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Linda Vallejo: Brown Belongings
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes announces its forthcoming exhibition, Linda Vallejo: Brown Belongings, a collection of new and recent work from the Los Angeles-based,…
¡Murales Rebeldes! L.A. Chicana/o Murals Under Siege
Los Angeles was once the mural capital of the world. Thousands of murals were painted in the city during the late twentieth century, most of…
Landscapes & Land Dwellers: Photography of Place by Rafael Cardenas
Take a walk with self-taught photographer Rafael Cardenas as he traverses northeast, east, and downtown L.A. Through new and rarely-exhibited photographs, Cardenas explores the intimate…
!Ya Basta! The East L.A. Walkouts and the Power of Protest
During one week in 1968, ten thousand East Los Angeles high school students walked out of class. Protesting unequal conditions in their schools, they ignited…
Education Not Deportation
For this companion installation to ¡Ya Basta! The East L.A. Walkouts and the Power of Protest, youth from Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) took a…
Recuerdos del Futuro: Roaming Magu’s Chicano Dreams
Grounded in the rasquache sensibility of survival and inventiveness, Gilbert ‘Magu’ Luján reimagined physical and cultural environments to create alternate realities. This exhibition traces the…
¡Mírame! Expressions of Queer Latinx Art
Latinx LGBTQ artists including Laura Aguilar, Ben Cuevas, Xandra Ibarra, Alma Lopez, Dalila Mendez, Yosimar Reyes, Julio Salgado, Hector Silva, and Joey Terrill reflect upon…
UNCENSORED – L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective
In 1990, Barbara Carrasco’s L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, a portable mural about the history of Los Angeles, was temporarily displayed at Union Station. A…
Mujeres de Maiz: Twenty Years of ARTivism & Herstory en L.A.
Mujeres de Maiz, a prolific women’s ARTivist (artist + activist) and wellness collective, combines traditions of feminist, LGBTQ, and civil rights activism with indigenous practices…
Espejismo/Cicatriz (Mirage/Scar): New Works by Ernesto Yerena Montejano
LA Plaza's exhibition, Espejismo//Cicatriz (Mirage/Scar): New Works from Ernesto Yerena, is an attempt to continue a conversation within the Latino / Chicano / Hispanic /…
Peloteros in Paradise: A Los Angeles Beisbol Story
This exhibition examines the dynamic relationship between baseball and the Mexican and Mexican-American communities of Southern California, from the local teams of the early twentieth…
Corazón de la Comunidad: A Story of Mariachi in Los Angeles
Mariachi music began in eighteenth-century Mexico. The genre migrated to Los Angeles, where it was popularized by many musical groups. Today, the definition of mariachi…
Past Exhibitions