“A jewel of a museum, tucked away in East LA, showing NEXT LEVEL artists with roots in LA.
There isn’t aNOTHER ONE quite like it.”
Catherine B., Sierra Madre
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OFELIA ESPARZA: A RETROSPECTIVE
EXHIBITION DATES: 10/18/2025 – 04/18/2026
Widely recognized as one of California’s most revered folk artists with a cultural impact spanning more than seven decades, Esparza helped bring the cherished traditions of Mexican altar-making and Día de los Muertos into the American mainstream, beginning in the 1970s, through her work with community arts center Self Help Graphics & Art in Boyle Heights.
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ACT ON IT! ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, AND THE BROCKMAN GALLERY IN LOS ANGELES
EXHIBITION DATES: 09/27/2025 – 01/18/2026
Act on It! showcases dozens of works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection, capturing the aesthetic, political, and social statements encountered by Brockman Gallery visitors and underscoring the reach and lasting significance of the Davis brothers’ project.
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DEL ALMA: LATINA PORTRAITS FROM THE VINCENT PRICE ART MUSEUM @ The Music Center
EXHIBITION DATES: 04/13/2024 – 05/31/2026
Del Alma: Latina Portraits from the Vincent Price Art Museum presents an intergenerational group of portraits by Los Angeles-based Latina artists, who collectively explore portraiture and cultural identity through diverse forms of creative expression.
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Form and Function in the Ancient Americas
Our ongoing permanent exhibition
Form and Function in the Ancient Americas highlights the wide range of cultures represented in our Ancient American collection. Cultures from the Nayarit-Jalisco-Colima region of West Mexico (2000 – 1000 BCE) to the Chimú of Peru (900-1500 CE) are featured.
VIEW DETAILSUpcoming Events
December 13, 2025
The Matrilineal Power: Ofelia Esparza and Family Walkthrough
student opportunities
Students: Submit to New Voices, the East Los Angeles College-focused student art exhibition. Submissions are open now through February 27, 2026.
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We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us this past Saturday for “Village Voices.”
Presented as part of “Act On It! Artists, Community, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles,” in partnership with Writ Large Projects, the event featured an ekphrastic poetry workshop with Rebecca Gonzales and readings by Sara Borjas (@saraborhaz), Cory “Besskepp” Cofer (@besskepp_), V. Kali, Tongo Eisen-Martin (@_tongogara_), and Joseph Rios (@josefobear). Thank you to the readers, and all the attendees, for a special afternoon of poetry and art.
Visit “Act on It!” at VPAM through January 18, 2026.
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Captured here: Views of “Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective” and “Act On It! Artists, Community, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles.”
Please note: VPAM will be closed Thursday, November 27 through Saturday, November 29 in observance of Thanksgiving. We look forward to your visit after the holiday weekend.
Our regular hours are:
Tuesday–Friday: 12PM–4PM
Saturday: 11AM–5PM
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Photo by @dianafeil_photography, in “Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective,” on view now.
📣 EVENT UPDATE 12/5: Please note that this event is at capacity. We are expecting a large turnout and kindly ask that attendees with reservations arrive on time.
Walk-ups will be admitted on a standby basis depending on capacity.
We will also be hosting a second walkthrough in the new year. Thank you for understanding! 📣
Join us for “The Matrilineal Power: Ofelia Esparza and Family Walkthrough” on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. Centered on the theme of matrilineal power, this special walkthrough offers a rare opportunity to engage directly with the family that has carried forward a tradition of Day of the Dead and Mexican altar-making for more than eight generations.
Free and open to the public! Tap the link in our bio to RSVP.
Graphic by @cxlhuang. Image: Detail of “A las mujeres de mi alma (Bedroom Altar),” an altar featured in Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective, on view at the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College, October 18, 2025–April 18, 2026. Photo by Paul Salveson.
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IN THE NEWS
December 3, 2025
See Ofelia Esparza’s dazzling altars at VPAM
KCRW
November 5, 2025
For Ofelia Esparza, ‘It’s always been about community.’ Now East LA pays tribute to her legacy
Boyle Heights Beat
November 5, 2025
At 93 years old, LA artist who helped popularize Day of the Dead gets her first solo show
LAist
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All exhibitions are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.
Cover Photo credit: Monica Orozco.