Welcome Back to LA Plaza! Members Only Preview

LA Plaza is excited to welcome you back! We’re thrilled to offer LA Plaza Members the bienvenida as we reopen to launch our ten-year anniversary! Our galleries are the perfect place to feel uplifted, and inspired by our history, art and cultura. We’re so grateful for your tremendous support over

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Planting the Seeds of Racism and Moving Away from Gender Roles

Planting the Seeds of Racism and Moving Away from Gender Roles / Sembrando las Semillas del Racismo y Alejándose de los Roles de Género Hello, my name is Pedro Enrique Puentes. I am a second-year history graduate student at California State University, Northridge, and a curatorial intern at LA Plaza

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Help LA Plaza Preserve L.A.’s Latino History!

You can help can preserve the legacy of one of the leading figures of California history, Governor Jose Figueroa, who served during Mexican rule from 1833 to 1835, by writing the Los Angeles City Council, urging them to keep Figueroa Street intact.     LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

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A New Year’s Message from John Echeveste, CEO of LA Plaza

Dear Friends of LA Plaza We started the new year full of hope, promise and change. We were sobered by the cataclysmic events which took place in Washington DC. We take a deep breath, and move forward. No need to recount the calamities of the past months. We can only express our

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Construction Begins on LA Plaza Cocina

LA Plaza has completed all architectural work and has begun construction of LA Plaza Cocina, the first museum and teaching kitchen dedicated to Mexican cuisine. The 2,500-square-foot facility is part of LA Plaza Village, the 355-apartment and retail project at 555 N. Spring St., and is slated to include a

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