California African American Museum

The Los Angeles blacksmiths were the first artworks we looked at and they were impressive. They depicted characters in a variety of careers, including a overhead figure who illustrated many aspects of life. Kendall Carter's high-frequency equipment shows a golden seeding machine. Roy Ferdinand's "Color Waiting" (Colored Waiting) depicts a lost man waiting at a bus stop. Many of his works depict modern life. Jimmy Lee Soudas (Jimmy Lee Sudduth) New York and Sam Doyle's St. Helena's "Rande of the Black Wind" and other selected paintings have attracted attention. Robert Howell's "Little Animals" and Dominic Moody's "Ancestor Praise House" are great mixed media works. Hip-hop commercialization is another exhibition. Similarly, some videos of introductions are being recorded.

Lots of art by African American artists that's tied in with history. It's not a big museum but you can spend two or three hours here.

This is the one museum within the Exposition Park museum complex worth making a special trip to visit. The other museums have good collections (Natural History Museum) and interesting displays (California Science Center) but for me at least, they fail to generate the same degree of interest as the California African American Museum. This museum has an eclectic mix of exhibits. One of the current exhibits- the history of Gospel Music is especially informative.

A great place; interesting exhibits.

This museum was pretty good but not great. The exhibits seemed a bit sparse, although the ones they had were interesting.