Join artists and scholars on Saturday, December 3 at 2PM as they explore the 50-year history of Los Angeles’ oldest Chicano/Latinx non-profit art incubator, Self Help Graphics and Art. Known for its numerous fine art print ateliers and for initiating Los Angeles’ version of Day of the Dead, this conversation focuses on Self Help’s community-based aesthetic philosophies and how artists have adapted and implemented those ethics in practice. Arrive for he panel discussion from 2PM-3PM and participate in the print workshops from 2PM-4PM at the Taper Auditorium located inside the Central Library at 630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Register to attend here.

Focused on the last fifty years and the next fifty years, Dr. J.V. Decemvirale and Dr. Claudia Zapata will hold conversation with Yreina Cervantez, Miyo Stevens-Gandara and Natalie Godinez, all socially-engaged artists who worked and trained at Self Help Graphics. This panel accompanies the publication of the most recent anthology of this important Los Angeles art history: Self Help Graphics at Fifty: A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking (eds. Tatiana Reinoza and Karen Mary Davalos UC Press, 2023). #LAMade #SHGat50 #LatinxArt