Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

The Junior Arts Center Gallery is a 2,000-square-foot (190 m2) venue that offers a more intimate space for one person exhibitions by mid-career artists who have produced a significant body of high-quality work, as well as smaller thematic group shows.

LAMAG is dedicated to the presentation, interpretation, documentation, promotion, and enrichment of the arts and artists of the culturally diverse Southern California.

The mission of the program is to promote, interpret and present to the general public, the contemporary art of artists from culturally diverse Southern California.

The curatorial focus includes painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, video, electronic, performance and installation works.

Through informal study and discussion, gallery visitors of all ages and backgrounds may better understand and enjoy a challenging range of art in a broad variety of media and styles.

For student tours, the educators use interactive inquiry methods, role-play, theater techniques and guided art projects to promote enjoyment and understanding.

The school outreach program introduces aspects of exhibitions to groups before the date of the class visit to the Municipal Art Gallery.

Outreach educators travel to classrooms, show slides of selected artworks, and conduct hands-on projects to further prepare students for their gallery visit.

They teach in the gallery for a two-hour period on selected mornings, attend weekly training meetings, and keep journals to document their progress.

Interns receive museum training, attend education classes, and experience an introduction to various aspects of curatorial work for exhibitions.