Admission is Free | Open Wed–Sun

Admission is Free | Open Wed–Sun

museum exhibit with projected fire flames on screen and orange painted wall with white text
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Exhibition Walk-through: Fire Kinship

February 5, 2026 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM

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Join us for an exhibition walk-through of Fire Kinship. The show focuses on the important kinship ties that connect Indigenous communities to the land, and on the inextricable connection between ecological knowledge, spirituality, and creative expression.

Photo credit: Installation view, Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art,  2025, Fowler Museum at UCLA. Photo Elon Schoenholz

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