Schedule
1:00-1:30 PM Exhibition walk-through with guest co-curator Lina Tejeda
1:30-2:00 PM Conversation with guest co-curator Lina Tejeda and Getty Marrow Intern Aanii Tate
2:00-5:00 PM Wheatpasting workshop led by Aanii Tate
Join us for an afternoon of reflection, dialogue, and creative action inspired by the Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology & Art exhibition.
This participatory program invites you to reflect on the land you occupy through a conversation with co-curator Lina Tejeda on the role of public art in shaping place, followed by a hands-on wheatpasting workshop led by Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern Aanii Tate.
Grounded in the themes of Fire Kinship, the program honors the original stewards of this land and uplifts Indigenous ecological knowledge and caretaking practices. Together, we’ll consider how acts of public art, especially during times of social and environmental injustice, can reclaim space, share urgent messages, and deepen our relationship to place. Participants will learn the technique and transformative potential of wheatpasting as a tool for visual storytelling and community engagement. Workshop posters will incorporate dendroecological imagery—tree rings and fire scars—paired with calls to action, such as Remember the Land, Fire is Life, and You Are on Tongva Land.
This is a space for reflection, learning, and creative activation—honoring land, memory, and the artistic practices that help us reconnect with the places we call home.
Lina Tejeda is of Pomo from her tribal homelands in Northern California and of Mexican heritage from Nayarit. She holds a Master’s degree in history from California State University, with a focus on California Indian studies, museum studies, and public history. Tejeda is deeply committed to advocating for the return of sacred cultural items to the tribal nations from which they originate and to telling the true histories of California Indian peoples within institutional settings. In her spare time, she is a traditional Pomo dancer and actively engages in learning and performing such cultural practices as basket weaving, materials gathering, regalia making, singing, and preserving Indigenous ecological knowledge.
Aanii Tate (Diné and white, she/her) grew up in Portland, Oregon and moved to LA to study at USC. She graduated in May 2025 with a B.A. in American studies and ethnicity and a minor in Native studies. She is a community organizer and artist, passionate about supporting arts accessibility and resource redistribution. Her creative practices include printmaking, textile arts, and design. As the Getty MUI Public Programs Intern, she is supporting the programmatic events at the Fowler for the Summer and Fall seasons.
