Evenings for Educators: Digital Witness
- Wed, Jan 22, 2025
- 4:30 pm - 8 pm PT
- Smidt Welcome Plaza | LACMA
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$20, Members: $15
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Pre-registration is required for this event.
For ASL interpretation and other accommodations requests, please contact educate@lacma.org by December 20.
Join us this winter for an in-person exploration of Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film, which explores the rise of digital image editing technologies in the fields of design, photography, and film from the 1980s to the present. Don’t miss the chance to see the work of nearly 200 artists, designers, and makers who illuminate the prevalence of digital editing tools in today's visual culture. Guests will enjoy talks, hands-on art-making workshops, and dinner. Dinner and parking is included with admission.
Agenda
4:30–5 pm: Arrive, check in, and explore Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film in BCAM, Level 1 and 2
5–5:40 pm: Lecture in BCAM, Level 1, with curator Staci Steinberger
5:50–6:50 pm: Workshops and tours throughout campus
6:50–7:30 pm: Dinner outdoors on the Smidt Welcome Plaza
7:30–8 pm: Explore the galleries
Check out our accompanying curricular resources to craft learning experiences that spark your students’ creativity and view recordings of previous programs on YouTube.
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.
Image Credit: April Greiman, Pacific Wave poster, 1987, offset lithograph, 38⅞ × 26⅞ in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts and Design Council Acquisition Fund and the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © April Greiman, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA
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.
Image Credit: April Greiman, Pacific Wave poster, 1987, offset lithograph, 38⅞ × 26⅞ in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts and Design Council Acquisition Fund and the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © April Greiman, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA