MAY 2 - MAY 8

MON MAY 2: DECOLONIZELA: PERFORMANCE: Song of Eurydice 4:30-7:30PM

Song of Eurydice re-envisions the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a call to marginalized artists, emphasizing a discourse between Eurydice (mecca vazie andrews) and the deity of the underworld, Persephone (Carolyn Pennypacker-Riggs). Picking up where the ancient tale left off, as Eurydice descends into the underworld and grapples with re-arranging established ways of thought and processing information. We invite you to drop-in to our informal rehearsal as we begin the      process of staging Song Of Eurydice.

MON MAY 2: DECOLONIZELA: CONVERSATION: The Hag 8-9:30PM

The Hag is suspicious of the myth of progress. We are inviting like-minded individuals, also wary of the propagation of expensive, exclusive “arts & culture initiatives,” to discuss their own qualms with top-down hierarchies at the institutional level, as well as to worship at the altar of fuck all. We will provide pizza & snacks in exchange for your ideas: how to publish, how to intervene, how to propose & push forward alternatives, how to realize our fantasies for decolonizing museums & galleries in Los Angeles, and beyond.

TUES MAY 3 - WED MAY 11: DECOLONIZELA: Exhibition GALLERY HOURS: 12pm-6pm

Between May 3 and May 11th, HRLA will host an exhibition of work from artists who applied to the DecolonizeLA call for proposals. The work will be shown in the lobby, and second floor space. Artists in the exhibition include Isabel Avila, Catherine Scott, Avelardo Ibarra, Liberated Arts Collective and Raze the White Box: A think tank of change.  

TUES MAY 3: DECOLONIZELA: Michelada Think Tank 7-9:30PM 

Have you had a moment in art school when you realized you can't even talk about the work because you have to explain/defend/validate your own body/experience/everything?

THU MAY 5: DECOLONIZELA: PERFORMANCE + INSTALLATION: Cura Tierra Cura presents DIS* Locate 7-10PM 

DIS * LocateA participatory performance where rocks, pollinators, plants and animals weave participants through critical conversation on displacement in our city and share healing practices of toning, movement and visualization for the future.

FRI MAY 6: DECOLONIZELA: PERFORMANCE + INSTALLATION: Kite's "Sources" and "Some Numbers"  7 - 9PM 

Sources or ( x ) x + [ ( x ) x { x } x x ] { x } + is a performance that takes a body through an environmental simulation of the Oglala Lakota comsologyscape, shouldering the burden of 4 female Oglala characters who have shaped space/time. Some Numbers is a lecture    /performance that asks the question "WHY?" "Why are there so few Indigenous working artists? Why are there so few Indigenous art school graduates?"

 SAT MAY 7: DECOLONIZELA: PERFORMANCE + WORKSHOP: Un-casting colonization from our dreams, casting spells, igniting our decolonized collective dreams through dance & plants w/ Charmaine Bee & Joy 10AM - 3PM

Join us to co - create change collectively as well as release restrictive & oppressive structures that limit expSATansion. Together let's un-cast the nightmares of colonization! This workshop/performance will consist of movement that co-creates ritual space, use of herbs to support collective spell casting/ un-casting and to invoke and activate individual and collective    dreams. Together we will interrogate how we can use our dream world as a space to activate our intentions.

SAT MAY 7: DECOLONIZE LA: PERFORMANCE: RecolonizeLA: Isaac Ledesma: New Los Angeles 8pm-12am

SUN MAY 8: DECOLONIZELA: COMMUNITY EVENT: Critical Resistance LA No More Jails Mother's Day Action 8AM-12PM

We will be at the Lynwood Women’s Jail (Century Regional Detention Facility), hosting a rally and interactive event to build opposition to the proposed women's jail in Lancaster and LA County’s $2.3 Billion Dollar Jail Plan. This year is a pivotal year for the jail fight, as construction on the new women's jail is slated to begin early next year. Please note: Event is held at Lynwood Women’s Jail [Century Regional Detention Facility] 11705 Alameda Street, Lynwood, 90059.

SUN MAY 8: INSTALLATION + COMMUNITY EVENT: Project Q 10AM - 2PM

Project Q presents:

'We don't have mothers' a 1-day art installation at Human Resources LA.

I will be cutting hair for the kids as well as Patty Wack Vintage giving them clothing. Music workshops and yoga class all at once. I really hope you can be apart of this homage to homeless queer youth and possibly be a person that they can also look up to!