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This month, see a documentary, connect with the Hollywatts Posse, and get back to the land. CAAM Cinema series continues with a screening of Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story, a film about the oldest Black boarding school in Mississippi, paired with live music from the film’s score. Performance group, Hollywatts Posse, reunites for a sold-out performance at Art + Practice. Artist Hana Ward and social historian Bethel Moges discuss George Washington Carver, his influence on Black farming, and its representation in contemporary art.

Don’t miss our monthly yoga flow and zine making workshop at CAAM on Saturday, November 9. Check out exhibitions, move your body, and create your own zine all in one day at CAAM!

Public Programs

Thu, November 7 | 7:00–8:30 p.m.

CAAM Cinema: Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story

Join us for a night of cinema and live music alongside filmmaker J.J. Anderson and film composer Adrian Dunn. Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story is a documentary film set against the historical backdrop of one of America’s oldest Black boarding schools in rural Mississippi.

IN PERSON | FREE RSVP

Sat, November 9 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Self Care: Yoga

Move through a sixty-minute flow with yoga and meditation teacher Constance Hartwell. No previous experience is necessary, but please bring your own yoga mat. Indoors.

IN PERSON | FREE RSVP

Sat, November 9 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.

Zine Workshop: George Washington Carver

Create a zine with educators from Able ARTS Work—a nonprofit offering opportunities in the creative arts for people of all abilities—to celebrate the exhibition World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project. This exhibition is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. PST ART: Art & Science Collide, the latest edition of this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.

IN PERSON | FREE RSVP

Thu, November 14 | 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Back to the Land: Visualizing Black Farming

Join us for a conversation between World Without End exhibiting artist Hana Ward and social historian Bethel Moges to discuss how Ward’s work engages with Carver’s ideas and Black farming movements today.

IN PERSON | FREE RSVP

CAAM at A+P

Wed, November 6 | 7:30–8:30 p.m.

Performance: Hollywatts

Over the course of the 1980s and 1990s, the Hollywatts Posse was at the forefront of Los Angeles’s experimental performing arts scene. Join us as this group of interdisciplinary artists—composed of Mark Broyard, Ben Caldwell, Wesley Groves, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Vernon “King Oji” Vanoy—comes back together with a special multimedia performance centering Black history and struggle. Presented in conjunction with KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Media Arts of Ben Caldwell, on view at Art + Practice through March 8, 2025.

SOLD OUT | STANDBY ONLY