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4/15/2025 to 6/3/2025

Resolved to go through thick and thin;
He lifts the lid, there needs no more,
He smelled it all the time before.

-Jonathan Swit

Would that I
could lick the dust that like—I
think it’s—mu-
sic will not reach

-Solmaz Sharif

We are excited to share Archive Night School (ANS) which seeks to strengthen artists’ ability to identify, acquire, process, and make accessible archives of contemporary artmaking.
This 8-week course, in collaboration with Southland Institute, will articulate LACA’s archival methods, as well as explore and discuss collections and artistic methods of organizing. The course will increase our capacity to care for materials of all kinds, as well as the artists who create and access them. We will engage an educational approach emphasizing conversational and participatory inquiry, while also building concrete skills in archival techniques, approaches, and conceptual considerations. We will focus on collective research, critical recovery, valuing and applying directly experienced understanding, and the production and diffusion of new knowledge.

Keep a look out for more ways to be involved in the program. More information on the program and syllabus coming soon.

April 15-June 3, 2025
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
contact us at admissions@southlandinstitute.org

12/4/2024

These wines, loose leaf teas, flowers and juices, propose at least a moment for us to take in what remains: art and care for one another. The work just might not sit inside museums or gallery walls. It might be outside, over a drink at home or wherever you practice. This drink is for the challenging times, the rejection letter, for going out when you have work the next day, for uncertainty while laughing with friends.

Artwork labels by:

Anja Salonen
Caia Lee
Candice Lin
Corazón Del Sol + Devin Reynolds
CFGNY: (Kirsten Kilponen, Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, and Tin Nguyen)
Umar Rashid
Pippa Garner
Reynaldo Rivera
Maddy Inez (wine toppers)

For this years fundraiser LACA worked with Ashanta Wines and Senses Café Project. We offer a unique variety of 6 natural wines and 2 non-alcoholic drinks, each paired with original artwork labels. Wines are limited, and will be available online until sold out. Supporters can pick up orders for free at LACA December 6, 7, 13, 14, or purchase shipping (with support from Psychic Wines).

Looking for more ways to support this holiday?