WHEN
Special preview: October 4, 2025, from 5-8pm
Exhibition runs through February 21, 2026
WHERE
ESMoA
14929 Hawthorne Blvd.
Lawndale, CA 90260
RSVP for the Special Preview: esmoa.org/event/experience-66-grief
ESMoA Experience 66: GRIEF is a group exhibition, curated by Brenda G. Williams, that examines themes of individual and shared loss. Through the work of invited artists, the exhibition is mapped across seven emotional states. Through the perspectives of contemporary artists, the show explores the seven stages of grief, shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance, presented as a journey through emotional complexity.
Each stage is represented through carefully selected works that evoke the depth and nuance of the grieving process. From the disorientation of shock to the quiet resilience of acceptance, the exhibition traces both the descent into sorrow and the gradual movement toward healing.
With pieces by Alexandra Grant, Benezate of Ghana, Carolein Smit, Dana Weiser, Edgar Arceneaux, Flora Kao, Juan Escobedo, Karl Haendel, Lavialle Campbell, Lezley Saar, Martin Durazo, and Rick Carter, GRIEF examines loss as both an individual and collective experience.
