Scholars Symposium at LACMA: Museums as Living Archive
- Sat, May 9, 2026
- 10 am - 4 pm PT
- LACMA
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Free, RSVP required
Anchored by the exhibitions Collecting Impressionism at LACMA and Grounded, Museums as Living Archive: Impression, Ground, and the Reimagining of Public Scholarship explores how ways of seeing (impression), relationships to land (ground), and cultural imagination (public scholarship) shape knowledge production inside and beyond museums. The convening will foreground museums as both site and method, a living archive where art, education, and public life intersect.
The Scholars Symposium at LACMA invites current ASU-LACMA Fellows and alumni, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows and alumni, and undergraduate and graduate students from surrounding institutions to submit proposals that engage art, place, and public scholarship through critical, creative, or interdisciplinary approaches. A total of 5–10 proposals will be accepted.
For more information, contact Kidogo A. Kennedy, Ed.D., director of academic programs and partnerships, at kidogokennedy@lacma.org.
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.
Grounded was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Major support provided by the Claire Falkenstein Foundation and Paulina Zamora Menéndez.
Generous support provided by Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund, Fabian Newton Family, and Pasadena Art Alliance.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation and Ezra and Lauren Perlman, with generous annual funding from Tanya Fileva, Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
All education and outreach programs at 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.
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.
Grounded was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Major support provided by the Claire Falkenstein Foundation and Paulina Zamora Menéndez.
Generous support provided by Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund, Fabian Newton Family, and Pasadena Art Alliance.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation and Ezra and Lauren Perlman, with generous annual funding from Tanya Fileva, Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
All education and outreach programs at 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.