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Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

  • Exhibitions
    • Current
    • Upcoming
    • Past
  • Calendar
  • Learning
    • Artist Residency
    • Bookshelf Residency
    • Digital Projects
    • Public Programs
    • Schools & Community
    • Special Projects
  • Visit
  • About
    • Staff
    • Governance
    • Press
    • Partnerships
    • Opportunities
    • Annual Report
  • Shop
  • Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Patron Groups
    • Institutional Support
    • Artist Edition Series
    • Sustainability
    • Corporate
  • Donate
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Public Programs

Public programs at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles support our mission in sparking the pleasure the discovery and challenging the way we see and experience the world, ourselves, and each other. We are dedicated to the exploration, scholarship, appreciation, and deeper understanding of the exhibitions and ideas on view at the ICA LA, and providing greater access to artists living and working in our community.

Our public programs introduce new ways of seeing an exhibition and support through contemporary art and take diverse forms—talks, workshops, screenings, and live performances—and are free and open to all.

You can also watch and listen to past lectures, discussions, and performances in the archive of public programs below.

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Image of panel of speakers at microphones from The Act of Memorializing: Candice Breitz, Every Ocean Hughes, and Okwui Okpokwasili, 2021
Asuka Hisa, Director of Learning and Engagement, at public program listening to a vinyl record with headphones.
Image of bikers gathered outside of ICA LA from The Chanterelles are Waning: A Vaginal Davis-style Los Angeles Bike Tour, 2021
Lil' Miss Hot Mess reads a picture book to visitors as part of *Drag Queen Story Hour*
Jackie Clay and Ayanna U'dongo at microphones in conversation during the opening of the exhibition *sisters and brothers*
Visitors taken inspiration from *Martín Ramírez: His Life in Pictures, Another Interpretation* during the Crayon Collection workshop
Artist Nayland Blake in front of a projection with microphone in hand during ICA LA/VOLUME live taping of Why We Listen Podcast, hosted by Marc Kate, March 23, 2017
Image of a cardboard museum made as part of *El Museo de Tronquito* workshop, in collaboration with local bi-lingual bookstore La Librería
Andrea Fraser at the podium discusses her essay *Towards a Reflexive Resistance*
Image of person drawing at a table during Feminist Love Letters workshop with Sara Ellen Fowler and Cindy Rehm
Image of ICA LA lobby during *Girl on Wire Redux* performance featuring Ryann Bosetti in collaboration with artist Hayden Dunham and designers Simone Rocha and Ashish, featuring local youth.
Image of ICA LA lobby strewn with pillows and filled with movement from Diaz-Lewis' *34,000 Pillow Project* during *Posada: Haciendo Espacio / Posada: Making Space*.
Public Programs Archive
2022 Programs
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2020 Programs
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September 17, 2017, 2017, 3 PM - 4 PM
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September 17, 2017, 2017, 2 PM - 3 PM
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September 29, 2017, 2017, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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December 20, 2017, 2017, 7 PM - 8 PM
Being There: Virtual Reality from Giotto to Grand Theft Auto by Margaret Wertheim
Talks & Panels
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September 09, 2017, 2017, 5 PM - 6 PM
Live Performance by Los Jornaleros del Norte (The Day Laborers of the North)
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December 03, 2017, 2017, 12 PM - 2 PM
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February 18, 2018, 2018, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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March 11, 2018, 2018, 3 PM - 5 PM
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April 18, 2018, 2018, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Artist Talk: Leslie Hewitt
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March 16, 2018, 2018, 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Boxing Philosophical: Are Curators Artists, Too?
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May 30, 2018, 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
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July 20, 2018, 2018, 5:30 PM - 7 PM
Art Buzz: This Brush for Hire with Meg Cranston
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July 21, 2018, 2018, 12 PM - 5 PM
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July 13, 2018, 2018, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
TRIO: an evening of performances by AKUA, Samantha Blake Goodman, and Sebastian Hernandez
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August 12, 2018, 2018, 3 PM - 5 PM
Archaeology of the present: Artists Addressing Climate Change
Public Programs
Talks & Panels
Free
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August 15, 2018, 2018, 12 AM
Register to Vote at ICA LA
Public Programs
En Español
Free
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October 13, 2018, 2018, 3 PM - 5 PM
Artist Talk — Let ‘im Move You: Intervention with jumatatu m. poe, Jermone “Donte” Beacham, and d. Sabela grimes
Public Programs
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Talks & Panels
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November 14, 2018, 2018, 7 PM - 9 PM
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Public Programs
Talks & Panels
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November 15, 2020, 2020, 4 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist POV Tour: Cauleen Smith on
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Exhibition Programs
Tours
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July 24, 2024, 2024, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
A Closer Look: Recent Identity and Race-Based Exhibitions in Los Angeles
Public Programs
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