The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study Exhibition
Dec 3, 2026 – Jan 9, 2027
Exhibiting Artists
Thomas Alleman, Kwaku Alston, Debe Arlook, Renee Barron, Willow Belle, Peter Bennett, Bonnie Blake, Sydney Belvins, Richard S. Chow, Corinne Cobabe, Ann Elliott Cutting, Mike DeGrazzio, Todd Felderstein, Matthew Finley, Michael E. Gordon, Jen Greenwood, Sarah Hadley, Mark Edward Harris, MaKayla Hart, Karine Hovhannisyan, Ezekiel Isbell, Jiayi Jiang, Emma Jowdy, Stella Kalinina, Nancy Kaye, Eda Lah, Clay Larsen, Patty Lemke, Renming Liu, Inez Lynch Alfaro, Yulia Morris, Kate Peters, Mei Xian Qiu, Michael Rababy, Victor M. Ramos, Marissa Roth, Birgit Rudel, Dotan Saguy, Gabriel Selvaggio, Josephine Skinner, Kevin Weinstein
Juror & Curator
Dr. Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator
Opening Reception and Holiday Cheer
Saturday, December 5th, 2026, 3-5pm @ LACP Headquarters, 2nd floor gallery, 252 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
In conjunction with the opening reception for Lenscratch: The First Twenty Years opening in the first floor gallery.
RSVP HERE
Exhibition Run Dates
December 3, 2026-January 9, 2027
About
This exhibition begins with Los Angeles and looks across urban spaces to observe how the natural world is discovered in the city, and how human nature engages with, resists, or embraces the natural world.
In a cityscape like Los Angeles, the natural world is interwoven with urban environments. The mountains, desert, beaches, canyons and valleys are inseparable from the dynamic of movement across neighborhoods and communities—and wildlife are always much closer than we might think. Residents of LA love their hikes and parks, and their identity is also a reflection of their specific relationship with nature—whether they live in the depth of the valleys or at a walking distance from the ocean. Synergy with nature is key to life in this region, and the local creative ecosystem is also shaped by the presence of nature, which seeps into all forms of expression.
Juror & Curator
Rotem Rozental, Ph.D, is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Between 2016-2022, she served as Chief Curator at American Jewish University, where she was also Assistant Dean of the Whizin Center for Continuing Education and Senior Director of Arts and Creative Programming. Her upcoming book, Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement will be released by Routledge Publishers in March 2023, and was named recipient of the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Award by the Association for Jewish Studies.
Rotem is a lecturer at USC Roski School of Art and Design Critical Studies Department. She mentors artists worldwide and contributes regularly to magazines, journals and exhibition catalogues. Her writings about contemporary art and image-based media, as well as Jewish and Israeli art, were published in Artforum.com, Photographies, Jewish Currents, Tablet and Forward, among other outlets.
Features
The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study Exhibition will feature the following free events and happenings:
- Opening reception on Saturday, December 5th, 2026, 3-5pm @ LACP Headquarters, 252 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 RSVP HERE
- In conjunction with Lenscratch: The First Twenty Years opening in the first floor gallery on the same day and time!!
Price Sheet and Instructions for Purchasing Artwork
Download/view price sheet TO COME!
Interested in purchasing artwork? Please email info@lacphoto.org and a representative will contact you ASAP. Thank you!
Questions?
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