Opening Celebration: Fire Kinship
Join the Fowler Museum at UCLA for the opening of their PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. The evening will begin with a welcome from a local California Indian community followed by a celebration with food, dance, and music.
Fire Kinship, the Fowler's second PST Art exhibition, seeks to counter attitudes of fear and illegality around fire, arguing for a return to Native practices in which fire is regarded as a vital aspect of land stewardship, community well-being, and tribal sovereignty. The exhibition, on view through July 13, 2025, presents a living history that centers the expertise of Tongva, Cahuilla, Luiseño, and Kumeyaay communities past and present.
Firing of Summer Herrera’s "Péshlish tó’xat pí’ piyévla" (painted clay pottery in Payómkawichum language). Photo by Summer Herrera.
Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E Young Drive North, Westwood, Los Angeles
6:00PM - 9:00PM
