Mission Statement
Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) connects people and places through art to deepen a sense of belonging by commissioning site-responsive free public art and programs.
Organizational Values
Accessibility: LAND believes that all people deserve free and inclusive arts programming in their communities.
Diversity and representation: LAND is committed to representing artistic perspectives of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities in our projects and programs.
Connection and education: LAND has a responsibility to actively engage with communities. We cannot assume the arts are an automatic benefit. We must connect the arts with relevant community needs and social issues.
Support of artists: LAND believes in supporting artists working outside of traditional institutions and models, and who are deeply embedded and invested within their respective communities.
Sensitivity to place: LAND seeks to understand and collaborate with local organizations that have a longstanding commitment to their communities.
Urgency: Why is the project relevant to the intended audience / community now? Why and how is LAND uniquely positioned to support this work?
LAND Programming Structure
LAND exhibitions and programs are guided by the above values. LAND intends to support the fullest scope of artistic practice and typically partners with artists to commission and produce projects 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/community (18 months – ongoing)
- Working with an artist or curator to develop an exhibition or program for a specified duration and location/context (6-18 months)
- Working responsively on more immediate or projects still in development (1-6 months)
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.