MAY 9 - MAY 15

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.  

 MON MAY 9: DECOLONIZE LA: 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. 

TUES MAY 10: DECOLONIZE LA: DISCUSSION: Window to the Inside 6-9pm

From Habeus Corpus to prison art practice, Liberated Lifers will lead a discussion about our experiences within California’s State Prisons. 

The Liberated Arts Collective grew out of and is a project of the Youth Justice Coalition’s “Welcome Home LA,” a re-entry project and support system built by formerly incarcerated people in order to bring others home. Welcome Home was a direct response to the lack of community-input in L.A. County’s and the state’s Reentry plans. The collective is owned and operated by liberated lifers and other formerly incarcerated people and serves as democratic space for the uplifting of the collective’s members, their wisdom and vision.  

TUES MAY 10:DECOLONIZE LA: PERFORMANCE: DivineBrick 9:30pm 

DivineBrick (josie j) makes research based existentially iconoclastic artwork. A lifetime of re-configuring views, beliefs, self-structure and modeling a research-oriented existence that explores belief and where it stems from, this is where it has lead.

WED MAY 11: DECOLONIZE LA: INSTALLATION: The Crop Project 7:30pm-9:30pm

The Crop Project's exhibition includes an installation of the cornfield’s digging process and found objects from underground. Join members of The Crop Project on May 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m for some corn snacks and drinks!

FRI MAY 13 - SUN MAY 15: INSTALLATION + PERFORMANCE James Gamboa: 50/50 GALLERY HOURS: 12-6pm

50/50 abstracts the medical diagnostic process and brings a private experience into public space, creating an experimental performance and installation. The installation and performances encourage viewers to question their cultural relationships with health and knowledge as well as reflect upon their personal conceptions of uncertainty, knowing/not knowing, and corporeality. Performances will be accompanied by programing centered around the work’s key themes, and will include panel discussions, artist talks, and lectures.