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Experimentally Structured Museum of Art
✨Reimagine Creativity! ✨
Thursday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm 📍Lawndale
14929 Hawthorne Blvd. Lawndale, CA 90260
https://linktr.ee/esmoa
Wrapping up the year by celebrating our Saturday Kids Club 🎨
From ornament painting to mask making, families connected and created at ESMoA.

Huge thanks to Dezalia Solomon, ESMoA Education Specialist, for leading these workshops with care.

Thanks to all the families who joined us in 2025!
December 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ESMoA will be closed December 25, 2025–January 3, 2026, and will reopen January 8. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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ESMoA estará cerrado del 25 de diciembre de 2025 al 3 de enero de 2026 y reabrirá el 8 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas y feliz Año Nuevo!
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Celebrate the end of the year with ESMoA Kids Club!

Join us for a community potluck and a fun, collective art activity for kids ages 3+.

Let’s come together to share food, creativity, and close out the year with our Kids Club friends.

RSVP by emailing dsolomon@artlab21.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ESMoA is thrilled to be selected as a 2025 California Arts Council grantee! 🎉 This support from @calartscouncil helps us grow creative opportunities and expand arts access through our free public programs. Grateful to be part of a vibrant, statewide arts community! 🫶🎨 #ArtsCA #ESMoA
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🌼 Celebrate Life at ESMoA’s Day of the Dead Festival!

Join us for an afternoon of art, tradition & community with free workshops, live mariachi, and vibrant folklorico & Mexica dance! Add to our community ofrendas & honor loved ones. 💀🎨

Nov 1 | 1–4PM | Lawndale City Plaza | FREE
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Experience 66: GRIEF
Oct 4, 2025–Feb 21, 2026 at ESMoA.

An immersive exhibition reflecting on personal and collective loss, guiding visitors through the seven stages of grief.

Opening Reception Sat, Oct 4, 5–8 PM. RSVP link in bio.

#ESMoA #Experience66 #GRIEF
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Join us for the ESMoA Open House! 🎉 Enjoy food, a DJ, a raffle, merchandise, and special speakers. Highlights: Closing of Experience 61: GROW + honoring the HS Art Comp winner. Don’t miss your last chance to see GROW, curated by @dulcestein. #ESMoA #GROW
August 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🚨 High school artists! The Time of Growth deadline is EXTENDED to Sun, Aug 31 @ 11:59 PM PST! ESMoA invites LA County students (grades 9–12) to submit wall-based artwork for a juried show Sept 11–13. Awards announced Sept 13!
🔗 Link in bio
📧 esmoaartistcall@gmail.com
🌐 esmoa.org
#TimeOfGrowthESMoA
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In a Virtual-Zoom LinkedIn workshop, led by Issey Escobar, we will focus on updating your LinkedIn profile & be at least 1% better than the last time since you logged in. 👨‍💻📊

Please scan the QR Code to RSVP to the event or email RSVP@artlab21.org. 📬

#ESMoA #LinkedIn #Workshop
July 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This past Saturday, artist Stephanie Mercado led a Bandana Printmaking Workshop at ESMoA! Participants carved rubber plates and printed unique bandanas while learning about the cultural and political significance of these items. Thank you to all who joined and to Stephanie for guiding us!
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We’re proud to share we’ve been awarded an Organizational Grant from the LA County Dept. of Arts & Culture! This support is part of a $5.59M investment in 349 orgs advancing arts access & community creativity across LA. Thank you for believing in the power of the arts!
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Join us Saturday, July 12th, from 1 PM to 3 PM at ESMoA for bandana printmaking with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! We will make our own bandana print designs so come with an idea of your design. Express culture, freedom, or social justice to create a powerful, wearable symbol. 🎨✊🏽
July 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our annual Chalk Away at Lawndale City Plaza was a colorful success! Stephanie Mercado led a vibrant mural using chalk crushed in a molcajete. Big thanks to the city of Lawndale, our fantastic community, and media support from Giancarlo Guerra, Eddy Cermeno & Lawndale High School Film Students.
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We’re excited to welcome our new Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, Issey Escobar! A first-year Media Studies major at the University of California, Berkeley. He will be joining us for 10 weeks this summer, lending a hand across all of ESMoA’s programs and events.
June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ESMoA + @theccae present EXTENSION Experience 64: XICANA! San Diego, curated by @dulcestein. Building on the impact at El Camino College, this next chapter unites LA & SD artists in a vibrant Chicana art dialogue.
🗓️ June 21–Nov 2 | 🎉 Opening: June 20, 6–8 PM
📍 Escondido, CA | artcenter.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
CALLING TEEN ARTISTS!
LA County high schoolers (Grades 9–12)—submit wall-based art for Time of Growth, a juried show at ESMoA!

🗓 On view Sept 11–13, 2025
🏆 Awards Sept 13 during our Open House (alongside EXP 61: GROW)
📅 Deadline: Aug 10 @ 11:59 PM

🔗 lnkd.in/gZik-jTH

📧 esmoaartistcall@gmail.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Join us Saturday, May 31, 11AM–3 PM at Lawndale City Hall Plaza for a FREE day of art with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! Help create a community chalk mural, drop by, or stay all day. All ages + skill levels welcome. Materials provided!
📍14717 Burin Ave, Lawndale
#ChalkArt #FreeEvent #LawndaleArts
May 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ESMoA invites ages 15–24 to join the Zine Team this summer! Connect with creative peers, make original work, and help publish a collaborative zine inspired by the museum’s exhibitions. Info session: May 16 @ 5 PM.
Apply here: lnkd.in/gQ_VDfmB
#ZineTeam #ESMoA
May 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
GROW in Words
Join us May 24, 2025, 1–3PM for a free afternoon of poetry, art & storytelling with guest poets Brenda Vaca, Alex Petunia & Julia Gaytan. Explore themes of transformation & resilience. Open mic + writing!
RSVP: rsvp@artlab21.org | Subject: “GROW in WORDS”
#GrowInWords #FreeEvent
May 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined our Spring Landscape Acrylic Painting Workshop! 🎨 It was a joy to paint and connect with you all. Huge thanks to Mimi Doyo for leading such a beautiful session! 🖌️ Stay tuned at esmoa.org + follow @esmoa for more! 🌸 #ESMoA #ArtForEveryone #MimiDoyo
April 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We’re honored to receive a Capital Improvements Grant from the Perenchio Foundation! With this vital support, we’re strengthening our physical & digital infrastructure to keep delivering accessible, high-quality arts experiences. Thank you for helping us grow & dream bigger!
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🎨 Spring Acrylic Painting Workshop
Sat, Apr 26 | 2–3 PM | FREE!
Join guest artist Mimi Doyo for a hands-on landscape painting session exploring growth + nature.

✨ All levels welcome
✨ Materials provided
RSVP: rsvp@artlab21.org (Subject: Spring Landscape)
Doors open 1:30 PM!
April 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A Musical Mosaic: Chamber Works at ESMoA!

Enjoy a free concert with The Segundo Saxes & El Segundo Brass Ensemble, performing Bernstein, Gershwin, Bach & more!

April 12, 2025 | 3-5 PM
ESMoA – 14929 Hawthorne Blvd, Lawndale, CA
Free entry! RSVP: rsvp@artlab21.org (Subject: “Musical Mosaic”)
March 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We’re thrilled to present ESMoA EXTENSION Experience 62: STATIONS, a cultural exchange with El Camino College and UFA Münster! Students will showcase their work and create a mural exploring art across continents.
March 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
T-Shirt Upcycling Workshop with Laree Washington of Sew Into It! 👚👕🪡

Join us on March 29th, 2–3:30 PM, to refresh your old t-shirts with fabric paint, markers, and hand-sewing! 🎨🧵

Bring a t-shirt & get creative! RSVP: rsvp@artlab21.org (Subject: T-Shirt Upcycling)
March 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM