This public panel will bring together artists, curators, arts organization leaders, and community organizers from LA and beyond to explore alternative practices of art and community outside of traditional institutional structures. Panel participants include Eva Aguila, artist and co-founder of nonprofit art space Coaxial; John Burtle, artist and managing director of HRLA; Young Chung, gallerist and founder of Commonwealth and Council (LA and Mexico City); Natalia De La Rosa, curator, writer, and director of The Sierra Hermosa Community Museum and Reading Club; and Sarah Williams, director of the Feminist Center for Creative Work (FCCW). The panel will be moderated by artist Young Joon Kwak, and cover topics including conventional and [un-] professional practices to navigate patriarchal, capitalist structures of the art world, community-building, and alternative means of mutual support and sustainability for emerging artists.
This event is co-organized by Young Joon Kwak, Seeva Dawne, Hu Di, Liz Lee, Antonio Okun, Anna Pelz, Naomi Sam, amanda teixeira, Rose Tsang, and Nieves Winslow.
Image Credit: amanda teixeira