Laguna Art Museum Presents Marking an Era: Celebrating Self Help Graphics at 50 Opening August 19

Laguna Art Museum presents Marking an Era: Celebrating Self Help Graphics at 50 on view from August 19, 2023 through January 15, 2024. Attend the opening reception on Saturday, August 19 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Over the past 50 years, Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) has grown to become one of the leading initiators of the creation of Chicana/o/x and Latinx art in the world. It has also played a substantial role in advancing printmaking in Southern California and beyond by engaging with hundreds of artists and fostering networks of collaborative opportunities. Laguna Art Museum is proud to have a significant collection of prints produced at Self Help Graphics & Art between the organization’s foundation in 1983 and 1992, when these works came into the museum’s collection. 

In celebration of Self Help Graphics & Art’s momentous 50th anniversary, Laguna Art Museum will present the largest selection of works by SHG artists from the museum’s collection to date. Curated by Guest Curator Rochelle Steiner, Marking an Era: Celebrating Self Help Graphics & Art at 50 offers a contemporary look at the earliest works and themes that have initiated countless discussions and collaborations at the heart of Chicana/o/x art making in the region and beyond. Learn more about the exhibition here.