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Join the city of Agoura Hills for a day at La Brea Tar Pits. Mark Dion: Excavations, deliberately evokes a behind-the-scenes space, displaying new work alongside early museum murals, dioramas, and maquettes of Ice Age mammals. Dion’s 10-foot-long sculpture of a fossilized pack rat skeleton stands atop a mix of natural and cultural detritus from the Tar Pits and the Hancock Park neighborhood. Pack rats’ dung and nests include organic material that can date back tens of thousands of years, making them valuable to scientists trying to understand past ecosystems. Additionally, six new drawings by Dion of mammal skeletons commonly found in the Tar Pits—artworks painstakingly labeled with the names of locally important scientists, artists, historical figures, and landmarks—further blend artifice and reality. A new field guide to Hancock Park highlights the flora and fauna of the area, as well as the Tar Pits’ cultural and scientific importance. Bring a lunch and enjoy it on the on the La Brea Tar Pits grounds before heading back to the Recreation Center.

Pacific Standard Time Art is a collection of exhibitions that explore some of the most urgent problems of our time through past and present connections between art and science in a series of exhibitions, public programs, and other resources. These exhibitions will explore “topics like ancient cosmologies, Indigenous sci-fi, environmental justice, and artificial intelligence”

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La Brea Tar Pits
Mark Dion: Excavations

BRING A LUNCH. ADA ACCESSIBLE. NO REFUNDS/TRANSFERS/CREDITS GRANTED AT ALL FOR THIS TRIP UNLESS YOUR SPOT CAN BE FILLED. Location: Los Angeles* Shuttle Departs: City Hall

Activity Secondary Category

Excursions

Location

Agoura Hills Recreation Center

Instructor

Taught By Staff