September 3 – November 22, 2026 as a part of Susan Silton: Diving into the Wreck
Making its debut alongside the Susan Silton: Diving into the Wreck exhibition is Civilized Voices, a site-specific public project inspired by a series of billboards erected by Aline Barnsdall at Barnsdall Park in the 1940s. As an homage to Barnsdall’s iconoclastic use of billboards for social and political messaging, Silton has commissioned five Los Angeles-area poets (Rocío Carlos, Erin Marie Lynch, Lynne Thompson, and Terry Wolverton) to write new works that will be featured on five hand-painted billboards sited during the exhibition among the pine trees in front of the gallery.
RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Poets in the Grove: Rocío Carlos, Erin Marie Lynch, Lynne Thompson, & Terry Wolverton in the Pine Grove
Saturday, Oct 10, 1 – 3 pm | RSVP HERE
To celebrate and activate Susan Silton’s new public work Civilized Voices (2026), join the commissioned poets—Rocío Carlos, Erin Marie Lynch, Lynne Thompson, and Terry Wolverton—for a round of special readings in the Barnsdall Park pine grove.
Poets in the Grove Vol 2 by Los Feliz Writers group
Saturday, Oct 17, 1 – 3 pm | RSVP HERE
To continue the celebration of Susan Silton’s commissioned public work Civilized Voices, join the Los Feliz Writers, a group led by Sammy Ginsberg that works to celebrate, engage, and empower local writers through writing meet-ups, workshops, and an annual festival, for a special program of poetry readings.
