ESMoA Art Maker Space has new hours: Saturdays, 2–4 PM. We still offer everything you love, from fabric art to painting, plus space to experiment and create. Come by for free and make with us! Get monthly workshop updates: sign up for our newsletter (link in bio).

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of EXPERIENCE 72: SCRIPT, our new project with Legacy West Media. We loved sharing new work and conversations. Jim Carter interviewed PRIME about his practice. SCRIPT runs through Mar 27, 2027. esmoa.org

🌼 Join us to celebrate life at ESMoA's Day of the Dead — free! Kite & paper sugar‑skull workshops, mariachi, folklórico & Mexica dance, plus an altar by Ralph E. Villalobos. Sat, Oct 24 | 1–4 PM • Lawndale City Plaza. Thanks to Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell. #DayOfTheDead

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival! Thank you to everyone who participated and joined us in celebrating an incredible showcase of creativity. Congratulations to all the winners and artists who made this celebration so extraordinary!

Last chance to vote for the Audience Favorite Award! Help us decide who wins! Get your free pass at esmoa.org , watch the shorts, and select your winner on the ballots! Reserve your seat for the in-person screening and award ceremony.

🎉#EVAFF2026 IS LIVE TODAY!🎉 The wait is over! The 2026 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival FREEDOM starts today! Get your FREE VIRTUAL PASS now and VOTE at esmoa.org

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LA-based multimedia artist Kiani Wish has crafted the stunning awards for this year's ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival. Kiani Wish is a multimedia artist and Art Director whose work explores behavior as symbolism through identity, illustration, and public installation.

ESMoA and Legacy West Media present EXPERIENCE 72: SCRIPT — opening Oct 3, 2026, 5–8pm at ESMoA (14929 Hawthorne Blvd, Lawndale). Featuring Prime, Big Sleeps, Diaa Allam, Luchita Hurtado & Stephanie Mercado. Curated by Bernhard Zuenkeler. On view Oct 3–Mar 27.

Meet The 2026 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: FREEDOM Jury! A big thank you to our jurors for their time, dedication, and love of filmmaking: Ralph Ziman (@afrika_47), Brent Huff (@brenthuff11), Andrew Hartwell, Elle Kurata, Patrick Stack (@renoroyale)

The results are in! 🎉 Let’s give a round of applause to the #EVAFF2026 finalists! 👏 To everyone who submitted their work, thank you for sharing your creativity, vision, and passion with us. Every submission helped make this year’s festival special.

Join us for the ESMoA Zine Team's PEACE Exhibition celebrating what our summer cohort has made. One collaborative zine, many voices. Meet the artists, enjoy small bites, and take home a free zine. Hands-on zine workshop after Fri, Sep 11, 2026 • 4–6pm • Free. 🔗 Details in bio.

Cole Sternberg leads an artist talk at ESMoA on his Arctic Circle work—where water, wind, weather, and time act as collaborators. He’ll share images and stories about human intent vs. natural forces. Sat, Sep 12 • 3:30–4:30 PM at ESMoA (14929 Hawthorne Blvd, Lawndale).

We're excited to partner with the Wende Museum to bring EVAFF: FREEDOM — a free evening of short film, animation & video art plus an awards ceremony — to the A-Frame Theater at the Wende Community Center, Culver City. Sept 25, 2026 | 6–8 PM. Free tix in bio. #EVAFF

We hosted a soundwalk with Brittney Franco: after archives intro we drew prompts, walked Lawndale and captured sounds and Polaroids near ESMoA, building archive and awareness. Thanks to local businesses, community, and Brittney.

Join us for a LinkedIn Virtual Workshop with Getty Marrow Intern '25! Whether you're starting your profile from scratch, refreshing it after a recently finished internship, or repositioning yourself for a career change or grad school.

Artist Oscar Arellano returned to ESMoA for a hands-on fabric art workshop! Huge thanks to Oscar for leading the class and for the creativity, and to everyone who joined us. Swipe through to see the designs that came to life ✂️💙

Join ESMoA’s soundwalk with artist Brittney Franco, a workshop resisting cultural erasure by recording personal/community stories through sound and place. After a brief intro on archives, we’ll set off with listening prompts to reflect on memory, absence, and belonging.

The open call for #EVAFF2026 is now closed. Thank you to all of the talented filmmakers who submitted their work. We are grateful for your incredible creativity and enthusiasm!

Artist Oscar Arellano returns to ESMoA for a new fabric-art workshop. Learn textile design from sketching an original pattern to cutting and stitching with hands-on guidance from Oscar. You'll leave with basic stitching skills and a handmade patch to personalize anything.