Events
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA invites you to join us for an overview of over 50 upcoming exhibitions that explore Latin American and Latino art, offered exclusively for university and college faculty.
It is widely believed that contemporary amantecas (featherwork artists) continue to employ the materials and techniques that were used in Mexico in pre-Columbian and colonial times. Guzmán argues instead that the featherwork practiced by today’s artisans is a further evolution of a practice that was built on centuries of knowledge and improvement.
Join us for a talk by Omar Valerio-Jiménez on the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-48), known as the America’s “forgotten war.”
This multi-award-winning documentary tells the story of the iconic Aztec headdress that is associated with Montezuma.
The Getty Foundation and Getty Research Institute present a day-long conversation on the relationship among US Latino, Chicana/o, and Latin American art, fields of inquiry that are related yet distinct.
Ana Niria Albo Díaz, assistant director of The Programa de Estudios Sobre Latinos en los Estados Unidos, will discuss the program’s efforts to foster a critical dialogue about U.S. Latino culture.
Please note: The start time of this event has been changed to 4 p.m.
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the film Zoot Suit, the Fowler presents this special screening with an introduction by Luis Valdez followed by a Q&A session moderated by CSRC director Chon Noriega.