Simone Leigh Opening Celebration
- Sun, May 26, 2024
- 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm PT
- LACMA
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Free, RSVP required (tickets are required for entry to Simone Leigh and other LACMA exhibitions)
Join us for a celebratory day focusing on art, music, and movement inspired by the exhibition Simone Leigh. Enjoy music from DJ Ms. Jck and DJ Peezie as well as a somatic movement workshop led by Dr. Shamell Bell and hands-on art-making, including the Dolls of Hope project led by Dr. Cynthia Davis, offered throughout the day. Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome.
The Dolls of Hope Project is part of the CA Creative Corps, which is generously supported by the California Arts Council and administered by Community Partners.
Co-presented with NATAL.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Simone Leigh, Last Garment, 2022, installation view, Simone Leigh, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023, © Simone Leigh, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, photo by Timothy Schenck
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Simone Leigh, Last Garment, 2022, installation view, Simone Leigh, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023, © Simone Leigh, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, photo by Timothy Schenck