Lili Bernard is a Cuban-born, Los Angeles-based visual artist and actor. Primarily a painter, she has exhibited her artwork in numerous galleries and institutions. An arts activist and independent curator, Lili is the founder and organizer of the movement, BAILA (Black Artists in Los Angeles). She will be in conversation with MoAD's Executive Director, Linda Harrison.

Lili received her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design, in the Public Practice Program, under the tutelage of Suzanne Lacy. Married to civil rights attorney, Franklin L. Ferguson, Jr., Lili gave birth to six children in a ten year span: Rafael, Isaiah, Elias, Uriel, Joshua and Zion.

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