BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//VPAM - ECPv6.15.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:VPAM X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vpam.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for VPAM REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250221T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250221T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250904T024815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T003549Z UID:10000008-1740132000-1740139200@vpam.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Nature Sketch with Nadine Hugez DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an artist talk and nature sketch led by Nadine Huguez\, exhibiting artist who has collaborated with Coyotl + Macehualli\, an environmental organization based in El Sereno and Northeast Los Angeles. Participants will be invited to sketch alongside the artist in a live demonstration and learn about her artistic practice and its connection to nature. All ages and experience levels are welcome. Materials will be provided for registered participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage caption placeholder\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNAdine huguez\n\n\n\nAn exhibiting artist who has collaborated with Coyote + Macehualli\, an environmental organization based in El Sereno and Northeast LA. URL:https://vpam.org/event/artist-talk-nature-sketch-with-nadine-huguez/ CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/wplatc-art-and-nature.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250222T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250222T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250926T004521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T004745Z UID:10000015-1740232800-1740236400@vpam.org SUMMARY:Curator-Led Tour of We Place Life at the Center DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Curator Joseph Valencia for a tour of We Place Life at the Center\, Situamos la vida en el centro. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Valencia\, Curator at VPAM. URL:https://vpam.org/event/curator-led-tour-of-we-place-life-at-the-center/ CATEGORIES:Talk,Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/wplatc-joseph.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250510T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250510T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250926T001851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T003600Z UID:10000014-1746892800-1746900000@vpam.org SUMMARY:Talk & Walkthrough w/Artist Fabian Debora Plus Screening DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA special event featuring an artist talk and walkthrough with artist Fabian Debora\, plus a screening of “Love Letters\,” a short film by Sergio Torres. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage caption placeholder\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFABIAN DEBORA\n\n\n\nFabian Debora is an artist\, educator\, and community advocate who has devoted his career to using art as a tool for empowerment and social change. He began refining his craft with the muralist art collective and fine art studio East Los Angeles Streetscapers in the ’90s\, he now mentors formerly incarcerated youth as the founder and Executive Director of the Homeboy Art Academy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Images\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BEFORE YOU NOW: CAPTURING THE SELF IN PORTRAITURE\nON THE SIDE OF ANGELS: LATINA LESBIAN ACTIVISM\nLOVE LETTERS\nVPAM Art exhibit oepning photos by monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\n\n\nThis exhibition is presented on the occasion of Love Letters: Finding Freedom Through the Act of Letter Writing\, a Racial Equality & Social Justice Town Hall at East Los Angeles College. It is organized in collaboration with Homeboy Industries. All exhibitions are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. URL:https://vpam.org/event/talk-walkthrough-with-artist-fabian-debora-plus-screening/ CATEGORIES:Screening,Talk,Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_8163.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250712T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250712T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250703T212334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T210901Z UID:10000002-1752325200-1752332400@vpam.org SUMMARY:Eva Aguila: Vino de Sangre Convening DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a two-panel program focused on the histories\, geographies\, and politics represented in the exhibition Eva Aguila: Vino de Sangre. Artists and scholars from California and Mexico will discuss the intersections of wine\, colonialism\, and decolonial aesthetics\, reflecting on the importance of these issues today. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEva Aguila\, Frequency of Memory (image still)\, 2025\, Video and sound installation. Courtesy of the artist\n\n\n\nABOUT THE EXHIBITION\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 1:15 PMWelcome and Introductions\n\n\n\n1:15 PM – 2:00 PMWine as a Tool for Colonization: Presentations and Discussion with Eva Aguila\, Julia Ornelas-Higdon\, and Gloria Ortega (Moderator)\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 2:20 PMBreak with Refreshments\n\n\n\n2:20 PM – 3:05 PMIndigeneity and Decolonial Aesthetics: Presentations and Discussion with Isaac Michael Ybarra\, Mariana Botey\, and Joseph Valencia (Moderator)\n\n\n\n3:05 PM – 3:25 PMGroup Discussion & Q&A\n\n\n\n3:25 PM – 3:30 PMClosing Remarks\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bios\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEva Aguila\n\n\n\nEva Aguila is an interdisciplinary artist and organizer based in Los Angeles. Her work spans video\, sound\, and installation\, incorporating research and oral histories from the Mexican diaspora\, particularly her ancestral communities in rural Michoacán. Inspired by ephemerality and Indigenous Futurism\, she uses time-based media to depict stories and alternative histories that reinterpret cultural portrayals of diaspora. Aguila has exhibited and performed across the United States\, Mexico\, Europe\, Asia\, and Australia. In 2015\, she co-founded Coaxial Arts Foundation\, a nonprofit supporting experimental sound\, video\, and performance artists. She holds an MFA from the USC Roski School of Art and Design and a BFA from the School of Theater at CalArts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsaac Michael Ybarra \n\n\n\nIsaac Michael Ybarra (Tongva\, Chumash\, and Xicano) is a poet\, visual artist\, and storyteller based in Los Angeles County. As a steward of Indigenous cultural conservation\, he utilizes film\, photography\, and poetry to amplify decolonial narratives and reclaim Indigenous pedagogies. Through art\, Isaac seeks to challenge the dominance of the human experience and instead honors the interconnectedness of all beings. He embraces the values of Indigenous Futurism to retell the past and present\, envisioning a future with his ancestral homelands guided by his community’s stories\, visions\, and desires. He is a former California Creative Corps Fellow and a current Liberty Hill Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI) fellow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia Ornelas-Higdon\n\n\n\nJulia Ornelas-Higdon is an Associate Professor of History at California State University\, Channel Islands. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of race\, agriculture\, and labor histories\, and she is a past recipient of a Faculty Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her book\, The Grapes of Conquest: Race\, Labor\, and the Industrialization of California Wine\, 1769-1920\, studies California’s 19th-century wine industry as a site of conquest and racialization. Ornelas-Higdon received her B.A. in History from Pomona College and went on to earn her Ph.D. in History from the University of Southern California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMariana Botey\n\n\n\nMariana Botey is an art historian\, artist\, and curator born in Mexico City. She is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History at UC San Diego. Her scholarship has greatly influenced the fields of Latin American art\, decolonial studies\, and Indigenous visual culture\, highlighting themes of modernism\, epistemic violence\, and postcolonial conditions. Her experimental films have been shown at the Guggenheim in New York and Bilbao\, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid\, the Anthology Film Archives in New York\, the Museo Carrillo Gil in Mexico City\, and REDCAT\, among others. Botey received her Ph.D. in Visual Studies from the University of California\, Irvine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE EXHIBITION\n\n\n\nIn her first solo museum exhibition\, artist Eva Aguila researches the history of the Mission grape and wine production in the Catholic mission system to examine the effects of colonization in what was once “Nueva España\,” now Mexico and California. This immersive installation uses wine as a tool to recontextualize histories of agriculture\, religion\, and nation-building\, illuminating the power of art to foster reflection and healing for Latinx and Indigenous peoples. \n\n\n\n\nEvent Images\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VPAM Art Opening Teddy Sandoval and Yoshie Sakai by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VPAM Art Opening Teddy Sandoval and Yoshie Sakai by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VPAM Art Opening Teddy Sandoval and Yoshie Sakai by Monica Orozco\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nMajor support for the exhibition is provided by generous grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts\, and the Ford Foundation. URL:https://vpam.org/event/eva-aguila-vino-de-sangre-convening/ CATEGORIES:Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250726T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250726T153000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250802T002426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T003637Z UID:10000006-1753531200-1753543800@vpam.org SUMMARY:Before You Now: Artist & Curator Panel DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBefore You Now LACMA curators Eve Schillo and Claudine Dixon will lead a curatorial discussion with participating artists Jennifer Moon and Minna Philips. This talk will guide guests through the exhibition’s central themes: Claiming\, Crafting\, Clowning\, Convening\, Conceptualizing\, Camouflaging\, and Concluding. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Night: Photos by Monica Orozco\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE EXHIBITION\n\n\n\nBefore You Now focuses on the enduring themes of the artist’s self-portrait\, as seen in a selection of works from LACMA’s collections of photographs\, prints\, drawings\, videos\, and installation art. Primarily featuring contemporary makers\, the exhibition is an introduction to seeing American artists as they see themselves—or as they want to be seen by their public. They are shown contemplating their physicality in realistic fashion\, highlighting their persona through symbolic tropes\, or utilizing humor or conceptual methods to enlighten\, exaggerate\, or camouflage their reflective selves. Over 50 artists—including Laura Aguilar\, Kwame Brathwaite\, Kalli Arte Collective\, Jennifer Moon\, Roger Shimomura\, Cindy Sherman\, Rodrigo Valenzuela\, and June Wayne—display an ongoing fascination with\, or return to\, the self-portrait. Before You Now aims to broaden the topic to include many whose practice leans into an autobiographical narrative\, and explores artists who are adding to and redefining our culture by expanding on ideas of identity. URL:https://vpam.org/event/before-you-now-artist-curator-panel/ CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Before-you-now-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250927T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250927T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250910T043316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T194227Z UID:10000011-1758996000-1759003200@vpam.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Act on it! Artists\, Community and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSamella Sanders Lewis\, Children’s Game\, 1968/1982\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, purchased with funds provided by Stephanie Blackmore Vahn\, the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation\, Beverly Hills\, CA\, and the Prints and Drawings Council\, © Estate of Samella Sanders Lewis\, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.\n\n\n\nPlease note: The museum will be closed during regular operating hours on Saturday\, September 27 in preparation for the exhibition’s opening reception. \n\n\n\nWe hope to see you Saturday\, September 27 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM for the opening reception of “Act on It! Artists\, Community\, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles.” \n\n\n\nEnjoy an eclectic all-vinyl set by DJ Clifton Weaver\, spotlighting music from the years during which the Brockman Gallery was active. \n\n\n\nTake part in writing and public archiving session led by Writ Large Projects and facilitated by writer Ernest Hardy\, responding to the exhibition’s core themes. Written reflections will be archived as part of a community-generated record that evolves alongside the duration of the exhibition.   URL:https://vpam.org/event/opening-reception-for-act-on-it-artists-community-and-the-brockman-gallery-in-los-angeles/ CATEGORIES:Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-act-on-it-key-image-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251018T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20250909T204731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T173713Z UID:10000010-1760806800-1760817600@vpam.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the opening reception of Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective. Stop by the museum any time from 5:00 PM – 8:00. No reservations required and free to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza in front of Mictlan Sur (2000)\, an altar at Self Help Graphics & Art. Image courtesy of the artist.\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOfelia ESPARZA\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza is a Chicana artist\, altarista\, and educator from East Los Angeles\, where she has lived since birth and raised nine children alongside her husband of forty years. A sixth-generation altar maker\, Esparza began building public altars in 1979 at Self Help Graphics & Art\, where she also became a printmaker under the tutelage of Sister Karen Boccalero. After retiring in 1999 following more than twenty-five years as an art teacher\, Esparza turned her focus to her studio practice\, creating hundreds of artworks that reflect her cultural roots\, political activism\, and creative experimentation. Her diverse practice honors womanhood\, Indigenous spirituality rooted in nature\, and the dignity of her community\, deeply informed by her mother’s Purépecha traditions of ofrendas\, nacimientos\, and altars honoring Tonantzin (Our Lady of Guadalupe). She has received numerous honors\, including an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from her alma mater\, California State University\, Los Angeles\, and the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\ URL:https://vpam.org/event/opening-reception-for-ofelia-esparza-a-retrospective/ CATEGORIES:Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Ofelia-Web-feature-image-v3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251113T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251113T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20251013T222242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T223941Z UID:10000016-1763056800-1763062200@vpam.org SUMMARY:Erasure: Black Arts LA DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlonzo Davis\, Self Portrait Inside Series\, 1974\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, purchased with funds provided by the Modern and Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions Endowment\, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.\n\n\n\nVPAM presents an evening exploring Black erasure and creative resistance through language\, image\, and live presentation\, inviting audiences to engage with histories both remembered and obscured. \n\n\n\nAfter a light reception and after-hours gallery access\, guests will be invited to participate in a hands-on poetry activity using pages from the Act On It! exhibition catalog\, facilitated by poet and artist Rebecca Gonzales. Guided by creative prompts and surrounded by the exhibition’s artwork\, participants will create erasure poems\, a literary form in which words are selectively removed from an existing text to reveal a new piece of writing. The resulting poems will be digitized and archived as part of VPAM’s evolving record of community reflection and response. \n\n\n\nLater in the evening\, acclaimed cultural critic and writer Ernest Hardy will present a multimedia lecture investigating the many dimensions of Black erasure (collective\, historical\, structural\, and cultural) through an incisive mix of film clips\, literature\, music\, and social media. Rooted in the legacy of the Black Arts West movement and drawing from Hardy’s collaborative archival project The Black Book\, the presentation will trace cultural erasure and resilience\, while proposing pathways toward reimagined futures. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nernest hardy\n\n\n\nErnest Hardy’s criticism has appeared in the New York Times\, the Village Voice\, Vibe\, Rolling Stone\, LA Times\, and LA Weekly. He’s a contributor to the reference books 1\,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die and Classic Material: the Hip-Hop Album Guide. His collection of criticism\, Blood Beats Vol. 1: Demos\, Remixes and Extended Versions was a recipient of the 2007 PEN / Beyond Margins Award. He has curated programs for the Hammer Museum by himself and with Tisa Bryant as the multi-media duo Black Book. His forthcoming collection of poetry and short stories will be published by WritLarge Press. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nAct On It! Artists\, Community\, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College; Riverside Art Museum; Lancaster Museum of Art and History; and California State University\, Northridge\, Art Galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal Access is a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year\, multi-institutional partnership formed by LACMA as part of the Art Bridges Initiative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Monica Orozco. URL:https://vpam.org/event/erasure-black-arts-la/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/092925VPAM_ActOnIt__12WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251206T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20251118T194318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T223928Z UID:10000017-1765029600-1765036800@vpam.org SUMMARY:Village Voices DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInspired by the creative legacy of the Brockman Gallery and the vibrant cultural hub of Leimert Park Village\, VPAM presents an afternoon of poetry and close engagement with the exhibition Act On It! Artists\, Community\, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged at the link below.The program will begin with an ekphrastic poetry workshop\, where poet Rebecca Gonzales will guide participants in writing poems inspired by artworks on view. Using observation and creative prompts\, participants will explore how color\, form\, shape\, and gesture can be translated into poetic expression. These original writings will become part of the body of community poetry gathered throughout the exhibition and showcased online as a record of public reflection and response.Afterwards\, the gallery will transform into a stage for a live in-gallery poetry reading\, inviting participants to shift from creators to listeners as they experience new work by a powerful lineup of Black and Latinx poets\, including Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Sara Borjas\, Joseph Rios\, Corey “BessKepp” Cofer\, and V. Kali\, each presenting original poems developed in response to the exhibition. Their readings will reflect on identity\, cultural memory\, and the role of art in building shared understanding across communities. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nAct On It! Artists\, Community\, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College; Riverside Art Museum; Lancaster Museum of Art and History; and California State University\, Northridge\, Art Galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal Access is a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year\, multi-institutional partnership formed by LACMA as part of the Art Bridges Initiative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Monica Orozco. URL:https://vpam.org/event/village-voices/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/092925VPAM_ActOnIt__12WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251213T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251213T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20251121T185534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T185913Z UID:10000018-1765630800-1765638000@vpam.org SUMMARY:The Matrilineal Power: Ofelia Esparza and Family Walkthrough DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for The Matrilineal Power: Ofelia Esparza and Family Walkthrough on Saturday\, December 13\, 2025\, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM at the Vincent Price Art Museum. As part of Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective\, this special walkthrough invites visitors into an intergenerational conversation led by Ofelia Esparza and her family. Together\, they will reflect on the enduring traditions of altar-making that have shaped Esparza’s seven-decade career as a Chicana artist\, altarista\, and educator. \n\n\n\nCentered on the theme of matrilineal power\, the program will highlight how Esparza’s ofrendas serve as expressions of devotion\, remembrance\, creativity\, and cultural celebration. This intimate 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. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nHeader 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. URL:https://vpam.org/event/the-matrilineal-power-ofelia-esparza-and-family-walkthrough/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mujeres.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260117T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20251216T222234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T213951Z UID:10000019-1768654800-1768662000@vpam.org SUMMARY:"Act on It" Closing Program: Common Ground DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1986\, the Brockman Gallery presented Common Ground\, a landmark exhibition that invited audiences to reflect on the shared struggles\, creative expressions\, and cultural values of underrepresented artists across communities. Curated by esteemed Chicana artist Linda Vallejo\, the show affirmed\, “We are all here together\, living on common ground.” \n\n\n\nWhile Brockman is best known as a center of the Black Arts Movement in Los Angeles\, the Davis brothers were committed to promoting outstanding underrepresented artists more broadly\, supporting Asian American\, Latinx\, and women artists\, and fostering meaningful cultural exchange through collaborative exhibitions and curatorial partnerships.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for a panel exploring Brockman’s inclusive philosophy\, its role in community-building\, and its enduring impact on Leimert Park and beyond\, moderated by acclaimed scholar\, curator\, and critic Dr. Tiffany E. Barber. Presented in tandem with Act On It! Artists\, Community\, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nWelcome remarks by Lauren Hanson\, Assistant Curator of Modern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Panel participants will include Dale Davis\, Dominique Moody\, Margaret Garcia\, Michael Massenburg\, and Linda Vallejo\, artists whose work has intersected with the legacy of the Brockman Gallery and who continue to embody the foundational values of Common Ground. \n\n\n\nThe afternoon will conclude with a live musical benediction by The Voices of Creation whose rousing performance closes the exhibition with joy and reverence. \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with Writ Large Projects. \n\n\n\nEvent Schedule \n\n\n\n1:00 PM: Welcome remarks1:05 – 1:15 PM: Opening presentation1:15 – 2:00 PM: Panel 2:00 – 2:10 PM: Intermission break w/ refreshments and snacks2:15 – 3:00 PM: Performance by Voices of Creation 3:00 PM: End of program \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nThis exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College; Riverside Art Museum; Lancaster Museum of Art and History; and California State University\, Northridge\, Art Galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal Access is a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year\, multi-institutional partnership formed by LACMA as part of the Art Bridges Initiative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nImage by Monica Orozco. URL:https://vpam.org/event/closing-program-common-ground/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/092925VPAM_ActOnIt__02_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260214T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260128T223652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T211441Z UID:10000021-1771074000-1771081200@vpam.org SUMMARY:DIY Milagro: An Amulet of Self-Love DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop\, led by artist Rosanna Esparza\, centers on creating a personal milagro—an amulet of self-love and remembrance. Presented in tandem with Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective\, on view now. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged at the “Register Now” link below. \n\n\n\nWhen thinking about our own wellness\, we often need tangible reminders that we are divine\, whole\, and capable of healing. Together\, we explore the idea of Re-Membering – bringing back into wholeness what has been dismembered through life experiences\, trauma\, or forgetting our own worth. Through intention\, reflection\, and making\, we recall our innate ability to care for ourselves and to participate actively in our own healing. \n\n\n\nThis is a space for self-care\, remembrance\, and reclaiming the truth that healing wisdom already lives within us. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. URL:https://vpam.org/event/diy-milagro-an-amulet-of-self-love/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_1731-2-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260307T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260307T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260212T035028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T204826Z UID:10000022-1772888400-1772895600@vpam.org SUMMARY:Watercolor and Crayon Resist Workshop DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at VPAM for a free\, family art-making workshop inspired by the watercolor and crayon resist artworks of Ofelia Esparza. Presented in tandem with Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective\, on view now. \n\n\n\nDrawing from Esparza’s approach as both an artist and educator\, families will explore this expressive technique—combining crayon and watercolor—to create vibrant images rooted in everyday life and community. Led by teaching artist Cynthia Huerta of Love with Joy Art Club\, this hands-on workshop invites participants of all ages to create together\, experiment freely\, and connect through art. \n\n\n\nAll materials provided—everyone is welcome! RSVPs encouraged at the “Register Now” link below. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nImage: Ofelia Esparza\, Summer Blooms\, 1988. Watercolor and crayon resist on paper. 18 x 12 inches. Courtesy of the artist. URL:https://vpam.org/event/vpam-community-art-lab-watercolor-and-crayon-resist-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/watercolor-event-image-webpage.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260328T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260328T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260212T184918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T204809Z UID:10000023-1774702800-1774710000@vpam.org SUMMARY:Walk Gently Upon This Earth: A Conversation on Sacred Origins with the Esparza Family DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalk Gently Upon This Earth: A Conversation on Sacred Origins with the Esparza Family invites visitors into an intimate gallery walkthrough and dialogue centered on two powerful altars in Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective. Led by the artist and members of her family\, this program offers insight into Esparza’s spiritual\, cultural\, and political foundations\, and the ancestral knowledge that has guided her work for more than seven decades. \n\n\n\nThe conversation will focus on Defenders of Mother Earth\, an altar honoring environmental and human rights activists who gave their lives protecting land\, water\, and life itself\, and Raíces Cósmicas\, a cosmic altar celebrating creation\, Indigenous cosmologies\, and humanity’s sacred relationship to the natural world. Through shared stories\, symbolism\, and lived experience\, the Esparza family will reflect on the altars’ origins\, materials\, and messages—inviting participants to consider care\, responsibility\, and reverence for Mother Earth as both cultural inheritance and collective call to action. \n\n\n\nCommunity members are warmly invited to gather\, reflect\, and engage in dialogue on ancestral knowledge\, care for the earth\, and collective responsibility. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged at the “Register Now” link below. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nImage: Detail of Raíces Cósmicas\, 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. URL:https://vpam.org/event/walk-gently-upon-this-earth-a-conversation-on-sacred-origins-with-the-esparza-family/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20_2025_10_27_VPAM84827-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260418T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260418T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260212T195244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T204751Z UID:10000024-1776517200-1776524400@vpam.org SUMMARY:Poetry Writing Workshop: The Words We Carry DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate National Poetry Month at VPAM with a poetry writing workshop inspired by the art and altar-making practice of Ofelia Esparza. Led by Los Angeles–based poet Gloria Enedina Alvarez—a Chicana poet\, intermedia artist\, literary translator\, curator\, and creative writing educator—this workshop explores how poetry\, like Esparza’s work\, can serve as a space for memory\, devotion\, and storytelling rooted in family and community. \n\n\n\nUsing Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective as inspiration\, participants will be guided through writing prompts that transform images\, objects\, and personal histories into poetry. This workshop welcomes writers of all experience levels and invites participants to engage with Esparza’s art through words. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged at the “Register Now” link below. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nImage: Installation view\, 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. URL:https://vpam.org/event/poetry-writing-workshop-the-words-we-carry/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/05_2025_10_27_VPAM84693.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260425T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260425T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260109T210451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T193433Z UID:10000020-1777125600-1777132800@vpam.org SUMMARY:"New Voices" opening reception DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the opening reception of New Voices: The 2026 ELAC Juried Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition highlights exceptional artworks produced at East Los Angeles College during the Spring 2025 through Fall 2025 semesters. It features ceramics\, drawing\, painting\, photography\, sculpture\, theater and costume design\, and mixed media works produced across several instructional departments on campus and is an opportunity for burgeoning student artists to showcase their work. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum and is juried by and curated by Jheanelle Brown. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nFeatured photo by Monica Orozco. URL:https://vpam.org/event/new-voices-opening-reception/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/new-voices-person-looking-at-art.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260509T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260509T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224730 CREATED:20260218T191146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T204730Z UID:10000025-1778331600-1778342400@vpam.org SUMMARY:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration DESCRIPTION:Ofelia Esparza Closing Celebration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin VPAM for a special closing celebration of Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective\, marking the culmination of the exhibition on view since October 2025. This free\, public program brings together community members\, artists\, and longtime supporters of Esparza’s work for an afternoon honoring women as artists\, educators\, and culture bearers. \n\n\n\nThe program will feature a panel conversation highlighting women community culture bearers in art\, along with live screen printing\, and musical performances. Taking place during Mother’s Day weekend\, we invite you to bring your mothers\, chosen family\, and loved ones to celebrate creativity\, care\, and community together. More details to be announced soon. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged at the “Register Now” link below. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShow Credits\n\n\n\nOfelia Esparza: A Retrospective is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Joseph Valencia and Sybil Venegas with Gloria Ortega. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition was made possible with lead support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenerous support provided by the Teiger Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the City of Los Angeles\, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)\, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Diana Feil. URL:https://vpam.org/event/ofelia-esparza-closing-program-celebration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpam.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/OfeliaEsparza_VPAM_138.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR