Mission Statement
To research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States.
News LA summer doesn’t end in August, but some of our exhibitions do! Don’t miss the final days of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Finding Soft Ground on view at Art + Practice (A+P) through Saturday, August 10, and visit Paula Wilson: Toward…
Read More »News There’s something for everyone this summer at CAAM! Watch a documentary about the first Black homesteaders in the Santa Monica Mountains, flow through poses at indoor yoga, make a zine with the family, and see a live performance at Art…
Read More »Curated by: Rebecca McNamara, Associate Curator, Tang Museum and Art Gallery Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky’s Back Door presents nearly two decades of Paula Wilson’s paintings, sculptures, prints, collages, and videos, with different…
Read More »Simone Leigh, a traveling exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) and co-presented in Los Angeles by the California African American Museum (CAAM) and the Los Angeles County of Museum of Art (LACMA), is the first…
Read More »News: CAAM remains closed. We are eager to welcome visitors back into the galleries as soon as possible. In the meantime, our work continues through our five-year partnership with Art + Practice (A+P) in Leimert Park. We are excited to open a new…
Read More »News As most of you know, Southern California experienced a highly unusual tropical storm August 20-21. Unfortunately, water intrusion occurred in several areas of our facility. As we survey and repair the damage to our building, we now know we…
Read More »Reminder CAAM is closed for facilities upgrades until our reopening celebration on Friday, August 4, KCRW Summer Nights @ CAAM. Please plan to join us! A new public sculpture by Chloë Bass and the July programs listed below are presented…
Read More »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 +…
Read More »New Exhibition Helen Cammock: I Will Keep My Soul Feb 11–Aug 5, 2023 On view at Art + Practice Turner Award-winning British artist Helen Cammock’s first exhibition in the United States features film, poetry, performance, archival…
Read More »Happy New Year! CAAM: 2022 in Review Warm wishes from all of us at CAAM! Please enjoy this look back at 2022 and we look forward to seeing you in 2023. Public Programs Wed, Jan 11 | 7:00–7:30 p.m. Artist Walkthrough: Justen LeRoy @ A+P…
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