CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS

AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY PORTRAITS FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Selected Images from the Library of Congress Collections
Through April 14, 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,... more

Coloring America: Selections from the California African American Museum's Permanent History Collection
Through March 24, 2013
Dr. Carter G. Woodson called not for an isolated Black history, but for a more just and complete “history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.” Answering Dr. Woodson’s call for a properly contextualized Black history that would offset the erasures of African Americans in the larger American tapestry, the California African American Museum, ... more

The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance
Company: More Than a Business
Through June 23, 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

Kimpa Vita and the Concert of Kongo, 2012

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Through April 7, 2013
Go Tell It on the Mountain, presents the works of artists who examine how Christianity has fostered political action and civic engagement. The curatorial vision for this exhibition is inspired by the experiences of the characters in James Baldwin’s 1953 novel of the same name which incorporates the underlying tensions of religious control, faith, family, hope and human hypocrisy. Artists included in the exhibition are...more

Common Ground II: Shared Experiences
Through February 28, 2013
CAAM, in collaboration with the Esperanza Community Housing, has invited 13 artists to exhibit their photographic work at Mercado La Paloma, located near downtown Los Angeles at 3655 South Grand Avenue. These photographs express and illustrate the artists’ ideas of the shared parallel experiences between African and Latino Americans in the areas of food, music, dance and perceptions. Over time, history...more

Sampling the Microscopic Artwork of Willard Wigan
Through March 17, 2013
When he was a child, Willard Wigan decided he would build homes for ants because he “felt they needed them.” Little did he know at the time that this desire would become the artistic rubric that would compel him to create whimsical sculptures that are so minute that they can only be viewed through a microscope. This new and highly unusual exhibit, Sampling the Microscopic Artwork of Willard Wigan, is a mind-bending...more

Dream@50 Art Showcase
Through March 3, 2013
When he was a child, Willard Wigan decided he would build homes for ants because he “felt they needed them.” Little did he know at the time that this desire would become the artistic rubric that would compel him to create whimsical sculptures that are so minute that they can only be viewed through a microscope. This new and highly unusual exhibit, Sampling the Microscopic Artwork of Willard Wigan, is a mind-bending...more

Exhibition Events

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