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Bloom 2013 < Return to Exhibitions May 11 - June 29 SuperCallaFragileMysticEcstasyDioecious: Cole Case, Amir H. Fallah, Penelope Gottlieb and Roland Reiss Sharon Suhovy: Ambrosia Elena Manferdini Jennifer Vanderpool/ Patrick Melroy: Astro Flowers Kathleen Elliot: Living Flame Janice Tieken: Orchid Requiem Susan Sironi: Nothing Domestic Rebecca Niederlander: We are Stardust, We are Golden. And We Have to Find our Way Back to the Garden Penelope Gottlieb Susan Sironi Kathleen Elliot Rebecca Niederlander Janice Tieken Learn More Case Niederlander Vanderpool Manferdini Elliot Tieken Suhovy SuperCallaFragileMysticEcstasyDioecious: Cole Case, Amir H. Fallah, Penelope Gottlieb and Roland Reiss SuperCallaFragileMysticEcstasyDioecious highlights the work of four Los Angeles artists who synthesize artistic and ecological concerns through the painting of flowers. Cole Case, Amir H. Fallah, Penelope Gottlieb and Roland Reiss bring disparate painting approaches and varying cultural associations together as an artistic response to the world’s concentrically dizzying spin. “Whereas older traditions of botanical art and still life painting involved calm, studio-bound reflections of natural beauty and visual order, a new paradigm seems appropriate in the more fragile condition of the world in the early 21st century. We’re in a state of accelerated change, possibly teetering on some sort of apocalyptic brink.” -Penelope Gottlieb Sharon Suhovy: Ambrosia Sharon Suhovy sculpts sumptuous three dimensional paintings with cake-frosting utensils. Her sculptures may reflect structures that are familiar in historical architecture and almost always include the use of classic flowers like the rose as a metaphor for beauty. Elena Manferdini Elena Manferdini’s site specific installation is a new addition to the MOAH permanent collection. This acquisition was made possible with funds from the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation. Jennifer Vanderpool/ Patrick Melroy: Astro Flowers This site specific installation recontextualizes the historic propaganda of the Cold War Space Race, imaging an alternative history that subverts patriarchal, nationalistic imagery with botanical iconography – the rocket ship for the flower. Thematically, the work acknowledges Lancaster’s role in space technology, while in a tongue and cheek manner suggesting the beautification of space is as worthy a goal as manifest destiny of unknown galaxies and global dominance. Kathleen Elliot: Living Flame Kathleen Elliot lives in two worlds: the “real” one of luscious flora, fruits and vegetables and in her own Garden of Eden. Her works in glass exhibited at MOAH arose from a great love of plants, their life cycles, the beauty of all of their parts – leaves, seed pods, flowers, bark, etc – and the spiritual connection she feels when she is in nature. Janice Tieken: Orchid Requiem California photographer Janice Tieken’s series Orchid Requiem focuses on the beauty of orchids and other flora after their life cycle is finished. This body of work won the International Silver Prize for Art and Science of Color. Susan Sironi: Nothing Domestic Susan Sironi’s altered garden books are fantastical botanical dioramas. Leftover cuttings from the altered books form the basis for Sironi's "Garden Collage" series of mixed-media wall work. Romantic looking floral bouquets are overlaid with Sironi's handwritten stream of consciousness texts which are modified -- leaving us to ponder the poetic content. Rebecca Niederlander: We are Stardust, We are Golden. And We Have to Find our Way Back to the Garden As an artist, Rebecca Niederlander’s practice is founded in the relationship of the individual to the larger whole. Her art contains an aesthetics of multiples, a commitment to the singular element and how it fits into a larger balanced context of many. Her works invite the viewer to participate on an active level by creating pieces of their own within the installation that add to the whole of Niederlander’s work. Rebecca Niederlander is the Community Engagement Artist working in conjunction with sculptor Brad Howe on the new Los Angeles County Multi Ambulatory Care Center scheduled to open in Lancaster in 2014. Sironi View or Download the Bloom 2013 Exhibition Catalog by clicking on the cover image or here.

back to list Lauren YS Lauren YS is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work is influenced by multiple stages of focus, both geographically and in practice. With dynamic bouts in academics, literature and writing, teaching, illustration, and animation leading up to her arrival in the urban art sphere, the influences of these phases of her own career add up to a robust style of murals and fine art. Lauren's work is influenced by dreams, mythology, death, comics, love, sex, psychedelia, animation and her Asian-American heritage.

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Rent Our Space for Your Next Photo Shoot Please review our policy and fill out the request form. Read the Policy PLEASE NOTE: We are pausing photo shoot requests until January 5, 2026. We appreciate your patience and look forward to working with you in the new year! Photo: Candace Benjamin Photography Photo: Danielle Bacon Photography Photo: Eric Minh Swenson Photo: Eric Minh Swenson Photo: Candace Benjamin Photography Photo: Eric Minh Swenson Photo: Candace Benjamin Photography Photo: Candace Benjamin Photography Show More Photo Shoot Policy Please Read Due to an increased interest in the usage of our facility for photoshoot services, we have implemented a series of guidelines to better ensure that all of our guests have the best museum experience possible. We ask that you please adhere to these guidelines, or you may be asked to vacate the premises. For Personal Usage For groups of three or fewer guests, you are welcome to take photos for personal use (E.g. Wedding, graduation, formal photos) for a donation of $5.00, per person. For groups of four or more guests, we require a scheduled appointment, and you will be charged a mandatory staffing fee of $44.00, per hour. Photoshoot appointments must be scheduled through the request form listed on the Museum website at least 72 hours in advance. You may NOT be in any one gallery for a period exceeding 30 minutes. Use of camera flash is NOT permitted at any time, within the museum. You may NOT lie or sit on the floor, or in any way be obstructive to walkways or the views of other guests. You may NOT ask any other guests to move or to vacate any part of the facility. You must store any bags or bulky equipment at the Front Desk. (If your shoot requires a change of clothes, you must still leave baggage with staff. Personal belongings may be retrieved at the end of your visit) For Commercial Usage For any photos or video taken for commercial purposes (E.g. Brand promotion or music videos), you must obtain a filming permit from the AV Film Liaison. Permits can be obtained at AVFilm.com and this process takes approximately three days. We must also receive written permission from any artists whose work may be featured in your production. Once the permit has been obtained and artists have granted their permission, you will need to schedule a facility rental to use the indicated space. Normal rental fees will apply. All other guidelines listed for personal photos will also apply to photos taken for commercial purposes.

3rd Floor Mural Custom Aerospace Mural Curated by the Lancaster Museum of Art & History 1/1 1 - Lockheed C-121 Constellation Photographic Print 2012.999.67 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) The Lockheed C-121 Constellation is a military transport version of the Lockheed Constellation. 2 - Anthony W. "Tony" LeVier Photographic Print 2012.999.66.01 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Tony LeVier's test flying was instrumental in proving the Lockheed P-38 Lightning design. He and chief engineering test pilot Milo Burcham alternated flying dive tests to observe the design's performance at transonic speeds. To demonstrate the reliability of the design in the hands of a skilled pilot, he performed aerobatic shows for students at the Polaris Flight school at War Eagle Field in nearby Lancaster. 3 - Fairchild C-123 Provider Photographic Print 2012.999.68 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 4 - Jesse Jacobs Photographic Print 2012.999.69 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 5 - X-13 Vertijet Photographic Print 1988.05.380 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Perry Row 6 - Arthur "Kit" Murray Photographic Print 2012.999.47.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Air Force test pilot Arthur "Kit" Murray, posing in front of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto at Edwards Air Force Base, 1956. Murray was the first test pilot to be permanently assigned to Muroc Army Air Field (later, Edwards Air Force Base). Other test pilots, such as Captain Chuck Yeager, were assigned to Wright Field and traveled to Muroc as necessary. 7 - Thomas C. McMurtry Photographic Print 2012.999.64.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Thomas McMurtry was a former U.S. Navy pilot and Lockheed Corporation consultant before joining NASA in 1967. McMurtry was Associate Director for Operations at NASA Dryden from July 27, 1998, and also served as Dryden's acting Chief Engineer from February, 1999 until his retirement. In 1982, McMurtry received the Iven C. Kincheloe Award from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots for his contributions as project pilot on the AD-1 Oblique Wing program. In 1998 he was named as one of the honorees of the Lancaster, CA, ninth Aerospace Walk of Honor ceremonies. In 1999 he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. 8 - Chuck Yeager Photographic Print 2012.999.52.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Chuck Yeager became a pilot in 1942 during WWII though he had originally joined as an aircraft mechanic. On several occasions he was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base. While at Edwards, he broke the sound barrier by traveling faster than the speed of sound in a Bell X-1 named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife. 9 - Space Shuttle Columbia Photographic Print 2012.999.37.02 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO)

Autumn 2013 < Return to Exhibitions August 3, - October 13, 2013 Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration Curated by Tyler Stallings and Marko Peljhan Main & Vault Gallery Tim Youd: The Right Stuff Jewel Box Gallery When I'm Sixty-Four Curated by Rebecca Trawick East, South, Wells Fargo Jorg Dubin: Dog Fight Lobby Atrium Free Enterprise Image Courtesy of Tyler Stallings, Artistic Director UCR Culver Center for the Arts & Sweeney Art Gallery Troy Aossey Tim Youd Jorg Dubin Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration Curated by Tyler Stallings and Marko Peljhan Occupying the entire ground level, MOAH presents the first contemporary art exhibition in the U.S. to showcase an international array of artists and organizations who are exploring the intersection between artistic production and civilian space travel. The possibility of fulfilling the human dream to fly into space has been encouraged by a major political and cultural shift away from federal-sponsored space activities towards a private enterprise model. This exciting exhibit includes a variety of media such as drawing, photography, video, sculpture, painting, and artifacts by international participants. Locally based XCOR Aerospace, Inc. (Mojave, CA), has installed a full scale working rocket and other hardware in the Museum as a major feature of the show. Free Enterprise originated from the University of California Riverside ARTSblock. Participants : The Arts Catalyst (London, U.K.), Lowry Burgess (Pittsburgh, PA), Center for Land Use Interpretation (Culver City, CA), Richard Clar (Paris/Los Angeles), Skeith De Wine (Santa Ana, CA), Kitsou Dubois (Paris), Final Frontier Design (New York), MIR - Microgravity Interdisciplinary Research (international participants), Forrest Myers (New York), Carrie Paterson (Los Angeles), Connie Samaras (Los Angeles), and XCOR Aerospace, Inc. (Mojave, CA). Tim Youd: The Right Stuff Continuing with the theme of space and flight, Los Angeles-based artist Tim Youd will perform the typing of Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff on the original typewriter used to create the novel. Youd’s performance involves typing the novel on a single page run through the machine over and over again, thereby embedding the entire manuscript into one sheet. Youd travels the world, performing the works in locales geographically related to either the author’s life or the plot of the novel. When I'm Sixty-Four Curated by Rebecca Trawick When I'm Sixty-Four explores the lives of our country's 50+ population. California alone is projected to have a population of 6.5 million people over the age of 65 within the first two decades of the new millennium. All aspects of life will be impacted including politics, public services, the economy, family structures, and healthcare. As our population ages we have to ask ourselves the role this group will play in our culture and whether or not our perception, acceptance and politics will mature along with them. The contemporary artists in When I'm Sixty-Four use diverse approaches to explore the realities of the lives of our senior population, often through extremely private investigations into their own aging or the lives of their loved ones. Their work poses questions about our concepts of growing older, and what we can do to access our senior community members. The Museum of Art and History is presenting an in-depth schedule of public programs, lectures, film screenings and special performances featuring amazing seniors in our communities. Artists include Deborah Aschheim (CA), Troy Aossey (AZ), Jeanne C. Finley (CA), Gina Genis (CA), Nancy Macko (CA), Peter Riesett (NY) and Shari Wasson (CA). Jorg Dubin: Dog Fight Jorg Dubin’s Dog Fight sculptures capture the form and structure of military aircraft. Constructed from metal, Dubin finishes the surfaces with corporate logos painted directly on the work. Suspended in the Museum’s atrium in a configuration resembling an aerial dog fight, the title of the work comes alive from multiple vantage points as viewers walk through the first and second floors of the facility. The Corporate Jet Series is a playful and ironic look at the influence or perhaps the merging of the power of corporate America, politics and the innate desire for the good life, all of which is protected by the military. Enterprise Youd Dubin Trawick View or Download the Autumn 2013 Exhibition Catalog by clicking on the cover image or here.

back to list Lily Brick Lily Brick is a creative artist interested in design, street, and graffiti art, with an admiration for graphic expression. Brick’s art career started by studying Advertising Graphic Design and working for multiple companies and organizations. Upon leading the design team of a printing company, she initiated a new artistic expression with spray paint, leading to a hobby and soon professional trade. The discovery of her first works in the public gardens of Lleida, Spain, led to her first commissioned murals and over 300 pieces worldwide of her artwork. Notable locations include multiple cities in Spain, like Barcelona, Pennelles, and Alcarràs, as well as Germany, Morocco, France, Sweden, and others. Being recognized as having made the largest mural created in Spain by a single woman, Brick surpassed herself with the creation of another larger mural. Brick utilizes her work to represent and express visibly empowered women with strong and intense gazes. Lily Brick was born in Lleida, Spain, and has produced significant artwork globally.

back to list Brandon Thompson Brandon Thompson is a contemporary mural artist, Air Force Veteran, & California native. In 2009, while traveling in the military, Brandon turned to his childhood influences of hip-hop and graffiti, and started spray painting hand-cut stencils to create custom canvas paintings. Today, Brandon has completed over 30 local murals in collaboration with several community leaders, businesses, and schools including BitWise, Lowes, The Dolores Huerta Foundation, and the City of Bakersfield. His original paintings and drawings range in unique size, medium, and subject and are available at Bird Dog Arts in Tejon, California. Brandon earned his undergraduate degree in Small Business & Entrepreneurship in 2018; however, his creative journey has been self-taught. Brandon was recently selected as one of Bakersfield's "20 Under 40" Rising Stars. As a self-taught Veteran artist, Brandon hopes to inspire others, educate the masses, and celebrate culture and people.

back to list Laurence Vallieres Laurence Vallières is an artist from Québec, Canada; who primarily uses cardboard boxes for the creation of her art work. With her works, she actively campaigns for animal welfare and dedicates herself to the topic of social injustice.

Aili SchmeltzCairn 24Informed by the environmental, philosophical, and architectural histories of the American West, artist Aili Schmeltz creates sculptures and wall-hung works that combine painting, collage, embroidery, and ceramics. Her practice stems from a fascination of the desert landscape, research into feminist history, and an examination of the politics and utopian ideology associated to the development, destruction, and conservation of the West. < Back Aili Schmeltz, Cairn 24 Detail Aili Schmeltz, Cairn 24 Detail Aili Schmeltz, Cairn 24 Studio Angle Aili Schmeltz, Cairn 24 Detail 1/7 Aili Schmeltz Cairn 24 Informed by the environmental, philosophical, and architectural histories of the American West, artist Aili Schmeltz creates sculptures and wall-hung works that combine painting, collage, embroidery, and ceramics. Her practice stems from a fascination of the desert landscape, research into feminist history, and an examination of the politics and utopian ideology associated to the development, destruction, and conservation of the West. Schmeltz’s Cairn sculpture series employs architectural structural elements from Brutalist, Utopic, and Modernist traditions and echo the igneous rock and native plants of California’s Mojave Desert. The sculptures are a culmination of simplified and abstracted architectural motifs combined with the rough and weathered textures of earthenware. These elements are stacked and notched together, intertwining the architectural ideas of optimism with an awareness of the raw and unrefined elements that provide the material make-up of the work, creating objects that appear as hybrid futuristic relics. Previous Next

< Back to ACTIVATION 1/1 Keith Collins Ali January 22 - April 17, 2022 Keith Collins is an American visual artist and designer who specializes in large-scale tapestries, performance and luxury automotive floor mats, oil paintings, and industrial assemblage sculptures. His work has adorned the walls of galleries and homes alike, blending the domestic and the commercial space. Inspired by instances of quilt making with his aunt, Collins has been interested in the re-use of material. “I went down to several carpet stores, jumped into their bins and risked the coffee grounds and stray dogs to go for the prize of these colored pieces.” This idea of recycling has morphed from utilizing discarded carpet scraps to intentionally using fragments of carpets to create his famous tapestries today. While self-taught, Collins has proved to be a master of his craft. The quality and caliber of his work is second to none and has garnered universal respect. His status however, did not come into fruition overnight. Recalling his early days, Collins notes the time where he sold his car, a 1958 Porsche, during his freshman year in college in order to purchase the remaining supply of carpet scraps from a closing store. Although teased by his friends, Keith stuck to the decision that would eventually fuel his career. Previous Next

X-15 Flight Crew at EAFB, L-R: Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, NASA pilot John B. "Jack" McKay, Air Force pilot William J. "Pete" Knight, NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson, and NASA pilot Bill Dana. X-15 Flight Crew X 15 Crew X 15 Crew 1/1 X-15 Flight Crew, 1966 Photographic Print 2012.999.50 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) Scan the QR Code for more information X-15 Flight Crew at EAFB, L-R: Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, NASA pilot John B. "Jack" McKay, Air Force pilot William J. "Pete" Knight, NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson, and NASA pilot Bill Dana.