Join for a walkthrough of "Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation" with curator Alexis Bard Johnson.
Upcoming
Closing Party for Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.
On:
Mar 15 2025
at:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us Saturday, March 15th from 1- 4 pm at USC Fisher Museum for an unforgettable closing event for Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation. Commemorate the closing of this groundbreaking exhibition through live tarot readings, music, food, occult books and zines, art making, and curator-led tours. RSVP for the event at the link here.
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Archive
On:
Mar 15 2025
at:
10:00 am - 11:30 pm
We are delighted to offer a tour of the archive, our holdings, and how we preserve LGBTQIA+ Histories.
Past Programs
Women, Surrealism, and the Occult in Los Angeles
On:
Feb 21 2025
at:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join LACMA curator emerita Ilene Susan Fort, independent curator Laura Whitcomb, and independent scholar Lisa Janssen at the USC Fisher Museum for a panel discussion on the role of Surealism and the occult in Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.
Club Kaya: An Interactive Experience, Performance, and Archive
On:
Feb 12 2025
at:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dionysian Worship in Queer California
On:
Nov 14 2024
at:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a fascinating talk that looks at the rites of Dionysus as employed in two Californian contexts: the first, a filmed act of sparagmos (the ritual rending apart of a sacrificial victim) in Los Angeles in Kenneth Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasuredome (1954); the second, a series of Bacchic revels enacted by Arthur Evans and his Faery Circle in San Francisco and its environs in the mid-1970s, which prefigured and inspired the Radical Faeries Movement that later became a fully-fledged queer spiritual pathway.
Radical Imagination: Queer Stories through Sci-Fi Storytelling
On:
Oct 3 2024
at:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join science-fiction authors Ryka Aoki, Micaiah Johnson, and Brent Lambert for readings and a conversation that delve into the fascinating world of science fiction and its intersection with queer narratives.