Armory Center for the Arts, in partnership with California Calls, has initiated a collaborative ​Get Out the Vote (GOTV)​ zine project for teens. Now in the final phase of production, the zine will be distributed via printed copies and as a downloadable PDF. Student artwork created for the zine will also become part of a state-wide social media campaign encouraging people to vote on November 3. Follow the Armory on Instagram ​@ArmoryArts​ or visit ​armoryarts.org​ for more information.

Getty Museum

On Friday, October 16, the Getty Museum presents ​Shaping an Image: Political Women in History and Today. ​Across history, women who inherit or are elected to positions of power have faced special challenges in distinguishing themselves from their male counterparts, or justifying their independent actions and platforms,​ often using the visual arts to emphasize specific characteristics or qualities.​ ​Featuring medieval scholar Elizabeth L’Estrange and political scientist and photojournalist Elizabeth D. Herman and moderated by art historian and curator Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw​, this conversation examines the importance of “image” in both conceptual and actual terms for women in politics.

Later in the month, the museum will host ​Political Advertisement X: 1952–2020. S​ince 1984, artists Muntadas and Marshall Reese have created an anthology of presidential campaign television advertisements, which has been updated every 4 years to include spots from each presidential election year. Their latest iteration, ​Political Advertisement X: 1952–2020,​ is a personal vision of how politics and politicians are presented through the moving image. On-demand screening available from October 23–27 with a live conversation and Q+A with the artists on Monday, October 26.

The GRAMMY Museum is partnering with the Los Angeles Urban League on a series of digital initiatives centered on diversity in music, including ways in which artists and industry professionals are using their voices and influence to enact social change, as well as how the industry is being forced to adjust in the midst of a pandemic. Throughout the month of October, the GRAMMY Museum will release a series of 60-second participant-recorded videos on its social media channels that show musicians answering these questions: “Why do you vote?” “Why is it important to vote in this election?” “What is one issue you want people to research before heading to the polls or mailing in their ballot?” Each video will include voter registration information.

The Hammer Museum is an official 11-day Vote Center for the upcoming presidential election, October 24–November 3. This year, regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, you can vote at any center, or via mail.

Additionally, the Hammer is currently in the middle of ​California Ballot Measures 2020​, a programming miniseries examining four critical measures that will be on the November 3 California ballot: Propositions 15, 16, 17, and 25. Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson moderates these panel discussions.

On Wednesday, October 14, LACMA presents ​National Women’s Rights Convention: Reimagining Equality in the 21st Century,​ a full day of lively conversations about the interplay of voter suppression, unequal employment and economic opportunities, and womanhood. Considered one of the largest reform movements in United States history, the women’s suffrage movement lasted more than seven decades. This year marks 170 years since the first National Woman’s Rights convention and celebrates the historic centennial of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. While tremendous strides have been made for women in the United States, many of the pressing issues presented at the first convention in 1850 still echo deeply in communities of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people.