Audubon Center at Debs Park (photo by Glen Han)
We are sooo so excited to be working with our always inspiring friends of Active Cultures to invite you to an artist-led evening celebrating our longest day of the year! A communal picnic—a collaboration between an LA chef and artist—will be accompanied by sound performances, guided nature walks and meditative offerings to honor this seasonal transition. Hosted with our heroes of the Audubon Center at Debs Park, the evening unfolds through a series of new work and gestures by artists exploring the concept of rituals, both traditional and contemporary, that connect us to the natural world and to each other, including:
A COMMUNAL MEAL envisioned by chef Jihee Kim of Perilla LA, platforming seasonal banchan and Korean fermenting practices while using local produce, and artist Eva Aguila, whose practice includes video, sound, and installation, with a central focus on food, particularly in relation to histories of the Mexican diaspora. Their collaborative summer menu merges Korean and Mexican culinary traditions, emphasizing shared ingredients and harvesting practices.
A LIVE PERFORMANCE by musician and artist Olive Kimoto—prompting reflection on our relationship with memory, ecology and the sacred.
A SELF-LED PLANT WALK through Debs Park designed by Andrea Jimenez of Herb Club LA encourages a connection with nature by exploring local plants through ethnobotany, Indigenous knowledge and bioregional herbalism.
A COMPOST PERFORMANCE by artist Cassandra Marketos, who will transform organic remnants from our communal meal into a space for personal reflection and ecological renewal, evoking her practice of viewing decomposition as a catalyst for healing, change, and growth.
We’ll bring the solar powered PA and the playlist, you bring yourself!
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A gentle reminder to please leave your adorable pups at home as to not disrupt the Audubon Center’s ongoing habitat restoration efforts.
For 20+ years the Audubon Center at Debs Park has been a beacon for how conservation organizations can work within our cities to cultivate a deeper relationship between people and place.
Through monthly hikes, restoration days, bird walks, field trips, movie nights, community festivals, and hosting gatherings like ours each and every month, our local Audubon Center has played an essential role in building a diverse and inclusive conservation movement here in Los Angeles. We’re so grateful for the humans of the Center, the advocacy that they champion, and it’s an honor to work in conversation.