Grand Opening of “Abuelita’s Kitchen: Mexican Food Stories” on May 22
LA Plaza Cocina, the nation’s first museum and teaching kitchen dedicated to Mexican food, will open its downtown Los Angeles doors on Sunday, May 22 from 12pm to 4pm for the grand opening of its second exhibition, Abuelita’s Kitchen: Mexican Food Stories. This multimedia exhibition, led by USC professor Sarah
L.A. Memo, Highlighting the Contribution of Chicano/a Artists to American Art, Opens March 18
In the 1970s and 1980s, Los Angeles-based Chicanas/os strove to scrutinize aspects of popular culture and advanced alternative narratives concerning race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship that were not represented within mainstream art practice at the time. These efforts are investigated in the new exhibition, L.A. Memo: Chicana/o Art from
LA Plaza Cocina Opens its First Exhibition Celebrating Maize, Mexico’s Gift to the World
. . LA Plaza Cocina, the first museum dedicated to Mexican food, opened its doors on Monday, February 7, with its inaugural exhibition Maize: Past, Present and Future, a tribute to the cuisine’s most essential ingredient. Curated by Maite Gomez-Rejón and Ximena Martin, visitors will recognize many
Visit “A View From Here” Via Your Cellphone
Although we’ve been welcoming back guests since June of this year, our Curatorial Team continues to make our exhibitions accessible for those who are not able to visit our campus on Main Street. The latest virtual offering: A new cellphone tour of our reimagined The View From Here exhibit on the second floor. The
Frank Romero’s “Going to the 1984 Olympics” Arrives at LA Plaza
Going to the 1984 Olympics, the original painting by Frank Romero which served as the basis for his iconic mural overlooking the Hollywood Freeway, is now on display at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes through September 2022. The original painting, measuring 54” x 144”, is on display in the second-floor
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