The Fowler Museum explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on works from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of the cultures represented.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA will receive funding to support Construction-Occupation: Re-enacting the City, a timely exhibition affirming the right to a home, the power of community, and art’s potential to reconfigure cities. Inspired by the 2017 “Cambridge Artistic Residency” in Brazil, where an abandoned hotel was occupied by a community of low-wage workers, refugees, and artists, ultimately leading to its transformation into government-funded social housing and a community center for the arts. The project draws on photography, video, and installation and newly commissioned works premised on the power of artistic practice as a transformative gesture. A key component will be its public programs, including conversations that focus on Los Angeles’s large unhoused population. March 1, 2025 – March 2, 2026