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Aerial view of an art gallery with green geometric structures. People browse and converse, examining artworks displayed on the walls. The setting is bright and spacious, creating a lively atmosphere.

Member Events

Student Visual Art Exhibition Opening Reception

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Autry Museum in Griffith Park

Admission:
Available to participating students and their families, invited guests, exhibition sponsors, and Autry Members.
RSVP/Reservations:
Reservations Required | Please RSVP to Ryan Lichten in the Advancement office at 323-495-4262 or email rlichten@theautry.org.

About the Event

Meet student artists and participate in artmaking activities across the museum during our ninth annual Student Visual Arts Exhibition opening reception. 

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Student Visual Arts Exhibition in the Family Play Space with light refreshments served. Enjoy music by student DJs, drop-in painting in the Gathering Circle, in-gallery sketching activity, and silkscreen workshop on the Plaza. 

12:30 p.m. | Leadership remarks followed by the announcement of Artist Award Winners

About the Program

Since 2016, the Autry has presented exhibitions of student artwork around a compelling theme. Each year we develop a theme and send out a call for submissions at the beginning of the school year. Selections for the Student Visual Arts Exhibition are made in the Spring and juried student artwork is installed in our museum galleries followed by an opening reception and awards ceremony

About the Theme

VISIONS OF THE FUTURE 

For peoples living across the American West, the future has long been an inspiration for dreams, fears, hopes, and actions. Millions of people have headed to the American West in the hopes of securing a better future. Others have viewed the future as an opportunity to reach new horizons, and still others fear what the future might bring. As the present turned into the past, it is those actions, those dreams, those hopes and fears that fill today’s history books and shed light on how those who came before us viewed the future. What do you think the future holds for you? For Los Angeles? For California? For the American West? What do you think the world will look like, sound like, feel like in ten years, fifty years, one hundred years, or even a thousand years?

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Land Acknowledgment

The Autry Museum of the American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

The Autry Museum in Griffith Park

4700 Western Heritage Way

Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
Located northeast of downtown, across from the Los Angeles Zoo.
Map and Directions

Free parking for Autry visitors.


MUSEUM AND STORE HOURS
Tuesday–Friday 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

DINING
Food Trucks are available on select days, contact us for details at 323.495.4252.
The cafe is temporarily closed until further notice.