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- Sharon Kagan | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Bearing Witness January 31 - April 19, 2026 • Past Exhibition Ralph and Virginia Bozigian Gallery A twenty-five-year survey of Kagan’s practice, exploring knitting as an allegory for human interconnectedness and intergenerational trauma across drawing, painting, installation, and performance. Part of Metaphor exhibition season Image Credit: Sharon Kagan, Untitled #6 (detail), 2015, Mixed media drawing Courtesy of the Artist
- Eva Aguila | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Eva Aguila The Foundation of the Harvest / El Cimiento de la Cosecha May 16 - August 30, 2026 • Past Exhibition Ralph and Virginia Bozigian Family Gallery Eva Aguila: The Foundation of the Harvest / El Cimiento de la Cosecha explores the continued impact of the United States’ dependence on Mexican migrant labor, using an intimate installation inclusive of domestic objects, vintage family photographs, archival materials, and video testimony to trace a direct line from the mid-20th century Bracero Program to today's H-2A visa system. The exhibition honors the resilience of Aguila’s family, who transformed harsh working conditions into generational wealth, and the activism of organizers like Aguila’s uncle Jorge Campos Aguiñiga who fought for laborers' rights. Eva Aguila Eva Aguila (b. 1983, Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican American interdisciplinary artist working in video, sound, and installation. Born in Los Angeles as a first-generation American, Aguila centers her practice on oral histories of the Mexican diaspora, particularly drawing from her ancestral communities in rural Michoacán. Her research-driven work engages with personal archives and the materiality of memory, examining the complexities of the Latiné experience. Aguila holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California. Recent exhibitions and performances include the Vincent Price Art Museum (2025), SUR:biennial (2023), and CURRENT:LA FOOD (2019), with additional presentations in Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia. 2026 Summer Exhibition Season Lancaster Museum of Art and History This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. Eva Aguila, Building Home , 2023/26, site-specific installation. Courtesy of the Artist.
- Daisy Patton | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Daisy Patton Flowers, Fruits, and Birds September 26, 2026 - April 25, 2027 • Current Exhibition Daisy Patton: Flowers, Fruits, and Birds explores the intersection of personal memory and intergenerational histories. Drawing from found photographs, archival imagery, and decorative traditions, Patton transforms portraits through vibrant floral interventions and embellishment, reintroducing women from the past as figures suspended between eras. The exhibition title references a passage from The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, in which women are metaphorically associated with flowers, fruits, and birds. Patton reclaims these symbols, revealing them not only as markers of beauty and fragility, but also as emblems of growth, resilience, and creation. Events Fall 2026 Exhibition Guided Tours October 22, 2026 6 - 7 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534, USA Join us Daisy Patton, Untitled (Five Patterned Women on the Ledge with White Flowers) (detail) , 2021, oil on archival print. Courtesy of the artist.
- Strange Pathways | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions A group exhibition and solo projects featuring Stephanie Buer, Alexis Mata, Eli McMullen, and Mark Jeffrey Santos. September 27 - January 4, 2026 • Past Stello Gallery Strange Pathways showcases works from artists: Nicola Caredda, Leo Eguiarte, Frank Gonzales, Anthony Hurd, Charlie Immer, Suanjaya Kencut, JoleneLai, Scott Listfield, Justin Lavato, Dan Lydersen, Brian Mashburn, Alexis Mata, Fumi Nakamura, Hallie Packard, Kevin Peterson, Michael Polakowski, Melly Tichez, Wiley Wallace, Rick Watts, Casey Weldon. Presented throughout the museum's galleries, Strange Pathways , highlights the theme of landscapes and how these artists both interpret and incorporate the subject in their work. Curated by Thinkspace Projects Eli McMullen, Kismet Gateway (detail), acrylic on cradled wood panel, 2025 Courtesy of Thinkspace Projects (Los Angeles) Alexis Mata Purple Sunset Read More Eli McMullen Earth Signals Read More Mark Jeffrey Santos Among Quiet Peaks Read More Stephanie Buer Relic Read More
- Blue Grass, Green Skies | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Blue Grass, Green Skies Fall/Winter 2025 Season September 27 - January 4, 2026 • Past Exhibition Lancaster Museum of Art and History Blue Grass, Green Skies brought together works that reflected on the natural world, environmental changes, terrain, and scenery, including pieces inspired by the California landscape. Organized in collaboration with Thinkspace and LACMA, the exhibition highlighted diverse artistic perspectives on these themes. Strange Pathways A group exhibition and solo projects featuring Stephanie Buer, Alexis Mata, Eli McMullen, and Mark Jeffrey Santos. Learn More Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art an exhibition from LACMA Learn More Elevations and Extensions Luciana Abait Learn More
- Metaphor | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Metaphor January 31 - April 19, 2026 • Past Exhibition Experience the launch of Metaphor , an exhibition season featuring seven solo exhibitions and projects exploring visual metaphor, memory, identity, and collective experience. This season brings together artists who use symbolism and layered imagery to reveal complex stories about self, place, history, and imagination. Image Credit: Nathan Huff, Phantom Limbs (detail), 2019, Gouache and watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the Artist Nathan Huff Heavy Hope Learn More Sharon Kagan Bearing Witness Learn More Bachrun LoMele Burn Pile/ All Kinds of Murmuring Here and There Learn More Vojislav Radovanović Fables from the Valley in Between Learn More Francis C. Robateau Jr. Halftone Histories: Memory, Erasure, and Belonging Learn More Brian Singer It was a pleasure to burn Learn More Diane Briones Williams The Precarious Life of the Parol Learn More
- Bachrun LoMele | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Burn Pile/ All Kinds of Murmuring Here and There January 31 - April 19, 2026 • Past Exhibition Atrium A sculptural installation built from papier-mâché and faux-wood structures inscribed with randomized community “truths,” exploring the tension between fact and illusion. Part of Metaphor exhibition season Image Credit: Bachrun LoMele, Burn Pile / All Kinds of Murmuring Here and There (detail), 2022, Relief prints on paper mounted on gatorboard, oil pen, markers, ink, paper maché, paper clay, aluminum leaf, aluminum foil, acrylic paint, running LED signs, scrambled, donated truth essences Courtesy of the Artist
- Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art an exhibition from LACMA September 27 - January 4, 2026 • Past South Gallery It must not be assumed that American Impressionism and French Impressionism are identical. The American painter accepted the spirit, not the letter of the new doctrine. —Christian Brinton, 1916 In 1874, a group of avant-garde French artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, organized the first exhibition of the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc.” in Paris. Although working independently, rather than as a unified movement or school, they came to be known as the Impressionists—a term first used to disparage their works as unfinished “impressions.” Defined by their loose brushwork, vibrant color palettes, and attention to capturing the ephemeral effects of light and atmosphere, these artists rejected established academic traditions and developed innovative approaches to depicting modern life. Impressionism’s influence was felt globally, but perhaps nowhere as profoundly or as long lasting as in the United States. American artists working abroad had opportunities to see and study Impressionist works, but it was not until 1886—when the movement had lost some of its radical edge—that the first large-scale exhibition of French Impressionism was held in the United States. The New York Tribune reported that although Impressionist pictures were often criticized for their “blue grass, violently green skies, and water with the coloring of a rainbow,” Americans would nevertheless benefit from studying the “vitality and beauty” in these works. Over the next three decades, artists working across the United States adapted Impressionist aesthetics to depict modern American life. While their works embody the optimism and nationalism that then defined American culture, by the turn of the twentieth century, rapid urbanization and industrialization had transformed the nation, giving rise to new artistic tendencies. A group of younger artists, often described as Realists, rejected Impressionism’s colorful palette, instead portraying the grittier side of urban life. However, like their Impressionist contemporaries, they continued to paint the American scene, focusing on life in the city, the country, and the home. Drawn from the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the works in this exhibition highlight the evolution of Impressionism’s blue grass and green skies into a distinctly American art. All works are in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. IMAGE CREDIT: Guy Rose, Carmel Dunes , c. 1918-1920, Oil on canvas, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Reese H. Taylor (55.99), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.
- Emanations | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Emanations Light, Growth, and Renewal in the Lancaster Museum of Art and History Collection May 16, 2026 - April 25, 2027 • Current Exhibition North Gallery Emanations showcases artworks from MOAH’s permanent collection, including paintings that radiate light, glowing photography, undulating sculpture, and works on paper depicting growth. From ethereal explorations of color and transparency to bold prints pulsing with energy, each piece offers literal and metaphorical interpretations of illumination, emergence, and transformation. Fall 2026 Exhibition Guided Tours October 22, 2026 6 - 7 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534, USA Join us Sheila Pinkel, Nautilus (detail), 1978-1982, xeroradiography. Collection of the Lancaster Museum of Art and History.
- Eugene Rodriguez | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Eugene Rodriguez Velvet Notes: Conversando con Pedro Guzmán May 16 - August 30, 2026 • Past Exhibition Main Gallery Velvet Notes: Conversando con Pedro Guzmán by Eugene Rodriguez presents a series of vibrant, pop-art inspired short films, sculpture, prints, and paintings that reflect on themes of artistic creativity and agency through a deeply personal lens. Rodriguez’s alter egos presented in these films examine how images, familial bonds, and cultural heritage construct identity and determine who is seen, heard, and remembered. The exhibition debuts his latest film, The Great Masquerade (2026), which discusses art, artifice, commerce, and politics in the creative industries. Past Events Eugene Rodriguez Eugene Rodríguez is a San Francisco-based visual artist whose work includes painting, printmaking, ceramics, filmmaking and publishing. Aesthetically, his artwork incorporates theater, neorealism, and surrealism and then utilizes multiple painting and storytelling approaches to create a kaleidoscopic hybrid. Euguene Rodriguez, Las Conchas , 2022, silk screen print. Courtesy of the Artist. This exhibition/program is part of the 2026 Hyper SoCal initiative which brings awareness to nonprofit and municipal art venues supporting working artists in Southern California. Eugene Rodriguez, Los Punks Barrocos (detail), 2025, Oil and wax on linen on panel. Courtesy of the Artist. "Las Conchas" Enamel Pin Set Adorn your bags, jackets, lanyards, and items with this limited edition set of enamel pins inspired by the artwork of Eugene Rodriguez! Concha Acrylic Keychain Attach these vibrant, lightweight acrylic keychains to your bags, keyrings, or clothing, with an unforgettable design inspired by the artwork of Eugene Rodriguez. Collect both colors! Art Book: Eugene Rodriguez Take the exhibition home! Eugene Rodriguez (2026) is a beautiful, illustrated art book documenting the artist's MOAH exhibition, Velvet Notes: Conversando con Pedro Guzman , with essays and images of works that explore cultural memory, creative production, and intergenerational dialogue. Shop The Exhibition
- Elevations and Extensions | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Luciana Abait September 27 - January 4, 2026 • Past Main Gallery Elevations and Extensions explores the impact of climate change, especially as it pertains to marginalized communities and patterns of global immigration. Luciana Abait’s large-scale photo collages capture vulnerable natural phenomena, preserving their fleeting beauty. Abait employs the use of vibrant, unnatural color pallets, alluding to the toxicity and pollution impacting our planet. Abait’s Road Trip Series consist of digitally altered photographs that she captured while driving through the American West. By showcasing the landscape’s vivid beauty, she aims to inspire hope and care when it comes to protecting and preserving the environment. Luciana’s Iceberg Series was inspired by her own feelings of instability. Collaged from found images of icebergs and Luciana’s photography, she creates imaginary landscapes that blend personal experiences with collective geographic history. Unlike Abait’s other photographic works, the images in the On the Verge series have not been edited or manipulated by the artist. On the Verge includes photographs taken at locations around the border of Arizona and Utah, including Lake Powell, a rapidly shrinking reservoir, and Glen Canyon Dam, a key site in the distribution of Colorado River water to millions of people across the West. Abait’s large-scale installations invite viewers to reflect on their place in the environment as well as their role in its transformation. Maps That Failed Us, an installation comprised of world maps constructed to resemble a towering mountainside, interrogates the arbitrary state of human imposed borders. The installation gestures towards the vastness and interconnectedness of the world we inhabit. Agua was created as a meditative space where viewers can reflect on the importance of water, one of our most precious natural resources. Abait is invested in water as a reoccurring symbol of rebirth across multiple cultures and religions. Through her immersive installations, Abait fosters moments of contemplation and connection, urging viewers to consider their relationship to nature and each other. Image Credit: Luciana Abait, Abyss (detail), Photo-collage, soft pastel and pencil on wood ppanel, 2019
- Edwin Vasquez | MOAH
Home Back to Exhibitions Edwin Vasquez The Starborn Fragments May 16 - August 30, 2026 • Past Exhibition Moore Family Trust Gallery Edwin Vasquez: The Starborn Fragments features a new installation that draws on Mayan iconography while expanding the visual language of this legacy through artworks that reclaim and reimagine a lost history. Vasquez honors ancestral astronomical knowledge while reflecting on cultural identity, spirituality, and the resilience of tradition through a series of richly textured, mixed-media clay masks painted in deep cosmic blues and velvety blacks and encrusted with rhinestones and found objects, a large-scale central painting, relic-like sculpture, and poetry. Edwin Vasquez Edwin Vasquez is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Antelope Valley. Working in digital imagery, photography, poetry, and mixed media, Vasquez has developed a unique visual language that uses rich forms and colors to engage themes of ecology and the human condition. In addition to his studio practice, he is an experienced curator, photojournalist, published author, and videographer. His work has been presented in numerous local, national, and international exhibitions. In 2023, he was awarded the Philip and Muriel Berman grant from the MRH Fund for Artists. Vasquez currently serves as a Public Art Commissioner for the City of Palmdale, CA. Summer 2026 Exhibition Season Lancaster Museum of Art & History Top banner: Edwin Vasquez, The Sky Burner of the Sixth Night , 2025, mixed-media on clay. Courtesy of the Artist.
