Art Services

Exhibition Print Program

Self Help Graphics' Exhibition Print Program is an active lending/consignment program that allows organizations and companies to host curated exhibitions of Self Help Graphics' print collection. Local and regional organizations are asked to partner with Self Help Graphics by providing a venue for exhibition and are either lent the work at no charge, or are invoiced a nominal fee. Corporate and for-profit clients are asked to make a contribution of $1,000 - $5,000 to rent suites of prints for up to six month, which helps support ongoing partnerships.

Through SHG's Exhibition Print Program (EPP), new work in all print mediums has been exhibited to local, regional, national and international audiences. The focus of the EPP has been to provide broad audiences access to art in both traditional and non-traditional venues, but especially to underserved segments of the community, who might otherwise not have the opportunity to experience the art and culture represented through the artwork. The EPP has also enabled Self Help to show the work of local artists in museums and art centers in key regional exhibits. Self Help has also reached a national audience through major endeavors such as Across the Street: Self Help Graphics & Art and Chicano Art in Los Angeles (1995-97). Between 2010 and 2011, Self Help will work with the following organizations and businesses to present uniquely curated print exhibitions:

Mexican Cultural Institute (Olvera Street), Oct. 2010

Fremont Gallery (Pasadena), Nov. 2010

Camachos Café (Olvera Street), Ongoing

La Fonda Restaurant (McArthur Park), Jan. 2011

Mercado La Paloma (South Central LA), Aug. - Oct. 2011

LA vs WAR II (Los Angeles), Sep. 2011

Los Angeles County Musuem of Art, Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987, Sep. - Dec. 2011

Autry National Center, Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation, Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2012

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement, Oct. 2011 - Feb. 2012

Paley Center (Beverly Hills), Nov. 2011

Casa 0101, (Boyle Heights), Nov. 2011

Academia Semillas del Pueblo (El Sereno), Dec. 2011-Mar. 2012

L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, Mariposas Presente, Oct. - Nov. 2012

Self Help Graphics & Art has a loyal international following, and has expanded its audience to Africa (nine nations), Germany, France and Spain through its Arts America touring show Chicano Expressions. The success of the USA tour has resulted in an extension into Mexico. Self Help has also presented the rst ever Day of the Dead at the Glasgow Print Studio in Scotland in November 1996. SHG will continue to target university and other public exhibition spaces to.

Mobile Art Programs (MAP) - MAP serve our mission to nurture emerging artists and present Latino art to a broad audience, and address the vast demographic that is Los Angeles, while also expanding our audiences and community beyond the East Los Angeles community. The idea to redene and reinvigorate the Mobile Art Programs was inspired by SHG’s famous Barrio Mobile Arts Studio (BMAS), which was a converted step van that was used as a moving cultural center between 1975-1985. Contracted by public and parochial schools throughout East Los Angeles to teach art, SHG hired artists to who specialized in a variety of art forms to engage with community and youth through art. Mobile Art Workshops include silkscreening, stencil making, grati classes, and mural projects. 2011-2012 partners include: Casa0101; La Plaza de Cultura y Artes; Legacy LA; Levitt Pavillion MacArthur Park; Mercado La Paloma; Proyecto Pastoral and Semillas del Pueblo (El Sereno).

Public Art Commissions - Self Help Graphics & Art believes that art elements should seamlessly integrate into its surroundings without getting lost in the environment or over whelming the area in which it exist. It is through this process that Self Help Graphics’ provides services to act as the intermediary, where the artist and client can work towards a unied result. Self Help Graphics works with artists who hold in depth technical knowledge and experience combined with a ne arts background. Projects that Self Help Graphics has served on include: East Los Angeles Civic Center; Kaiser Permanente, East Los Angeles; AltaMed; Metro; White Memorial Hospital