JOAN is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit art space for exhibitions, performances, screenings, and discursive events. Founded in 2015 by three female curators, and inspired by the history of feminist performance spaces, JOAN supports experimental practices that exist outside of commercial contexts. Over the past eight years, JOAN has presented work by over 140 artists, the large majority of whom identify as women, non-binary, or as members of the LGBTQ+ community, often supporting them in their production of larger-scale projects at key points in their careers. JOAN aims to enrich the communities we serve with free, public programming that is intellectually stimulating and that has creative, cultural, and educational value.
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Caitlin Berrigan, Cassandra with a flood in her mouth, installation view, JOAN, February 4 - April 15, 2023. Photo by Evan Walsh.
Cassandra with a flood in her mouth: A chorus, a riot, a cult, a swarm, a screening and conversation, REDCAT, February 27, 2023. Post-screening talk with Sofía Córdova and Erin Johnson, moderated by Caitlin Berrigan and Suzy Halajian, photo by Samuel Hertz.
Keioui Keijaun Thomas, No Longer Strange Fruit, installation view, JOAN, May 13-July 15, 2023, photo by Evan Walsh.
Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Come Hell or High Femmes: The Era of the Dolls, performance documentation, JOAN, July 15, 2023, photo by Monica Nouwens.
Johanna Hedva, If You’re Reading This, I’m Already Dead, installation view, JOAN, November 11, 2023 - February 3, 2024, photo by Evan Walsh.
Performance: Johanna Hedva and Xina Xurner, documentation of Xina Xurner performance, January 25, 2024, 2220 Arts + Archives, photo by Monica Nouwens.
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“Our granting program recognizes the equal importance of small, community-oriented spaces, major museums, and everything in between. Together, and with the foundation’s support, they work to collectively amplify the voices and visions of artists, which deepens and diversifies the national cultural discourse.”
Joel Wachs, President