LABC Presents: Compton Art & History Museum with co-founder Abigail Lopez-Byrd
Wed, Jun 19
|The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Enjoy a catered breakfast, silly songs, club traditions, and special presentation each week at the historic Los Angeles Breakfast Club.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2024, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, 3201 Riverside Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Guests
About the event
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Compton Art & History Museum was always a dream of Abigail Lopez-Byrd’s. She held this within her heart for many years and that dream turned into a reality on February 18th 2023. The museum operates under the parent organization Color Compton, a youth-driven art and history non-profit, which she had founded with Marquell Byrd to engage with youth on the impact of BIPOC stories.
She'll share all about the organizations and her work to serve her community in Compton.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Abigail Lopez-Byrd is the founder and Executive Director of Color Compton, as well as an educator and visual artist originally from Compton. Abigail received her B.A. in Art from the University of California Santa Cruz. She also received her Master Degree from Columbia University and is currently a PhD student at the University of California, Riverside. Outside of being an educator, scholar, and artist, Abigail…