom link (meeting): https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qc-yrpzIrGdV5LAfQ1nh7tXc_NIfOEYZ3

Constructing Blackness through the Young Lords

This session seeks to interrogate the notion that blackness can only be expressed through a singular African American lens. The Young Lords are heirs to the Black Power Movement echoing the freedom cries of antiwar and black radicalism by African American organizations like the Black Panther Party and the Independence Movement in Puerto Rico by Afro Puerto Rican figures like Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, the movement's outspoken leader.

View the session here: https://youtu.be/yORnHjHIh00

MOLAA Zoom Project: Carlos Martiel

Martiel is an activist and artist, who lives and works between New York and Havana. He graduated in 2009 from the National Academy of Fine Arts “San Alejandro,” in Havana. Between the years 2008-2010, he studied in the Cátedra Arte de Conducta, directed by the artist Tania Bruguera. His work focuses on themes surrounding racial violence, implications of colonialism, the global diaspora of blackness, and the visual consumption of blackness.

View this session here: https://youtu.be/o6Ezqsh3Jo0

Capoeira Demonstration

Featured Performers: ABADÁ Capoeria – San Francisco

ABADÁ Capoeira San Francisco (ACSF) presents a demonstration of Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form known for its integration of acrobatics, dance, and songs. Developed as an expression of resistance by enslaved African people in Brazil, today Capoeria is a celebration of the diverse cultural heritage of Brazil and an art form popular throughout the globe.

Website: https://www.abada.org/

View this presentation here: https://youtu.be/gh6TkSafE6A

Hosted by Tasha W. Hunter from African American Cultural Center of Long Beach (AACCLB) and Griselda Suarez, Executive Director of the Arts council for Long Beach (ACLB)

This conversation aims to break down some of the divides in the Black & Brown community through storytelling. Come to listen, come to share.

Local cultural leaders Tasha Hunter of the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach and the Arts Council of Long Beach’s Griselda Suárez host a dialogue with local artists and poets of Afro-Latinx descent. Presentations will be followed by a session where the audiences will have the opportunity to share stories on their own cultural experiences in Long Beach.

View this panel here: https://youtu.be/xokyhSapDZo

Podcast en vivo: Apropiación cultural con Afro Chingonas / Live Podcast: Cultural Appropriation with Afro Chingonas

Este programa se presentará en español / This program will be presented in Spanish.

Featured Participants: Afro Chingonas (Valeria Angola, Mar Bella Figueroa, Scarlet Estrada)

Afrochingonas es un podcast entre amigas dedicado a temas random, desde la experiencia de 3 mujeres Negras en Ciudad de México. / Afrochingonas is a podcast hosted by friends and dedicated to random topics as experienced by three Black women in Mexico City.

Watch this panel here: https://youtu.be/cg_zwF6wc_8

Featured artist: Robert Liu Trujillo

Author and illustrator Robert Liu Trujillo conducts a live book reading of his book, Furqan’s First Haircut, a story about an Afro-Latino boy’s imagination, his first haircut, and the relationship between him and his father. A live Q & A will follow the reading.

View this session here: https://youtu.be/6LPHMVrzbHM

Ariana & Alán: The Kindred Tour

Featured speakers: Ariana Brown & Alán Pelaez López

The Museum of Latin American Art presents: The Kindred Tour, featuring Alan Pelaez Lopez and Ariana Brown. This event will consist of a virtual performance centered on Black healing and queer kinship. The Kindred Tour aims to address Black childhoods, care, and queer futures while insisting on joy, futures, and radical policies. Join them on February 20, 2021 @ 2PM PST for an intimate poetry reading followed by a Q&A session.

View this session here: https://youtu.be/4tl6AdK-6p0