ESMoA
@esmoaorg.bsky.social
Experimentally Structured Museum of Art
✨Reimagine Creativity! ✨
Thursday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm 📍Lawndale
14929 Hawthorne Blvd. Lawndale, CA 90260
https://linktr.ee/esmoa
✨Reimagine Creativity! ✨
Thursday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm 📍Lawndale
14929 Hawthorne Blvd. Lawndale, CA 90260
https://linktr.ee/esmoa
On Feb 7, 2026, we celebrated at ESMoA with artist Flora Kao, crafting decorative firecrackers to welcome the Year of the Horse. ✨
Families filled the space with color and creativity—taking home handmade symbols of good fortune. 🏮
Families filled the space with color and creativity—taking home handmade symbols of good fortune. 🏮
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
On Feb 7, 2026, we celebrated at ESMoA with artist Flora Kao, crafting decorative firecrackers to welcome the Year of the Horse. ✨
Families filled the space with color and creativity—taking home handmade symbols of good fortune. 🏮
Families filled the space with color and creativity—taking home handmade symbols of good fortune. 🏮
Celebrate the release of the ESMoA Zine Team: GRIEF with a mini exhibition, free zines, and a hands-on zine-making workshop featuring powerful work by local artists ages 15–25.
Feb 20, 2026 | 4:30–6:00 PM
🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio or email [email protected]
Feb 20, 2026 | 4:30–6:00 PM
🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio or email [email protected]
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Celebrate the release of the ESMoA Zine Team: GRIEF with a mini exhibition, free zines, and a hands-on zine-making workshop featuring powerful work by local artists ages 15–25.
Feb 20, 2026 | 4:30–6:00 PM
🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio or email [email protected]
Feb 20, 2026 | 4:30–6:00 PM
🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio or email [email protected]
Experience 66: GRIEF — Artist Round Table Discussion
Join curator Brenda G. Williams, featuring artists Dana Weiser, Flora Kao, and Martin Durazo, for an engaging conversation on art and the creative process.
Feb. 14, 2026 | 2–3 PM
🔗 RSVP via link in bio or [email protected]
Join curator Brenda G. Williams, featuring artists Dana Weiser, Flora Kao, and Martin Durazo, for an engaging conversation on art and the creative process.
Feb. 14, 2026 | 2–3 PM
🔗 RSVP via link in bio or [email protected]
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Experience 66: GRIEF — Artist Round Table Discussion
Join curator Brenda G. Williams, featuring artists Dana Weiser, Flora Kao, and Martin Durazo, for an engaging conversation on art and the creative process.
Feb. 14, 2026 | 2–3 PM
🔗 RSVP via link in bio or [email protected]
Join curator Brenda G. Williams, featuring artists Dana Weiser, Flora Kao, and Martin Durazo, for an engaging conversation on art and the creative process.
Feb. 14, 2026 | 2–3 PM
🔗 RSVP via link in bio or [email protected]
✨ Missed our Origami Lotus Workshop with featured artist Flora Kao? Here’s a glimpse of the workshop!
We welcomed Flora Kao from our exhibition GRIEF for a free, hands-on workshop where participants learned step-by-step folding techniques and transformed simple paper into beautiful lotus forms.
We welcomed Flora Kao from our exhibition GRIEF for a free, hands-on workshop where participants learned step-by-step folding techniques and transformed simple paper into beautiful lotus forms.
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
✨ Missed our Origami Lotus Workshop with featured artist Flora Kao? Here’s a glimpse of the workshop!
We welcomed Flora Kao from our exhibition GRIEF for a free, hands-on workshop where participants learned step-by-step folding techniques and transformed simple paper into beautiful lotus forms.
We welcomed Flora Kao from our exhibition GRIEF for a free, hands-on workshop where participants learned step-by-step folding techniques and transformed simple paper into beautiful lotus forms.
🧧 ✨ Ring in the Year of the Horse with Flora Kao (@florakaoart)! Free, hands-on Lunar New Year workshop creating decorative firecrackers.
📅 Feb 7, 2026 | 1–3 PM | All ages
👉 RSVP: link in bio
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🧧 ✨ ¡Celebra el Año del Caballo! Taller gratuito creando cuetes decorativos.
📅 7 Feb | 1–3 p. m.
📅 Feb 7, 2026 | 1–3 PM | All ages
👉 RSVP: link in bio
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🧧 ✨ ¡Celebra el Año del Caballo! Taller gratuito creando cuetes decorativos.
📅 7 Feb | 1–3 p. m.
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🧧 ✨ Ring in the Year of the Horse with Flora Kao (@florakaoart)! Free, hands-on Lunar New Year workshop creating decorative firecrackers.
📅 Feb 7, 2026 | 1–3 PM | All ages
👉 RSVP: link in bio
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🧧 ✨ ¡Celebra el Año del Caballo! Taller gratuito creando cuetes decorativos.
📅 7 Feb | 1–3 p. m.
📅 Feb 7, 2026 | 1–3 PM | All ages
👉 RSVP: link in bio
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🧧 ✨ ¡Celebra el Año del Caballo! Taller gratuito creando cuetes decorativos.
📅 7 Feb | 1–3 p. m.
We’re back for the new year with our core programs: ESMoA Kids Club and Art Maker Space!
More info at the link in our Bio!
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¡Estamos de regreso en el nuevo año con nuestros programas principales: ESMoA Kids Club y Art Maker Space!
¡Más información en el enlace de nuestra biografía!
More info at the link in our Bio!
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¡Estamos de regreso en el nuevo año con nuestros programas principales: ESMoA Kids Club y Art Maker Space!
¡Más información en el enlace de nuestra biografía!
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We’re back for the new year with our core programs: ESMoA Kids Club and Art Maker Space!
More info at the link in our Bio!
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¡Estamos de regreso en el nuevo año con nuestros programas principales: ESMoA Kids Club y Art Maker Space!
¡Más información en el enlace de nuestra biografía!
More info at the link in our Bio!
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¡Estamos de regreso en el nuevo año con nuestros programas principales: ESMoA Kids Club y Art Maker Space!
¡Más información en el enlace de nuestra biografía!
Happy New Year to everyone!
We’d like to share an update: ESMoA will be temporarily closed this weekend for unforeseen plumbing repairs. We’ll reopen next week, on January 15, 2026.
Thank you for your patience. To stay updated, please sign up for our newsletter via the link in bio.
We’d like to share an update: ESMoA will be temporarily closed this weekend for unforeseen plumbing repairs. We’ll reopen next week, on January 15, 2026.
Thank you for your patience. To stay updated, please sign up for our newsletter via the link in bio.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Happy New Year to everyone!
We’d like to share an update: ESMoA will be temporarily closed this weekend for unforeseen plumbing repairs. We’ll reopen next week, on January 15, 2026.
Thank you for your patience. To stay updated, please sign up for our newsletter via the link in bio.
We’d like to share an update: ESMoA will be temporarily closed this weekend for unforeseen plumbing repairs. We’ll reopen next week, on January 15, 2026.
Thank you for your patience. To stay updated, please sign up for our newsletter via the link in bio.
Lotus Origami Workshop w/ Flora Kao
🗓 Sat, Jan 24, 2026 | 1–3 PM
Free, hands-on lotus origami workshop inspired by Beyond from ESMoA’s GRIEF. All ages welcome.
📩 RSVP: link in bio
🗓 Sat, Jan 24, 2026 | 1–3 PM
Free, hands-on lotus origami workshop inspired by Beyond from ESMoA’s GRIEF. All ages welcome.
📩 RSVP: link in bio
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Lotus Origami Workshop w/ Flora Kao
🗓 Sat, Jan 24, 2026 | 1–3 PM
Free, hands-on lotus origami workshop inspired by Beyond from ESMoA’s GRIEF. All ages welcome.
📩 RSVP: link in bio
🗓 Sat, Jan 24, 2026 | 1–3 PM
Free, hands-on lotus origami workshop inspired by Beyond from ESMoA’s GRIEF. All ages welcome.
📩 RSVP: link in bio
Wrapping up the year by celebrating our Saturday Kids Club 🎨
From ornament painting to mask making, families connected and created at ESMoA.
Huge thanks to Dezalia Solomon, ESMoA Education Specialist, for leading these workshops with care.
Thanks to all the families who joined us in 2025!
From ornament painting to mask making, families connected and created at ESMoA.
Huge thanks to Dezalia Solomon, ESMoA Education Specialist, for leading these workshops with care.
Thanks to all the families who joined us in 2025!
December 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Wrapping up the year by celebrating our Saturday Kids Club 🎨
From ornament painting to mask making, families connected and created at ESMoA.
Huge thanks to Dezalia Solomon, ESMoA Education Specialist, for leading these workshops with care.
Thanks to all the families who joined us in 2025!
From ornament painting to mask making, families connected and created at ESMoA.
Huge thanks to Dezalia Solomon, ESMoA Education Specialist, for leading these workshops with care.
Thanks to all the families who joined us in 2025!
ESMoA will be closed December 25, 2025–January 3, 2026, and will reopen January 8. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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ESMoA estará cerrado del 25 de diciembre de 2025 al 3 de enero de 2026 y reabrirá el 8 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas y feliz Año Nuevo!
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ESMoA estará cerrado del 25 de diciembre de 2025 al 3 de enero de 2026 y reabrirá el 8 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas y feliz Año Nuevo!
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
ESMoA will be closed December 25, 2025–January 3, 2026, and will reopen January 8. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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ESMoA estará cerrado del 25 de diciembre de 2025 al 3 de enero de 2026 y reabrirá el 8 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas y feliz Año Nuevo!
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ESMoA estará cerrado del 25 de diciembre de 2025 al 3 de enero de 2026 y reabrirá el 8 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas y feliz Año Nuevo!
Celebrate the end of the year with ESMoA Kids Club!
Join us for a community potluck and a fun, collective art activity for kids ages 3+.
Let’s come together to share food, creativity, and close out the year with our Kids Club friends.
RSVP by emailing [email protected]
Join us for a community potluck and a fun, collective art activity for kids ages 3+.
Let’s come together to share food, creativity, and close out the year with our Kids Club friends.
RSVP by emailing [email protected]
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Celebrate the end of the year with ESMoA Kids Club!
Join us for a community potluck and a fun, collective art activity for kids ages 3+.
Let’s come together to share food, creativity, and close out the year with our Kids Club friends.
RSVP by emailing [email protected]
Join us for a community potluck and a fun, collective art activity for kids ages 3+.
Let’s come together to share food, creativity, and close out the year with our Kids Club friends.
RSVP by emailing [email protected]
ESMoA is thrilled to be selected as a 2025 California Arts Council grantee! 🎉 This support from @calartscouncil helps us grow creative opportunities and expand arts access through our free public programs. Grateful to be part of a vibrant, statewide arts community! 🫶🎨 #ArtsCA #ESMoA
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🌼 Celebrate Life at ESMoA’s Day of the Dead Festival!
Join us for an afternoon of art, tradition & community with free workshops, live mariachi, and vibrant folklorico & Mexica dance! Add to our community ofrendas & honor loved ones. 💀🎨
Nov 1 | 1–4PM | Lawndale City Plaza | FREE
Join us for an afternoon of art, tradition & community with free workshops, live mariachi, and vibrant folklorico & Mexica dance! Add to our community ofrendas & honor loved ones. 💀🎨
Nov 1 | 1–4PM | Lawndale City Plaza | FREE
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🌼 Celebrate Life at ESMoA’s Day of the Dead Festival!
Join us for an afternoon of art, tradition & community with free workshops, live mariachi, and vibrant folklorico & Mexica dance! Add to our community ofrendas & honor loved ones. 💀🎨
Nov 1 | 1–4PM | Lawndale City Plaza | FREE
Join us for an afternoon of art, tradition & community with free workshops, live mariachi, and vibrant folklorico & Mexica dance! Add to our community ofrendas & honor loved ones. 💀🎨
Nov 1 | 1–4PM | Lawndale City Plaza | FREE
Experience 66: GRIEF
Oct 4, 2025–Feb 21, 2026 at ESMoA.
An immersive exhibition reflecting on personal and collective loss, guiding visitors through the seven stages of grief.
Opening Reception Sat, Oct 4, 5–8 PM. RSVP link in bio.
#ESMoA #Experience66 #GRIEF
Oct 4, 2025–Feb 21, 2026 at ESMoA.
An immersive exhibition reflecting on personal and collective loss, guiding visitors through the seven stages of grief.
Opening Reception Sat, Oct 4, 5–8 PM. RSVP link in bio.
#ESMoA #Experience66 #GRIEF
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Experience 66: GRIEF
Oct 4, 2025–Feb 21, 2026 at ESMoA.
An immersive exhibition reflecting on personal and collective loss, guiding visitors through the seven stages of grief.
Opening Reception Sat, Oct 4, 5–8 PM. RSVP link in bio.
#ESMoA #Experience66 #GRIEF
Oct 4, 2025–Feb 21, 2026 at ESMoA.
An immersive exhibition reflecting on personal and collective loss, guiding visitors through the seven stages of grief.
Opening Reception Sat, Oct 4, 5–8 PM. RSVP link in bio.
#ESMoA #Experience66 #GRIEF
🚨 High school artists! The Time of Growth deadline is EXTENDED to Sun, Aug 31 @ 11:59 PM PST! ESMoA invites LA County students (grades 9–12) to submit wall-based artwork for a juried show Sept 11–13. Awards announced Sept 13!
🔗 Link in bio
📧 [email protected]
🌐 esmoa.org
#TimeOfGrowthESMoA
🔗 Link in bio
📧 [email protected]
🌐 esmoa.org
#TimeOfGrowthESMoA
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 High school artists! The Time of Growth deadline is EXTENDED to Sun, Aug 31 @ 11:59 PM PST! ESMoA invites LA County students (grades 9–12) to submit wall-based artwork for a juried show Sept 11–13. Awards announced Sept 13!
🔗 Link in bio
📧 [email protected]
🌐 esmoa.org
#TimeOfGrowthESMoA
🔗 Link in bio
📧 [email protected]
🌐 esmoa.org
#TimeOfGrowthESMoA
In a Virtual-Zoom LinkedIn workshop, led by Issey Escobar, we will focus on updating your LinkedIn profile & be at least 1% better than the last time since you logged in. 👨💻📊
Please scan the QR Code to RSVP to the event or email [email protected]. 📬
#ESMoA #LinkedIn #Workshop
Please scan the QR Code to RSVP to the event or email [email protected]. 📬
#ESMoA #LinkedIn #Workshop
July 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a Virtual-Zoom LinkedIn workshop, led by Issey Escobar, we will focus on updating your LinkedIn profile & be at least 1% better than the last time since you logged in. 👨💻📊
Please scan the QR Code to RSVP to the event or email [email protected]. 📬
#ESMoA #LinkedIn #Workshop
Please scan the QR Code to RSVP to the event or email [email protected]. 📬
#ESMoA #LinkedIn #Workshop
This past Saturday, artist Stephanie Mercado led a Bandana Printmaking Workshop at ESMoA! Participants carved rubber plates and printed unique bandanas while learning about the cultural and political significance of these items. Thank you to all who joined and to Stephanie for guiding us!
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This past Saturday, artist Stephanie Mercado led a Bandana Printmaking Workshop at ESMoA! Participants carved rubber plates and printed unique bandanas while learning about the cultural and political significance of these items. Thank you to all who joined and to Stephanie for guiding us!
We’re proud to share we’ve been awarded an Organizational Grant from the LA County Dept. of Arts & Culture! This support is part of a $5.59M investment in 349 orgs advancing arts access & community creativity across LA. Thank you for believing in the power of the arts!
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re proud to share we’ve been awarded an Organizational Grant from the LA County Dept. of Arts & Culture! This support is part of a $5.59M investment in 349 orgs advancing arts access & community creativity across LA. Thank you for believing in the power of the arts!
Join us Saturday, July 12th, from 1 PM to 3 PM at ESMoA for bandana printmaking with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! We will make our own bandana print designs so come with an idea of your design. Express culture, freedom, or social justice to create a powerful, wearable symbol. 🎨✊🏽
July 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Join us Saturday, July 12th, from 1 PM to 3 PM at ESMoA for bandana printmaking with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! We will make our own bandana print designs so come with an idea of your design. Express culture, freedom, or social justice to create a powerful, wearable symbol. 🎨✊🏽
Our annual Chalk Away at Lawndale City Plaza was a colorful success! Stephanie Mercado led a vibrant mural using chalk crushed in a molcajete. Big thanks to the city of Lawndale, our fantastic community, and media support from Giancarlo Guerra, Eddy Cermeno & Lawndale High School Film Students.
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our annual Chalk Away at Lawndale City Plaza was a colorful success! Stephanie Mercado led a vibrant mural using chalk crushed in a molcajete. Big thanks to the city of Lawndale, our fantastic community, and media support from Giancarlo Guerra, Eddy Cermeno & Lawndale High School Film Students.
We’re excited to welcome our new Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, Issey Escobar! A first-year Media Studies major at the University of California, Berkeley. He will be joining us for 10 weeks this summer, lending a hand across all of ESMoA’s programs and events.
June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We’re excited to welcome our new Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, Issey Escobar! A first-year Media Studies major at the University of California, Berkeley. He will be joining us for 10 weeks this summer, lending a hand across all of ESMoA’s programs and events.
ESMoA + @theccae present EXTENSION Experience 64: XICANA! San Diego, curated by @dulcestein. Building on the impact at El Camino College, this next chapter unites LA & SD artists in a vibrant Chicana art dialogue.
🗓️ June 21–Nov 2 | 🎉 Opening: June 20, 6–8 PM
📍 Escondido, CA | artcenter.org
🗓️ June 21–Nov 2 | 🎉 Opening: June 20, 6–8 PM
📍 Escondido, CA | artcenter.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
ESMoA + @theccae present EXTENSION Experience 64: XICANA! San Diego, curated by @dulcestein. Building on the impact at El Camino College, this next chapter unites LA & SD artists in a vibrant Chicana art dialogue.
🗓️ June 21–Nov 2 | 🎉 Opening: June 20, 6–8 PM
📍 Escondido, CA | artcenter.org
🗓️ June 21–Nov 2 | 🎉 Opening: June 20, 6–8 PM
📍 Escondido, CA | artcenter.org
CALLING TEEN ARTISTS!
LA County high schoolers (Grades 9–12)—submit wall-based art for Time of Growth, a juried show at ESMoA!
🗓 On view Sept 11–13, 2025
🏆 Awards Sept 13 during our Open House (alongside EXP 61: GROW)
📅 Deadline: Aug 10 @ 11:59 PM
🔗 lnkd.in/gZik-jTH
📧 [email protected]
LA County high schoolers (Grades 9–12)—submit wall-based art for Time of Growth, a juried show at ESMoA!
🗓 On view Sept 11–13, 2025
🏆 Awards Sept 13 during our Open House (alongside EXP 61: GROW)
📅 Deadline: Aug 10 @ 11:59 PM
🔗 lnkd.in/gZik-jTH
📧 [email protected]
May 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
CALLING TEEN ARTISTS!
LA County high schoolers (Grades 9–12)—submit wall-based art for Time of Growth, a juried show at ESMoA!
🗓 On view Sept 11–13, 2025
🏆 Awards Sept 13 during our Open House (alongside EXP 61: GROW)
📅 Deadline: Aug 10 @ 11:59 PM
🔗 lnkd.in/gZik-jTH
📧 [email protected]
LA County high schoolers (Grades 9–12)—submit wall-based art for Time of Growth, a juried show at ESMoA!
🗓 On view Sept 11–13, 2025
🏆 Awards Sept 13 during our Open House (alongside EXP 61: GROW)
📅 Deadline: Aug 10 @ 11:59 PM
🔗 lnkd.in/gZik-jTH
📧 [email protected]
Join us Saturday, May 31, 11AM–3 PM at Lawndale City Hall Plaza for a FREE day of art with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! Help create a community chalk mural, drop by, or stay all day. All ages + skill levels welcome. Materials provided!
📍14717 Burin Ave, Lawndale
#ChalkArt #FreeEvent #LawndaleArts
📍14717 Burin Ave, Lawndale
#ChalkArt #FreeEvent #LawndaleArts
May 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join us Saturday, May 31, 11AM–3 PM at Lawndale City Hall Plaza for a FREE day of art with LA artist Stephanie Mercado! Help create a community chalk mural, drop by, or stay all day. All ages + skill levels welcome. Materials provided!
📍14717 Burin Ave, Lawndale
#ChalkArt #FreeEvent #LawndaleArts
📍14717 Burin Ave, Lawndale
#ChalkArt #FreeEvent #LawndaleArts