Reminder

CAAM is closed for facilities upgrades until August 5. The following programs are presented outdoors at the Museum or offsite.

Public Programs

Fri, Jun 2 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Curatorial Walkthrough: I Will Keep My Soul @ Art + Practice 

CAAM curator Essence Harden leads a tour at Art + Practice through Helen Cammock: I Will Keep My Soul, the first US exhibition by Turner Award-winning British artist Helen Cammock. Featuring film, poetry, performance, archival documents, and books rooted in the social history, geography, and community of New Orleans, the exhibition is a gathering of encounters and observations, figured in text and image, of her experiences in the city. (This program is rescheduled from May 12.)

In Person | Free Rsvp

Thu, Jun 17 | 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Reading Group @ Art + Practice: Sula

Helen Cammock: I Will Keep My Soul at Art + Practice features film, poetry, performance, archival documents, and books rooted in the social history, geography, and community of New Orleans, a place the artist visited for the first time in January 2022. The books, including Toni Morrison’s Sula, form a constellation of voices and are pivotal to the exhibition. Tameka Blackshir of Reparations Club will guide readers in a discussion of Sula. Participants are recommended to read the book in advance to facilitate discussion and books will also be available for purchase on site from Reparations Club.

In Person | Free Rsvp

Sun, Jun 18 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Juneteenth Wellness Day

Celebrate Juneteenth with this wellness double-header:

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Self Care: Yoga

Move through a 60-minute flow with yoga and meditation teacher Constance Hartwell. No previous experience necessary. Please bring your own yoga mat. Outdoors. All ages. First-come, first-served.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sound Bath

Experience the healing possibilities of sound baths with Sol & Sound as they offer a group meditation and sound bath. Please bring your own yoga mat. Outdoors. All ages. First-come, first-served.

In Person | Free Rsvp

Wed, Jun 21 | 3:00–4:30 p.m.

Summer Solstice Salutation with Chloë Bass

Chloë Bass | #sky #nofilter: Hindsight for a Future America is an outdoor sculpture and performance art project by conceptual artist Chloë Bass, debuting at CAAM on June 21, the summer solstice. The sculpture takes the form of a participatory analemmatic sundial in which visitors cast shadows that determine the time. Celebrate the solstice—the longest day of the year—at a lecture/performance by Bass, followed by an outdoor sound bath provided by Sol & Sound. Grass seating; feel free to bring a mat or floor cushion.

In Person | Free Rsvp

Mon, Jun 26 | 7:00–8:00 p.m.

In Conversation: Debbie Allen and Harry J. Elam Jr. 

Join us at The Gathering Spot Los Angeles for this program with legendary actress, dancer, choreographer, and director Debbie Allen and Occidental College President and noted theater scholar Harry J. Elam Jr. Their in-depth conversation will be framed around Allen’s latest directorial project, Fetch Clay, Make Man, playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City June 18–July 16. Written by acclaimed playwright Will Power and produced in association with LeBron James’s and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company, Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the unlikely friendship between boxing great Muhammad Ali and controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.  

This program is presented in partnership with Center Theatre Group and held at The Gathering Spot, 5211 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, 90016. Seating is first-come, first-served. Refreshments from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

In Person | Free Rsvp