Pop-up Poems: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA
- Sun, Apr 19, 2026
- 11 am - 2 pm PT
- Resnick Pavilion | LACMA
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Free with museum admission
Celebrate National Poetry Month with local poets in the galleries of the exhibition Collecting Impressionism at LACMA. At this drop-in program, you'll be given opportunities to slow down, notice details, and connect with the art with local poets from RENT Poet and Melrose Poetry Bureau, who will collaborate with you to create original ekphrastic poems on a typewriter inspired by your experience of Impressionist artworks. Then, take your unique poem home with you.
Brian Sonia-Wallace is a City of Los Angeles Master Artist, an L.A. County Public Artists in Development Fellow, and the former Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. He is the author of The Poetry of Strangers (HarperCollins) and Maze Mouth (Moon Tide Press). His work appears in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, LitHub, Rattle, and American Poets, and he has performed at venues including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Kennedy Center. He is founder of RENT Poet, which has brought thousands of custom poems into public spaces.
Nayeli Adorador-Knudsen is a poet, performer, and cultural worker dedicated to bringing poetry into public life. She is the founder of Melrose Poetry Bureau, a traveling typewriter poetry business that transforms sidewalks, festivals, and community gatherings into intimate spaces of connection through custom, on-the-spot poems. Rooted in the radical literary legacy of the Bay Area, her work bridges activism, artistry, and community, proving that poetry is not only meant to be read, but lived.
Aryeh-Or is a multi-disciplinary artist whose diverse creative pursuits draw from an equally diverse personal background. Black, Jewish, and Indigenous, Aryeh-Or is also the son of LGBTQ parents. An accomplished actor, writer, director, musician, and poet, Aryeh-Or consistently aims to uplift, inspire, and empower the collective consciousness of humanity through the power of the arts.
Collecting Impressionism at LACMA was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Major support provided by The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
Generous support provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.
All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund.
Major support is provided by
Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Collecting Impressionism at LACMA was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Major support provided by The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
Generous support provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.
All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund.
Major support is provided by
Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA