Family Weekend Workshops: Create, Connect, Celebrate
Overview
Celebrate the closing day of the special exhibition, Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me in community! Co-presented with The Chapter House, get inspired by Jeffrey Gibson’s bold colors and creative use of beadwork to make your own one-of-a-kind piece! Explore a freeform beading activity designed by artist Kimberly Robertson (Mvskoke) as we mark the closing of this powerful show which Forbes described as “…a joyous explosion of color mixed in masterful patterns that incorporate Indigenous craftwork and traditions as well as text and titles resonant of US history and American pop culture."
Family Weekend Workshops offer free activities and workshops to engage with the art on view in the museum. Workshops give families the opportunity to make their own artworks to take home, inspired by the Broad collection. Family Weekend Workshops are free with advance ticket reservations. Walk-ups without reserved tickets may be accommodated, pending capacity.
Born in Colorado in 1972, interdisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent. Gibson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 and his Master of Arts in painting from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1998. Throughout his career, Gibson has centered Indigenous and LGBTQ+ perspectives, exploring cultural authenticity, stereotypes of Native people, and how aesthetics circulate amongst different groups. Vibrant colors, geometric patterns and found objects are common throughout his art, resulting in a distinct visual language that celebrates interconnectedness and assemblage.
Image Credit: Installation view of Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me at The Broad, Los Angeles, May 10 to September 28, 2025. Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com; Family Weekend Workshop photos by Salvador Ceja Garcia
Timed tickets for Family Weekend Workshops are available from 11 am to 4 pm. Families who reserve tickets in advance will receive a wristband when they check in onsite at the museum. Workshops are available to families with wristbands on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-ups are encouraged, pending capacity.
Tickets include same-day access to The Broad, including Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me and our rotating third floor collection galleries.
Tickets to this event do not include access to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), and must be booked separately.
For information on our current visitor policies, visit Know Before You Go & FAQ. Visitor policies are subject to change.
Partners
The Chapter House
The Chapter House is creating space for Indigenous art, empowerment and community. A large part of the modern Native experience is protest. While protests are crucial to fight for Indigenous sovereignty and dignity, there are few spaces in urban centers off of reservations for Natives to convene, discuss, and heal when protests end—and fewer that celebrate the importance of art and artists to Indigenous Peoples.
The Chapter House is a place for Indigenous Peoples and allies to appreciate art, convene and collaborate, celebrate individual and shared Indigenous cultures, and explore the complexities of the 21st Century Indigenous experience. This is a space for Indigenous empowerment and community, but all who share a desire for universal empowerment are welcome here.
Kimberly Robertson
Kimberly Robertson is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, an Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at California State University, Long Beach, and an artist. Her scholarship and creative practices center Native feminisms, the sexual and gendered violence of settler colonialism, ceremony, storytelling, decolonization, and Indigenous futurities. Her creative practices currently include screen printing, collage, beadwork, installation art, and zine-making. Her artworks have been exhibited in numerous community, university, public, and private galleries as well as peer-reviewed monographs and anthologies. She is also an active member of the Los Angeles Indian community and facilitates beading circles and art-making workshops both locally and nationally.
About Family Weekend Workshops
The Broad's Family Weekend Workshops offer free activities and workshops to engage with the art of The Broad. Workshops give families the opportunity to make their own artworks to take home, inspired by the Broad collection. Family Weekend Workshops are free but have limited availability. Entrance is not guaranteed without a reservation. Family Weekend Workshops are presented by Leading Partner East West Bank.
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