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Exhibits

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

1993 Winner: Kathleen Atkins Wilson, Introduction page from The Origin of Life on Earth, 1992, Print

Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards

November 08, 2019 to February 09, 2020

Central Library, Getty Gallery

This exhibit was organized by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas. Named for Mrs.

Vintage Jewish Fashion Posters

September 30, 2019 to May 20, 2020

Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library, and multiple locations, see schedule below.

This exhibition, on loan from the collection of the Bernard H.

Over Our Heads: Los Angeles Goes From Stargazing to Moon Landing

July 15, 2019 to February 23, 2020

Central Library, History and Genealogy Department, Lower Level 4

For the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this year, we searched our photo archive to illuminate local contributors to the aerospace...

Past Exhibits

The Autograph Book of L.A.	GLOW: Michael Light’s Aerial Views of Los Angeles
Undesign the Redline	Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil	Senior Art Exhibit: Connect, Create, Contribute
On Assignment: Ansel Adams in Los Angeles	All Access: Behind the Scenes with NBA Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein
Satan’s Summer in the City of Angels: The Social Impact of the Night Stalker	Radical Kinship: Celebrating 30 Years of Homeboy Industries
21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story	My Name is Aram: William Saroyan, An Armenian Native Son
L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues	Aftermath Project: War is Only Half the Story
We Won't Go: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft	Robert Weingarten: Focus on Infinity
Take None/Give None: Gusmano Cesaretti Photographs The Chosen Few Motorcyle Club	For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s	Going Gray in LA: Stories of Aging Along Broadway

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