Presented on the occasion of the opening of From the Inside—an exhibition organized by The Judith Center in collaboration with Just Detention International (JDI)—Trauma by Design: The Culture of Abuse Inside Prisons is a panel discussion that will feature three formerly incarcerated advocates, including a survivor of sexual abuse in detention and a former warden who has pioneered healing services for incarcerated people. Panelists will offer their insights into life in prison, the conditions that lead to gender-based violence, and the powerful ways that art can support healing behind bars.

On May 31, 2026, The Judith Center presents the keynote panel for the Now Be Here Anniversary & Now Let’s Talk Events, hosted by Occidental College/OXY ARTS. Serving as the kickoff event of the daylong program, the panel will bring together a dynamic group of speakers with experience in journalism, arts activism, museum leadership, cultural theory, and curatorial practice. Panelists will consider effective instances of resisting sexism across different sectors of the art world over the last several decades, while also addressing the work that remains to be done to create more equitable and inclusive conditions within the field.

Organized by The Judith Center and hosted at SHOW LA, this event is the first of two lectures led by the Ukrainian curator Kateryna Radchenko, exploring the historical uses of photography—largely as a tool of domination by authoritarian regimes or as a means of witnessing and recording violence—and pointing towards new possibilities for the medium during these times. The SHOW LA lecture is followed by a roundtable discussion featuring Arpad Kovacs, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Camilla de Maffei, Milan-based photographer and educator, moderated by Kathryn Andrews, artist and Founder of The Judith Center.

Organized by The Judith Center in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation, and hosted at the International Center of Photography, New York, this event is the second of two lectures led by the Ukrainian curator Kateryna Radchenko, exploring how particular image-making technologies have impacted photography and its creators, such as excluding women on both sides of the camera. The International Center of Photography lecture is followed by a roundtable discussion featuring Cynthia Young, the Director of the Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive, moderated by Kathryn Andrews, Founder and Director of the Judith Center.

On October 29, 2024, The Judith Center hosted a cross-disciplinary talk at the MSU Broad Art Museum addressing AI’s influence on electoral politics and representation. Through the conversation, participants discussed the myriad ways that AI encroaches upon democratic freedoms, citing how AI’s development and design amplify and aggravate cultural biases regarding gender and race. Examining biofeedback apps, interactive avatars, and marketing bots, speakers considered how the use of AI in various industries has a detrimental effect on the electoral process, and whether the government has the potential to effectively regulate this technology.

Coinciding with the 2024 presidential election, The Judith Center and the ICA LA cohosted a panel discussion focusing on gender and leadership in American politics. Speakers considered historical efforts that have been effective in shifting the neeedle towards equal representation, alongside contemporary approaches.

At this event during Felix Art Fair, panelists discussed women-led printmaking organizations active in LA from the 1970s-90s and why their political output was excluded by the broader art market. The panel also touched upon how discriminatory practices, such as redlining, led to the under-historicization of the work of BIPOC artists.

As part of our launch during LA Art Week, participants explored how museum architecture, designed by male architects in the 20th century, failed to account for the display needs of work produced by women and other groups. Panelists discussed the ongoing ramifications of this history.