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Time to RSVP! 🔗 in bio⁠ Now Be Here’s Historic Photo & Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles Programming ⁠ May 31, 2026, 9 am - 3 pm, Occidental College. ⁠ ⁠ We’re excited to share the programs for the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles events! The programming is free and open to artists and art workers of all genders.⁠ ⁠ Panels:⁠ Equal Percent: Ongoing Strategies for Resisting Sexism in the Art Market / No Unsolicited Submissions: Navigating Relationships with Curators and Gallerists⁠ ⁠ Community Conversations:⁠ How Do We Do This Differently? / When the Margin is the Center: Identity, Politics, and Art / For Freedoms School: Navigating the Currents of Change, Intersession / Artists, Community Resilience & Mutual Aid / Archiving for Us / Procession: Art as Ecological Practice / Where Are You Now? Where Will Your Work Go? / Art+: The Politics of Visibility⁠ ⁠ Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles is organized by Now Be Here and OXY ARTS in collaboration with a coalition of 50+ regional arts organizations, and made possible by Artlogic, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, ArtConverge, East West Bank, and Claremont Graduate University Art Department, with thanks to Fulcrum Arts.⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @isabelavila.photo @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @losangelesartistcensus @lacarchive @metabolicstudio @meztliprojects @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @shg1970 @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @uscroski @warholfoundation @wendemuseum⁠ taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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Washington DC-based artist Mary Early [@maryearly] studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Galerie Im Ersten, Kloster Schloss Salem, Kunstlerbund Tubingen, the American University Museum, the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Freight Gallery, WAS Gallery, the Delaware Contemporary Art Center, and The Phillips Collection, among other regional and national galleries.⁠ ⁠ Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, over the last two decades, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Works in the last decade have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record. For more context on the pictured work, please visit her website’s 2017-2020 Linea Series⁠ ⁠ Early is featured in the current exhibition “Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise,” on view at The Phillips Collection [@thephillipscollection] in Washington DC, through September 20th. Her work is also included in the upcoming exhibition “Common Things: Art and Objects in Public Life,” presented in partnership with the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College [@hannaharendtcenteratbard] at the AU Museum at the Katzen Arts Center [@aumuseum_katzen] by Crowstep Projects [@crowstepprojects], February 6, 2027 - May 23, 2027⁠ ⁠ Work pictured:⁠ Untitled (curve), Mary Early, 2017⁠ ⁠ #NowBeHereArt⁠ #MaryEarly⁠ #NonBinaryArtists⁠ #WomenArtists⁠ #Sculpture⁠ #Beeswax by @nowbehereart
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#10Years in Los Angeles: On this day, 10 years ago, over 700 women and non-binary artists gathered in our Downtown Los Angeles courtyard for a remarkable, one-time-only historic portrait. Conceived by Venice-based artist Kim Schoenstadt (@kimschoenstadt), ‘Now Be Here’ (@nowbehereart)—a gathering of 733 contemporary artists that included @marykellyartist, @alison_saar, @BetyeSaar and Barbara T. Smith—took place during the closing weekend of the inaugural exhibition ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016.’ ⁠ ⁠ Through nearly 100 works made by 34 artists over the preceding seven decades, ‘Revolution’ traced ways in which women have changed the course of art by deftly transforming the language of sculpture from the postwar period to today. ⁠ ⁠ Now Be Here #1, Los Angeles (2016) was organized by Kim Schoenstadt (@kimschoenstadt) along with Aandrea Stang (@AandreaStang). The group photograph was shot by noted photographers Isabel Avila (@isabelavila.photo) and Carrie Yury. ⁠ ⁠ As we celebrate 10 years in Los Angeles, we’re looking back at the exhibitions, artists and moments that have shaped our Downtown LA gallery since 2016. ⁠ ⁠ #HauserWirthLosAngeles ⁠ ⁠ 1. Now Be Here #1, Los Angeles, 28 August 2016. Courtesy Kim Schoenstadt and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Isabel Avila and Carrie Yury ⁠ 2. Shinique Smith, Forgiving Strands, 2015 – 2016. Installation view, ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016.’ Photo: Brian Forrest⁠ ⁠ 3. Installation view, ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016.’ Louise Bourgeois: Art © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Brian Forrest⁠ ⁠ 4. Phyllida Barlow, untitled: pianoframeandcover, 2014. Phyllida Barlow, untitled: GIG, 2014 – 2015. Installation view, ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016.’ Photo: Brian Forrest⁠ ⁠ 5. Jackie Winsor, 30 to 1 Bound Trees, 1971 – 1972 / 2016 © Jackie Winsor. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York and Hauser & Wirth. Installation view, ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016,’ Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles, 2016. Photo: Brian Forrest taken in Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles by @nowbehereart
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A few of our amazing volunteers from the 31st event!⁠ Thank you to all the volunteers and everyone who came out to the event and made the day so special.⁠ by @nowbehereart
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Sharing the timelapse of our group community photo for Now Be Here #5! Thank you to @isabelavila.photo for corralling us and getting such a great shot, and to everybody pictured!⁠ ⁠ We’re so grateful for everyone’s presence, kindness, and support. See more photos from the day on our website (link in bio or www.nowbehereart.com⁠)⁠ ⁠ #nowbeherela2026 #nowbehereart #womenartists #nonbinaryartists by @nowbehereart
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Now Be Here #5 Los Angeles, 2026⁠ Photo by Isabel Avila [@isabelavila.photo], courtesy Now Be Here⁠ Art⁠ ⁠ Thank you to everyone who attended last weekend, and to all those who cheered us on, shared the event, and supported the project!⁠ ⁠ It was such a joy to see so many of our community members gather for a day of meaningful conversations and intentional presence - we are so grateful to all of you. More photos from the day can be found on our website (link in bio)⁠. ⁠ ⁠ Special thanks again to OXY ARTS [@oxyarts] for partnering with us, our main event sponsor Artlogic [@artlogicplatform], and to our entire coalition - we are honored to have shared space with you!⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @isabelavila.photo @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @losangelesartistcensus @lacarchive @metabolicstudio @meztliprojects @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @shg1970 @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @uscroski @warholfoundation @wendemuseum⁠ ⁠ #nowbeherela2026 #nowbehereart #womenartists #nonbinaryartists by @nowbehereart
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THIS SUNDAY (5/31)⁠ 9 am - 3 pm⁠ Occidental College⁠ ⁠ A guide to the Now Be Here 10-Year Anniversary Photograph and Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles Programming⁠ ⁠ We are excited to welcome you TOMORROW! For last-minute RSVPS - link is in our bio⁠ ⁠ Check-in is required for the photograph. No Check-in for the programming. RSVPS are necessary so we can be sure to prepare appropriately. We look forward to having you there!⁠ ⁠ See you tomorrow!⁠ #nowbehereLA26⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @isabelavila.photo @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @losangelesartistcensus @lacarchive @metabolicstudio @meztliprojects @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @shg1970 @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @uscroski @warholfoundation @wendemuseum taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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Art+: The Politics of Visibility⁠ Facilitated by @sovern.la⁠ 12:30 - 1:30 pm, May 31, 2026 at Occidental College⁠ ⁠ Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles - Community Conversation⁠⁠ ⁠ RSVP 🔗 in bio⁠ ⁠ This community conversation explores art as a shared social space where different experiences, identities and perspectives meet, challenge one another, and shape collective understanding. Together, we’ll examine and discuss how artistic practice can move beyond aesthetics, toward healing, accountability, and imagining more just futures in the face of systemic justice.⁠ ⁠ This will be a phones-down, dialogue focused gathering for artists and arts workers of all genders to discuss and connect. Part of the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming. ⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @isabelavila.photo @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @losangelesartistcensus @lacarchive @metabolicstudio @meztliprojects @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @shg1970 @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @uscroski @warholfoundation @wendemuseum⁠ #nowbeherela26 taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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Procession: Art as Ecological Practice⁠ Facilitated by @artistscommit @meztliprojects⁠ 12:30 - 1:30 pm, May 31, 2026 at Occidental College⁠ ⁠ Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles - Community Conversation⁠⁠ ⁠ RSVP 🔗 in bio⁠ ⁠ Art as practice, practice as relationality, relationality as kinship — this community conversation begins with a sharing from Procession, a collaborative project grounded in process, relation and ecological thought rather than object-making. We’ll collectively dialogue and reflect on what it means to approach art as a relational, lived, and ecologically minded practice.⁠ ⁠ This will be a phones-down, dialogue focused gathering for artists and arts workers of all genders to discuss and connect. Part of the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming. ⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @lacarchive @meztliprojects @metabolicstudio @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @uscroski @wendemuseum taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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Archiving for Us⁠ Facilitated by @lacarchive⁠ 12:30 - 1:30 pm, May 31, 2026 at Occidental College⁠ ⁠ Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles - Community Conversation⁠⁠ ⁠ RSVP 🔗 in bio⁠ ⁠ This conversation invites artists to reflect on how we identify what is included in our own archives, how we care for the archives we make for each other, and why we share our artistic ephemera. When we talk, we’ll do so not as “archivists.” Instead we’ll let our experiences, frustrations, and desires build different visions for collective archival practices. What can we recover together?⁠ ⁠ This will be a phones-down, dialogue focused gathering for artists and arts workers of all genders to discuss and connect. Part of the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming. ⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @lacarchive @meztliprojects @metabolicstudio @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @shg1970 @uscroski @wendemuseum taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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For Freedoms School: Navigating the Currents of Change, Intersession⁠ Facilitated by @18thstreetarts @forfreedoms⁠ 12:30 - 1:30 pm, May 31, 2026 at Occidental College⁠ ⁠ Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles - Community Conversation⁠⁠ ⁠ RSVP 🔗 in bio⁠ ⁠ The For Freedoms School is a nomadic, artist-led laboratory for civic reflection, action, and repair. It brings together artists, civic leaders, and cultural producers to learn and unlearn practices that help us navigate moments of profound change and uncertainty. Navigating the Currents of Change Intersession, designed by Miguel Rivera and facilitated by Michelle Woo, For Freedoms, and Michael Ano, 18th Street Arts Center, will invite participants into a shared space of song, writing, and movement-based activities—collective practices that deepen reflection, build connection, and open new ways of engaging with one another and the world.⁠ ⁠ This will be a phones-down, dialogue focused gathering for artists and arts workers of all genders to discuss and connect. Part of the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming. ⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @lacarchive @meztliprojects @metabolicstudio @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @shg1970 @uscroski @wendemuseum taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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How Do We Do This Differently?⁠ Facilitated by @feministcenterforcreativework⁠ 12:30 - 1:30 pm, May 31, 2026 at Occidental College⁠ ⁠ Now Let's Talk, Los Angeles - Community Conversation⁠ ⁠ RSVP 🔗 in bio⁠ ⁠ What would it look like to support artists and art workers without relying on burnout, scarcity, or extractive systems? Join the Feminist Center for Creative Work for a candid, collaborative conversation about building alternative structures for artists and arts workers in Los Angeles. Through shared experiences and collective brainstorming, participants will explore ideas about models rooted in care, sustainability, and mutual accountability.⁠ ⁠ This will be a phones-down, dialogue focused gathering for artists and arts workers of all genders to discuss and connect. Part of the Now Let’s Talk, Los Angeles programming. ⁠ ⁠ @18thstreetarts @angelsgateart @curativeprojects @armoryarts @artconvergecommunity @art.galleria @artcenterexhibitions @_arternal_ @artistscontract @theartistsoffice @artistscommit @artlogicplatform @arts4la @artworkarchive @avenue50studio @bentonatpomona @blueroof.art @calarts @thechapterhousela @cgumfa @cherryworks.art @clockshopla @altereddaily @coritaartcenter @craftcontemporary @crenshawdairymart @culture_list @eastwestbank.us @feministcenterforcreativework @forfreedoms @lafreewaves @fulcrumarts @grandcentralart @guerrillagirls @gyopo.us @hoffman.donahue @theicala @jamuseum @jorifinkel @thejudithcenter @lacommons @welcometolace @nomadicdivision @levelground.co @labandartgallery @lacarchive @meztliprojects @metabolicstudio @nowbehereart @otiscollege @oxyarts @pamuseum_ @pileleprojects @pitzerartgalleries @primerarchives @ruthchandlerwilliamsongallery @sandrajacksondumon @sidestreetorg @sovern.la @shg1970 @uscroski @wendemuseum taken in Occidental College by @nowbehereart
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