Evenings for Educators: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art
- Wed, Mar 19, 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 February 15.
Join us for an in-person exploration of We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art, which explores the science, art, and cosmology of color in Mesoamerica. Historically, Mesoamerican artists held a cosmic responsibility: as they adorned the surfaces of buildings, clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages, and sculptures with color, they (quite literally) made the world. Don’t miss the chance to visit this fascinating exhibition and learn about the richness of color at the core of Mesoamerican worldviews. 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 We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art in the Resnick Pavilion
5–5:40 pm: Lecture in BCAM, Level 1, with curators Alyce de Carteret and Diana Magaloni
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: Eva Peréz Martínez, Zacatlaxcalli Vignette, 2023, Nahua, Watercolor on amate paper, 7 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (20 × 29.21 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, commissioned with funds provided by Lillian Weiner, © Eva Peréz Martínez, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Javier Hinojosa
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: Eva Peréz Martínez, Zacatlaxcalli Vignette, 2023, Nahua, Watercolor on amate paper, 7 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (20 × 29.21 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, commissioned with funds provided by Lillian Weiner, © Eva Peréz Martínez, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Javier Hinojosa