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Annual Print Fair #APF2021
Jun
7
to Jun 30

Annual Print Fair #APF2021

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Every summer Self Help Graphics & Art hosts its renowned Annual Print Fair. Our 2021 Annual Print Fair will be held online, with weekly releases featuring new hand-pulled serigraph prints by emerging and established artists. The Annual Print Fair season includes weekly artist features, artist interviews, as well as weekly workshops.

Learn more at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/annualprintfair and shop prints at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/shop.

2021’s new prints features work by the following artists:

VETERAN ATELIER

  • Joe Devera

  • Yvette Pino

  • Peter Tovar

  • Pedro Rios Martinez

  • Gina Herrera

  • Leo Limon

  • Fanny Garcia

MAESTRXS ATELIER

  • Rosalie Lopez

  • Aydi Ortiz

  • Gabriella Sanchez

  • Yreina Cervantes

  • Yaneli Delgado

  • Nani Chacon

  • Star Montana

SPECIAL PROJECTS

  • Patssi Valdez

  • Ramon Ramirez

  • Sandy Rodriguez - 2020 Día de los Muertos Commemorative Print

  • Miguel Angel Reyes

  • Yolanda Gonzalez

  • Salomon Huerta

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KCET Artbound Día de los Muertos Episode Screening and Panel Discussion
Oct
23
7:00 PM19:00

KCET Artbound Día de los Muertos Episode Screening and Panel Discussion

Wednesday, October 23, 2019  
7pm-9pm | Free
RSVP FOR THE EVENT HERE

Moderator: Juan Devis, KCET Chief Creative Officer
Panelists:
Ofelia and Rosanna Esparza, Altaristas
Ana Paola Rodriguez, Dignicraft
Xochitl Flores-Marcial, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chicana/o Studies at Cal State Northridge


Self Help Graphics & Art
1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033

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Self Help Graphics will host a KCET Artbound Dia de los Muertos episode screening on Wednesday, October 23rd from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

#SHGWorkshops #DiadelosMuertos #KCET

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Ancestral Lights, Día de los Muertos Exhibition,
Oct
10
to Nov 27

Ancestral Lights, Día de los Muertos Exhibition,

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Our Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibition, Ancestral Lights, is on view Thursday, October 10, 2019 - Wednesday, November 27, 2019.

Artists include:
Melanie Cervantes
Germs
Natalia Anciso
John Jairo Valencia
Juan R. Fuentes
Kalli Arte
Roberto Benavidez
Wakana Kimura
Maria Ramos
Adrienne DeVine
Mi Estori
Ezria Torres
Youth Committee
Zeal Harris
Altar for Carlos Zaragoza organized by his sister, Annette Zaragoza-Bilow
Alfredo Calderón
Yreina Cervantes
SOY Artista Virtual Reality Video Art in partnership with TechnoLatinx -to be featured on November 2nd Community
Boyle Heights Community Altar led by Ni Santas - will be featured on November 2nd

2019’S DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY…

Senator Maria Elena Durazo 
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago 
Supervisor Hilda Solis 
Council District . 14
National Endowment for the Arts
Department of Cultural Affairs
Bank of America
Union Pacific Railroad
Oscar Health 
So Cal Edison 
ABC7
Hillsides 
Boyle Heights Community Market 
Jive Live
Kaiser Permanente




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Opening Reception: Día de los Muertos Exhibition "How We Remember and How We Survive"
Oct
4
7:00 PM19:00

Opening Reception: Día de los Muertos Exhibition "How We Remember and How We Survive"

45TH ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT & EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION OCTOBER 4TH

Help us kick off our Día de los Muertos season our with our 45th Annual Commemorative Print unveiling and exhibition opening, How We Remember and How We Survive, on Thursday, October 4th from 7-10 pm at SHG. The exhibition is curated by SHG Artist-In-Residence and our 45th Annual Commemorative Print ArtistDewey Tafoya. Participating artists will explore life happenings that make us who we are in joy or trauma, thus how we remember these situations and how we survive them, as expressed through one-of-a-kind art. Featured artists include Amitis MotevalliJennifer Gutierrez-MorganJose SoteloNery Gabriel LemusDalila Paola-MendezMichael AlvarezNani ChaconZeke PenaNoni OlabisiCruz OrtizMiyo Stevens-Gandara, and Ofelia Esparza. FREE and family friendly. 

The exhibition is on view through December 21, 2018

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#EntreTintayLucha: 45 Years of SHG exhibition at Cal State LA
Aug
21
to Sep 29

#EntreTintayLucha: 45 Years of SHG exhibition at Cal State LA

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Entre Tinta y Lucha: 45 Years of Self Help Graphics & Art
Exhibition on view at Fine Arts Gallery August 21 through September 29, 2018

A partnership between Cal State LA and Self Help Graphics & Art,
with support from Cal State LA's Fine Arts Gallery

Entre Tinta y Lucha: 45 Years of Self Help Graphics & Art celebrates the 45th anniversary of our East Los Angeles cultural and community art organization.  The exhibition looks back at over four decades of the organization’s artistic innovation and excellence, organizational resilience and expanded activity, by featuring a display of over fifty fine art prints from throughout the organization’s history. The exhibition also looks forward to an exciting evolution of Chicana/o and Latinx aesthetics. 

Entre Tinta y Lucha marks a historic collaboration between Self Help Graphics & Art and Cal State LA. The exhibition is FREE and open to Cal State LA students and the public beginning August 21, 2018- September 29, 2018. The Fine Arts Gallery is located at Cal State LA's main campus and is open Monday-Friday, 12pm-5pm. The gallery will be open extended hours, 6pm-9pm, during exhibition programming on the following Thursdays: September 6th, September 13, and September 27. 

Entre Tinta y Lucha will include panel discussions at 6 and 7:30pm on September 6th, September 13, and September 27 to further explore artist perspectives, their experiences as part of SHG's Professional Printmaking Program and how the organization impacted their professional trajectory. Additionally, the series touches on topics such as the technical side of printmaking, social justice, historical contributions, gender, and identity. The exhibition, panel discussions and SHG's Barrio Mobile Art Studio workshop will be hosted at Cal State L.A.'s Fine Arts Gallery.

#ENTRETINTAYLUCHA #SHGLEGACY #CALSTATELA


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Jun
23
12:00 PM12:00

Self Help Graphics Annual Print Fair 2018

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ANNUAL PRINT FAIR & EXHIBITION 2018

SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2018 – 12PM TO 5PM

Self Help Graphics & Art’s Annual Print Fair & Exhibition is a highly anticipated one-day only opportunity for art lovers to acquire new, limited edition, fine art prints created by dozens of artists at Self Help Graphics & Art between 2017-18. The Annual Print Fair & Exhibition features serigraphs, monoprints, as well as new relief and intaglio print editions.

New works by:  Margaret Alarcon, Clover, Pepe Coronado, Sandra Fernandez, River Garza, Luis Genaro Garcia, Douglas Miles, Dalila Paola Mendez, Malaquias Montoya, Zeke Peña, Kimberly Robertson, Cynthia Velasquez and more...

Art lovers of all kinds – from casual admirers to serious collectors – are invited to attend this highly anticipated showcase of artists that have participated through Self Help Graphics & Art’s Professional Printmaking Program.

 

The Professional Print Program is supported in part by our artists, volunteers, board of directors, as well as collectors, and major donors including the Eastside Arts Initiative, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Pasadena Art Alliance, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, California Community Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Los Angeles County Art Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

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