Public Programs

Public Programs

Public Programs

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Upcoming

Tue 15 Oct

IN CONVERSATION: BEN CALDWELL, ROBESON TAJ FRAZIER AND JHEANELLE BROWN

October 15, 2024
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m

Born in 1945 in New Mexico, artist Ben Caldwell came of age within the groundbreaking LA Rebellion film movement of the 1960s to 1980s after serving in the Vietnam War and studying at UCLA. In 1984, he opened KAOS Network, the media arts hub that has helped steward Leimert Park Village’s traditions of Black artistry, fellowship, and love for over four decades. Join Caldwell as he discusses his work and his new multimedia exhibition at Art + Practice with curators Robeson Taj Frazier and Jheanelle Brown.

Wed 6 Nov

PERFORMANCE: HOLLYWATTS

November 6, 2024
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Over the course of the 1980s and 1990s, the Hollywatts Posse was at the forefront of Los Angeles’s experimental performing arts scene, producing theatrical performances that pushed the bounds of dramatic arts, connected different segments of the city, and were radically Black and diasporic in tone and subject matter. Join us as this posse of interdisciplinary artists—composed of Mark Broyard, Ben Caldwell, Wesley Groves, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Vernon “King Oji” Vanoy—comes back together with a special multimedia performance centering Black history and struggle.

Tue 10 Dec

CURATORIAL WALKTHROUGH: THE AFROKOSMIC MEDIA ARTS OF BEN CALDWELL

December 10, 2024
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m

Join exhibition curators Taj Frazier and Jheanelle Brown as they provide an in-depth tour of KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Media Arts of Ben Caldwell, a retrospective multimedia celebration of the creative life and communities of Caldwell’s Leimert Park media arts hub, KAOS Network. Learn about Caldwell’s varied practices of photography, film, video, music, performance, community-based design, and interactive media, all on view in the exhibition.

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