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< Back Terry Arena Natural Capital Once considered a “ghost lake” in California, the torrential downpour of rain experienced in 2023 has resurrected bodies of water like Tulare Lake. It was considered one of the largest freshwater bodies west of the Mississippi before it would be depleted of its water in the 19th century through the creation of canals, dams, and ditches that would divert water from the region for agriculture. Lucrative crops like pistachios are planted on thousands of acres of the lakebed. The land that provides three quarters of our country’s fruits and nuts and one-third of our vegetables has been quietly overtaken by nature multiple times in the last hundred years. At the crux of artist Terry Arena’s work is her environmental curiosity and the robust food economy of California’s Central Valley. Fundamental to her art inquiry is the notion of collapse and rebirth as seen in phenomena like the disappearance and resurgence of Lake Tulare. Her latest body of work, Natural Capital , explores society’s race toward the eventual depletion of our environmental resources. She investigates how humanity commodifies the natural world through its water, land, and aquifers. UPCOMING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Weaving: Stories of our Past, Present, and Future with Terry Arena Saturday, July 20 at 3 PM | Located at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History Join us for a creative workshop where we explore the timeless art of weaving. Participants will create woven self-portraits using a variety of materials, reflecting their past, present, or future! Bring any meaningful paper (photos, recipes, etc.) to incorporate into your piece. Previous Next

The Exhibition Census Block Map #countmein Blog photo gallery Artists in Residence Videos About the Census Every 10 years, the U.S. Census counts every resident in the nation. A complete and accurate count of California’s population is essential to the state. The Lancaster Museum of Art and History and the neighborhoods which immediately surround the Museum, historically, have had high Low Response Scores (LRS). Neighborhoods with Low Response Scores typically go undercounted and remain underrepresented and underfunded. For the first time, the Census participation will be conducted primarily through online self-responses instead of hard copy mailing efforts. This change has the potential to drastically impact state and county funding. Many critical factors can be barriers to participation in the Census including education, race, languages spoken, poverty level, homelessness, immigration status and level of trust. The Lancaster Museum of Art and History believes that change happens at the speed of trust. The Museum has found the best way to build trust between an organization and its community, breaking down these barriers, is by embedding artists who reflect the communities in which they live and work, who look the same and speak the same language. Through a series of workshops, community gatherings, candid photography, and a public exhibition, the artists-in-residence will increase the self-enumerated responses of these identified Low Response Score (LRS) neighborhoods in the 2020 Census. This is especially important for areas like the Antelope Valley. In the Antelope Valley, approximately 101,320 people are living in Hard to Survey (HTS) Block Groups. The Museum of Art and History and the neighborhoods that immediately surround the Museum are designated as Very High or High Low Response Score (LRS) neighborhoods. The Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation (LMPAF), the Museum of Art and History and the City of Lancaster believe that organizations and community leaders must be proactive, educating, encouraging and empowering residents to participate in the Census! Generously sponsored by Housing Corporation of America #CountMeIn Photo Videos #CountMeIn Videos Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied #CountMeIn Photo Gallery Spotlight Cafe Book Making Workshop Tote bag Screen Printing Workshop Chalk Drawing Engagement Artists’ Bookmaking On The BLVD Gallery Video #CountMeIn Census Block Map Below you will find a map of each neighborhood block group located in downtown Lancaster. Block groups can vary in size and population typically from 1,000 to over 3,000 people in any one block group. Block groups with “Very High” Low Response Scores (LRS) are seen in red; block groups with “High” Low Response Scores are seen in orange; and block groups with “Medium” Low Response Scores are seen in yellow. Block groups seen in green are regarded as having a “Low” Low Response Score. Do you live in one of these block groups? If so, what is level is your Low Response Score? #CountMeIn is working towards having each block group decrease their Low Response Scores by 10% or from “Very High” to “High,” “High” to “Medium” and “Medium” to “Low.” #CountMeIn Artist in Residence Robin Rosenthal has been developing creative place-keeping projects in the Antelope Valley since 2015, when she was commissioned Artist-in-Residence by the LA County Arts Commission for their NEA Our Town funded AV Art Outpost initiative (on which LMPAF was a partner). She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Real93543, an emerging local arts organization whose programming engages Littlerock and Southeast Antelope Valley residents in an arts-based process of strengthening local ownership and social connection—highlighting community-specific narratives through documentary media, educational programs, and public art. (See Real93543’s projects at www.real93543.org .) With a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from Queens College, CUNY, Rosenthal taught studio art at San Antonio College and the San Antonio Art Institute, and exhibited her experimental videos nationally before coming to Los Angeles to work in film and television. Her award-winning documentary filmmaking practice, as half of the Littlerock-based Pony Highway Productions, draws from her background as an artist, educator, and motion picture industry professional, and informs her work in creative place-keeping. Short link to Positively Littlerock Story Map Tour: https://arcg.is/18X4D1 YouTube link to Real93543 In a Day video: https://youtu.be/ZzcDyJgwAsM Edwin Vasquez is a self-taught artist. Vasquez has studied with other notable Antelope Valley Artists and Teachers such as Glen Knowles, David Babb, Rich Sims and Warren Scherich. Over the years, Vasquez has been featured in several group exhibitions including the State Latin American Visual Arts in Rhode Island (where his work was recognized by Governor Lincoln D. Chafee), Communication at Casa 0101 in Los Angeles, Don’t Sleep! at the Latino Art Museum in Pomona and is a regularly selected artist in Lancaster’s Museum of Art & History’s annual All-Media Juried Art Exhibition. Vasquez has participated, as both an Artist and Curator, in numerous local exhibitions. Vasquez was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala in 1964. Jane Szabo is a Los Angeles based fine art photographer with a Master of Fine Arts from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Her work investigates issues of self and identity. Using self-portraiture and still life as a vehicle to share stories from her life, her work merges her love for fabrication and materials, with conceptual photography. Szabo brings many facets of visual art into her photographic projects, incorporating sculptural, performance and installation elements into her work, and her imagery is often infused with humor and wonder. Szabo's background in the film industry, creating props and miniatures for theme parks, and overseeing set construction for film and television, undoubtedly informs her creative process. #CountMeIn Events Calendar #CountMeIn: A Census 2020 Project Friday, July 19 , 2020, 6 - 9PM 44857 Cedar Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534 Join the #CountMeIn team for its first official project workshop happening this Friday during Spotlight Cafe Open Mic Night beginning at 6 pm. The #CountMeIn team will be onsite asking participants to generate poetry/prose using the words "count," "me," and "in." These works can then be shared with an audience, letting them and your community know that our community matters and that you deserve to be counted on the upcoming Census. This project is generously supported in part by the California Art Council, City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation. #CountMeIn: Census 2020 Book-Making Workshop Saturday, August 3, 2020, 3 - 6 PM 742 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534 Join the #CountMeIn team at Li'l Book Bug on the BLVD for a fun bookmaking workshop. This workshop will utilize Census 2020 as inspiration to create a collaborative art book. The #CountMeIn team will be onsite leading participants through the creative process. All materials will be provided. These works can then be shared with an audience, letting them and your community know that our community matters and that you deserve to be counted on the upcoming Census. Artist-in-Residence, Jane Szabo, will be onsite photographing interested participants while they create the books. This project is generously supported in part by the California Art Council, City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation. #CountMeIn: Tote Bag Screen Printing Workshop Thursday, October 24, 2020 4 - 9 PM 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534 Join the #CountMeIn Team for its next #CountMeIn, A Census 2020 Project, Screen Printing Workshop! Taking place in the Fran and Hernando Marroquin Family Classroom, participants can grab a tote bag, or bandana, and impress upon them Census-minded artwork. Take the tote bag with you as peruse the great, organic food at The BLVD Farmer's Market! This project is generously supported in part by the California Art Council, City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation. #CountMeIn: Chalk Drawing Engagement Saturday, December 7, 2020 2:30 PM Sacred Heart Church - 565 W. Kettering Street The #CountMeIn team invites the Families of Sacred Heart Catholic Church to participate in an afternoon of chalk drawing. Chalks and other materials will be provided for families to create their own colorful drawings on the asphalt, in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. During the event, the #CountMeIn team will share information about the upcoming 2020 Census and the value of being counted. #CountMeIn: Artists’ Bookmaking Saturday, January 25, 2020 11 AM - 3 PM 44857 Cedar Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534 On Saturday, January 25th the #CountMeIn Team invites a group of Antelope Valley artists to the Andrew Frieder Creative Space at MOAH:Cedar to make pages for a collaborative, accordion-fold art book, using the letters of the words #CountMeIn, and referencing inclusion, being counted, community, etc. The resulting artists’ book will be shown as part of MOAH’s #CountMeIn exhibit. Artists will have access to materials in the well-stocked Andrew Frieder Creative Space, and can bring materials and mediums from their own practice as well. #CountMeIn #CountMeIn2020 #CountMeInAV #Census2020 #LancasterMOAH Map Artist in Residence Calendar #CountMeIn Resources The Exhibition www.census.gov www.advancementprojectca.org www.avph.org www.cityoflancasterca.org Resources

back to list Carlos Mendoza Carlos Mendoza is a local Antelope Valley artist who considers himself an art rebel, with his art style demonstrating a raw and free essence. Mendoza has been painting murals in the Antelope Valley for six years but he also works with acrylic, oils, wire, and whatever he can get his hands on. Mendoza utilizes the lack of public art in certain areas of the Antelope Valley inspiration as a driving force for his murals, often as a part of transformation projects for schools around the AV. For Mendoza, public art is an essential part of providing citizens a sense of pride in their community and giving youth a sense of hope for their future. Mendoza aspires to venture outside the Antelope Valley and paint murals in Mexico.

2016 < View Public Art Projects Eco-Quilt 2016 Temporary Art Project Created during her artist-in-residency at MOAH:CEDAR, Jane Ingram’s Eco-Quilt was formed out of twenty hand-made paper squares with wildflower seeds imbedded in the paper pulp. The quilt depicted poppies and contained different wildflower seeds corresponding to the color of the paper. It contained California poppies, California bluebells, white poppies and baby’s breath. A headboard and footboard were built from local willow branches and local participants were invited to help install the project. Eco-Quilt was located at Hull Park in Lancaster.

Discover Trunks Lancaster Museum of Art & History is proud to offer the Discover Trunk program: a free traveling trunk program where members of MOAH's Education Team give engaging on-site presentations about different historical topics. Currently, the museum provides the following Discover Trunk topics: Dinosaurs, Ice Age, Ancient Egypt, and Aviation & Aerospace. Discover Trunk presentations are available for education sites, libraries, youth organizations, homeschool daycare groups, community/recreation sites, senior centers, special events, and more. Each Trunk presentation is about 45-60 minutes long and features a variety of tangible objects and artifacts. For back-to-back presentations, please allow a 15-minute transition period between presentations. Please contact the Education Department at (661) 723-6085 or MOAHeducation@cityoflancasterca.gov for more information about the Discover Trunk program. Use the form below to request a traveling Discover Trunk. Please book at least 3 weeks in advance. Interested in field trips? Click Here dinotrunk_Feb20_2024_img1 1/7 Request a Discover Trunk! Primary Contact First Name Primary Contact Last Name Secondary Contact First Name (if applicable) Secondary Contact Last Name (if applicable) Organization Site Address Phone Email Select a Discover Trunk Number of Presentations Number of Participants per Presentation Age of Participants Select prefered month Choose an option Select a date. Must be booked at least THREE WEEKS in advance. (Available only Wednesdays & Fridays) * required Select a preferred time (*If you need accommodations outside of the days and times listed, please contact the Education Department.) 09:00 AM 11:00 AM 01:00 PM Choose a time Please include any further details about your location to help us find you, such as where to park, enter the building, check-in. I want to subscribe to the newsletter. Take a moment to review our Guidelines and Expectations for the Discover Trunk program, and print them for your records. Check the box to confirm you have read and understand these conditions. Guidelines and Expectations Submit

Founded in Hawaii, POW!WOW! is a series of global events that celebrates culture, music and art. Antelope Valley has joined in with its set of murals. Official 2018 Map Here 2018 MEET THE ARTISTS aaron De La Cruz Amir Fallah Amy Sol Andrew Hem Carly Ealey Christopher Konecki dan witz Darcy Yates Ekundayo Emily Ding Hot tea Hueman Isaac cordal Jeff Soto julius eastman laurence Vallieres Lauren YS Mikey Kelly MOUF Nuri Amanatullah Scott listfield slinkachu Spencer little Super A Tina Dille Tran Nguyen Jaune

Front Desk Mural Custom Aerospace Mural Curated by the Lancaster Museum of Art & History 1/1 1 - Columbia atop Boeing 747 SCA, 1979 Photographic Print 2012.999.37 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) March 20, 1979, Space Shuttle Columbia departed from Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base on 747-SCA N905NA on its delivery flight to the Kennedy Space Center. 2 - B-2 flying over Edwards Air Force Base Photographic Print 2012.999.57.01 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 3 - Aerial Map of Mojave Photographic Print 2019.19.03 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 4 - NASA X-15A-2 Photographic Print 2012.999.58 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of NASA Dryden The X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 feet and speeds upward of 500 mph. Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to Edwards and Dryden was the intended landing location for all X-15 flights, but there were numerous emergency lakebeds selected in advance for emergency landings. Many piloted the X-15 aircraft including William J. "Pete" Knight, Joseph A. Walker, and Neil A. Armstrong. 5 - Bell X-2 Starbuster, c. 1955 Photographic Print 2012.999.54 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO) 6 - NASA F-104 Starfighter in-flight, 1971 Photographic Print 2012.999.59 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of NASA Dryden 7 - Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Photographic Print 2012.999.56.03 MOAH Permanent Collection Gift of Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC-HO)

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2020 < View Public Art Projects #CountMeIn Poster Project 2020 Temporary Art Project As part of the larger #CountMeIn Census project, artist Jane Szabo photographed the community in and around the BLVD Cultural District. These portraits became the exhibition “I am Here” which can be seen in the storefronts of the businesses along Lancaster Blvd.

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