Plaza de Cultura Y Arte Presents Patriotism in Conflict

November 5, 2021 – June 22, 2022

Marking fifty-one years since the National Chicano Moratorium took place in East Los Angeles, where more than 30,000 participants marched to protest the Vietnam War, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes presents Patriotism in Conflict: Fighting for Country and Comunidad. This exhibition recounts the momentum and critical events that led to one of the most influential demonstrations in Chicana/o history and inspired a generation of sociopolitical activism.

Included in the exhibition is a new work of mine along with a mural installation in the window of the museum by my art collective 3B

Free Admission to our Museum, LA Plaza Tienda

Hours:
Wednesday through Sunday – 12pm to 5pm; last entry at 4:30pm
Closed Monday and Tuesday

Address:
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 North Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Residency Art Gallery is extremely pleased to present 3B Collective’s group exhibition Highways & Byways. This exhibition will run from October 23rd through December 18th. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 from 6pm to 9pm.

Members of the 3B Collective that will contribute to Highways & Byways include Alfredo Diaz, Aaron Estrada, Michael Khosravifard, Gustavo Martinez and Oscar Magallanes. @3bcollective @nimexica @aarondestrada @michael_nimaaa @los.angeles.film @mdnght_toker With the current conversation around the environment, systemic racism, and monuments along with unseen labor, this exhibition uses massive infrastructure projects like freeways and megadevelopments as the nexus in addressing issues of erasure and equity in our communities. We look at the parallel histories of various Los Angeles communities that have become the victims of “progress” and the aesthetics that arise from colonialism, concrete, cultural iconography, and lowrider custom car culture. The connection between urban renewal and gentrification is undisputed. The works presented serve to facilitate a visual conversation between the works and the viewer with their disparate cultural iconography and representations of urban landscapes. The relationship that develops between the aesthetics that arise from urban renewal, and megadevelopments questioning both the construction of these icons, structures, and stadiums and what lies beneath them both physically and ideologically.

I present my thesis exhibition Criminalized Aesthetics, June 9 – 11.

On June 10th we are hosting a lowrider and mini-truck show from 11 to 4 in the UCSD Town Square with a small reception for my thesis exhibition Criminalized Aesthetics from 5 to 8 at Structural Materials & Engineering Gallery.

3B Collective’s First Gallery Exhibiton

MAY 8 – JUNE 12, 2021

Opening Reception May 8th 5-8
@3bcollective is heading south to inaugurate Best Pratice’s new location in Bread and Salt.
This exhibition is in collaboration with @ucsdvisarts @luxartinstitute and @sandiegoartinstitute

Measurements of Progress

• Friday, April 23, 2021 12:00 PM
  Sunday, May 30, 2021 7:00 AM
• San Diego Art Institute 1439 El Prado San Diego, CA, 92101 (map)

Click here to RSVP a time to view Measurements of Progress.

Change is traditionally measured by success. A paper or book has been written and concludes, an artwork completed, a law passed, a position achieved, are all forms of successful change. Success is also subjective based on the morals and values of the individual. But how do you measure something that never succeeds or never ends?

In Measurements of Progress, the graduating students of the 2021 Masters of Fine Arts cohort from the University of California, San Diego, delve into the incremental steps of human progress from a historical, contemporary, and speculative vision. While humans strive for success, it is evident that the human struggle for peace, liberty, and justice is a process, not the end game. The only constant in an ever-changing culture and global perspective is the requirement of creative solutions. This is why the role of art in society has been so important for thousands of years.

Measurements of Progress includes work from graduating Master of Fine Arts students including: Ana c. Andrade (b. 1987, US-MX), Juan Bastardo (b. 1975, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), Bailey Davenport (b. 1990, St. Louis, Missouri), Thien Hoang Doan (b. 1991, Vietnam), Grace Grothaus (b. 1985, New Orleans, Louisiana), Kirstyn Hom (b. 1990, San Francisco, California), Işık Kaya (b. 1990, Turkey), Oscar Magallanes (b. 1976, Duarte, CA), Carolina Montejo (b. 1981, Bucaramanga, Colombia), Alex Neuman (b. 1993, New York, New York), Alan Skelton (b. 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana), and Lauryn Smith (b. 1996, Harrisville, NY).

3B Collective installation video.

“The gesture was created by MFAs and faculty and in dialogue with the VIS Arts department. This was an action as an internal reflection on the work we within the department are actively committed to working harder on the work reminds us, as we come to work and go in and out of the visual arts department, of the work we have to do.
We welcome the opportunity to facilitate a more public gesture on Library Walk or at the main entrances to campus, as implied by the support shown today by UCSD administration.” -UCSD Vis Arts

Music: “Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am” by My Morning Jacket (Feat Merrill Garbus & Brittany Howard)

15 years in business….we’re closing ChimMaya at the end of November

After much consideration…We’ve decided (Steven & Dan) that we want to take ‘some time off‘, from the day-to-day responsibilities of running and operating our gallery.

It’s been an incredible experience! 

We’ve been fortunate to meet, represent, and exhibit so many amazing/talented artists, whose careers are now getting the recognition they deserve and hopefully, have benefited from the exposure our gallery has given them.

We invite you to join us for a not to be missed exhibition @ ChimMaya

Opening Reception

Sunday, October 13th | 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

ChimMaya Resident Artists:  Yolanda Gonzalez, Emilia Garcia, Rick Ortega, CiCi Segura Gonzalez, Gennaro Garcia, Julie Zarate, Esau Andrade, German Rubio

Invited Artists:  Margaret Garcia, Frank Romero, Magu, Robert Palacios, Christina Ramos, Wayne Healy, David Botello, Emilia Cruz, Erin Currier, Kikki Eder, Bonnie Lambert, David Flury, Steve Leal, Pola Lopez, Jose Lozano, Ixchel Marina, Laura Vasquez Rodriguez, Otto ‘Tito’ Sturcke, Linda Vallejo, Antonio Rael

Thomas Acevedo, Pavel Acevedo, Lalo Alcaraz, Eric Almanza, Anna Alvarado, Francisco Alvarado, David Amoroso, Linda Arreola, Cathy Ashworth, Irene Carranza, Art Carrillo, Nani Chacon, Jamie Chavez, Salvador Correa, Steven Correa, Emily Costello, Monica Gisel Crespo, Pablo Cristi, Victoria Delgadillo, Rafael Delgado jr, Alex Escalante, Ofelia Esparza, John Galan, Crystal Galindo, Luis Garcia, Dolores Haro Gonzalez, Sergio Hernandez, Jeannette Herrera, Ernie Herrera, MJ Lindo, Lauretta Lowell, Ernie Lucero, Oscar Magallanes, Maja, Brandon Maldonado, Isabel Martinez, Manuel ‘Manny’ Martinez, Mer Young, Michelle Taylor, MRBBABY, Carlos Nieto III, Francisco Palomares, Nikki Garcia Poling, Jake Prendez, Rafa, Ramon Ramirez, Chuy c/s, Joe Ray, Barbara Rivera, Lucy Rivera, Eugene Rodriguez, Sheila Rodriguez, Sonia Romero, Laura Salas, Niki J Sands, Carmine Santaniello, Darlene Saucedo, Joey Terrill, The Dead Beatnik, Luis Tinoco, Paul Torres, Peter Tovar, Roger Trivinos, Suzanne Urquiza, Vakseen, Ruben Zavala, John Zender, Raul Pizzaro, Maria Croucier

At this date, we’re still confirming artists who will be participating in ‘Arte Para La Gente’, and those names will be added once they’re confirmed.