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Join us for a talk with visiting artist Elana Mann, an artist and activist who explores the power of the collective voice, the embodiment of language, and deafness. Mann, who was born hard of hearing, has researched the act of listening through sculpture, sound, works on paper, and public performances for over twenty years.

Recent solo exhibitions took place at the Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, CA), 18th Street Art Center (Santa Monica, CA), Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX), and Artpace (San Antonio, TX) and Pitzer College Art Galleries (Claremont, CA). Mann has participated in group exhibitions and screenings at the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, the Orange County Museum of Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum. She has been commissioned to create public projects by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Montalvo Art Center and the Getty Villa and the LA County Public Defender's Office.

Mann’s artwork has been written about in Artforum, the LA Times, and Hyperallergic, among others. She has received numerous awards, including an International Artist-In-Residence at Artpace San Antonio (2020), the Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Award (2019), the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship (2020), the Cali Catalyst Award (2022) and she was the inaugural artist-in-residence at Pitzer College's ceramics department (2017-18).