Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
LACMA, Los Angeles
Anchored by the exhibitions* *[*Collecting Impressionism at LACMA*](https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/collecting-impressionism-lacma) and [*Grounded*](https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/grounded), *Museums as Living Archive: Impression, Ground, and the Reimagining of Public Scholarship* explores how ways of seeing (impression), relationships to land (ground), and cultural imagination (public scholarship) shape knowledge production inside and beyond museums. The convening will foreground museums as both site and method, a living archive where art, education, and public life intersect. The Scholars Symposium at LACMA invites current ASU-LACMA Fellows and alumni, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows and alumni, and undergraduate and graduate students from surrounding institutions to submit proposals that engage art, place, and public scholarship through critical, creative, or interdisciplinary approaches. A total of 5–10 proposals will be accepted. For more information, contact Kidogo A. Kennedy, Ed.D., director of academic programs and partnerships, at [kidogokennedy@lacma.org](mailto:kidogokennedy@lacma.org).