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Days of Punk Michael Grecco February 4 - March 19, 2023 Back to All Exhibitions In the cultural crucible of the late 1970s, punk rock music expanded and morphed into the Post-Punk and New Wave movements – and their many offshoots – that prevailed until the early 1990s. During this time, photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker, Michael Grecco, was down and dirty in the thick of it, chronicling the clubs in Boston and New York. His was a unique opportunity to be embedded in this revolutionary scene from the very beginning. Presented for the first time, selections from this body of work – all previously unseen – capture a landmark era in popular culture. Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, onstage, and backstage, Days of Punk is a punk rock exhibition that gets you unprecedented access to the inner circle of the punk rock scene. From the back rooms of venues to the spotlights onstage, Grecco recorded in-your-face images of seminal punk artists including The Cramps, Dead Kennedys, Talking Heads, Human Sexual Response, Adam Ant, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, the Ramones, and many more.

“In one room will be all classic works up till Mannerism. All works will represent religion, mythology, and the Creation. In the other room of MOAH’s Cedar location there will be works from Modernism up to a work of Edward Hopper. In this room I will talk about the present through some works which really talk to us about the pandemic situation, poetically.” - Julio Anaya Cabanding The relentless passage of time, its impact, and the constant change have been explained by classical philosophy through the concepts of the "past", the "present", and the "future". It is their linear interchange that generates the unstoppable stream we all experience as life, an ongoing process which we had a chance to reexamine to great extent in the past year and a half of the global pandemic. Such historically unequaled premise prompted Julio Anaya Cabanding (1987), to conceptualize a showcase that will talk about human life history through the exploration of the history of painting, with an accent on the most recent period of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing. Channeling his personal concerns and experiences through his vast knowledge and love for the medium of painting, and materializing it through an impeccable conceptual and technical ability, Malaga-born artist is introducing his poetic vision of the Past and Present. Going to his studio during the months of strict lockdowns in Spain, Anaya Cabanding experienced the usually bustling streets of Malaga more desolated and unnerving than he could ever imagine. The lively atmosphere of the coastal Andalucian town was replaced by the uncomfortable emptiness, evoking the ambiance of Giorgio de Chirico's motionless cityscapes basking in the bright daylight of the Mediterranean sun. During the same period, the artist spent long hours, days, weeks, and months, at home with his girlfriend, physically isolated from the rest of the world. Recognizing the atmosphere of the detached subjects in Edward Hopper's work, it was one of his paintings, Room in New York, 1932, that finally moved the artist to envision an exhibition with such percipient concept. Having a chance to create and present an entirely new body of work in an institution such as the Lancaster Museum of Art & History, prompted the artist to reconstruct somewhat of a human life timeline metaphorically narrated through the history of painting. Using his signature trompe l'oeil pictorial interventions on found cardboard, Anaya Cabanding attentively appointed an extensive selection of renowned masterpieces to represent our shared past. Starting from The Origin of the Milky Way by Tintoretto,1575–1580, over Jan van Eyck's portraits of Adam and Eve from the Ghent Altarpiece, 1432, all the way to Rogier van der Weyden's Crucifixión triptych, 1443-1445, the five works in the first, pre-Modernism room reference the creation, mythology, and Christianity. The chronicle continues in the second room where a series of seven landscapes stand for the beauty of untouched nature, which is suddenly interrupted by the presence of what we recognize as a civilized human. Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818, one of the most important works of German Romanticism, here stands as the historic turnaround, a metaphorical portrait of humanity face-off with the unbeatable strength of sublime nature. Such monumental anticlimax is sensibly leading to René Magritte's The Key of the Field, 1936, and Giorgio de Chirico's The Return of the Poet, 1911, two depictions of telling surreal scenes that envisioned our recent reality. Continuing over Pablo Picasso's The Yellow Shirt (Dora Maar), 1939, rendering of a seated woman that is physically falling apart as she's nervously waiting to stand up from the seated position, the exhibition wraps up suspended in the anticipation of the aforementioned Hopper's peeping classic. In an effort to accentuate the illusion of the actual museum display, ‘Past and Present’ marks the first exhibition comprising only works painted to the very edges of the found cardboard. Interested in the confusion that painted images can initiate, especially their relationships with the points of view and/or shadows, the presentation also includes his first works which are stepping off the flatness of the wall and into real space. Just as Anaya Cabanding’s practice of painting priceless masterpieces in abandoned spaces or on found cardboard recontextualizes their prestigious aura, repurposing them into a timeline of human life disputes the centuries of their traditional evaluation, giving them more emotive, existential, human value. Text courtesy of Sasha Bogojev (Juxtapoz contributing writer)

40th Annual High School Student Art Exhibition Antelope Valley Union High School District April 3, 2025 - May 18, 2025 Back to All Exhibitions MOAH:CEDAR and the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) are proud to present the 40th annual Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) Student Art Exhibition, taking place from Thursday, April 3, 2025, to Sunday, May 18, 2025. This highly anticipated exhibition provides a unique opportunity for high school students across the Antelope Valley to showcase their artistic talent in a professional gallery setting. The exhibition will officially open with an awards ceremony on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 6 PM in Cedar Hall. This special event will celebrate the creativity and dedication of young artists, recognizing outstanding works across various artistic disciplines. This year’s exhibition features approximately 180 selected works, including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and multimedia pieces, chosen by representatives from the museum after reviewing student art portfolios. Participating schools include all eight district high schools within the Antelope Valley Union High School District. MOAH:CEDAR invites the community to visit and support these talented young artists as they take their first steps into the world of professional art. Join us in celebrating their artistic achievements and exploring the creativity of the next generation

Figuratively Jose Lozano December 7, 2019 - February 9, 2020 Back to All Exhibitions Jose Lozano is a multimedia artist who is considered a principal in the Los Angeles Latino arts scene. His figurative drawings, paintings, and mixed media works transform everyday scenarios into humorous and satirical subject matter. His playful style and curiosity give his work a mischievous and childlike quality. Combining social issues such as identity, cultural erasure, and cultural amnesia with comedic elements makes his work approachable. This accessibility creates an entry point for the viewer to imagine themselves in a scenario that may be unfamiliar and foreign while challenging a dialogue of understanding and tolerance. Jose Lozano received his Master of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited widely at venues that include the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, The Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art, Patricia Correia Gallery, Self Help Graphics and Art in Los Angeles, California and Avenue 50 Studio, Inc in Los Angeles, California. He has received many awards including a J. Paul Getty Mid-Career Grant in Painting and a California Arts Council Grant for Drawing and Painting.

Solstice Various Artists May 30 - June 28, 2015 Back to All Exhibitions Marthe Aponte, Christine Kline, Antoinette De Paiva and Terry Cervantes led an intimate and explorational tour about their artistic processes.

Celebrate Lancaster Various Artists October 21, 2017 - January 6, 2018 Back to All Exhibitions Celebrate Lancaster highlights various features of culture throughout the region’s existence, spanning from prehistory to contemporary times. Key characteristics of life in Lancaster will be accentuated through displays of archival records and three-dimensional objects from MOAH’s permanent collection, detailing the area’s transition from a small western town into an official California city. Primary themes include: paleoindian and prehistoric archaeology, early pioneers and colonizers, local industries such as mining, railroads and agriculture, traditional fairs and festivals and other ephemera contributing to the distinctiveness of this high-desert settlement. Highlighting the moments in Lancaster’s history that make it a unique cultural destination, Celebrate Lancaster tells the story of the City’s inimitable heritage, valuable to both local residents and visitors to the region.

Artists Dean and Laura Larson collaborate in a cautionary series of stories chronicling the consequences of climate change and extinction told through the lens of the Larson’s hybrid animal-human creatures called The Mourners . Inspired by the 14th and 15th century sorrowful alabaster figures of monks and clerics surrounding the tomb of John the Fearless, the second duke of Burgundy, the Larson’s take these symbols of religious devotion and create their own figures grieving the loss of life on earth. Through Dean’s digitally manipulated photographs and Laura’s anthropomorphic figures, The Mourners traverse different historical periods of time in Europe. Their journey starts from the rudimentary beginning of time to the eventual destruction of Earth to examine, lament, and eventually create their own surrealist utopia. Together, the Larson’s have a combined experience of 90 years making art. Dean and Laura Larson’s collaborative imagery uses the parlance of storytelling, through digital images and sculptures. In 2015, drawing from Dean’s love of architecture and landscape and Laura’s fascination with medieval sculpture, they began combining their photographic images from various locations, especially Europe. Dean and Laura live in Los Angeles and have both shown their work extensively over the course of their marriage, individually and collaboratively , as well as nationally and internationally.

There is a specific moment when we suspend our disbelief and are seduced by an illusion. When this happens, we are not looking at something, but looking at ourselves perceiving it. This exhibition psychoanalyzes the horrors of our current pandemic, political warfare, personal trauma, and the mental delirium of quarantine. The paintings scintillate and fade between sinister and majestic, grotesque and imperial, exposing the emotional upheaval of cognitive dissonance and dissociation. Using obscured installation and subtle shifts of color and light temperature, the viewing experience becomes nuanced and introspective. More broadly, the paintings also engage in a conversation with intersectional queer feminism, traditional voyueristic compositions, the male gaze and socio-sexual empowerment issues. Aesthetically, they illuminate an Old Master style; the subjects are posed, the mood is dramatic, but they also exploit and contemporize it; the locus of composition is skewed, the light logic is reversed. Meticulously choreographing a dramatic dynamic between the subject and the space it occupies, the work is able to guide, critique and call into question the generic way a painting is received. The work is aimed to reify a psychological and reflexive viewing experience that ultimately transcends the viewer into an unknown consciousness. Feeney’s paintings are published in Huffington Post, Manifest, Juxtapoz, BeautifulBizarre, Young-Space, Uproxx and Art in America. She has been awarded fourteen solo shows and thirty seven selected group exhibitions in the past five years. Her credentials also include numerous national and international art residencies and first place honors at juried group competitions. She has a Bachelor of Arts from University of California Los Angeles and a Master of Fine Arts from Laguna College of Art and Design. Feeney is a college professor and exhibiting artist based in Los Angeles

Synthesis: 30th Annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition Synthesis, the 30th Annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition, includes well over 100 energetic and captivating submissions by our region’s talented artists. The entries were judged by Shana Nys Dambrot and Paige Wery, two Southern California esteemed curators and arts writers. All work in this exhibition was produced within the past three years and has not previously been shown at MOAH. All forms of artistic media, including, but not limited to painting, photography and mixed-media were welcomed. Winners were chosen by the esteemed judges with additional awards given by community members and City leaders. Artists: Aaron Holliday, Aazam Irilian, AJ Basilio, AJ Currado, Alexis Guerrero, Allondra E. Murillo, Antoinette DePaiva, Ashley Griffith, Candace A. Thomas, Chandler Hudson, Christiana Kallemeyn, Crissy Lee Cordell, Cynthia McConnell, David Walker, Deborah Ross, Debra Schneider, Dennis M. Borak, Douglas Wade, Elena Kammer, Elizabeth Angeoa, Geoffrey E. Levitt, Grace Hooper, Grant Sorenson, Hanna Creech, Isabela Garcia-Work, Jerry Walker, Jim Wilson, John Frick, Joshua Patterson, June Patterson, Katherine Shannon, Katherine Stocking-Lopez, Kathryn Newman, Kathy Wooden, Kris Holladay, Kristi Arzola, Kristina Bell, Lynell Dow, Marcy Watton, Marietta Irvin, Marinnangely Lara, Marthe Aponte, Martina Hernandez, Maximino Aquino, Michael C. French, Michael Jones, Midge Haggard- Burthe, Nola Zhang, Patrick L. Karwoski, Pauline Numer, Renato DeGuia, Ricardo Cisneros, Ricky Perkins, Ron Pinkerton, Ryan Cheney, Sal Vasquez, Samantha Jackson, Samantha M. Orellana, Scott Howard, Sheila A. Murillo, Sheila Murillo, Sheryl Creech, Stalin R. Usher II, Stephanie Koza, Stevie Love, Susie Seitz-King, Ted Berghofer, Terri Walker, Tim Alt, Tina Dille, Tyler Bozarth, Uriah Lendsey, Zoe Jefferson Juror Bios: Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, author and editor based in Los Angeles. She currently writes, edits and contributes to the Huffington Post, WhiteHot, Art Ltd., VS Magazine, Flaunt, Bluecanvas and LA Weekly. Adding to her impressive reservoir of qualifications, Dambrot is a contributor to KCET’s award-winning transmedia project Artbound, a program which connects KCET’s internet and television audiences. Dambrot is also the author of a monthly art essay which is published online at createfixate.com. She has been featured in numerous art publications including Juxtapoz, Female FYI and Artweek and was the managing editor for Flavorpill LA from 2002 to 2010. Her knowledge of the industry and artistic affinity is expected to add prestige to the 30th annual event. Paige Wery is an artist who specializes in promoting self-taught artists through her private venue, The Good Luck Gallery. She first became involved with the art scene by establishing and promoting her own artwork on Venice Beach. Wery then branched out to curate shows for other self-taught artists and is now the owner and curator of The Good Luck Gallery in Los Angeles. She was also the publisher of the art-renowned magazine, Artillery, from 2007 until 2013. Wery’s experience with self-taught artists and Artillery magazine makes her an ideal judge for the juried art show. 30th Annual All-Media High School Art Exhibition For over 30 years MOAH has showcased local student artists in the Annual Antelope Valley Union High School District Exhibition. Each year, teachers are asked to nominate students for entry in the exhibition; those entries are later judged in their respective categories by a Teachers’ Committee, MOAH’s Museum Manager, community arts organizations and Lancaster’s Municipal leadership. The awards arepresented during the public opening reception. For the first time this year, non-district high schools are also represented in the exhibition. Bringing together 12 schools and 108 students, the exhibition includes painting, ceramics, photography, mixed-media and more. Art making is an all-encompassing effort that takes problem solving, goal setting, open mindedness and hard work. Art making is also highly rewarding. MOAH believes in the value art holds for students’ personal and academic development and is an active advocate for arts education. Artists: Abigail Soto, Aerlynn Freeman, Allison Eskenazi, Ana Meridia, Anna Guillermo, Anthony Hernandez, Anthony Segovia, Ashley Mae Puckett, Atali Parcedes, Bernadette Saromo, Bianca Rios, Briana Barboza, Briana Crocoll, Bryan Godinez, Cairo Harrell, Carly Hickman, Cassidy Stanford, Cesar Barillas, Chidera Chinedum, Christian Chavez Alvarenga, Claire Carlton, Cynthia Milan, Dakota Palmer, Dakotah Gordon, Danette Moreno, David Guerrero, Dylan Padilla, Edwin Morales, Emily Lopez, Erica Fernandez, Erick Sanchez, Esme Miranda, Evelyn Sanchez, Fernando Aguirre, Gary Allen, Gema Soto, Hector Perez-Aguilar, Heidi Miller, Isabella Hall, Issac Mosqueda, Jaclynn Rose Correa, Jacquelyn Agilar, Jacquelyn Garcia, Jaime Torres, Janice Alvarado, Jazmine R. Gaitan, Jenevieve Morehouse, Jenny Trujillo, Joi Davis, Jonathan Hernandez, Josian Zuniga, Josue Rodriguez, Julian Green, Kaitlyn Benoit Wong, Kaitlyn Grulkowski, Karen Guillen, Katherine Villacorta, Kesley Iribarren, Laura Jones, Lilianna Rosales, Liz Victoria Franes, Madison Gale, Malik Gainer, Marilyn Rodriguez, Marina Heredia, Marlene Rivera, Mary Ann Juarez, Meaghan Brown, Michaila Green, Michelle Nguyen, Michelle San Andres, Miguel Llerenas, Nailah Murray, Natalie Davilla, Nathaniel Diaz,Pable Mercado, Parker Nave, Rachel Yap, Randy Rivera, Renee Robles, Richard Marsh, Samantha Drake, Samantha Newport, Samantha Rodriguez-Solano, Savannah Mathews, Sean Arcamo, Serina Cole, Sherri Jones, Tristan Garingalao, Vaniq Ortiz, Victor Gonzales Guiterrez, Victoria Gambrel, Violeta Sanchez, Yulissa Lemus Reyes. Also featuring a group entry by students Alvis, Beeler, Campas, Cortez, Lemus, Milligan, Osuna, Rosales, Scott, Segovia and Thomas. Educators' Art Exhibition In addition to the student showcase, MOAH recognizes educator’s artistic practices with the 2nd Annual High School Art Educators’ Exhibition. Artist educators have unique opportunities to merge their respective academic and studio fields into rich classroom experiences. Teachers help guide the creative process and aid students in pushing through road blocks. In turn, MOAH also recognizes the artistic rigor necessary to grow and develop personal work, parallel to mentoring students day in and day out. Artists: Cesar deGuia, Dan Phelan, Deepak Dhillonn, Denise Games, Erin Jones, Frank Dixon, Joshua Patterson, Kiley Craft, Kris Holladay, Peter Schiller, Rose Max, Sharon Brooks, Stacey Major, Steven R. Calzada

Matt Picon was born and raised throughout Southern California and is currently living and working in El Paso, Texas. With a background in photography and graphic design, his work moved to site-specific interventions and video installations prior to obtaining his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia at Arizona State University in 2013. He invested in creating relationships between traditional and non-traditional materials and how they communicate form, history and purpose to the viewer. The objects and installations vary on material use, but are mainly constructed of repurposed wood and steel with other conventional materials applied in alternative ways. Sculptures from a recent body of work entitled “Coyotes, Whiskey, and Fireworks,” are based on historical research, observations and personal experiences in the Mojave Desert, specifically the Antelope Valley. Calling Lancaster home during his formative years, Picon found it necessary to revisit and focus on not just his memories of the region but also the stories that came before his own. In response, Picon has created sculptures and installations that address the landscape, suburban development, homesteads, historical forms and personal stories.

Perceive Me Kristine Schomaker October 9, 2021 - December 12, 2021 Back to All Exhibitions Featured Artists: Amanda Mears, Anna Kostanian, Anna Stump, Ashley Bravin, Austin Young, Baha Danesh, Betzi Stein, Bibi Davidson, Bradford J Salamon, Caron Rand, Carson Grubaugh, Catherine Ruane, Chris Blevins-Morrison, Christina Ramos, Cynda Valle, Daena Title, Daggi Wallace, Dani Dodge, Debbie Korbel, Debby/ Larry Kline, Debe Arlook, Diane Cockerill, Donna Bates, Elizabeth Tobias, Ellen Friedlander, Emily Wiseman, Geneva Costa, J Michael Walker, Jane Szabo, Janet Milhomme, Jeffrey Sklan, Jesse Standlea, John Waiblinger, Jorin Bossen, K Ryan Henisey, Karen Hochman Brown, Kate Kelton, Kate Savage, Kerri Sabine- Wolf, Kim Kimbro, L Aviva Diamond, Leslie Lanxinger, Mara Zaslove, Marjorie Salvaterra, Martin Cox, Monica Sandoval, Nancy Kay Turner, Nurit Avesar, Phung Huynh, Rakeem Cunningham, Serena Potter, Sheli Silverio, Susan Amorde, Susan T. Kurland, Sydney Walters, Tanya Ragir, Tony Pinto, and Vicki Walsh. In Perceive Me, an installation of 73 artworks from 60 different artists, organizer and instigator Kristine Schomaker challenges society, the art world, and herself to become more accepting of human differences — especially differences in size. For the project, Schomaker asked Los Angeles-based artists to do nude portraits of her plus-size form using any media. She then took on a performative role, posing in the nude for each artist, and in turn the artists created work that reflects their unique perception of her. Instead of critiquing or shaming Schomaker’s body, which is so often the experience of plus-sized people, the artists celebrated it by creating paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, video, and even a 3-D print. As an ongoing project, the collaborations with participatory artists have become part of Schomaker’s personal creative growth and emotional healing. She comments, “Not only is the art outstanding but the love they have for me is reflected in the works. Their vision of me heals me on levels beyond the body.” Schomaker sees Perceive Me as a vital social practice, opening the door for conversations about the personal and universal values of self and society. She states that it is a “platform for empowerment, for owning who we are, for being unique and authentic, for taking back our bodies… for being true, powerful and strong no matter what body shape, size, color, or gender we are. Perceive Me is for everyone.” Kristine Schomaker is an artist, curator, and publisher living and working at The Brewery Artist Lofts in Los Angeles, California. She earned her Bachelor of Art degree in art history and Master of Art degree in studio art from California State University, Northridge. Schomaker founded Shoebox Arts in 2014, followed by Shoebox Projects, an alternative art space, in 2017. She is also the publisher of Los Angeles contemporary art magazine Art and Cake. Schomaker is currently the president of the California State University Northridge Arts Alumni Association and social media manager for the Brewery Artwalk Association.

38th Annual High School Student Art Exhibition Antelope Valley Union High School District March 30 - April 30, 2023 Back to All Exhibitions The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) and MOAH:CEDAR are excited to announce the Museum’s 38th Annual High School Student Art Exhibition! Hosted by MOAH:CEDAR, an institution that has a long standing history of being recognized as the community hub of art and culture. This highly anticipated event promises an unforgettable opportunity for students and community members alike. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, March 30 from 5-7 PM with an awards ceremony at 6 PM. The exhibition will remain on view through April 30, 2023. The gallery will be open to the public during MOAH:CEDAR’s hours of operation. Media categories featured in the exhibition include: painting, drawing, ceramics, digital and film photography, 2D and 3D and mixed media.