Past Exhibitions
TEDDY SANDOVAL AND THE BUTCH GARDENS SCHOOL OF ART
October 21, 2023 – March 2, 2024
A central figure in LA’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Teddy Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For 25 years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity through his signature icon of a faceless man, often sporting a mustache. This was the first museum retrospective dedicated to the artist.
Yoshie Sakai: Grandma Entertainment Franchise
October 21, 2023 – February 3, 2024
In her first solo museum exhibition, Grandma Entertainment Franchise, artist Yoshie Sakai brings together three immersive installations produced over the last three years: Grandma Day Spa, Grandma Nightclub, and Grandma Amusement Park. These three distinct but interconnected installations, composed of…
Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand
March 25, 2023 – July 22, 2023
Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand pays tribute to Goh Choo San (1948–1987), a pioneering Singaporean-born choreographer who died of an AIDS-related illness at the age of thirty-nine. Although Goh choreographed and performed for prominent ballet companies throughout Asia, Europe, and North America during his lifetime, his legacy remains largely absent from queer, cultural, and dance histories in the United States.
NEW VOICES: THE 2022 DISTRICT WIDE JURIED STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
November 5, 2022 – January 21, 2023
For more than sixty years, the student art exhibition at East Los Angeles College has showcased exceptional artworks produced on campus throughout the academic year. This year, the exhibition expanded to invite students from all nine campuses of the Los…
Librería Donceles
September 17, 2022 – June 24, 2023
Libreria Donceles art isntallation photo by Monica Orozco Librería Donceles is a socially engaged art project created by artist and educator Pablo Helguera out of a desire to address the lack of bookstores that serve the growing Hispanic and Latinx…
Phung Huynh: Sobrevivir
September 17, 2022 – February 18, 2023
In 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors apologized to more than 200 mothers of Mexican descent who were forcefully sterilized at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center between 1968-1974. To publicly express this apology, the LA…
Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art
April 30, 2022 – July 30, 2022
Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art is a major exhibition of Latinx sound practices, extending from the early avant-gardism of sound art to new interdisciplinary art forms.