Programs

Upcoming

Música Rebelde, Central America’s Popular Movement Music

10/09/26 & 10/16/26
CASA, together with the Performance Art Museum, presents Música Rebelde, Central America’s Popular Movement Music, an analog mixed media listening series of the music and art of Central America’s 1970s-90 revolutions. The listening sessions will highlight selected vinyl and tape albums from various social conscious music groups of Nicaragua and El Salvador.
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Snow Job (1970) Performance and Workshop

10/15/2026
Snow is predicted to fall outside the AD&A Museum as part of a restaging of Bonnie Ora Sherk’s performance Snow Job (1970). Flavored snow cones will be given out and spectators are invited to enjoy themselves in a performance score writing workshop and durational performance presented by Ajani Brannum.
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Public Spirits: A Performance Art Festival

10/23/2026
Public Spirits is a daylong festival featuring new performance works by Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Pau S. Pescador, Da Ron Vinson, and Ryat Yezbick. Taking place in LA’s Chinatown in the lead-up to to the midterm elections, this festival uplifts performance as means of intervening into civic life in a spirit of resistance and criticality.
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Current

ENCOUNTER

07/01/2026
ENCOUNTER creates a place where ritual, task, movement, and improvisation merge, generating unexpected moments of genuine artistic connection. The series emphasizes trust in spontaneity and a commitment to active participation over passive observation.
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Cinderella Redux by Suzanne Lacy

Ongoing 2026
A year-long project marking the 50th anniversary of Suzanne Lacy’s landmark 1976 performance Cinderella in a Dragster. Titled Cinderella Redux, this work revisits Lacy’s original exploration of speed, time, and identity through a contemporary lens, culminating in a live, public performance.
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Cover to Cover

Ongoing: Second Saturday of each month
A 24-month reading series exploring all 76 issues, cover to cover. This drop-in group meets on the second Saturday of each month at PAM’s Education Center and is open to all.
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High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)

2025–2027
A multi-institutional initiative dedicated to High Performance, the Los Angeles-based magazine that was the first international art publication devoted exclusively to performance art, and its enduring influence on contemporary art and society.
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Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2026

10/02/2026
As part of the Circa: Queer Histories Festival, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) and the Performance Art Museum (PAM) present a marathon of five-minute performances at STORIES: The AIDS Monument in West Hollywood under the theme of ACTION = LIFE.
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Performance Art in Chicago

09/20/2026
Performance Art in Chicago is a conversation moderated by Leon J. Hilton with key figures from Chicago’s performance art history and present. This program takes High Performance’s extensive engagement with Chicago’s flourishing performance art scene as a point of departure to explore how and why Chicago’s distinctive performance art culture emerged.
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Ready, Set, Go!

Saturday, January 31, 2026: 1 PM
Join High Performance editors Linda Frye Burnham and Steven Durland at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica for the official launch of High Performance a two-year initiative exploring the legacy of High Performance magazine. The afternoon includes reception & exhibition viewings, a special program featuring iconic High Performance cover artists, and a communal meal with music by dj MxF.
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These Creatures: A Celebration of Nancy Buchanan

Saturday, August 23, 2025: 11 AM – 6 PM
Join The Brick and Performance Art Museum for a day-long gathering to celebrate the retrospective exhibition TRUTHFULLY, NANCY BUCHANAN. The day features sounds by Arshia Fatima Haq; performances by Mariel Carranza, Kiyo Gutiérrez, and the LA Art Girls; food by Eden’s Snacks; and a walkthrough and conversation with Nancy Buchanan.
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21 & Over

October 2024
Performance art series spanning three nights in October at L.A.'s historic Catch One nightclub.
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First Sessions

April 2023
The Performance Art Museum presents "First Sessions," a series of roundtable seminars taking place in April 2023 will explore how the Performance Art Museum can effectively support contemporary artists working in performance and strengthen the broader ecosystem that surrounds this medium.
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