April 19, 2023

In this issue:

• Artists caught in the paradoxes of China’s rapid period of economic growth and social change in the 1990s and 2000s
• Meet the recipients of Crenshaw Dairy Mart’s first fellowship, “Inglewood and Prototyping the Abolitionist Imagination”

Art in the Early 2000s China Boom

Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video greets us with the dizziness befitting a period of rapid economic growth and social change. | AX Mina

Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video
Feb. 15–May 14
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood (hammer.ucla.edu)

A Fellowship for LA Artists Balances Art and Abolition

At the end of last year, the Crenshaw Dairy Mart (CDM), a nonprofit cultural space rooted at the intersection of art and activism, announced its upcoming Fellowship for Abolition and the Advancement of the Creative Economy. The first three artists selected as fellows are Autumn Breon, juice wood, and Oto-Abasi Attah; they will each receive a $100,000 stipend and healthcare.

The theme of the inaugural fellowship is “Inglewood and Prototyping the Abolitionist Imagination,” stressing the importance of CDM’s location in Inglewood, a historically Black city from the 1960s through the ’90s. 

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CALIFORNIA OPPORTUNITIES

NCPD@JANM — Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship
The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum will award two $5,000 fellowships to emerging writers of color who have demonstrated commitment to writing about the art of communities of color.

SVCREATES – California Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship Program
Central Californian artists can apply for funding and statewide recognition in one of three tiers: Emerging Artist Fellows ($5,000), Established Artist Fellows ($10,000), and Legacy Artist Fellows ($50,000).

See the full list of April opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

ON VIEW IN MUSEUMS

Philippe Gras, "Milford Graves at the Festival d'Automne à Paris" (1974), black and white photograph (photo Anne Wallentine/Hyperallergic)

Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency
Feb. 11–May 14
ICA LA, 1717 East 7th Street, Arts District (theicala.org)
Read the review.

Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders
Jan. 29–May 14, 2023
Fowler Museum at UCLA, 308 Charles E. Young Drive North, Westwood (fowler.ucla.edu)

MexiCali Biennial: Land of Milk & Honey
Feb. 25–May 28, 2023
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside (riversideartmuseum.org)

Hostile Terrain ‘94: The Undocumented Migration Project
Sept. 17–Jul. 9, 2023
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 North Main Street, Downtown (lapca.org)