Common Ground: Sanctuary – A Live Performance by Solidarity for Sanctuary

Online

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.

EMPOWER: Students, Arts and Activism

Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Room 240

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.

Art, Identity, and Power: An Evening with MC Rocky Rivera and Muralist Audrey Chan

USC Pacific Asia Museum 46 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, ca

Join explosive San Francisco rapper and activist Rocky Rivera, acclaimed Los Angeles–based artist and educator Audrey Chan, and USC professor and poet Adrian De Leon (moderator) for an uplifting conversation about social justice, feminism, and using art to empower diasporic communities. This inspiring discussion will lead up to an inspiring performance by Rivera. After the discussion and

Ku’er Worlds: Queering Chinese American Identities in Art and Film

Ray Stark Family Theatre (SCA) 900 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA

Join some of today’s most exciting artists and filmmakers for a critical, surreal, experimental, and beautifully open exploration of LGBTQ communities and their allies within AAPI cultures. Ku’er, a Chinese slang word for “queer” especially popular in Taiwan, plays on the colloquial term “cool kids,” and encapsulates the subversive spirit of this evening of short

Ku’er Worlds: Art and Filmmaking Workshop

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 3550 Trousdale Parkway,, Los Angeles, CA

Following “Ku’er Worlds: Queering Chinese American Identities in Art and Film,” USC students are invited to join acclaimed filmmakers Andrew Thomas Huang, WangShui, and Hao Wu for a hands-on workshop