Category: Press

The Broad Announces Second Season of Summer Happenings at The Broad, Popular Late-Night Music and Performance Series

Media Contact Lauren Girard, 213-232-6241, lgirard@thebroad.org Judy Miller Silverman, 323-662-3865, judy@motormouthmedia.com The Broad Announces Second Season of Summer Happenings at The Broad, Popular Late-Night Music and Performance Series Summer Happenings line-ups to include performances by Jenny Hval, Vaginal Davis, Kembra Pfahler, Xiu Xiu, Devendra Banhart, Afrirampo, Miho Hatori, A Place to Bury Strangers, Geneva Jacuzzi,… Read more »

DSST Public Schools, Harmony Public Schools, Success Academy Charter Schools Named 2017 Broad Prize Finalists

Media Contacts Vanessa Descalzi, vanessa@publiccharters.org Swati Pandey, spandey@broadfoundation.org DSST Public Schools, Harmony Public Schools, Success Academy Charter Schools Named 2017 Broad Prize Finalists $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools recognizes best practices of successful charter school networks so all public school systems can learn from them WASHINGTON, D.C. and LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2017—DSST… Read more »

Globalization Meets Contemporary Issues in The Broad’s Spring Programs, Connecting Films, Talks, Performances Related to Oracle Installation; Museum Also Announces East West Bank as Leading Partner

Media Contact Lauren Girard, 213-232-6241, lgirard@thebroad.org Globalization Meets Contemporary Issues in The Broad’s Spring Programs, Connecting Films, Talks, Performances Related to Oracle Installation; Museum Also Announces East West Bank as Leading Partner Image Credits: film still, Beau Travail, 1999; Cast of Future St., image courtesy of Alexandro Segade; film still, Tropical Malady, 2004; Chef Timothy… Read more »

The Broad Presents Winter 2017 Season of Diverse Public Programming

Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, communications@thebroad.org The Broad Presents Winter 2017 Season of Diverse Public Programming Clockwise from top left: Thomas Houseago, photo by Ari Marcopoulos; still from Cooley High, 1975; Ellen Gallagher, photo by © Philippe Vogelenzang / Trunk Archive, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery; Trisha Brown Dance Company, photo by Kat Schleicher; Flea, photo… Read more »

The Broad to Present New Collection Installation Oracle This Spring

Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, communications@thebroad.org The Broad to Present New Collection Installation Oracle This Spring Image: Andreas Gursky, Amazon, 2016, © Andreas Gursky / 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London Featuring works by 20+ artists including El Anatsui, Ericka Beckman, Mark Bradford, Peter… Read more »

Japanese American National Museum Develops Lesson Plans for Instructions to All Persons Exhibition

Media Contacts Leslie Unger, 213-830-5690, lunger@janm.org Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Japanese American National Museum Develops Lesson Plans for Instructions to All Persons Exhibition LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2017—The Japanese American National Museum has developed a series of lesson plans for teachers to complement its Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 exhibition and… Read more »

On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2017–On the 10th anniversary of the three California stem cell research centers funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation,… Read more »

Eli Broad Letter Regarding Betsy DeVos’s Nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education

Eli Broad Letter Regarding Betsy DeVos’s Nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education Feb. 1, 2017 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Betsy DeVos Dear Senator McConnell and… Read more »

Eli Broad to U.S. Senate: Don’t Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary

Eli Broad to U.S. Senate: Don’t Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary February 1, 2017 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer: The… Read more »

New JANM Exhibition to Feature Original Executive Order Authorizing WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans, on Loan from the National Archives

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Leslie Unger, 213-830-5690, lunger@janm.org New JANM Exhibition to Feature Original Executive Order Authorizing WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans, on Loan from the National Archives LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2017—From Feb. 18 to Aug. 13, 2017, the Japanese American National Museum will present Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive… Read more »