MOAH serves as hub for Getty PST ART

nArt and science collaboration
By OW Staff
The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) has joined the Getty as one of three community hub partners. The hubs are tasked with bringing a wide variety of engaging programming to various neighborhoods through the activation of the community in the Antelope Valley. There will be an opportunity to create your own Mojave Desert trading cards, walk-and-talks at the Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area, art workshops on regional flora and fauna, climate future readings, a mock online dating site to meet your local Joshua trees, and many more.
The events are free and open to all ages. For more information on the engagement events that will be occurring during the “Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees” exhibition cycle, visit: Desert Forest Community Hub.
The “Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees” exhibition, presented at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History as part of the Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, sheds light on the endangered Joshua tree and the fragile Mojave Desert ecosystem that sustains it.
The project integrates natural history, indigenous knowledge, public policy, scientific research, and artistic expressions to emphasize the challenges facing the Joshua tree and conservation efforts. With a focus on climate change, development, wildfires, and other threats, the exhibition explores the symbiotic relationships between Joshua trees, soil fungi, and moth pollinators, engaging a diverse audience interested in arts and environmental issues.
To create opportunities for community-based organizations to get involved in PST ART, Getty has invited three organizations—La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, LA Commons, and the Lancaster Museum of Art and History—to become Community Hubs. Each organization will use its time-tested strategies to encourage and coordinate activities by grass-roots organizations and young creatives in its area, including local environmental action groups, community science organizations, STEAM educators, artist collectives, and public agencies, bringing the themes of “Art & Science Collide” to populations across Los Angeles County from Antelope Valley and the Mojave Desert to East and South LA, as well as the neighborhoods across the city
For more information about “PST ART: Art & Science Collide,” visit pst.art.
MOAH is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended hours on Thursdays until 8 p.m. MOAH is located on 665 W. Lancaster Blvd on the corner of Lancaster Blvd and Elm Avenue. For more information, call the museum at (661) 723-6250 or visit: www.lancastermoah.org.