This exhibition showcases six African American artists and one artists' collective whose works explore how the actions and ideologies of the civil rights movement continue to be relevant today. Exhibiting artists are: Deborah Grant, Leslie Hewitt, Otabenga Jones and Associates, Adam Pendleton, Jefferson Pinder, Nadine Robinson and Hank Willis Thomas. Originally organized by the High Museum in Atlanta, After 1968 is the companion exhibition to Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement which will be present concurrently at the Skirball Cultural Center.

The exhibition features fourteen multi-media works by fifteen artists who present visions of what a sustainable and civil futuremust address for a healthy tomorrow. Exhibiting artists are: Kim Abeles, Jane Castillo, Abdelali Dahrouch, Joyce Dallal, Charles Dickson, Graham Goddard, John Halaka, Nobue Betty Kano, Kwahuumba and Seneferu, Sonia BasSheva-Manjon, Yong Soon Min, Dominique Moody, John Outterbridge and Ingrid Von Sydow. An Idea Called Tomorrow will be on view both at CAAM (1) and the Skirball Cultural Center (2).

The Museum is closed today.

Celebrate the Fillmore District of San Francisco in the 1940's and 50's and the early 60's where Bebop jazz cross-pollinated with the Beat Movement and avant garde film making to make a dynamic scene.� The exhibit includes a phograps from the time with celebrities who frequented the clubs, including Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Lady Day and many others.� Also included are Harry Smith films with music by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and poetry of African American beatnik Bof Kaufman.

Celebrate Black History Month by participating in a series of free workshops, offered twice each Saturday. This year the theme is Fire. Learn how the process of cire perdue or lost wax casting was achieved. Then follow in the footsteps of the masters by recreating the first stage of the process, a model in clay, with artist Angela Briggs. RSVP 213-744-2024. Workshop given at 12noon and 2pm.

Join us for our once-a-month Sunday program as we kick off Black History Month.� We will celebrate our diverse influences and achievements in art, history and cultue through a wide range of performanes.� For performance details visit www.caamuseum.org.  CAAM will also screen a special version of the PBS documtary For Love of Liberty: The story of America's Black Patriots," scheduled for national premiere on February 8, 2010.

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Until the mid-20th century a simple candle or lantern lit the "classroom" of African Americans hungry for knowledge. With Angela Briggs. RSVP 213-744-2024. Workshop given at 12noon and 2pm.

Inspired by artist Nobue Betty Kano's artwork which encourages people to grow their own food, participants create their own miniature, sustainable garden using organic seeds. RSVP 213-744-2024.

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A full length documentary about the 92nd infantry division, an African American segregated unit of 15,000 soldiers who served in Italy during WWII. Called "Buffalo Soldiers," those who survived found that their contributions went unnoticed upon their return to the United States of America.

Black firefighters protected the public here in Los Angeles, but the conditions under which they served were difficult. The trailblazers included George W. Bright, hired in 1897, as the first Black firefighter on the Los Angeles Fire Department. An all-Black company was formed to prevent Bright from supervising whites. Create and assemble your own fire station. RSVP 213-744-2024. Workshop is given at 12noon and 2pm.

Come learn strategies for changing the reflection of what we see in film and television and dialogue about solutions that include us all. RSVP 213-744-2024. This program offered at the California Science Center with the presentation of America I Am.

The Galleries are closed today.

This exhibition showcases six African American artists and one artists' collective whose works explore how the actions and ideologies of the civil rights movement continue to be relevant today. Exhibiting artists are: Deborah Grant, Leslie Hewitt, Otabenga Jones and Associates, Adam Pendleton, Jefferson Pinder, Nadine Robinson and Hank Willis Thomas. Originally organized by the High Museum in Atlanta, After 1968 is the companion exhibition to Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement which will be present concurrently at the Skirball Cultural Center.

The exhibition features fourteen multi-media works by fifteen artists who present visions of what a sustainable and civil futuremust address for a healthy tomorrow. Exhibiting artists are: Kim Abeles, Jane Castillo, Abdelali Dahrouch, Joyce Dallal, Charles Dickson, Graham Goddard, John Halaka, Nobue Betty Kano, Kwahuumba and Seneferu, Sonia BasSheva-Manjon, Yong Soon Min, Dominique Moody, John Outterbridge and Ingrid Von Sydow. An Idea Called Tomorrow will be on view both at CAAM (1) and the Skirball Cultural Center (2).

According to a myth of the Ila people, fire was brought to earth by the mason-wasp who led a group of animals to the sun to beg for fire. Hear the story of the mason-wasp and then create an art project using the art of silhouette. RSVP 213-744-2024. Workshop given at 12noon and 2pm.

Join us as we journey from Africa to America exploring the religious and spiritual history of African Americans. RSVP 213-744-2024. This program offered at the California Science Center in conjunction with the presentation of America I Am.