The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) was established in 1954 under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. The video collection includes artworks that were exhibited at LAMAG, and documentaries screened as part of the programming, and documentation of performances, events, exhibitions. Videotapes in the collection are primarily from the 1980s, and represent a diverse body of programming focused on multiple communities within Los Angeles. Some of the artists whose works are present in the collection include Wendy Clarke, Ulysses Jenkins, Jim Shaw, and Hye Sook.

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) was established in 1954 under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. LAMAG exhibits arts by emerging and underrepresented artists from Los Angeles and Southern California. Some of the artists who have exhibited at the gallery have become internationally known such as Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, and Ed Ruscha. In addition to exhibitions, LAMAG also conducts education and public programming as ways of engaging the city's diverse communities in contemporary issues through the arts. Since its founding, LAMAG has extended its reach to include the Junior Arts Center (JAC) Gallery, Teacher Resource Center, and a Slide Registry.

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