MOAH:CEDAR presents Creative Pollination Art Mixers, a space where ideas bloom and cross-pollinate. This event brings artists of all levels together in order to foster community, discuss various topics of interest, share art, and expand skills. Each month will feature a special guest and themed discussion for tips on developing a career in the arts as well as feature a selection of video art screenings.

 

Gatherings are held every third Thursday of the month from 5pm-8pm. They are FREE to the public. No reservation required, but you are encouraged to RSVP at our Eventbrite event. They take place in Cedar Hall. Entrance is through the main entrance off Cedar Ave. or through our "Artist's Garden" and the patio gate entrance on the north side of the Cedar Center for the Arts (just off Lancaster Blvd.) - look for the butterfly sculptures and hummingbird mural.  

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Guest Speaker Schedule

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - January Parkos Arnall, PhD - Director, Public Programs and Creative Practice at Lucas Museum: Building Bridges with Public Art Programming

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January Parkos Arnall is Director, Public Programs and Creative Practice at Lucas Museum, where she is tasked with delivering programming and creative initiatives that connect people to each other and the world around them. Prior to the Lucas, Parkos Arnall was Curator and head of the Performance and Public Practice department at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. At the MCA, she oversaw The Commons, a site for artistic and civic engagement and with her department spearheaded hundreds of talks, programs, and performances as well as the museum’s partnership and engagement portfolio. Before the MCA she held a curatorial appointment at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, where she focused on Public Engagement and facilitated the Artist Council, bringing the voice of living artists into the museum’s strategic and programmatic planning. Parkos Arnall holds a PhD in cultural studies and museum theory from Claremont Graduate University, an MFA from Temple University, Tyler School of Art, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and she will earn an MBA at the University of Southern California in 2024.

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Past Speakers:

July - Andi Campognone, City of Lancaster Manager Arts & Museums, Advice for advancement in an arts career

August -   Nathanial Ancheta, Co-Founder Art In Residence, Presentation: Beyond the Surface: Understanding Art through Contextual 

September - Joy Ray, Visual Artist  &  Nicole Slater, Strategic Marketing Consultant The Artistic Advantage: Unleashing ChatGPT's Potential for Artists

October - Mike O'Connor, Fine Art Speaker and Trainer, Finding and Delivering your Story

November - Lauren Cross, PhD, Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts (Huntington Library), Collaborations with Curators

January 2024 - Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly, Arts Editior, - Critic, Curator, Personality, Ask Me Anything

February 2024-   Nathanial Ancheta, Co-Founder Art In Residence