Join us for the premiere of somos agua: a collective honoring of our mama agua, a dance film by CONTRA-TIEMPO. Common Ground is an original series of events that showcases Los Angeles artists and organizers who are deconstructing and reimagining America’s relationship to itself—the interplay between the nation and the actual landmass on which it depends.
Drawing from Community Power Collective’s arts activism with workers, musicians, and youth in Boyle Heights, artists Quetzal Flores, Martha Gonzalez, and USC history graduate student Yesenia Hunter will guide participants through a collective songwriting and digital artwork workshop, followed by a discussion centered on the relationship between land and power.
In a live broadcast straight from Downtown Los Angeles, an ensemble of musicians led by Solidarity for Sanctuary will pay tribute to club spaces that nurture Black and Brown art and discuss the concept of sanctuary as both a physical place of safety and a condition upon which creativity depends.
USC students! How can you create healing, drive hope, and enact radical change through art? Arts in Action invites you to join forces with other artists and activists, respond to that challenge, and make a difference.
Join us for an evening of art, education, and community-building! An anniversary celebration for Water Drop LA featuring collaborative art-making, a mutual aid teach-in and panel, plus a great lineup of food & drinks! We are celebrating 2 years of weekly, 100% volunteer-run supply distributions in DTLA/Skid Row. Water Drop LA provides 2,000+ gallons of …
In celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are excited to present a special screening of the illuminating documentary MLK/FBI, followed by a conversation with Sam Pollard, its Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director who was deemed one of “cinema’s most dedicated chroniclers of the Black experience in America” by Film at Lincoln …
