Culture Writing Workshop: Don Bachardy
Past eventWed., July 23, 2025, 5–8 p.m.
Public: $45, Members: $35
Boone Gallery and Roger's Classroom
We all see and understand the world, the artists who inspire us, and those we love through our own gaze. Part of what makes art so powerful is the way it illuminates something about our world from each of our unique perspectives. What becomes illuminated in the art you love?
In this two-and-a-half-hour workshop participants will have the opportunity to look at the Don Bachardy exhibit, and participate in writing activities such as site-specific experimental poems with prompts that will help them develop their own insights and analysis. Participants will learn from a short lecture given by an active artist and culture writer, and sharpen their own perspectives by working on writing projects that celebrate, investigate, and/or interrogate cultural artifacts of each person’s choice, fashioning their insights into a fanzine to take home. Participants will learn to describe the essence and impact of a figure or work by engaging with Bachardy’s portraits, legacy, and ephemera through a series of exercises.
Key Details
- All supplies and materials included
- The program will include sitting and standing in a gallery space as well as walking. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
Day of Program
- Please bring registration confirmation with you.
- Check in with Education staff at Admission window #10 beginning at 4:30 p.m.
- Registration includes free admission to The Huntington beginning at 2 p.m.
In-Person Class Ticketing Policies
- Tickets are not sold at the door for this event.
- To join the waitlist for this event, please email publicprograms@huntington.org. A space is not guaranteed, but you will be contacted if a space becomes available.
- To receive a refund, you must cancel at least 5 days prior to the event. Cancellations made within 5 days of the event will not be refunded.
- Members may receive a discount for up to two tickets.
About the Instructor
Candace Hansen is a drummer, writer, and professor currently teaching at UCLA and contributing to the Los Angeles Times and Spin Magazine. Since starting out writing about friends’ music for local punk zines, Hansen has profiled artists like Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Amina Cruz, Ben DeLaCreme, Tig Notaro, Jasmine Nyende, Hole, Tegan and Sara, Phranc, Maebe A. Girl, Sister Spit, Daniel Sea, Kerri Colby, Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, Viola Smith, and many others with the same care and style put into covering the DIY underground. Hansen believes in the power and potential of culture writing and believes that when we write about art from places of care, justice, and creative curiosity, we can create connections, stir respectful and inspirational dialogue, and document moments and feelings in unique ways.
