About
Values
LAND realizes artist-led projects and programs that have not been commonly supported by traditional arts institutions and models.
LAND collaborates with artists and local organizations who are deeply embedded and invested within their respective communities in the creation of responsive artwork.
LAND is committed to representing artistic perspectives of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities in our projects and programs.
LAND believes that all people deserve free and inclusive arts programming in their communities.
Programming Structure
LAND projects and programs are guided by the above values. LAND intends to support the fullest scope of artistic practice and typically partners with artists to produce projects and programs in one of three scales:
- Multi-year or open-ended support of an artist on a specific project, or a commitment to a single site or community
- Working with an artist or curator to develop an exhibition or commissioning new work for a specified duration and location
- Producing artist-led singe-day public programs
Land Acknowledgement
At the heart of LAND’s work is the concept of site-specificity, which requires a deep respect of and understanding for the land and communities in which we work.
LAND recognizes that we are visitors on land that is originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Native First Peoples of this region, including the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present, and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide, and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing, and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture, and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles.