A woman observes Thomas Houseago’s bronze “Giant Figure (Cyclops).” (photo by Ben Gibbs/courtesy of the Broad Museum)

The Broad Museum has created The Broad From Home, an online platform that offers digital initiatives to connect its audience with contemporary art amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using the #TheBroadFromHome, participants can find inspiration through music, poetry and conversations, and experience the museum from home. Museum staff updates the website regularly with new content.

Curator Ed Schad encountered colossal statues and the ruins of an ancient civilization on a recent trip to Egypt. Inspired by his trip, Schad reflected on notions of power, empire and Broad collection artist Thomas Houseago’s 14-foot-high sculpture “Giant Figure (Cyclops)” in a six-minute video.

Additionally, the Broad Museum filmed art workshops. The museum’s new video teaches children how to create artwork that combines text and imagery based on Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha, who came into prominence during the 1960’s Pop Art Movement.

Ruscha’s art features humorous and witty phrases that comment on or allude to the quirks of life in L.A.

Broad Museum also created the Infinite Drone series, inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away. As part of the series, L.A.-based artist and composer Yann Novak created “Dopper.Shift (Hall made of Mirrors).”

Visitors can take an opportunity to delve into the spiritual aspects of Kusama’s exploration of eternity — paired with aural selections chosen and curated by the Broad.

Lastly, from the Broad Museum’s Un-Private Collection talk series, watch and listen to a conversation between Houseago and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, also known as Michael Peter Balzary, that was filmed in 2017.

The two artists discussed Houseago’s artistic process, whether the creation of art requires pain, and how music and art intersect.

These videos can be seen on the museum’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/channel/UCWnEBKVAC-qqUVE-DITMFEA. For information, visit thebroad.org.