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GALLERY HOURS
Weds - Sun: noon - 6 pm
Thurs: noon - 9 pm
The galleries are currently closed for deinstallation. Regular hours will resume 8 March 2012. Check the LACE calendar for special upcoming workshops and performances through February.
Education & Outreach
LACE’s multi-pronged approach to educational programming ensures that diverse populations benefit from participatory experiences through creative expression, self-awareness, dialogue and understanding. LACE is perpetually finding ways to innovate, streamline, and maximize its education and outreach programs by partnering with like-minded and vital arts educators and organizations throughout Los Angeles.
RE-VISIONS OF LA - presented by ASAP (after school arts program)
LACE is located in the heart of Hollywood, an ideal place to observe and contemplate the collision of Los Angeles -- its intricate networks hum with activity as resources are transferred and spaces are reconstructed through use or development. ASAP’s monthly Re-Visions of LA drawing workshops build conversations around how our urban environments are constructed and what that means to our everyday lives. Each month a new group of artists spend Sunday afternoons at LACE providing free drawing classes. All levels and ages are welcome as we talk about Hollywood while drawing our surroundings. All workshops are free, and all materials are supplied.
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ASAP (after school arts program)
ASAP is an arts education collective with a faculty and student population that is always in flux. Led by Michael Ano, Elana Melissa Hill, and Elizabeth Watkins, ASAP is motivated by the belief that “Arts education should be available to everyone.” They have organized series of adult, family and teen programs for LACE which meditate on the landscape and populace of Hollywood and its relationship to LACE, most famously the Re-Visions of LA program. www.asap-la.blogspot.com
SALON SERIES
The Salon Series offers participatory public programming for adults, sparking conversation about the work on view. Through the series, LACE strives to foster community engagement with contemporary art on a deeper level. Salon topics and activities range the full spectrum of contemporary art practice through round-table discussions, panels, demonstrations, workshops, video screenings, book readings, and performances.
GALLERY GUIDES
LACE’s Gallery Guides play a crucial role in helping audiences access and benefit from the challenging work that is presented. This group consists of culturally engaged students or recent graduates who are eager to interact with gallery visitors. Guides receive significant mentoring by key staff members, take part in artist-led walkthroughs, and attend gallery training sessions to learn skills that both help them serve as gallery guides to the public and prepare them for future careers in the arts.
Archive Research
The LACE archive represents a crucial site of cultural history for Southern California. Since its inception in 1978, LACE has been central to the visual and performing arts in Los Angeles. The archives ensure the preservation and availability of an unbroken thirty-year record of this influential art space. Many of the historically significant ephemeral practices presented at LACE now only exist as writings, photographic documents, and videotapes. The archives present an irreplaceable collection of these works. All of LACE’s holdings are placed in a climate-controlled space, and housed in archival boxes and sleeves. These archives make all aspects of LACE history available to artists, curators, and historians, including the conceptual and financial battles the visionary art space has endured. The archives also ensure that the work of current artists will remain part of a rich historical record.
The LACE archives can be found both online and in the
comprehensive on-site library. Upon exploring the digital archive,
LACE welcomes the public to schedule a visit to the archive room. The archives make the history of LACE accessible to the public and link the
organization’s rich past with a vibrant future.
Contemporary Editions Los Angeles
LACE distinguishes itself by serving as a laboratory for open, artistic experimentation and creative expression, where artists—including under- represented, newly emerging, as well as established artists—have the freedom and the opportunity to take risks. To foster this mission, LACE supports artists in the research and development of new works as part of the Contemporary Editions Los Angeles (CELA) program. The results are based on challenging and expanding the role of contemporary art in Los Angeles and in society at-large.
Browse through the artists here.
All proceeds from the sale of these editions are applied toward the programs at LACE, which demonstrate an unwavering commitment to innovation in contemporary arts.
LACE Silver Circle Members receive a 15% discount on CELA purchases.
Please contact Robert Crouch, LACE Assistant Director, at robert(at)welcometolace(dot)org for purchase inquiries.
Contributing Artists include:
Amy Adler
Alexander Apostol
Kevin Appel
John Baldessari
Andrea Bowers
Chris Burden
Jeff Burton
Meg Cranston
Evan Holloway
Mike Kelley
Martin Kersels
Sharon Lockhart
Monica Majoli
Paul McCarthy
Jason Meadows
Laura Owens
Jorge Pardo
Raymond Pettibon
Jim Isermann
Jeffrey Vallance
James Welling
T-Shirt Editions By Sam Durant, Katie Grinnan & Pae White
Thursday Nights at LACE
Every Thursday, LACE stays open late until 9pm, and offers a wealth of interdisciplinary programs including lectures, readings, performances, live music, video screenings, and more. Thursday Nights at LACE is a series of integrated public programs created in collaboration with artists, curators, scholars, and arts professionals, designed to foster a deeper connection and engagement with the wealth of creative practices that make Los Angeles such a unique and vibrant place.
Recent Thursday Nights at LACE events have included performances by Dawn Kasper, Hannah Henderson, and Alison Wyper organized by Dino Dinco, rare musical performances by Ezekiel Honig, LA artist Steve Roden, and up and coming LA musician Infinite Body, two panel discussions featuring artists from Jancar Gallery's exhibition West of Center and then a discussion lead by artists and curators from our summer exhibition Speculative, a night of experimental sounds from Gil Kuno and The Haters, and a launch party for the new publication Native Strategies accompanied by a dance performance of Jmy James Kidd.
For updates on upcoming Thursday Nights at LACE programming, check the LACE calendars and upcoming events section often, or call LACE at 323.957.1777.
