WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY – Downtown Los Angeles
VISIT ICA LA TODAY! The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) is an epicenter of artistic experimentation and incubator of new ideas. ICA LA is committed to making contemporary art relevant and accessible for all.
Open Wednesday – Sunday 12:00pm – 5:00pm
ADMISSION IS FREE!
Learning & Engagement
At ICA LA, we seek new ways to bring art into the life of our community, schools, families, and public and private institutions through our Learning & Engagement programs. We view our city as an ever-changing and dynamic landscape with the museum as a responsive tool, adaptable to its environment, poised to foresee community needs, and capable of meeting those needs at the highest level. Learn more about our programs and special projects below.
Public Programs
Public programs at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles support our mission in sparking the pleasure the discovery and challenging the way we see and experience the world, ourselves, and each other. We are dedicated to the exploration, scholarship, appreciation, and deeper understanding of the exhibitions and ideas on view at the ICA LA, and providing greater access to artists living and working in our community.
Our public programs introduce new ways of seeing an exhibition and support through contemporary art and take diverse forms—talks, workshops, screenings, and live performances—and are free and open to all.
You can also watch and listen to past lectures, discussions, and performances in the archive of public programs below.
Special Projects
Special Projects at ICA LA is a series of initiatives that foster collaborative relationships with artists, community members and groups, and local small businesses.
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Digital Projects
Digital Projects at ICA LA explores Virtual Reality, 360° video, and Augmented Reality to offer additional visitor experience options; develop projects with artists, and present new forms of engagement and learning for the community.
1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Founded in 1984 as the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) and reestablished in 2017 with a new identity and home in Downtown Los Angeles, ICA LA builds upon a distinguished history of bold curatorial vision and innovative programming to illuminate the important untold stories and emerging voices in contemporary art and culture. The museum’s 12,700 square-foot renovated industrial building—designed by wHY Architecture under the leadership of Kulapat Yantrasast—features ample space for exhibitions, public programs, retail pop-ups, integrated offices, and special projects.
ICA LA’s mission is to support art that sparks the pleasure of discovery and challenges the way we see and experience the world, ourselves, and each other. ICA LA is committed to upending hierarchies of race, class, gender, and culture. Through exhibitions, education programs, and community partnerships, ICA LA fosters critique of the familiar and empathy with the different.
Hours
Monday – Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday – Sunday: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
For additional information, visit the website @
www.theicala.org/en
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