The Democracy Center presents the Los Angeles premiere of Out of the Picture, the first feature-length documentary about the lives and work of art critics living through a precarious time for art and media. The film includes essential writers and thinkers like independent arts journalist Carolina Miranda who spent about a decade at the Los Angeles Times, The Times’ Christopher Knight, photographer Catherine Opie, and performance artist Ron Athey.
Following the screening, join a lively discussion about how to sustain and inspire the next generation of cultural writers and celebrate the Fellows of the Democracy Center’s Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship. The fellowship provides unrestricted support to emerging writers of color who write about cultural criticism.
Schedule
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Doors open and social hour
7:00 PM - 8:40 PM
Screening
8:40 PM - 9:30 PM
Panel Discussion: How Can We Sustain and Inspire the Next Generation of Arts Writers?
Bios
Carolina A. Miranda
Carolina A. Miranda is an independent culture writer based in Los Angeles covering art, design, books and digital life. Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Alta Journal, ARTnews, the New York Review of Architecture and Fresh Air. She is a recipient of the Rabkin Prize and a Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
Steven Vargas
Steven Vargas is a journalist, actor and dancer who focuses his work on arts for social change. He was an arts reporter for the Los Angeles Times and his work has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, E! News, USA Today, Dance Magazine, BuzzFeed News and more.
Tre'vell Anderson
Tre'vell Anderson (they/them) is an award-winning journalist, noted podcast host, and authoress doing world-changing work around society and culture. Founder of the social curation and media production house Slayzhon, Tre’vell is also the authoress of the book We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film and co-authoress of the NAACP Image Award–winning book Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One Of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon’ Be There?”