CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS

The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance
Company: More Than a Business
Through December, 2013
On July 23, 1925 under the leadership of William Nickerson, Jr., Norman O. Houston and George Beavers, Jr., Golden State Guarantee Fund Insurance Company began in a one room office at 1412 Central Avenue. Within three months they had outgrown that space and moved to a storeroom at 3512 Central Avenue. Within three years the company had over... more

AFRODESCENDIENTES: Photographer Roberto Chile in Guanabacoa, Cuba
Through October 13, 2013
The overwhelming majority of African slaves in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade went to South America and the Caribbean. Afrodescendientes, an exhibition originally mounted in Spain’s Casa de America by celebrated Cuban photographer and documentarian Roberto Chile and curator Juan Carlos Moya, explores the African presence in ...more

Funeral - image from Manuel Mendive exhibition

"Things that Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way:
The Art of Manuel Mendive”
Through October 20, 2013
"Things that Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive” is a multi-faceted effort that explores Mendive’s visual and performance work. This exhibition is a newly-produced, career-spanning overview, while emphasizing the artist’s mature work. Whereas cubism and surrealism had been common among his predecessors, Mendive instead...more

Diverted Destruction 6 at CAAM and The Loft at Liz’s
Through January 19, 2014
CAAM, the California African America Museum and The Loft at Liz’s co-curate this year’s Diverted Destruction 6 found object assemblage show. Diverted Destruction, now in its sixth year, presents works from cast-off objects often destined to the landfill. This show marks the first time the museum will be collaborating with a private gallery to introduce local African American artists to new audiences at new venues. .. more

African American Military Portraits from the American
Civil War
Through December 29, 2013
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (1861-1865), this exhibit features remarkable photographic portraits of African American soldiers and sailors who took part in this epic chapter of our nation’s history. Reproduced in large format from the original antique photographs, these images are selections from the Liljenquist Family Collection of...more

Exhibition Events

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