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Artists Take on L.A: rafa esparza, Shizu Saldamando, and Susan Silton

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  • Time: 7 PM – 8 PM
  • Location: East West Bank Commons
  • Price: $10, Members: $8
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Hear from artists rafa esparza, Shizu Saldamando, and Susan Silton, moderated by Lindsay Preston Zappas, who will discuss how Los Angeles shapes their work and communities, presented in conjunction with LACMA’s permanent collection installation and the broader context of local artists represented in the museum’s collection. 

This program will take place outdoors on the East West Bank Commons, outside the David Geffen Galleries.

This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line-up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions.

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rafa esparza, ...we are the mountain, 2019, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2020 Art Here and Now purchase, and the Vincent Price Art Museum, with funds provided by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation, and Kevan and Norma Newton, © rafa esparza, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Kristina Simonsen; Susan Silton, Make-Ready #1: Lost in a Lost World (Moody Blues), USA, 2004, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the artist, © Susan Silton; Shizu Saldamando, Mario at Elysian Park, 2023, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Karen R. Constine, © Shizu Saldamando, image courtesy Charlie James Gallery, photo: Yubo Dong, ofstudio
rafa esparza, ...we are the mountain, 2019, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2020 Art Here and Now purchase, and the Vincent Price Art Museum, with funds provided by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation, and Kevan and Norma Newton, © rafa esparza, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Kristina Simonsen; Susan Silton, Make-Ready #1: Lost in a Lost World (Moody Blues), USA, 2004, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the artist, © Susan Silton; Shizu Saldamando, Mario at Elysian Park, 2023, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Karen R. Constine, © Shizu Saldamando, image courtesy Charlie James Gallery, photo: Yubo Dong, ofstudio

All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund. 

Major support is provided 

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.