West LA Hub: Culver City Block Party

Join Getty and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to celebrate the San Diego & La Jolla PST ART Weekend(opens in a new tab) with an evening featuring Local and International DJ programming from global radio platform NTS, along with extended gallery hours, education programming, outdoor activities with Usal project, and exhibition tours throughout the day and into the evening highlighting MCASD's current PST ART exhibition For Dear Life: Art, Medicine, and Disability(opens in a new tab).

Museum Admission will be FREE to all during the duration of this event.

MCASD will also be hosting in their Jacobs Hall space from 3 PM – 5 PM Sonic Meditation performance inspired by the work of Pauline Oliveros, an artist shown within their exhibition For Dear Life: Art, Medicine, and Disability led by Amy Cimini & Charissa Noble of UCSD showcasing materials from the UCSD Pauline Oliveros Archive.

Tour Schedule

For Dear Life Highlights Tour/ 11:30am

For Dear Life Focused Narratives: Alternate Realities / 2pm-3pm

The works showcased on this tour asks us to consider alternate modes of practice in the realms of art and medicine. It pushes back against the Western ideal of a singular genius and exclusive institutions that are disabling. Through alterity these artists have sought new ways of healing, creation, and support that simultaneously tackled the issues of their time at large. The work also speaks to punk/queer aesthetics that many artists and activists embody. Ranging from performance, sculpture, drawing, and writing, the works promote radical notions of navigating the world both for the able and disabled body.

For Dear Life Focused Narratives: Community / 4pm-5pm

Many of the artists in For Dear Life; Art, Medicine, and Disability highlight the communities of support that hold them and influence their art practice. Through friends, colleagues, activism, and family these artists connect with each other and reflect on the strength and support brought by these relationships. In this tour explore how community is present in the works of Beverly Buchanan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Judith Scott, Mundo Meza, Frank C. Moore, Simone Leigh, and Park McArthur.

For Dear Life Focused Narratives: Affirmations and Joy / 6pm-7pm

This tour will explore artists whose creations engage with themes of personal significance, emphasizing affirmations, humor, and joy. Join us as we highlight the works of Carmen Papalia, Ray Navarro, Constantina Zavistanos, and others and their humorous invitation to reflect on issues of body vulnerabilities.

PST ART is presented by Getty. The lead sponsors supporting PST ART are Bank of America, Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace, and the Getty Patron Program. Additional support is provided by the Simons Foundation; Eva & Ming Hsieh, Co-Founders of Fulgent Genetics; and Peggy & Andrew Cherng, Co-Chairs and Co-CEOs of Panda Express.

(opens in a new tab)Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024 with more than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the region, all exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. Dozens of cultural, scientific, and community organizations will join the latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, with exhibitions on subjects ranging from ancient cosmologies to Indigenous sci-fi, and from environmental justice to artificial intelligence. Art & Science Collide will share groundbreaking research, create indelible experiences for the public, and generate new ways of understanding our complex world. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art(opens in a new tab)