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Cartopias: Southern California Car Culture, Hot Rods and the Space Age
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
University Park Campus
Admission is free.
Explore the utopian aspirations — and dreams of transcendence — in ’50s and ’60s automotive design.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Car Show
Trousdale Parkway
3 p.m. Panel Discussion
Alumni Park
A display of historic automobiles from the golden era of California car culture will feature space-age concept cars and vintage hot rods.
In the afternoon, join us for a panel discussion with Petersen Automotive Museum Curator Leslie Kendall; Dr. Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge, and author of Arte y Estilo: The Lowriding Tradition; and Beth Werling, collections manager of material culture at the Museum of Natural History.
In addition, the USC Libraries present “The Space Age Hits the Road: Visionary Car Designs in America,” an exhibition of historic photographs showing the influence of futurist design on U.S. automakers during the 1950s and 1960s.
Organized by William Dotson, Tyson Gaskill, Dace Taube and Andrew Wulf (USC Libraries)