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Get Tickets ALL DAY: Enjoy handcrafted sandwiches and smashburgers. LEARN HOW TO WEAVE, CUSTOMIZE TOTE BAGS, AND WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF MYTHICAL FOLKLORE The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is pleased to announce the inaugural MOAH Fest, a dynamic celebration of art, community, and cultural expression. Join us on Sunday, June 29th, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM for a day of interactive workshops and a compelling performance, all inspired by the themes explored in MOAH's current exhibition m\other. With a focus on fiber and textile art, m\other challenges dominant narratives surrounding matriarchy and femininity by offering expansive interpretations of what it can mean to "mother." The exhibition highlights practices rooted in queer, Indigenous, and spiritual perspectives on care, creation, and reliance; themes that are echoed and embodied throughout MOAH Fest. PERFORMANCE ADRIAN CLUTARIO: TANGAL 3:30 - 4 PM FOR ALL AGES Step into a haunting, atmospheric performance inspired by Filipino folklore. Adrian Clutario channels the manananggal- a winged figure split in two-to explore queer identity, grief, and transformation through powerful visuals and song. FREE ADMISSION. All ages welcome.* *Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Workshops Mug Rugs Weaving Workshop With Mica Scallion-Ford 11 AM - 12:30 PM (RSVP Required. Limited walk-in spots available) Make your own mini textile using a cardboard loom! Led by Artist Mica Scallion-Ford, this hands-on activity explores care, creativity, and sustainable making. LIMITED SPOTS. All ages welcome. Reserve your Spot Tapestry Weaving Workshop With Diane Williams 1:30 - 3:30 PM (RSVP Required. Limited walk-in spots available) Learn simple weaving techniques and create your own tapestry in this hands-on, meditative workshop. Led by artist Diane Williams, whose fiber practice explores history, care, and connection across generations. LIMITED SPOTS. For AGES 12+. Reserve Your Spot Into custom embroidery? Don’t miss Customland at MOAH Fest. They’ll be onsite all day bringing your creative visions to life! Limited custom-embroidered tote bags will be available free every hour, so be sure to stop by early. Bring your own clothing or fabric to personalize, or purchase a blank tote directly from Customland to create your very own MOAH Fest keepsake. Whether you're customizing a tote or designing a one-of-a-kind piece, the possibilities are endless!

The Longest Shift < Back Sam Comen The Longest Shift May 14 - August 21, 2022 Sam Comen, "Carlos Arevalo, Jason Calixto, Esbeida Refugio, and Ray Miller Custodial Staff, Los Angeles County + USC Hospital", 2021, Photograph Sam Comen, "Amado Montejo Port of Los Angeles Trucker", 2021, Photograph Sam Comen, "Hector Robles, Hyun Joo Kim, Kim Chow, Maria Alviso, Lance Goosby, and Nicole Luckie USPS Letter Carriers, photographed at Los Angeles’ Foy Station", 2021, Photograph Sam Comen, "Carlos Arevalo, Jason Calixto, Esbeida Refugio, and Ray Miller Custodial Staff, Los Angeles County + USC Hospital", 2021, Photograph 1/4 Previous Next In December 2020, as COVID-19 infections and deaths skyrocketed in Los Angeles County, everyday workers designated “essential” continued working under dire conditions, exacerbating existing societal and economic inequities. The Longest Shift explores these disparities through photographs, motion portraits, and interviews of these workers — most of them Black and Latinx — throughout Los Angeles County. In The Longest Shift , artist Sam Comen celebrates his subjects and their contributions during the pandemic while allowing the viewer to question the overall conditions of the workers in our society and the value of their labor. This fascination towards representing the lives of everyday people is rooted in Comen's documentary photography practice. Comen argues the unwavering reverence that society places on opulence, fame, and celebrity is slanted — lacking the entire breadth of the human experience, namely that of the working class. The all-encompassing lens that Comen brings to The Longest Shift focuses on themes of American identity, community, and social justice in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic with the purpose of building empathy and justice. Sam Comen is a Los Angeles based artist who received his Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Northwestern University in 2002. Comen has worked as a magazine photographer for 15 years, shooting for publications that include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and Esquire . His work has been recognized by Communication Arts, American Photography, Photo District News, The Center for Documentary Studies, and the Sante Fe Center for Photography. Currently, Comen has three exhibitions on tour which include: Working America : portraits of immigrant and 1st generation Americans at work; The Newest Americans: portraits of U.S. citizens before and after the taking the oath of citizenship; and The Longest Shift at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH). Sam Comen has been exhibited at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and his work is held in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Library of Congress.

Upcoming Events & Engagement PST ART COMMUNITY HUB About Desert Forest Three organizations—LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, LA Commons, and the Lancaster Museum of Art and History—have joined Getty as Community Hubs for Art & Science Collide . Helping to bring the initiative to people where they live, the Hubs engage nearby grassroots organizations, public agencies, STEAM educators, and young creatives to develop and present their own programs on the Art & Science Collide themes. Offerings will range from art workshops to habitat restoration projects. RSVP links will be updated regularly. Please click here for our Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees Community Hub Eventbrite Collection. Header image credit: Jennifer Gunlock, Joshua Tree Series VII (Detail), 2023, Digital collage, 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Courtesy of the artist. September October A DAY IN THE DESERT November December SEPTEMBER 2024 Up SEPT 21 7 PM-9 PM VIDEO SCREENING FEATURING VIDEO WORKS BY CASEY KIERNAN, DIANE BEST, AND MONROE ISENBERG MOAH:CEDAR Hall A screening of Casey Kiernan’s “I Thought They Were Protected” a powerful video that documents the impact of climate change, development, and fires on Joshua trees. Also, featuring Diane Best’s “Tree Moves,” and Monroe Isenberg’s “Harbinger” performance video. RSVP SEPT 22 9 AM-11 AM WALK-AND-TALK: FIRE RECOVERY & RESTORATION POST 2020 BOBCAT FIRE Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area Walk-and-talk (with canyon hike option) at Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area with County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation superintendents and naturalists Jonathan Numer and Olivia Miseroy, sharing stories about fire recovery and the major restoration effort Jonathan is part of at the Punchbowl. Please note: This event is subject to postponement due to local fire activity or changing environmental conditions. Updates will be provided if postponement becomes necessary. RSVP OCTOBER 2024 Up OCT 03 3 PM-7 PM MOJAVE DESERT TRADING CARDS WORKSHOP Museum of Art and History This engagement invites participants to create their own Mojave Desert-inspired trading card. The workshops are part of Lancaster MOAH's Monthly Young Artist Workshops and will be led by organization partner Art in Residence and supported by MOAH staff. RSVP OCT 12 2 PM-4 PM REGIONAL FLORA AND FAUNA ART WORKSHOP Prime Desert Woodland Preserve This workshop explores the relationship between residents of the Antelope Valley and its flora and fauna. The art workshops are centered around increasing knowledge, exposure, and awareness of wildlife that exists in-between and around existing areas of development/urban sprawl through artistic representations of data and STEAM-based education. RSVP OCT 20 12 PM-4 PM MOJAVE DESERT TRADING CARDS WORKSHOP Prime Desert Woodland Preserve This engagement invites participants to create their own Mojave Desert-inspired trading card. The workshops are part of MOAH Lancaster’s Monthly Young Artist Workshops and will led by organization partner Art in Residence and supported by MOAH staff. RSVP OCT 06 11 AM-1 PM HEY JTREE FALLING IN LOVE, ONE TREE AT A TIME Prime Desert Woodland Preserve Hey JTree (https://www.heyjtree.com ) is an ongoing participatory art research project and mock on-line dating site for meeting Joshua trees. RSVP OCT 13 2 PM-4 PM REGIONAL FLORA AND FAUNA ART WORKSHOP Prime Desert Woodland Preserve This workshop explores the relationship between residents of the Antelope Valley and its flora and fauna. The art workshops are centered around increasing knowledge, exposure, and awareness of wildlife that exists in-between and around existing areas of development/urban sprawl through artistic representations of data and STEAM-based education. RSVP OCT 06 4 PM-6 PM DESERT FOREST: PANEL DISCUSSION & BOOK SIGNING WITH SANT KHALSA, KELLY HERBINSON, JANE ROGERS, AND GEARY HUND Mojave Desert Land Trust Art, science, and conservation come together as we celebrate the release of Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees, a comprehensive collection of essays and artworks on the Mojave Desert’s most iconic plant. RSVP OCT 13 10 AM-12 PM WALK-AND-TALK: FIRE RECOVERY & RESTORATION POST 2020 FIRE George Bones Wildlife Sanctuary Walk-and-talk at George Bones Wildlife Sanctuary (99-acre reserve at West Avenue G and 205th Street West) with County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation superintendents and naturalists Jonathan Numer and Olivia Miseroy. Large stands of Joshua trees were burned by a fire that occurred one month before the Bobcat Fire and still remain upright. RSVP A DAY IN THE DESERT October 26, 2024 EVENTBRITE COLLECTION Up OCT 26 11 AM-12 PM GUIDED JOSHUA TREE MEDIATION AND PERFORMANCE BY EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS Prime Desert Woodland Preserve Edgar Fabián Frías will present a performance and lead a guided group meditation focused on the healing energy of the unique and iconic Joshua tree. Frias’ works are transformative, profound, and playful, often inviting audience participation. Their art explores historical legacies, resistance, resilience, and radical imagination, framed within Indigenous Futurism, spirituality, play, pedagogy, animism, and queer aesthetics. RSVP OCT 26 3 PM-4 PM CURATOR-LED EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH SANT KHALSA Museum of Art and History Gain insight into the Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees exhibition led by curator Sant Khalsa. RSVP OCT 26 12 PM-2 PM PUBLIC CLIMATE FUTURE READINGS BY ADRIENE JENIK Museum of Art and History Artist and ASU professor Adriene Jenik has created a tarot deck for the environmentally minded. Adriene Jenik blends climate sceince and tarot readings. Stop by for a personal reading of your climate future. RSVP OCT 26 2 PM-3 PM CO-CREATING NEW FUTURES FOR JOSHUA TREES PANEL DISCUSSION Museum of Art and History Multidisciplinary panel discussion with Sant Khalsa, Dr. Juniper Harrower, Brendan Cummings, Fred Brashear Jr, Matthew Brandt, and Chelsea Mosher, focused on the intersections of art, science, natural and cultural history, and public policy. RSVP NOVEMBER 2024 Up NOV 09 2 PM-4 PM HEY JTREE FALLING IN LOVE, ONE TREE AT A TIME Museum of Art and History Hey JTree (https://www.heyjtree.com) is an ongoing participatory art research project and mock on-line dating site for meeting Joshua trees. RSVP NOV 09 1:30 PM-3 PM DESERT FOREST: PANEL DISCUSSION & BOOK SIGNING WITH SANT KHALSA, BRENDAN CUMMINGS, J.D., LYNN C. SWEET, PHD, AND SEAN MILANOVICH, PHD Twentynine Palms Book Festival, Old Schoolhouse Museum Discover how the multidisciplinary project Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees sheds light on Joshua tree preservation efforts and the intersection of art, science, Indigenous knowledge and public policy. More info at https://www.29pbf.com . This discussion is part of the Twentynine Palms Book Festival. To RSVP for the festival, click here . To RSVP for the panel discussion, click the button below. RSVP NOV 10 10 AM-12 PM WALK-AND-TALK: FIRE RECOVERY & RESTORATION POST 2020 BOBCAT FIRE Near the Juniper Hills Community Center Walk-and-talk in Juniper Hills burn scar with Bryant Baker, Director of Conservation & Research at Los Padres Forest Watch. A chaparral scrublands expert, Baker has done tremendous research on fire recovery in desert-to-mountain transition zones like Juniper Hills, an area where many Joshua trees were destroyed during the Bobcat Fire. RSVP DECEMBER 2024 Up DEC 05 6 PM-7 PM DESERT FOREST: SCIENTISTS SHARE JOSHUA TREE RESEARCH VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION Online via Zoom Scientists Juniper Harrower, Jeremy B. Yoder, Christopher Irwin Smith, Lynn C. Sweet and Daniel Oren Hastings discuss their fascination with Joshua trees and the Mojave Desert, and share their current research on the impacts of climate change RSVP DEC 07 11 AM-1 PM HEY JTREE FALL IN LOVE, ONE TREE AT A TIME Museum of Art and History Hey JTree (https://www.heyjtree.com) is an ongoing participatory art research project and mock on-line dating site for meeting Joshua trees. RSVP DEC 07 5 PM-6:30 PM THERE'S NOTHING HERE EXCEPT EVERYTHING MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE BY ROB GRAD Museum of Art and History “There’s Nothing Here Except Everything,” addresses our relationship with the desert, with an emphasis on Joshua trees, not only as a complex and crucial environmental ecosystem, but as a spiritual center with influence that reaches much further than its physical presence. RSVP DEC 29 11 AM-1 PM DESERT FOREST: LIFE WITH JOSHUA TREES BOOK SIGNING WITH SANT KHALSA Museum of Art and History Join us for the closing day of Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History. Sant Khalsa, the exhibition's curator and co-editor of the accompanying book, will be present for a special book signing. The event will take place on Sunday, December 29, 2024, from 11 AM to 1 PM. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the curator and celebrate the exhibition’s impactful themes. RSVP Life with Joshua Trees Desert Forest: About Desert Forest

The goal of Wasteland is to teach—through hands-on art making—as many students and community members as possible about the environmental, social, aesthetic and economic impacts of illegal dumping on our High Desert ecosystem. To date the Wasteland collaboration has yielded a series of more than 70 large and small-scale flower sculptures made entirely from trash collected by Eastside High School students at illegal dump sites in the Antelope Valley. The project has involved more than 600 visual and performing arts students, many who came to the project with little or no sculpture making experience. The students have gained a great sense of achievement by honing creative problem solving skills throughout the project. This project meets and exceeds state core curriculum standards in Performing Arts, Health, Mathematics, Science and Government, as well as national museum accreditation standards. Wasteland is the first project of the Green MOAH Initiative. The Initiative is the Museum’s public engagement program that utilizes art and environmental education as a creative catalyst for living greener, more sustainable lives. Museum staff developed the initiative to expand the Museum’s hands-on arts education programming and to fill the need for multidisciplinary arts education in the Antelope Valley. Green MOAH was inspired by the City of Lancaster’s Net-Zero Power policy which has the goal of converting to 100% renewable energy sources by the year 2020. With the success of Wasteland, future Green MOAH projects will include wind energy, solar energy, water resources and sustainable design. The Wasteland project was selected for funding by a panel from the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force (AVIDTF), and made possible by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. In the spirit of building community partnerships, AVIDTF brought together many people from numerous institutions to fund the project. Many thanks to Christine Borzaga, Assistant Deputy to Supervisor Antonovich and AVIDTF co-chair, Doug Burgis, AVIDTF co-chair and all respective members for their commitment to the project and for working to eliminate illegal dumping in the Valley. In 2014 support staff, volunteers along with 55 high school students were honored in Council Chambers by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for raising the bar in arts and environmental education. They were awarded special commendations from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for their Dedicated Service to the Affairs of the Community. “The Wasteland team designed and implemented a model for success that has set the precedent for future projects by actively and creatively combating illegal dumping in our neighborhoods,” said Supervisor Antonovich. “They definitely earned this recognition." Show More Project Photo Documentation Provided By : Edwin R. Vasquez

Volunteer at MOAH Tour with Robert Education Tour Museum Overlook 1/9 VOLUNTEER IN TEREST FORM The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), MOAH:CEDAR, Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center (ECIC), and the Western Hotel Museum (WHM) are now accepting volunteer applications! Our volunteers are passionate about art and history, making valuable contributions to the museum at all levels. As a volunteer you will have an integral role, working directly with staff and supporting various operations. Throughout your time with us, you will be able to grow and be a part of an invested team. How to Apply: If you are interested in volunteering, fill out the Volunteer Interest Form through the City of Lancaster. For the department interest section, be sure to add MOAH. Applicants will receive an email to schedule them for a short interview at the museum, then notified thereafter.  For additional information and opportunities for our volunteer programs, please contact us at (661) 723-6250. Volunteers will be able to: Become an expert on each of our exhibitions and engage MOAH’s visitors by sharing your knowledge with our diverse audiences through tours. Assist with our artist programs and events at our museum sites. Welcome and check guests into the museum as a connection between the community and the museum. Foster direct relationships with our community of patrons, artists, residents, and staff members. Support a variety of programs with personal preference: including Education, Installation, Administration, and Events. Benefits! Museum volunteers also enjoy personal benefits, such as special invitations to museum events, a 20% discount on select purchases (excluding consignments) in the Vault Museum Store, and participation in educational workshops! Ideal Qualifications: Ideal volunteers should maintain a courteous and positive attitude, dedicated to upholding guest relations with all visitors, staff, and artists. Volunteers should have a keen interest and knowledge in current exhibition materials, express excitement w hen interacting with diverse groups of all ages, including children to seniors. Ideal volunteers should be punctual and able to remain calm in difficult or stressful situations. They should also be comfortable with public speaking and participating in different training avenues, such as public programming and educational events. Volunteers who can communicate in multiple languages (especially Spanish, American Sign Language and Standard Mandarin) or have CPR training are highly desirable. Volunteer Shifts: Volunteers will be scheduled for their shift based on their personal availability during museum operating hours. Standard shifts are typically 2 hours in length. If you are unable to volunteer for our standards shifts during our open hours, the museum may be able to accommodate your availability. Volunteer Requirements: Volunteers will be subject to a LiveScan background check through Human Resources at Lancaster City Hall. Volunteers will be required to submit a PPD Skin Test (TB) clearance before starting the volunteer role. If you already possess a report administered by your own doctor, it must be dated within the last six months. Human Resources will confirm the location for testing, and the results should be given to HR offi ce at Lancaster City Hall (44933 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534). We are currently only accepting applications for volunteers who are over the age of 18. Volunteer Orientation: Once your volunteer onboarding is completed, you will be scheduled to attend a volunteer orientation! During orientation, volunteers will be given a specialized training and a tour of the museum. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to meeting you! Apply Now!

2023 < View Public Art Projects Nancy Baker Cahill's Lifelines 2023 Permanent Art Project Lifelines by Nancy Baker Cahill is an animated, monumental, augmented reality (AR) installation of ecological imagination. Geolocated in the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve (PDWP), a protected, historic desert in California’s Antelope Valley, Lifelines appears as three colossal Joshua trees surrounded by a ghostly murmuration of birds. Rich with wildlife and home to many species of insects, reptiles, mammals, and birds, this fragile ecosystem remains imperiled. The ongoing precarity offers an opportunity to reframe our interdependent relationship with this natural ecosystem and modes of planetary knowledge erased or ignored by the progress of modernity. The Antelope Valley, like so many other regions, bears witness to a somber past. This history subtly reminds us of the challenges and narratives that have shaped this land over the years. Human appetites for exponential growth and advancement have caused enormous harm: ecological, historical, and cultural. Lifelines underscores the majesty of Joshua trees in the form of towering, breathing trees that rhythmically expand and contract. They have been rendered digitally with glowing interiors, glimpsed with each exhale, to imply a mythic grandeur. By scaling the trees to colossal proportions, Baker Cahill challenges human exceptionalism. AR as a medium allows viewers to re-embed the human experience in nature without harming local flora and fauna, and to embrace new modes of perceiving. Unlike other forms of land art, AR is distinct in its ability to be both present and absent, to reveal what otherwise goes unseen, unheard, and unimagined. An elegiac melody, which weaves together five native bird songs, ambient desert sounds, and breathing, plays throughout the experience—at once celebratory, melancholy, and resilient. Bird songs are essential to Lifelines not just because of the plurality of songs heard today, but because of the traditional “Bird Songs” of the region’s First Peoples, social and funeral songs that tell migration stories, shared memories, and histories. To move through the PDWP is to encounter its enduring planetary intelligence, above and below ground. It offers a rare glimpse into how a protected desert ecosystem might thrive when treated with care and respect. Lifelines invites new considerations for its troubled past, imperiled present, and modes of inherited knowledge, which present the possibility of regenerative futures here and beyond. Lifelines , 2023 Nancy Baker Cahill Soundscape by Anna Luisa Petrisko Production by Shaking Earth Digital Located at Prime Desert Woodland Preserve 43201 35th St W, Lancaster, CA 93536

We’re excited to announce MOAH on the Move, a new program that continues to offer arts and community engagement to the Antelope Valley during the museum’s temporary closure. MOAH will be closed for renovations from August 21, 2022, through May 12, 2023. MOAH on the Move will host artist and community engagement events at different public parks once a month during the closure. View the event schedule below. Saturday, October 15, 2022 10AM - 2PM El Dorado Park 44501 North 5th Street East with artist Vojislav Radovanović Saturday, November 19, 2022 10AM - 2PM Tierra Bonita Park 44910 27th Street East with artist Dani Dodge Saturday, December 17, 2022 10AM - 2PM Deputy Pierre Bain Park 45045 North 5th Street East with artist Dani Dodge Sunday, January 15, 2023 12 - 4 PM Justice Sunday - The BLVD Lancaster Blvd with artists Lori Antoinette and Dani Dodge Saturday, February 18, 2023 10AM - 2PM Whit Carter Park 45635 Sierra Hwy with artist Nicelle Davis Saturday, March 18, 2023 10AM - 2PM Mariposa Park 45755 North Fig Avenue with artist Nicelle Davis Saturday, April 15, 2023 10AM - 2PM Forrest E. Hull Park 2850 West Avenue L-12 with artist Nicelle Davis

The Other Way Around < Back Super A The Other Way Around May 14 - August 21, 2022 1/4 Previous Next Stefen Thelen, otherwise known by his anti-superhero alter-ego, Super A, is a Dutch artist who specializes in mural and studio paintings that use a hyper realistic and surrealist style. His alter ego was born out of his previous background as a graffiti artist and serves as a vessel for his more controversial interrogations of society — allowing for a more objective lens for his artistic analysis. Super A officially started his artistic career in 2004 but before then, he would work in amusement parks where he would gain first-hand experience in the creation of fantasy for the general public. This experience would inform his future work, working to unravel the distinction between reality and illusion. The tension found between two opposing ideas is a common thread seen within his work, namely his Trapped series. The Other Way Around is a continuation of this series and demonstrates the distinction between reality and the facade, revealing the truth behind the metaphorical mask. Stefan Thelen is a street and gallery artist based in the Netherlands who graduated from Graphic Lyceum in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Super A’s murals and works have been featured in galleries around the world including Germany, London, Paris, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, and the United States, among others. Super A’s mural was painted as part of Antelope Valley Walls! (formerly POW!WOW! Antelope Valley) in 2018. The mural is located at Lancaster Blvd in Lancaster, California.

back to list MamaWisdom Born on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Nikila is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, designer, and performer inspired by an earth-based wisdom of Roots and Culture. Mother and community organizer, her work as an advocate for youth, indigenous, and environmental rights has played an influential role within shaping her foundation as a "Cultural Community Artist". Born into Pacific Islander, First Nations, and European lineages, to the raw street smarts of the Bay Area’s inner cities, it has been the cultural richness, as well as the systemic issues of her background, that have led Nikila to explore the arts as a foundation for educational reform and decolonization. In turn, she has helped develop youth arts curriculum and programs for a number of organizations. As a painter and muralist, her art weaves underlying stories, traditions, and elements of the sacred indigenous with modern influences of the urban underground, and is guided by a maternal connection to the natural wisdom of the Earth; Thus birthing the art alias "MamaWisdom".

back to list Scott Listfield Scott Listfield is known for his paintings featuring a lone exploratory astronaut lost in a landscape cluttered with pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references. Scott grew up in Boston, MA and studied art at Dartmouth College. After some time spent living abroad, Scott returned to America and began painting astronauts and, sometimes, dinosaurs.

Launched in 2013, the Green MOAH Initiative utilizes art and environmental education as a creative catalyst for leading greener, more sustainable lives. Project topics include recycled art, urban farming and gardening, sustainable design, water harvesting, and renewable energy, such as wind and solar power. To date, the Green MOAH Initiative has reached more than 15,000 underserved youth in the Antelope Valley. The Initiative showcases how art functions as a stimulant in communities for living cleaner lives in the Antelope Valley. This is MOAH’s first annual public outreach and community engagement initiative to welcome the schools, community groups, families and individuals in our unique community to join us in co-creating a greener, brighter future. MOAH will develop and launch this exciting program on a quarterly basis with community based “green art” workshops and corresponding exhibitions that are formulated to increase environmental awareness through creativity and art making. Wasteland: Turning Illegally Dumped Waste Into Art The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) and the Eastside High School Art Department teamed up to launch a month-long project called Wasteland: Turning Illegally Dumped Waste into Art, the first project of the Green MOAH Initiative. Learn More CrossWINDS: The Intersection of Art and Sustainability Creatively teaching through hands-on art and environmental education—as many students and community members as possible about the benefit of wind and its impact on a number of aspects of our lives and our beautiful desert ecosystem. Learn More Green Revolution Trunk Lancaster’s Museum of Art & History (MOAH) Trunk Program is now offering a brand new discovery trunk entitled Green Revolution, as part of the award-winning Green MOAH Initiative. Learn More