This two-day series of events focuses on art, artists, and cultural organizations in South Los Angeles since the 1960s. On Friday, April 29 at USC, art historian and curator Kellie Jones gives a keynote lecture on her book, South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Jones’ slecture provides historical context for three roundtables at CAAM.

10:00–10:30 a.m.: Coffee and welcome

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Roundtable 1—Postwar Histories: Black Arts Institutions and Community-Based Practices in South L.A.
Moderated by USC Annenberg professor Robeson Taj Frazier, with Kellie Jones; Ben Caldwell, filmmaker and founder of KAOS network; Roger Guenveur Smith, actor, director, writer, and collaborator with Spike Lee; and Amitis Motevalli, artist and director of the William Grant Still Art Center.

1:00–2:30 p.m.: Roundtable 2—Museums and Artist-Run Spaces in South L.A. Today
Moderated by Cameron Shaw, executive director at CAAM, with Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator and deputy director of curatorial and collections at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, artist and executive director of Arts at Blue Roof; Sophia Belsheim, director of Art + Practice; and Bethany Montagano, director of the USC Museums.

2:45–4:45 p.m.: Roundtable 3—A New Generation of Art and Artists in South L.A.
Moderated by Tiffany E. Barber, assistant professor of Africana Studies and Art History at the University of Delaware and Scholar in Residence at the Getty Research Institute, with Ray Anthony Barrett, visual artist and chef; Alicia Piller, mixed media artist; and Felix Quintana, artist and educator.

Following the roundtables, the program culminates with a reception at USC’s Fisher Art Museum Courtyard.

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