11TH ANNUAL LEIMERT PARK DAY OF THE ANCESTORS: FESTIVAL OF MASKS Thiossane: Looking Back, Moving Forward SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021, 12PM PT...

Noni Olabisi is one of LA's most well regarded visual artists. Artist and muralist with over 25 years experience, receiving many awards...

Last year, the Mayor’s Office and the City’s Cultural Affairs and Emergency Management Departments came together to envision a wonderful...

The Mask Festival Season is almost here! This year at Day of the Ancestors, experience Thiossane, the Senegalese way of taking cues from...

"I sometimes feel like I’m a bull in the china shop in the JA community. But I just have to talk about this. These stories comes from...

"John O’Neal, co-founder of FST and founding Artistic Director of Junebug Productions has centered his work on stories because, as he...

John Outterbridge For details about the life of John Outterbridge who died late last year, visit these links: https://www.latimes.com/obi...

Gail Hawkins, Owner, Cultural Interiors Photo by Jason Lewis Los Angeles Standard Newspaper At the top of the hill, where Slauson and...

We have had a love/love relationship with Bruce Lemon for years. One of our programming partners in his native Watts and a beloved emcee...

Aram Han Sifuentes is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist working in fiber, performance, and social practice art. In anticipation of...

This just in, a new report published by Artplace America and Welcoming America, Bridging Divides, Creating Community: Arts, Culture, and...

Official Self Help Graphics Dia De Los Muertos Design by Sandy Rodriguez At the height of the Chicano Civil Rights movement in 1970,...

Liliflor Ramirez Liliflor Ramirez, Cihuatlzin Mujer Guerrera, Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 120”, 2017 What is your approach to artmaking? My...

Grace Lynne Haynes CONGRATULATIONS GRACE! A lead artist on several LA Commons’ projects, Grace’s art recently graced (haha!) a second...

Tamica Washington Miller Tamica is a member of the legendary Washington family of artists in Los Angeles which includes the illustrious...

This summer, seven artists came together under the auspices of LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs and LA Commons to create images to...

10TH ANNUAL LEIMERT PARK DAY OF THE ANCESTORS: FESTIVAL OF MASKS A CELEBRATION OF BLACK JOY SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2020, 2PM PDT via zoom and...

Najite Agindotan, Founder, Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks A master drummer, who has worked with luminaries from across the...

Wezi (Zambia) We are thrilled to feature as part of Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks this year, Zambian performing artist Wezi. ...

Akara are fritters made from black-eyed peas. It is said to have originated in the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, and has since spread...