Stocked with a carefully curated selection of books from the Occidental College Library, Community Reading Hours provides an opportunity to peruse a selection of art and culture books, while learning more about the themes presented this season at Oxy Arts, enjoying free coffee, meeting new neighbors and relaxing in our gallery space.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 - 3pm.
Tuesdays, Office Hours with Gustavo Arellano
X: a Performance considers the significance of the letter X. From chromosome X to a time marker and void filler, Gabriela Ruiz explores the multiple uses and varying definitions of X. Ruiz works with multiple mediums including sound, film, sculpture, and installation. Her live performances use surprise, surrealism and elaborate installations to create rich visceral environments that contemplate emotion and meaning within culture and identity.
Collaborate is a FREE series of seven workshops conceived and taught by Occidental College students to 6-8th graders in the local community. Join us to see collages, photographs and multimedia works generated in this workshop and celebrate our local youth artists.
Spring 2020 Student Educators - Christina Carrera, Natalia Guerra, Habiba Hopson, Ariadne Makridakis, Sarah Ruiz, Hannah Sy, Kaylie Treskin, Jenn Xu
This year’s theme, Climate Change & Environmental Justice, reflects the UN's Sustainable Development Goal #13. The SDGs are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". They were set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030.
The First Annual Young Person's Concert is open to the public featuring five student soloists from the Occidental College community.
PROGRAM
Arturo Márquez
Hailing Cesar follows Eduardo Chavez’s journey to understand the legacy and struggle of his grandfather Cesar Chavez. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with director Eduardo Chavez, muralists John Zender Estrada, Daniel Cervantes and Pola Lopez, and scholar-artivist Brenda Perez.
Join us this February for a series of FREE generative writing workshops led by local LA-based authors. The series explores the connections between LA's built environment and how different cultures and communities interface with public space.
Free and open to the public - register here to reserve your spot.
Music historian and pianist Benjamin Binder will be giving a recital in Bird Studio featuring Opuses 116, 118, and 119 by Johannes Brahms. This concert is free and open to the public.
This performance is made possible through the support of the Benjamin H. Culley Fund.
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Club SCUM will bring their East LA queer punk Latinx party to Oxy Arts with a DJ and live performances.