Celebrate African American Heritage Month with DCA’s 2026 African American Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide. Find more than 120 events taking place across Los Angeles, honoring the heritage, culture, and history of our city’s African American community.
The guide showcases a vibrant selection of visual art and poetry from established and emerging African American artists, a bibliography with suggested reading, and editorial content, including a spotlight on the cover artist Riea Owens, and much more. The guide serves as a bridge that recognizes the elders, organizers, and visionaries who laid the groundwork, while uplifting today’s artists, musicians, writers, and thinkers who shape Black cultural expression.
View it here.