AoA x Hwa Records: Grounding Bodies, Casting Dreams

**Agency of Assets** (AoA) is a fellowship program that introduces local youth to leadership through sustained mentorship, hands-on experience, and employment opportunities in the arts. It provides workshops, excursions, forums for dialogue, and paid jobs for high school students from Downtown and East Los Angeles. This summer, the fellows are collaborating with ICA LA's [Artists in Residence](https://www.theicala.org/en/residencies/air), **Saewon Oh** and **C. Ryu** of [Hwa Records](https://hwarecords.com/), to create an exhibition through a series of workshops held at the LA State Historic Park and the Artist in Residence (AIR) studios exploring performance, social practice, and land based learning. Drawing from Hwa Records' Korean diasporic roots, **_Grounding Bodies, Casting Dreams_** invites AoA fellows, their communities and the general public to participate in the creation of a _Dol Top_ 돌탑 stone tower, which originates from an ancient geomancy tradition for spiritually safeguarding the village. This _Dol Top_ will serve as a community protection spell for the youth of AoA's dreams for the future. To participate in **_Grounding Bodies, Casting Dreams_**, visitors are invited to bring rocks from their homes or the local landscape to the museum's front desk. At the end of the exhibition, all rocks will be ceremonially returned to the local Tongva/LA landscape.