Afternoon with Tongva Elder Julia Bogany as she teaches where soapstone came from and how it was used as an everyday living essential by the Tongva.
Workshop on the essentials of walking meditation facilitated by Victor Narro and Laureen Lazarovici.
Workshop with artist and educator April Bey to explore and dismantle various concepts of self-care in relation to the millennial generation.
Walk-through of Dora De Larios: Other Worlds with Allison Agsten and Sabrina Judge.
Workshop on developing the whole person and bolstering confidence, inner strength and passion by SoulCollage facilitator Laureen Lazarovici and Victor Narro.
Walk-through with artist Rigo 23 for his exhibition Ripples Become Waves.
Professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez joined in conversation with Tongva Elder Julia Bognay and Pete White, founder and co-director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network.
Workshop facilitated in Spanish, introducing natural wellness ways and holistic healing methods led by Felicia Montes.
Conversation with Gloria Arellanes, a dedicated activist at the forefront of Chicana and Native movements in Los Angeles.
Workshop introducing natural wellness ways and holistic healing methods led by Felicia Montes.
A conversation between Dr. Robert King and Albert Woodfox.
Workshop exploring collective co-creation facilitated by Joy Anderson and Charmaine Bee.
A performance with Jayda Rasberry, directed by Patrisse Cullors.
This program has been postponed. A new date will be announced as soon as possible.
Featuring Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter LA, Chrissie Castro of the Los Angeles American Indian Commission, and Bamby Salcedo of the TransLatin@ Coalition.
Workshop centered around the Native language with Tongva Elder Julia Bogany.
Conversation with Kathy Peltier on her father, Leonard Peltier, joined by Larry Smith.
An evening of poetry and spoken word from renowned Native American poets Tazbah Rose Chavez, Emily Clarke, Kinsale Hueston, Pamela J. Peters, and Allison Ramirez.
Symposium organized by Artist-in-Residence Beatriz Cortez to foster an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and imaginations of possible futures.
Interactive workshop on exercises in breath, sound, meditation, and plant-work with artists Olivia Chumacero and Sarita Doughterty.
Workshop on mindfulness practices facilitated by Victor Narro and Laureen Lazarovici.
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Sunday, February 25, 2018
2–5pm
Tongva blessing begins at 2:30pm.
All Beta Main programs are free.
114 W. 4th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Join us for the opening of Dora De Larios: Other Worlds and Rigo 23: Ripples Become Waves. The afternoon will begin with a ceremonial blessing by Tongva Elder Michael Whitehorse Aviles.
Enjoy DJ sets by Vinyl Frontier Club, a LA-based DJ collective spinning oldies, cumbia, funk, and disco, as well as a hosted bar featuring Fort Point Beer Company.
This event is free to the public, but RSVP is required.
Workshop led by Rachel DuVall in conjunction with her exhibition In Focus: Rachel DuVall.
Opening for Office Hours + In Focus: Rachel DuVall with a hosted bar by Fort Point Beer Company and DJ sets by the Vinyl Frontier Club.
One-day program inviting the public to stand on the feet of Rigo 23's statue of Leonard Peltier in support political prisoners and Indigenous peoples. Photography by L.A.-based Navajo artist Pamela J. Peters.
Site-specific dance performed by Carolina Caycedo, Marina Magalhães, Isis Avalos, Samad Guerra, and the participants of Decolonizing the Body Through Dance: River Edition workshop.
Workshop led by dancer and choreographer, Marina Magalhães, developed by past artist-in-residence Carolina Caycedo, in collaboration with Isis Avalos and Samad Guerra.
Allison Agsten, director of The Main, will meet one-on-one with 50 Downtown L.A. artists in Beta Main. Signups are now closed.
An afternoon of music and poetry with Eddington Again, Bapari, Black Gatsby, Brandon Drew Holmes, Micah James, Thed Jewel, Amanda-Faye Jimenez, Naeem Juwan, and Adee Roberson.
Danzas and blessings performed by Krystal Escalante, Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory, and Xinaxcalmecac Academia Semillas del Pueblo.
