Compass Rose
On view May 22 through August 16
Monday - Friday, 11am-5pm
Compass Rose
Lummis Days Premiers “Con Safos: Reflections of Life in The Barrio”
For four turbulent years between 1968 and 1972, the Lincoln Heights-based literary magazine, Con Safos: Reflections of Life in the Barrio, provided a platform for writers, poets, artists, cartoonists and photographers who captured the experiences of the barrio and the rumblings of the nascent Chicano movement that burst upon the nation’s consciousness during that era.
Poetry Workshops: ISLA + Lummis Day Festival "Ode" with William Archilla
William Archila, born in El Salvador, earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Oregon.
Poetry Workshops: ISLA +Lummis Day Festival "Meeting the Mysterious Self" with Alicia Vogl Saenz
Poet and Museum Educator Alicia Vogl Saenz leads free poetry workshop, "Meeting the Mysterious Self." Alicia will help you evolve a new poem by slowing down the internal chatter so that you can get to the essential good stuff, the material that makes strong poems.
Poetry Workshops: ISLA + Lummis Day Festival "A Machine Made of Words" with Rick Bursky
UCLA Extension Writers' Program and USC Adjunct Professor of Poetry Rick Bursky leads free poetry workshop, "A Machine Made of Words"
The great American poet William Carlos Williams referred to a poem as a "machine made out of words" -- it has its own secret mechanisms and power. Rick Bursky's workshop will help you evolve a new poem and concentrate on trimming extra words, focusing on the language itself and not simply the "story."
Open House: Oxy Arts on York
Oxy Arts would like to invite you to visit our new community art center in Highland Park on the corner of York Boulevard and Armadale Avenue. Come meet the staff, learn about our programming, and find out how you can get involved!
"Rustle and Cry" - The Ettinger Projected Poetry and Art Project
On view through May 19 from sunset to midnight
Rustle and Cry, by Hana S. Kim, is a site-specific video art installation that will be projected onto the facades of the Fowler-Johnson buildings and can be viewed nightly from the courtyard. The installation is conceived in collaboration with Visiting Professor Camilla Taylor's ARTS228 | Book Arts: The Hand Printed Book class and presented in conjunction with a limited edition collaborative art book.
Directing Palooza
Your friends in the Directing class are presenting their final scenes this Friday at 5:30pm and this Saturday at 7:30pm! Featuring an eclectic group of plays ranging from a slaughterhouse comedy, a perverted fairytale, and a poignant period drama.
Come out and take part in the whimsy and magic of Directing Palooza!
Directing Palooza
Your friends in the Directing class are presenting their final scenes this Friday at 5:30pm and this Saturday at 7:30pm! Featuring an eclectic group of plays ranging from a slaughterhouse comedy, a perverted fairytale, and a poignant period drama.
Come out and take part in the whimsy and magic of Directing Palooza!
Open House: Oxy Arts on York
Oxy Arts would like to invite you to visit our new community art center in Highland Park on the corner of York Boulevard and Armadale Avenue. Come meet the staff, learn about our programming, and find out how you can get involved!