Battle of the Saints highlights the everyday icons worshiped across cultures. Their images and likeness have become so ubiquitous that they appear in our daily lives, from billboards to candles, key chains, murals, t-shirts, toys, and more throughout our world.  Revered figures like wrestlers, saints, gods, artists, political activists, and athletes are just a few of the cultural icons whose likeness instills a profound sense of community.

Essential Workers: A Visual Narrative

February 25- March 30, 2023

Essentials Workers: A Visual Narrative is a group exhibition highlighting and honoring essential workers' contributions and services throughout the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen artists were invited nationwide to interview and capture an essential worker's journey and challenges that kept society and the country's health, market, and well-being moving forward during challenging conditions. Some subjects include a bus driver, a border travel nurse, a farmworker, and a correctional officer. Their stories have been captured and memorialized into visual narratives through diverse forms of printmaking.

Participating artists include Marianne Sadowski, Narsiso Martinez, Audrey Chan, Michael Massenburg, Amanda Lee, Hanna Hathaway, Celeste de Luna, Juan de Dios Mora, Charles Cohan, Liz Chalfin, Sojin Kim, Jessica Caldas, Chloe Alexander, Tina Tavera, Carlos Barberena, Poli Marichal, Osvaldo de Jesús.

RSVP to see the exhibition here.

The exhibition is made possible by funding from the Pasadena Art Alliance.

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Know Before You Go

😷 Masking is optional but encouraged.

🧒🏽 All ages welcome.

💭 Share your memories. Tag us in your photos on FB @selffhelpgraphics, IG or Twitter @shg1970. #SHGExhibitions #MariCardenas #ColoresdeValor

🚙 Use gated parking adjacent to building or street parking.

🚊 Our cultural center is also located directly across the street from Mendez High School and the Metro L Line (formerly Gold Line) at the Pico/Aliso station.

📷 No unauthorized professional photography allowed. To request press passes or a media interview with the artist or curator, please email jen@jeneratemedia.com.

Do you have questions about our exhibition or need to inquire about special accommodations for your visit? Please contact our administrative team at info@selfhelpgraphics.com or call 323-881-6444 with questions M-F, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Muñecas de Cartón is a six-year survey of the artists' collective Ni Santas' collaborative artistic practice drawing from their founding in 2016 to 2022. Inspired by the feminist artist Rotmi Enciso, Ni Santas is an autonomous all Women of Color collective whose mission is to create socially conscious visual narratives and promote sisterhood through skill sharing.

Muñecas de Cartón presents the intentional, yet spontaneous, joint effort between women artists to create, be heard, and be seen. The title is derived from the collective's extensive use of cardboard as their medium and the ephemeral context in which the work was created–– site and event specific. The exhibition features installations, prints, flyers, photos, and protest signs made by the different members throughout its six years, demonstrating the collective's bluntness, activist ideology, and passion for elevating women's voices. They are Ni Santas, Ni Putas, Solo Mujeres--- Rotmi Enciso.

Gallery Hours:

Tues-Friday

10am - 5pm

Register now on Eventbrite!

Know before you go to SHG:

• 😷 Masking is optional but encouraged.

• 🧒🏽 Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of their workshops.

• 💭 Share your memories. Tag us in your photos on FB @selffhelpgraphics, IG or Twitter @shg1970.

• 📷 No unauthorized professional photography allowed.

• 🚙 Use gated parking adjacent to building or street parking.

• 🚊 Our cultural center is also located directly across the street from Mendez High School and the Metro L Line (formerly Gold Line) at the Pico/Aliso station.

Do you have questions about our workshop or need to inquire about special accommodations? Please contact our administrative team at info@selfhelpgraphics.com or call 323-881-6444 with questions M-F, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

***To attend opening reception Friday, December 9, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, please RSVP here.***

Mari Cardenas: Colores de Valor, curated by endy trece, presents a selection of prints and paintings from more than 50 years of Mari's artistic practice. The exhibition opening on Friday, December 9 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., demonstrates how she bravely explored her spectrum of color, form, and emotions as a strategy for creating her happiness in different ways, using what was available to her within a life of painful experiences and circumstances.

Alongside Mari's work, silkscreen prints by her peers at Self Help Graphics & Art will be included in the exhibition to bring us into her world of friendships and art practice. Mari Cardenas: Colores de Valor will remain on view from December 9, 2022-February 17, 2023. Please note that the gallery will be closed for the holidays from December 24-January 8, 2022. Register for free tickets to attend here. L earn more here.

Self Help Graphics is proud to present "Canciones de Ti", opening Saturday, October 8th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Self Help Graphics is proud to present Canciones de Ti, opening Saturday, October 8th from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the Self Help Graphics gallery. This year’s Día de los Muertos Commemorative Print Artists and Exhibition Curators are Adriana Carranza and Alfonso Aceves of Kalli Arte Collective! The exhibition is one of the season’s highlights, which will be on view from October 8 - November 23, 2022. The public may view the exhibition for free by appointment on Eventbrite. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10am-5pm.

Canciones de Ti will highlight how songs are fundamental to our connection with our loved ones, keeping their memory and spirit alive. With this celebratory theme, this group exhibition will demonstrate the multiple ways we honor these memories. Canciones de Ti features artists Kalli Arte, Paul Botello, Ofelia Esparza, Jose Lozano, Nayeli Delgado and more.

Tip: Canciones de Ti guided exhibition tours will be available on Saturdays in October during Día de los Muertos workshops, at 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

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Know Before You Visit

Masking is strongly recommended for all, regardless of vaccination status. Please do not visit if you are sick, show symptoms of COVID-19, or have a positive test result. We encourage the public to please check our website, call or email us at info@selfhelpgraphics.com before visiting if you have questions.

Limited parking is available in the lot adjacent to our building in addition to street parking.

A solo exhibition featuring SHG’s Beyond the Press artists in residence, Kalli Arte.

About this event

Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) is proud to present Sueños Real, Kalli Arte’s culminating exhibition opening on Saturday, July 23, from 5-8 pm. Calli or Kalli (home in Nahuatl) is central to the collective's art practice and the focal point of the exhibition.

Paying homage to the cultural ecosystem that is Boyle Heights, the exhibition will be grounded by a symbolic installation of the artists’ home. This central sculpture will connect like roots and branches, to various images of elements, people, and iconographies that are core to their creative practice and family unit.

Reserve your ticket here.

Kalli Arte is known for its beautiful transformations of two-dimensional prints into large-scale environments that pull in viewers with their bold colors and lines. The artists seek to transform the gallery as such, welcoming the viewers to their world of quotidian objects in the Latinx community, mesoamerican ancestors, and the people and places of the neighborhood. These images underscore the pride in their work, medium, and their roots.

Kalli Arte is formed by self-taught artists Adriana Carranza and Alfonso Aceves from Boyle Heights, and as a family and as individual artists, their work is influenced by their ancestral and contemporary traditions, their neighborhood, culture, and social justice issues.

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COVID-19 Update: Masking strongly recommended for all, regardless of vaccination status. Please do not visit if you show symptoms of COVID-19 and/or have a positive test result.

Self Help Graphics & Art is proud to present Donut W(h)ole, a solo exhibition by the artist Phung Huynh, opening March 12 through May 27, 2022 at the Self Help Graphics & Art gallery. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, March 12, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Donut W(h)ole is an homage to the Cambodian immigrant and Cambodian American (Khmerican), the aftermath of warfare and genocide, stories of survival, determination, and commitment to the family unit. The exhibition is also a celebration of the Cambodian stories told through the lens of 1st and 2nd generation Khmericans who grew up in their family's donut shop.

We have all frequented the local mom-and-pop donut stores for a morning sugar fix. These donut shops represent a cultural space where refugees and immigrants reshape their lives in the process of negotiating, assimilating, and becoming American.

This exhibition is supported in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance. Learn more about our gallery exhibitions at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions.

Register to attend the opening reception here.

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present The Shell in the Clouds (El caparazón de las nubes), Pavel Acevedo's culminating exhibition opening on Friday, December 10 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. In his exhibition, Pavel invites audiences into an environment filled with images exploring migration and adaptation conveyed through mythical Zapotec stories shared by the artist's elders. The exhibition will be open to the public December 10, 2021 - Feb. 18, 2022.

As the inaugural resident artist for SHG's Beyond the Press, Pavel began his residency in early 2020, which came to a sudden halt due to the pandemic in March of that year. However, this pause did not conclude his residency or deter his creativity or engagement with the Boyle Heights community in 2021.

RSVP on Eventbrite to celebrate the exhibition and the culmination of his year-long residency! Learn about this exhibition in our upcoming Artist Lab: In the Studio virtual series with Pavel, live on Instagram @SHG1970 at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8. We also encourage you to RSVP to Pavel’s last Open Studio taking place on Thursday, December 16.

Register here

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday - Friday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Please note: SHG will be closed for holiday December 23rd - January 10th, 2021 and will resume normal gallery hours beginning January 11th, 2022.

NOTE: In accordance with City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people visiting the site 12 years of age or older, or a negative covid test taken within 72 hours of being onsite. All people 18 years of age and older will have to show identification as well. Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative covid test will unfortunately be turned away.

Join us for the opening of Everything Connected: Land, Body, Cosmos, curated by our 2021 Commemorative Print Artist, Miyo Stevens-Gandara on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in our gallery. The in-person exhibition pairs nine visual artists with nine performative artists (music, theatre, poetry) to develop a body of work around the idea that everything is connected– nothing in the world exists on its own: our existence, community, environment, health, and well-being, cultural practices, and the planet. Participants can view the artwork in person and experience the audio piece through QR codes. A small self-published catalog will be available. The exhibition will run from October 9 - November 24, 2021 and the public may view the exhibition by appointment on Eventbrite.

Tip: Would you like a brief tour of the exhibit? RSVP on Eventbrite for the exhibition and drop in for our 20 minute guided tours during the season on October 2, 9, 16, and 23 at 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Note: This experience is best enjoyed with headphones. If you do not have headphones please keep your volume low.

Register to see the show on another date here.

In accordance with City of Los Angeles municipal code, Self Help Graphics will need to verify proof of vaccination for people visiting the site 12 years of age or older, or a negative covid test taken within 72 hours of being onsite. All people 18 years of age and older will have to show identification as well. Thank you for working with us to ensure the health and safety of all visitors and that we're in compliance with the City of Los Angeles ordinance. People who do not show either proof of vaccination or a negative covid test will unfortunately be turned away.

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, select dates Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP link coming soon! The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.

How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, select dates Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP link coming soon! The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, select dates Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP link coming soon! The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.

How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, select dates Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP link coming soon! The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.

How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, select dates Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP link coming soon! The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.

How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay

Self Help Graphics and Art is proud to present the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in our main gallery this summer. View the exhibition by appointment, Tuesday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. RSVP on Eventbrite here. The exhibition, curated originally as a virtual experience on our blog by the 2020-21 SHG Youth Committee, highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about issues in their communities, and addresses topics such as identity, race, culture, and gender; many through the lens of social justice.

How is this different from the online exhibit? The SHG Gallery exhibition will include serigraph prints from SHG’s renowned Professional Printmaking Program, selected by the Youth Committee, to extend the dialogue about the continuing issues that impact youth and communities of color throughout time.

The SHG Youth Committee believes young people should have more input in the decisions that directly affect them, and that their voices should be celebrated and uplifted. Through this intimate exhibition, we hope that more young artists are inspired to create new work and showcase it to larger audiences; and inspire a new generation of youth to pursue the arts as a form of expression.

Follow our Youth Committee and Youth Artivist Interns on Instagram @SHGYouth.

#OurFutureOurVoiceOurWay