
Photo by: Pete Galindo
Amitis Motevalli, An Offering of Honor, produced in collaboration with musician Hesam Abedani and vocalist Bahareh Daneshagar, performance documentation, 2020. © Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

Photo by: Ray Barbera
Installation view, Ser todo es ser parte / To Be Whole Is To Be Part, curated by Selene Preciado, 2020. © Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

Photo by: Juan Silverio
Carmina Escobar, LO ÚNICO SEGURO ES QUE NOS VAMOS A MORIR (The Only Certain Thing is that We are Going to Die) A syncretic celebration of the endless cycle of life and death, produced in collaboration with Wesam Nassar performance still, 2020. © Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Fund: $25,000
LACE is the longest-running incubator for contemporary artists and curators in Los Angeles and The Getty Research Institute acquired The LACE Archives in celebration of its 40 years. LACE champions groundbreaking and socially engaged art and offer a communal center that welcomes a broad audience to create dialogue around art and culture. They curate group exhibitions with important and current themes and present performances exploring social justice issues, such as Guillermo Gomez-Peña: The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist; Sherrill Roland’s The Jumpsuit Project: Hollywood, addressing his wrongful incarceration; and Amitis Motevali’s recent An Offering of Honor. Two signature annual programs are the Emerging Curator’s Program, designed to discover curatorial talent in Los Angeles, and the Summer Artist in Residence Program, which has featured solo projects by Rafa Esparza, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Jimena Sarno, Young Joon Kwak with Mutant Salon, and Sandra De La Loza. In addition, LACE conducts an apprenticeship program that has prepared hundreds who have diversified the field of arts and culture in LA.