aún sin título

A 5-hour museotherapy workshop presented by Nicole Rademacher and traci kato-kiriyama

Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 1–6pm

LA Artcore | 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

aún sin título is a 5-hour workshop for adults who have been disconnected from their cultural heritage, whether through adoption, foster care, immigration, displacement, or family silence. It is grounded in Nicole Rademacher's somatic museotherapy protocol, which integrates deep looking, somatic awareness, and reflective art-making, and is developed for this exhibition in collaboration with transdisciplinary artist traci kato-kiriyama.

The workshop takes place inside the exhibition itself. Participants will be guided through a structured looking practice, adapted from Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero framework and extended into the body, that moves through three phases: noticing what you observe and sense, including in your own body; thinking about what that experience stirs; and wondering freely about what it opens. This is not necessarily note-taking — it can take the form of words, marks, color, drawing, or nothing at all.

Following the guided looking, traci kato-kiriyama will come to the work cold, without having reviewed it in advance, and respond to it as participants have: through somatic gesture, movement, or poetry drawn from her own practice. She will then lead a brief embodied writing exercise, offering a single word as a starting point for two minutes of continuous, uninterrupted writing (one word per line — structure just enough to get you moving, no more). The goal is not to produce a polished piece. It is to practice following what arises.

The materials participants bring — and what the looking practice surfaces — become the raw material for an extended art-making period in the second half of the day. Like the exhibition itself, this workshop is about process, not finished pieces. Participants are encouraged to bring ephemera: objects, photographs, letters, documents, or anything that holds a piece of their story. These might become the center of what gets made, or they might shift entirely once the looking practice does its work. Either is the point.

Work created during the workshop will be incorporated into the exhibition for the remainder of its run — this is an invitation, not a requirement. If your piece isn't finished by the end of the day, you'll have until the end of Thursday, May 21, 2026, to complete it so that it can be installed that Friday (May 22, 2026). You always have the option not to install the work. Every participant will keep their work at the end of the exhibition run.

The workshop will be held in English. The gallery will be arranged for the workshop with a rug, floor cushions, and chairs — all seating options are available throughout the day, and all movement exercises can be done seated.

Supplies and light refreshments will be provided. Participants are invited to bring a dish to share.

Space is limited to a maximum of 15 participants. We encourage anyone who connects with the themes of this exhibition — absence, connection, hybrid identity — to apply. No art experience is necessary. Bring your story.

Applications close Sunday, May 4, 2026 at 11:59pm. Confirmations will be sent the week of May 11.

Apply: https://bit.ly/aun-sin-titulo

*This gathering is not a replacement for therapy, even though the artist is a licensed therapist. A resource list will be provided to support participants who may want mental health care following the workshop.