Evenings for Educators: Capturing the Self in Portraiture
- Wed, Oct 9, 2024
- 4:30 pm - 8 pm PT
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$20, Members: $15
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California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330
Evenings for Educators is back for the 2024–25 school year! Join us at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) for a unique opportunity to view Before You Now: Capturing the Self in Portraiture, which focuses on self-portraits with a selection of photographs, prints, drawings, videos, and installation art from LACMA’s collection.
Guests will enjoy talks, hands-on art-making workshops, and dinner, plus the chance to see this powerful exhibition at CSUN’s Art Galleries and to connect with other educators from across L.A. County. Dinner and parking is included with admission.
Agenda
4:30–5 pm: Arrive, check in, and explore the exhibition
5–5:40 pm: Talks in the Art Galleries and Purple Crit Room (Room 300) with curators Eve Schillo and Claudine Dixon
5:50–6:50 pm: Workshops in the Art Galleries and rooms 210 and 211
6:50–7:30 pm: Dinner in the courtyard
7:30–8 pm: Explore the exhibition
The CSUN Art Galleries are located in the Art & Design Center located on North University Dr., between Lindley and Etiwanda St. Enter Lot D6 (employee lot) from Halsted St., on the north end of the lot. Parking passes will be issued at check-in.
Check out our accompanying curricular resources to craft learning experiences that spark your students’ creativity and view recordings of previous programs on our YouTube channel.
Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Mara W. Breech Foundation, the Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation, Edison International, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Louis and Harold Price Foundation, the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, and Superior Grocers.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Wendy Red Star, Indian Summer, 2016, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., © Wendy Red Star, digital image courtesy of the artist
Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Mara W. Breech Foundation, the Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation, Edison International, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Louis and Harold Price Foundation, the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, and Superior Grocers.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Wendy Red Star, Indian Summer, 2016, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., © Wendy Red Star, digital image courtesy of the artist