Past Events | OXY ARTS

The cover of Refugee Cinema by Bruce Bennett and Katarzyna Marciniak shows a close-up of a woman in a headscarf looking down at a Canon camera's flip screen while filming, set against a weathered plaster wall.

Book Launch Celebration | Refugee Cinema

October 20, 2026 | 4:00pm

Celebrate the launch of Refugee Cinema by Occidental Professor Katarzyna Marciniak.

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Spirit in the Dark Body: Black Queer Expressions of the Im/material

October 15, 2026 | 7:00pm

Presentation by El/yse Ambrose and Jessica Susan Oler

Book Launch Celebration | Why the Arts Matter

October 6, 2026 | 6:00pm

Celebrate the launch of Why The Arts Matter by Professors Aleksandra Sherman and Clair Morrissey.

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Curatorial Walkthrough with Umi Hsu

October 3, 2026 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Curator Umi Hsu will give a tour of the Hold Each Other’s Hands exhibition.

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Opening Reception | Hold Each Other's Hands

September 24, 2026 | 7:00pm

Celebrate the exhibition opening and the launch of the 2026 CIRCA Queer Histories Festival.

Still from ANTOUNI by Alik Barsoumian

Conversation, Screening

ACHO: CINEMA OF ARMENIAN GIRLHOOD — Screening and Discussion

September 10, 2026 | 7:00pm

Media Arts & Culture department's Artist-in-Residence Anahid Yahjian's ’11…

group photo of people sitting in Cauleen Smith's installation with two people speaking on a mic

California Gothic: Audio in the Aftermath

July 29, 2026 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Listen to original speculative fiction audio works that explore Los Angeles in the aftermath of many endings.

William Greaves

Film Screening: Space Traders + Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

July 14, 2026 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

A double screening presented by the National Museum of the Aftermath.

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Film Screening: Foosball + This meeting is being recorded

July 7, 2026 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

A double screening presented by the National Museum of the Aftermath.

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Film Screening: The Four Elements of Cinema (Excerpt: Fire and Water) + TYCOON

June 23, 2026 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

A screening and talk-back presented by the National Museum of the Aftermath.

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Film Screening: Songs for Earth and Folk + Born in Flames

June 16, 2026 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

A double screening presented by the National Museum of the Aftermath.

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Community Hall, Workshop

Open Call: I.C.E. Out of LA | Support for Defend Migrants Alliance

June 6, 2026 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Join Malaya Movement LA for an event in support of Defend Migrants Alliance