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Uncovering Existence: Selections from the Museum's Permanent Collection February 15 - March 16, 2025 1/1 Uncovering Existence: Selections from the Museum’s Permanent Collection highlights selected works in the Lancaster Museum of Art and History’s (MOAH) permanent collection, showcasing a diverse range of artworks acquired by the museum over the past three decades. The exhibition presents work in a variety of artistic media and methods, ranging from abstract and representational painting, to photography, sculpture, and ceramic. Uncovering Existence features the work of 35 different artists at various stages of their artistic careers including: Abel Alejandre, Adrian Anguiano, April Bey, Perez Bros., Brooks Byrd, Lavialle Campbell, Doctor Eye, Lanise Howard, Suda House, Cynthia Ona Innis, Jorge A. Jimerez Jr., Christine Kline, Gary Lambert, Kevin Kowalski, B. Robert Moore, Mahtab Mohammadi, Sheila Pinkel, Elyse Pignolet, Melanie Walker, Samuelle Richardson, Melissa Reischman, Christopher Russell, Jim Seargeant, Katherine Stocking-Lopez, Jane Szabo, George Van Saake, Vyal Reyes, Amir Zaki, Manuel Zamudio, and Stevie Love, as well as, the 2024 All-Media Juried Exhibition winner Francis Robateau. The exhibition showcases the breadth of artists and pieces in MOAH’s permanent collection and addresses themes of memory, identity, and personal history. Through the works in the show, viewers can examine the vital role that the museum’s collection plays in preserving and interpreting cultural narratives in order to encourage dialogue about representation, inclusivity, and a deeper understanding of the human experience. By sharing diverse stories and perspectives, the museum remains relevant and engaged, ensuring that cultural heritage is honored and shared with future generations. Back to All Exhibitions

Habitat: Explorations Stephanie Sydney August 13 - October 23, 2022 1/2 As global warming and climate change continue to wreak havoc on the earth’s ecosystem, Los Angeles-based artist, Stephanie Sydney, examines the behaviors and attitudes of human nature and their direct contribution to the destruction and decay of the natural world. Through her carefully constructed digital collages, she combines her knowledge of painting and digital design. These collages are created through the use of Photoshop where she manipulates and layers images on top of one another. Through this layering of images, Sydney examines her fascination with the idea of juxtaposition between extreme concepts like life and death, strength and fragility, chaos and order, among others. Originally trained as a painter, Sydney views her photography as a canvas and Photoshop as her paintbrush, using the program to manipulate the size, color, and shape of her chosen images. The result reveals a surrealist interpretation of reality whose visual associations compel the viewers to question the relationship between the individual images and the overall message presented. These optic explorations of the natural world and urban blight reconstruct her spontaneous snapshots of everyday life into a meaningful investigation into the effects of global warming. Stephanie Sydney is a London-born artist who currently resides in Venice, California. She works in several media including mixed media, assemblage sculpture, installation, performance art, photography, digital, and digital collages. Her work is in several collections including Banque BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley in New York. She has had solo exhibitions at Brand Library Art Gallery in Glendale, California; Gallery 825 in Los Angeles; Crafton Hills College Art Gallery in Yucaipa, California; and Villa di Donato in Naples, Italy. Sydney’s work has also been shown at Gallery FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain; and Raleigh Towers in Los Angeles, California; Launch LA and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California; Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York; San Diego Museum of Art, and BG Gallery in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California. Back to All Exhibitions

The World According to Sim Nay & Julie Schuder February 5, 2015 The World According to Sim The World According to Sim The World According to Sim The World According to Sim 1/3 Best friends and partners for over two decades, Nay and Julie share an unusual bond. Their unspoken understanding of one another, coupled with their ever increasing desire to challenge the limits of clay create the ideal scenario for collaboration in sculpture. Benefiting by their merged strengths, their concepts evolve into surreal creations revealing a light-hearted, innocent charm and organic nature with a spontaneous quality all their own. Back to All Exhibitions

Juried Art Exhibition 2021 Various Artists May 22, 2021 - June 27, 2021 1/69 The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) and MOAH:CEDAR are thrilled to announce the 36th Annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition. In this annual exhibition, artists of all ages and experience levels from around the Antelope Valley and the 5th Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County are welcomed to participate. Back to All Exhibitions

We Are All In This World Together Dean and Laura Larson July 22, 2023 - September 10, 2023 Dean and Laura Larson, Patient Listner, Archival Pigment Print, 2017 Laura Larson, Buffalo at Lyon, Archival Pigment Print, 2016 Dean and Laura Larson, Fiddling Around, Digital Image on Aluminum Panel, 2022 Dean and Laura Larson, Patient Listner, Archival Pigment Print, 2017 1/4 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. Back to All Exhibitions

Water Works Various Artists September 5, 2015 Water Works Water Works 1/1 Curated by Juri Koll, the artists in this show use watercolor, inks, and other liquid media for a variety of reasons - some love the risk of not being able to alter the result once it hits the paper. Others have a more formal reason for the process. Some use the medium as a contemplative, almost reverential experience, or for "quiet meditation or being present in the moment," as Shana Nys Dambrot says. All these motivations inspire these works and engage the audience with the here and now, regardless of when the work was completed. Many of the artists have been influenced in some way by Japanese Sumi painters or modern artists such as Sam Francis. The Sam Francis Foundation sponsored the catalog, a copy of which has become part of the Sam Francis archives at the GETTY Museum Research Institute Library. Back to All Exhibitions

Beyond the Blue Prison Arts Collective August 31, 2019 - November 10, 2019 “Beyond the Blue” by Prison Arts Collective “Beyond the Blue” by Prison Arts Collective 1/5 “Beyond the Blue” is a traveling exhibition of over 100 works of art created in California by incarcerated individuals participating in weekly arts programming through the Prison Arts Collective (PAC). The artists included seek to transform their lives through art and aim to shift society’s stereotypical image of ‘inmate’ or ‘prisoner’ by sharing their personal expressions, goals, and talents to demonstrate their shared humanity. The Prison Arts Collective now facilitates weekly programs in eight California state prisons and will expand to twelve institutions by 2020. The project’s multidisciplinary arts classes are led by a collaborative team of teaching artists, university students, and peer facilitators. The program also offers a comprehensive Arts Facilitator Training program for incarcerated individuals that want to grow as leaders and mentors by facilitating art classes. The PAC is founded by Annie Buckley, Professor and Director of Art + Design at San Diego State University, and supported by Arts in Corrections, an initiative of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Arts Council. Back to All Exhibitions

Royal Disillusion Zära Monet Feeney January 30, 2021 - June 27, 2021 Zara Monet Feeney_Encore.jpg Zara Monet Feeney_Killer Crown.jpg 3_Zara Monet Feeney.jpg Zara Monet Feeney_Encore.jpg 1/4 360 virtual tour by Birdman 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 Back to All Exhibitions

Celebrate Lancaster Various Artists October 21, 2017 - January 6, 2018 Celebrate Lancaster Celebrate Lancaster Celebrate Lancaster Celebrate Lancaster 1/12 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. Back to All Exhibitions

Perceive Me Kristine Schomaker October 9, 2021 - December 12, 2021 1/12 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. Back to All Exhibitions

40th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition June 7 - July 20, 2025 1/1 The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) and MOAH:CEDAR are thrilled to announce the 40th Annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition. Artists of all ages and experience levels from around the Antelope Valley and the greater 5th Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County are welcome to participate. The exhibition will celebrate participating artists with a reception on Saturday, June 7 from 4 PM to 6 PM. The awards ceremony will begin at 6 PM in Cedar Hall, where over $1,000 will be awarded to participants by the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation and various small businesses, community organizations, public officials, and other sponsors. The exhibition will run from Saturday, June 7 to Sunday, July 20, 2025. ONLINE SUBMISSION OPENING Friday, April 18 at 10 AM PST ONLINE SUBMISSION DEADLINE Sunday, May 18 at 10:59 PM PST (don’t wait until the last minute) OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 7 at 4 PM- 6 PM Apply Now Back to All Exhibitions

Juried Art Exhibition 2019 Various Artist May 25, 2019 - June 23, 2019 Juried Show 2019 Juried Show 2019 1/1 The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) and MOAH:CEDAR are excited to announce the Museum’s 34th Annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibition kicks off with an opening reception celebrating local artists on Saturday, May 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. Beginning at 6 p.m. an awards ceremony will take place where over $1,000 will be awarded to participants. The exhibition will run from Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, June 23. This year’s jurors include Executive Director of Los Angeles Art Association, Peter Mays, Director of Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Isabelle Lutterodt and Associate Professor of Art, Antelope Valley College, David Babb. Jurors: Peter Mays is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) and its premiere La Cienega exhibition space Gallery 825. Mays believes LAAA is now poised to launch the next phase of the 94-year-old organization's expansion and commitment to Los Angeles' emerging artists. Since joining LAAA in June 2005, Peter has implemented cultural exchanges with Switzerland (Basel), Korea, Germany and China, initiated collaborative programming with institutions like Harvard, MoCA and Otis, as well as with artists Tim Hawkinson, Lita Albuquerque and renown physicist Lisa Randall, secured the very best curators to jury LAAA exhibitions, increased LAAA's career development programs and direct services by 30% and created LAAA's public art program which was selected as one of the top public art works completed in 2010 by Americans for the Arts. In 2018 Mays was the recipient of the City of West Hollywood’s first ever curatorial grant for LAAA’s public art presentation of James Peterson’s Cacti. Isabelle Lutterodt is the Director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Barnsdall Art Park for the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. She formerly served as the Director of Visual Arts at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, where she curated for the gallery and oversaw a studio artist program. She holds an MFA in Photography from California Institute of Arts, Valencia, CA and an MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies from the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Prior to moving to the UK, she curated as part of the collective M.U.L.E. exhibitions throughout the Los Angeles area focused on cultural and community based issues. In addition to curating Isabelle has worked with organizations in Europe, New York, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles developing programming that supports arts education. Organizations include: the Getty Museum, Maryland Parks and Recreation, the Fresh Air Fund, the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), Marlborough School in Los Angeles. David Babb is an artist and educator living in Lancaster, California. He is an Associate Professor of Art at Antelope Valley College teaching studio classes for 17 years. He has also been a lecturer at California State University Bakersfield Antelope Valley Campus. In addition to teaching, David was also the Art Gallery Director at Antelope Valley College for 11 years. His work is produced in a range of media, from painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, installation, digital illustration, video, and film and is locally and regionally exhibited. As an obsessive gardener and plant collector, David’s work often employs natural forms to reveal aspects of the human condition. His work has been featured on ARTBOUND. The exhibition, will be on view Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, June 23 during MOAH:CEDAR’s regular hours of operation, Thursday through Sunday from 2 to 8 p.m. Community members are invited to view the art and share photos on Instagram using #MOAHJuried2019 . Visitors are also encouraged to vote for their favorite pieces using #MOAHPeoplesChoice , as the artwork with the most votes on Instagram will receive a special prize following the exhibition. Back to All Exhibitions