"Roberto Gutierrez: The Old Neighborhood"
August 9 - September 6, 2008

Roberto Gutierrez is a veteran of SHG. His works speak to the Eastside neighborhoods that make up a large part of SHG's audiences. This exhibition will focus on familiar neighborhoods that are now undergoing changes, including gentrification and rehabilitation, while others remain familiar, evoking conflicting emotions to those who grew up in them.

"Annual Atelier Print Exhibition"
June 21 - July 26, 2008

SHG will be showcasing the two ateliers completed during the past twelve months, including "Joto Aztlan" an atelier headed by Miguel Angel Reyes" dedicated to issues important the male queer experience, especially as it relates to its interaction with the broader community, and "Maestras V", an atelier headed by Yolanda Gonzalez, that explores contemporary issues by some of the most accomplished female artists today. Also exhibited will be a number of other special projects.

Mujeres de Maiz
presents
“SOMOS MEDICINA”
A month-long series of
Intercultural, Intergenerational, Interdisciplinary
ART EVENTS
*Celebrating our 11th Anniversary, 6th Publication,
International Women’s Day, and Women’s Herstory month*
March 2008, Los Angeles

VISUAL & MULTI-MEDIA ART EXHIBIT March 8th-29th

Gallery Opening: Sat. 3/8, 5-7pm

"Somos Medicina" visual and multi-media art exhibit highlighting women
artists. "In the spirit of our ancestors we are facilitating the creation this space/exhibit where there is dialogue about the contribution of women’s work to the decolonization and healing of our communities and selves." Invited artists include those whose work speaks of the political as well as spiritual alternatives to Eurocentric and patriarchal worldviews; and embracing the "Medicina," the medicine that exists within all of us.
Exhibit also open during our month of events and 3/15 and 3/22 (12-4pm) and other dates TBD,or by appointment.
Artists:
Barbara Carrasco, Binx, Brenda Quintero, Carmen Kalo, Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, Dalila Mendez, Elena Esparza, Emilia Garcia, Faviana Rodriguez, Gina Aparicio, Joanna “Mixpe” Ley, Lilia Ramirez, Linda Vallejo, Lucy Castro, Margaret Alarcon, Maria Castillo, Marisol L. Torres, Maritza Alvarez, Melanie Cervantes, Nayeli Guzman, Ofelia Esparza, Poli Marichal, Rachel Thorson-Veliz, Sandra de La Loza, Sara Margarita Martin, Sugey Salazar, Susana De Leon, “Timoi”, Womyn Image Makers, Yreina Cervantez

LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT Sat. March 8th 7pm
Live Art Show with teatro, dance, and performance art and song.
**PREMIERE of Limited Edition Full Color Mujeres de Maiz Publication**

Performances by:
Las Manas (Bay area)
Briseyda Zarate
Cyn da’ Poet
Xaris
Yei Tecpatl (San Jose)
Deema Debis in collaboration with Lynnix
Gabriela Garcia Medina
And In Lak Ech
EVENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD- celebrating INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY –March 8th.

POETRY NIGHT: Thursday, March 13th 7pm
Hosted by Cyn Da’ Poet

With poetry by:
Alejandra Sanchez
Lynnix
Gloria Alvarez
Xitlalic Quijosa
Marisol Crisostomo-Romo
And more!
FILM NIGHT Fri. March 21st 7pm
Womyn Image Makers presents: Through the lens of Women of Color-Somos Medicina
Films include:
Nanobah Becker- "Conversion"
Sonali Gulati – “Sum Total”
Claudia Mercado - "Lagrimas de Cafe"
Cherien Dabis - "Make a Wish"
Aurora Guerrero – “Ixchel”
Aurora Guerrero and Maritza Alvarez - “Pura Lengua”

SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP Sat. March 22nd 11:00am-12:30pm
Instructor: Cati de los Rios (Karateka, High School teacher)
This workshop provides a safe space for women of all backgrounds, ages and sizes to learn the appropriate self-defense techniques and enable them to survive and escape the dangers in their everyday lives.

MUJER MERCADO/HOLISTIC HEALTH WORKSHOPS Sun. March 23rd 12pm-6pm
All mujer Mercado at First Street Studios, to include Mujeres de Maiz artists and veterana members. The Mercado will also house the HOLISTIC HEALTH workshops.

HOLISTIC WORKSHOPS FOR MUJER MERCADO
**Are Free with any purchase from Artist Vendor or Workshop Facilitator**

12:00: Doors Open
12:15 Native Moon Ceremonies by Lisa Wahpeha (Descendants of the Earth)
1:00-1:30- Spa Detox by Dr. Sanchez OMD, Acupuncture Plus
1:45-2:45-Natural Birth Control by Patricia Garcia
Panochas Poderosas by Patricia Garcia
Sexual empowerment and precise anatomic self- awareness
3:00-3:20- Finding your Creative Space by Dr. Elena Esparza, D.C, Just Breathe Healing
3:20-3:50- Herbal Baths by Dr. Elena Esparza, D.C, Just Breathe Healing
4:00-4:30-Dispelling the American Food Pyramid by Dr. Sanchez OMD Acupuncture Plus
4:45-5:45-Earth Medicine, Daisy Tonantzin, Yerberia Mayahuel
“Healing Through The Cultivation Of A Healthy Environment”
-Part 1 First St. Studios
Creating Spaces For Healing
-Part 2 at Caracol Marketplace
Cultivating Herbs For Healing
End Time 6pm
@ First Street Studios
2026 E. First Street, Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA 90033

ARTIST PLATICA Wed. March 26th 7pm
Artist Platica on the theme of “Somos Medicina.” Focus is on highlighting inter-generational women artists on the red road that carry on traditional, native, and indigena ways and values.
Participants are veteran Chicana multi-media artists as well as those from the emerging generation including: Yreina Cervantez, Linda Vallejo, Olivia Chumacero, Marisol Lydia Torres, Claudia Mercado, Gloria Alvarez, Gina Aparicio, Lina Guerra, and more TBA. Moderated by Sybil Venegas.

MUJER MUSICA NIGHT Sat. March 29th 7pm
Mujer Musica Concert showcasing women musicians/performer/rappers on one night at SHG. $5.00
Performers Include: Mystery Hangup , Cihuatl-Ce, Guerrilla Queenz, Lady Binx (Texas), Eddika Organista of El Haru Kuroi, Teatro M3, Son Mujeres, Adriana Cabrera Garcia (San Jose), and more!

CLOSING CEREMONY & Caracol Marketplace Sun. March 30th 11am-4pm

Caracol Marketplace returns to its monthly home at Proyecto Jardin/Community Garden. A small closing ceremony honoring the Spring Equinox and all mujeres will take place at 3pm.
@ At Proyecto Jardin: 1718 Bridge Street, LA (Boyle Heights),CA 90033

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H20, Inc. - On the issue of water,
the second exhibition by the dynamic Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective

September 22-October 14

Opening Saturday, September 22, 7-10pm

The exhibition will feature new prints and installations - inspired by the situation of water in the world today - and created by the collective's members: Sam Baray, Kay Brown, Judith Duran, Emelda Gutierrez, Antonio Escalante, Poli Marichal, Don Newton, Victor Rosas and Marianne Sadowski.

The opening reception will feature experimental music by Camilo Otero and a new video by Poli Marichal that incorporates and animates some of the prints in the exhibition. Besides showing individual prints, Los de Abajo will present a large collaborative reduction print that marks the group's determination to experiment and take printmaking in a more provocative direction. This show will also feature hand-printed one-of-a kind T-shits and wearable art created by members of the collective as well as cards and small, affordable prints that make unique gifts for friends and family.

Flowers from Carmen's Garden
Homenage a Sister Karen Boccalero (1933-1997)

June 23-August 12, 2007

Opening Saturday June 23, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

It is difficult to believe that this June will mark the 10th Anniversary of Sister Karen Boccalero's passing.In tribute to Sister Karen's remarkable legacy of Self Help Graphics, that has served and facilitated you and a legion of local artists, the community,and a worldwide audience, you are invited to participate in a special exhibition entitled Flowers from Carmen's Garden/Homenaje a Sister Karen Boccalero.

Frank Romero and Sonia Romero
"2nd Edition"
A Father/Daughter Print Retrospective

February 23-March 16

Opening Friday 23, 7-10pm

In their first official father/daughter exhibition, Los Angeles based artists Frank and Sonia Romero will be showing a group of works selected to showcase the rich and creative world of printmaking.

Largely known as a painter and muralist, Frank Romero has been printmaking for forty years, including thirty years of silkscreen at Self-Help Graphics. Emerging artist Sonia Romero, also a painter, fell and love and specialized in printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, and has since incorporated printing into her primary media.

A large variety of techniques will be represented, such as silkscreen, linocut, lithography, wood engraving and mixed media mono-prints. This exhibition explores how printmaking can enrich the ideas and processes of an artist who is primarily painterly, and serves to promote the idea of printmaking as a valid and impressive art form on it own.

As their first collaborative effort, the two artists will be creating a brand new serigraph at Self-Help Graphics for the exhibition.

Frank Romero

www.romerostudio.net

A native of East Los Angeles, Romero (born 1941) received a scholarship to study drawing at Otis Art Institute while still in high school. He also attended California State University, Los Angeles, where he met and became friends with Carlos Almaraz. In 1973, the two of them, along with Gilbert Lujan and Roberto de la Rocha, founded a local art collective known as Los Four. Los Four collaborated on numerous murals and on other public art installations throughout California during the next 10 years, having a major influence on defining Chicano art. Romero's work has been exhibited in solo and group shows all over the United States, as well as in Mexico, Japan, and Europe.

Sonia Romero

www.soniaromero.com

Sonia Romero (born 1980) began painting and drawing when she was very small. She received her formal education at the Los Angeles County High-school for the Arts and her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, with an emphasis in printmaking. Her solo show debut was held at the Avenue 50 Studio in 2006. She shows widely in Southern California has been included in exhibitions in New York, France and Italy.

Self Help Graphics & Art is proud to host a two day workshop:
"Mixed Media Linocut" with Sonia Romero.
March 10 & 11 2007

"THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT"
an exhibition of photographs by Francisco Dominguez

January 13 - February 18, 2007

Opening Reception: January 13, 2007 6 pm - 9 pm

An exhibition from
The Center for the
Study of Political Graphics
www.politicalgraphics.org

Funded in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

For pictures of the The Immigrant Rights Movement show at Self Help Graphics.

"Behind These Walls "
Wayne Healy
Elliot Pinkney
Kent Twitchell

Concept Engineer:
Ronald Lopez

December 2, 2006 –- January 6, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday December 2, 2006 6 pm - 10 pm
For more information, please visit http://adenistanbul.net/btw.htm

For pictures of the Behind These Walls show at Self Help Graphics.