Event Series Art on Screen

This series celebrates moving-image media and its intersection with art and art histories

A black and white photograph of four young people in 1970's attire in front of a house. The third figure is looking through a film camera while the second holds a notepad and pencil.
L.A. Rebellion filmmakers Steve Tatsukawa, Rufus Howard, Eddie Wong, and Larry Clark at a UCLA Ethnocommunications “Locations” class in Locke, CA . Photo: Robert A. Nakamura. Courtesy PBS SoCal

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  1. Screening: Acting Like Women

    Film

    A black and white image of a young woman is collaged to give her multiple arms painted with colorful designs

    Documentary about the Woman’s Building and the feminist performance art movement in 1970s–-1980s Los Angeles

    Sunday, Jul 26, 2026

  2. Screening: MAINTENANCE ARTIST

    Film

    At a landfill, a woman in a worker's jumpsuit and vest shakes hands with a male sanitation worker in an orange vest in front of a garbage truck

    A film about Mierle Ukeles, the first artist in residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation in 1977

    Friday, June 12, 2026

  3. Screening: La Llorona

    Film

    A woman laying in a body of water with a hand reaching towards her neck and the words "La Llorona"

    Fictional horror film about Indigenous memory in the wake of Guatemala’s Ríos Montt dictatorship, followed by a conversation with the lead actress and a professor

    Sunday, May 31, 2026

  4. Screening: Of Color and Ink

    Film

    Film title card with blue and green watercolors and the white profile of a man with a beard. The text "Of Color and Ink" alongside Chinese characters appears as an overlay.

    Film about the Chinese artist Chang Dai-chien followed by a conversation with the filmmaker

    Thursday, May 7, 2026