Art in the Park welcomes eveyone back in 2025!
Elder Adult Guitar with Rafael Bustamante, Latin Jazz Sessions with Matthew Hernandez, Community Band with Logan Hone and Community Arts with B&B are back this week. Please note 3:15 Latin Percussion Lab kids class starts back up in late February as we take time for in school workshops.
Come on out this Sunday, January 12th, 11am – 2pm for the Opening of ‘home is where the bat is,’ an exhibition by gloria galvez. organized in partnership with our current Artist-in-residence Bed & Breakfast.
12 Noon, lecture by wildlife biologist, environmental educator, wildlife biologist and environmental justice advocate Miguel Ordeñana.
Nineteen species of bats are known to reside in Los Angeles; they live in the crevices of freeway bridges and in the foliage of deciduous trees. Concerned naturalists and itchy residents alike (some species of bats eat mosquitos!) welcome their local bat population into human-made bat houses, while many others detest the presence of them in their attics and yards. Despite their proximity, most Los Angeles residents do not think of bats when they consider who lives in our city.
home is where the bat is, is an exhibition that employs a study-room environment to offer guests a space where they can think about bats, their dwellings, peculiarities, and future, specifically that of the bat population living in Hermon Park, where Art in the Park’s gallery is located. The study-room features both indoor and outdoor components, holds artworks that resemble and embody tools, methodologies, exercises, and other educational materials for “students” to learn from. Together, these items put forth a variety of bat-musings that facilitate a critical re-understanding of bats, their ecosystems, and their needs as a means of debunking harmful human perceptions and hopefully, in turn, rehabilitating the bat population and offering ways to relate to bats and their habitat.