Head to MOCA on Sunday, June 7, 1:00 – 4:00 PM for Big Family Day, MOCA’s largest Sunday Studio celebration of the year!
This year, MOCA partners up with LA’s venerable Echo Park Film Center for a vibrant day of
Childhood Caught on Film: Winky Lewis
What is childhood made up of? Puppy dog tails, princess dresses? Forts in the living room, pancakes on Sundays? A bounce on a new mattress? A walk in the forest?
And what is remembered?
Parents provide the quotidien rythmn and orchestrate the …
5.13.15
Art and Kids in May (and beyond)
With K.A.M.P. and the Venice Art Walk on the horizon, families have a chance to expose kids to the artistic process and actually meet artists at work. Getting to know the person that creates a unique work is not only fun, but …
Art Walks
With a dynamic creative community of artists, galleries, collectors, and museums that has reached a critical mass, Los Angeles is by any measure one of the world’s most important cities for contemporary art. Engaging children (and some adults) in the …
Now at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA: William Pope.L: Trinket
Can a contemporary art exhibition that takes a critical look at democracy, politics, nationalism, race, and society provide an engaging experience for children? Sure thing, particularly when that exhibition features of roomful of sprouting onions, a gallery bathed in …
5.1.15
Things to Do With Kids in LA: Explore Leimert Park Plaza
Filmmaker John Singleton once described his neighborhood, Leimert Park, as “the black Greenwich Village,” an apt characterization of a place that is the heart of Los Angeles’ contemporary African American arts and culture scene. Located between USC and Baldwin Hills, …
LACMA at 50
Big birthdays are always a big deal, but it is hard to imagine having a better 50th than LACMA did this week. To celebrate, a new show is now on view, 50 for 50: Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA’s …
4.25.15
Now at the Norton Simon: Tête-à-Tête: Three Masterpieces from the Musée
Industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) led a remarkable life in many arenas: business, philanthropy, and the arts among them. As a collector he amassed an amazing assembly of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and then later a …
3.30.15
Art Tours Along the Metro
We recently got up close and personal with our city’s subway system and the art that makes it extra special. Though public transportation in LA has a ways to go before it becomes the go-to means of getting around, you’d …
