LA Freewaves is a public art organization committed to the multicultural landscape of Los Angeles. We use visual art and performance to transform civic spaces into welcoming hubs of radical creativity that invite local communities to reflect, rethink, and re-engage with social issues as expressed through art. For 36 years, our immersive gatherings have sparked change, pushing the boundaries of artistic exploration, and creating thought-provoking dialogues.
In an ever-shifting city, our programming is both polymorphic and site-specific, appearing as healing circles, video garden installations, festivals, apps, dance parties, projections, street takeovers, guided tours, gender-fluid sculptures, and even screenings inside city buses. These innovative cultural moments emerge from our vibrant community of artists, thinkers, and activists dedicated to challenging societal norms and fostering inclusivity. We welcome you to join us as we learn together in public.
Key Projects
X-aMENing Masculinities, launched in 2021, considers and compares paradigms of masculinity including male bonding rituals, trans masculinity, masculine paradigms of care, and the uses of power through public artwork, postcards, digital discussions, and more.
RACIAL RADICAL was a public workshop series in 2014 generating new woke words with Milwaukee spoken word artists Fondé Bridges, Mikal Floyd-Pruitt, and Dasha Kelly Hamilton to recognize familiar but so-far-unnamed racial experiences and brainstorm new vocabulary around them.
DIS…MISS, which kicked off in 2016, is a public art series with videos, postcards, and performances, plus ways to participate online and in person. 100 outstanding L.A. artists and writers are engaging in dialogues around evolving attitudes toward gender and intersectional feminism. The Dis…Miss book is out now!
