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Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Oct
26
12:00 PM12:00

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Saturday, October 26, 2019  
12pm-3pm | Free | Register here.
Self Help Graphics & Art
1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033
#SHGWorkshops #DiadelosMuertos

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Every Saturday in October, Self Help Graphics offers free art workshops where participants will learn about and create traditional crafts to honor the dead. The workshops are free, for all ages and all materials are included.


Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
Visit our website for workshop descriptions and locations.

 

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Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Oct
19
12:00 PM12:00

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Saturday, October 19, 2019  
12pm-3pm | Free | Register here.
East LA County Library
4837 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022
#SHGWorkshops #DiadelosMuertos

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Every Saturday in October, Self Help Graphics offers free art workshops where participants will learn about and create traditional crafts to honor the dead. The workshops are free, for all ages and all materials are included.


Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
Visit our website for workshop descriptions and locations.

 

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Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Oct
12
12:00 PM12:00

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Saturday, October 12, 2019  
12pm-3pm | Free | Register here.
Self Help Graphics & Art
1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033
#SHGWorkshops #DiadelosMuertos

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Every Saturday in October, Self Help Graphics offers free art workshops where participants will learn about and create traditional crafts to honor the dead. The workshops are free, for all ages and all materials are included.


Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
Visit our website for workshop descriptions and locations.

 

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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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Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Oct
5
12:00 PM12:00

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops

Día de los Muertos Free Community Arts Workshops
Saturday, October 5, 2019  
12pm-3pm | Free Register here.
Self Help Graphics & Art
1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033
#SHGWorkshops #DiadelosMuertos

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Every Saturday in October, Self Help Graphics offers free art workshops where participants will learn about and create traditional crafts to honor the dead. The workshops are free, for all ages and all materials are included.


Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
Visit our website for workshop descriptions and locations.

 

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Recent Research on Self Help Graphics & Art Founders: Presentation and Artist Panel
Jul
26
7:00 PM19:00

Recent Research on Self Help Graphics & Art Founders: Presentation and Artist Panel

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Kicking off the 45th Anniversary of Self Help Graphics & Art

Looking back at our founders

Scholar JV Decemvirale (UC Santa Barbara) has been researching the foundations of SHG with a focus on Sister Karen, Carlos Bueno and Antonio Ibanez over the past year. Working from artwork, the SHG archive, and interviews with artists and people close to them, JV will share his findings and then moderate a conversation with friends and collaborators of Carlos Bueno: 

  • Willie Herrón
  • Ricardo Munoz
  • Milton Jurado aka "MAJA"

This event is part of a series celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Self Help Graphics & Art

Bios:

Willie Herrón

Born in Los Angeles, Willie Herrón III's artistic career spans over forty years of national/internationally recognized performance and conceptual art, including music composition (member of Los Illegals and founder of ELA's Vex Club), as well as the design and execution of internationally recognized iconic world-class murals. Herrón was also one of the founding members of ASCO, the East Los Angeles based Chicano artists collective (1972 to 1987). 

His vast experience as an art restorer and conservator of public landmarks of cultural heritage have gained wide media attention as he completed six restorations of the historic 1984 Olympic Freeway Murals, Los Angeles 2012-2017, commissioned by the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles.
Including the 1973 "Moratorium: the Black and White Mural" in Estrada Courts, Los Angeles 2016-2017.

Herrón’s artworks are seen in films, music performances and museums throughout the US and Europe. Recently in the exhibition "¡Murales Rebeldes!" at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles 2018,  "LA Raza" and "Chicano Males Unbonded" at the Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles 2018 and the new Whitney Museum, New York 2015. 
Examples of his work were included in "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective,1972-1987” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2011, at Williams College Museum of Art in Massachusetts (2012), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC),on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in MexicoCity, and at the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago (2013).

Ricardo Munoz

Ricardo Munoz was born in Arizona, his family relocated to Los Angeles when he was 4yrs old.  All his schooling took place in Los Angeles, at the following schools:  Rowan Avenue School, Riggin Avenue School, Avenue 21 School, Nightingale Jr. High School, Franklin High School, UCLA, USC and UCLA Law School.  At UCLA he took an Art Appreciation course and an Art History course of Western Art from the Renaissance to the present.  Prior to taking the art courses he enjoyed looking at works of art he observed in books, museums and public places that included murals, sculptures, statues, graffiti and billboards.  After completing his schooling and becoming a lawyer his interest in art works was very much lifted when he took a job as a lawyer with Model Cities Center for Law & Justice.  This occurred because Self Help Graphics & Art also was a tenant in the same building as the Center for Law  & Justice.  SHG artists became friends of Center staff and some of them arranged to have their art works displayed in the Center's office space.  Carlos Bueno painted a beautiful mural entitled, " La Luna Conquista el Sol," in the Center's lobby. Ricardo Munoz visited with Carlos Bueno as he was painting the mural and this is how their friendship began. This really motivated Ricardo Munoz to collect art, so he in turn got his wife, Maria Teresa (Terry), interested in collecting art they could display in their home.  He and his wife's earnings did allow them to afford to do some collecting of art works over many years.  They developed friendships among many artists and Carlos Bueno was one of them who they so much liked.  He was their house guest the last four times he had shows in Los Angeles.  Terry's sister, Maria Elena, is in the same Franciscan Order that Sister Karen was in and they were close in their views of their roles as Sisters.  Sister Karen did come to the Munoz' home on occasion with Maria Elena to visit Maria Elena's and Terry's mother who lived with the Munoz family.  Sister Karen enjoyed seeing works by Carlos Bueno on the walls of the Munoz' home.  Ricardo and Terry Munoz have been and continue to be strong supporters of Chicano/ Latino visual arts programs and venues in the Los Angeles area.

Milton Jurado aka "MAJA"

Milton was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1953. He first came to California in 1972, where along with other Latino artists he helped start Self-Help Graphics in East Los Angeles. He joined other Mexican and Chicano artists such as Sister Karen Boccalero, Carlos Bueno and Antonio Ibanez to explore and promote a new kind of artistic expression. Due to his cultural background and traditions in Ecuador, Maja brought with him the knowledge of an art form not yet known to the artistic community in this hemisphere; namely, artistic sculptures made from the unlikely medium of everyday bread. Inexpensive and available everywhere, Maja was able to create miniature sculptures of human figures out of this most unexpected medium. Not surprisingly, these small creations found an audience in the local art scene. MAJA continues producing work today and was most recently included in two Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA exhibitions at Self Help Graphics & Art and Loft at Liz's. 

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Soy Artista 2017 Exhibition
Aug
5
6:00 PM18:00

Soy Artista 2017 Exhibition

SUMMER OF YOUTH CULMINATION EXHIBITION

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 | 6 - 10PM
at Self Help Graphics & Art: 1300 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Metro Goldline: Pico/Aliso Stop

S.O.Y. Artista (Summer of Youth), our five-week summer art-training workshop for local youth ages 12 to 24, culminates in a final exhibition. See their work in relief printmaking, photography, and serigraphy. Held in conjunction with our CINE ESTE film screening, make an evening of it and bring the whole family! 

S.O.Y. Artista serves middle and high school students with a critical need for summer programming while providing positive and alternative models for creativity in an environment that is nurturing and reflective of their culture.

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Moms, Dads & Grads Mercadito
May
6
12:00 PM12:00

Moms, Dads & Grads Mercadito

MOMS, DADS & GRADS MERCADITO
Saturday, May 6, 2017 | 12 - 5pm
#Art | #Artisans | #Demos | #Refreshments#Community | #Culture

Self Help Graphics & Art: 1300 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, 90033

Artisans and vendors include: 
Cantos De La Tierra
Xti' Artisan
Evillustrations
Farm Fresh To You
Sacred Earth Farms: Starseed Nursery
Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Botanica del Barrio
Yerberia Mayahuel
Urbanxic Mercadito
Luna Marina Creations
Balam Creations
Malinalli Superfoods


Demos:
1:00pm: Luna Marina Creations- Metalsmith (cutting, filing & sanding metal)
2:30pm: Ernesto Vasquez - Art: Printmaking

If you are interested in vending please email vendor@selfhelpgraphics.com

Supported by California Arts Council

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Cross That Bridge: Bridging Communities Along 1st Street
Sep
10
9:30 AM09:30

Cross That Bridge: Bridging Communities Along 1st Street

CROSS THAT BRIDGE
Bridging Communities by walking across the 1st Street Bridge
September 10, 2016 | 9:30AM – 11AM

Zenshuji and Self Help Graphics & Art invite you to learn the history, current projects and challenges of two long standing community institutions, appreciate the 1st Street Bridge and its views and the Los Angeles River. Bring a friend and enjoy a Saturday morning walk, Boyle Heights to Little Tokyo!

09:30AM – Self Help Graphics & Art

10:30AM – Walk the 1st Street Bridge

11:00AM – Zenshuji Soto Mission (123 South Hewitt Street, 90012)

Kojima Sensie will share about his recent visit to Cuba. Learn the new FandangObon dance, “I Dream a Garden”. Enjoy garden grown treats and refreshments!

A prequel event to the FandangoObon 2016, October 8th and 9th (presented by Great leap and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.

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Artist Dialogue about Arts & Gentrification
Jul
2
2:00 PM14:00

Artist Dialogue about Arts & Gentrification

Self Help Graphics & Art would like to invite the longstanding Eastside community of artists, artisans (food, apparel, accessories, etc.), cultural workers, curators, musicians, film makers, and all other creative individuals to come together and create a collective understanding and response to the influx of outside artists, galleries and art spaces.

The goal of this gathering is to put together a set of guidelines and agreements to mitigate any and all potential threats of displacement of not only physical space but also the siphoning of resources and access.

This gathering will be followed up by an additional meeting, requesting the attendance of these new galleries and art spaces to hear directly from this community of artists about the collective set of guidelines & agreements as well as concerns surrounding their presence.

 

Getting to SHG & Parking Info

Limited parking onsite!

Parking Sites:

  • UTAH ST: Located at the corner of Utah and 1st in the dirt lot. Enter via the alley.
  • MONO ST: Approximately 30 spaces located on Anderson St two blocks south of SHG.

Public Transportation

Goldline Metro, Pico/Aliso Stop

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Multi-plate Relief/Drypoint/Collagraph Workshop by Poli Marichal
Jul
2
to Jul 16

Multi-plate Relief/Drypoint/Collagraph Workshop by Poli Marichal

Multi-plate Relief / Drypoint / Collagraph Printmaking #1
Saturday, July 2, 9 & 16, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fee: $200 for 3 classes | Instructor: Poli Marichal


Multi-plate Relief/Drypoint/Collagraph Printmaking #2
Saturday, August 6, 13 & 20 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fee: $200 for 3 classes | Instructor: Poli Marichal

This class will explore the possibilities that multi-plate relief printmaking offers when combined with drypoint and collagraph. No previous background in printmaking is required but is helpful.

Emphasis will be placed on developing a high level of craftsmanship and aesthetic conceptualization for the prints produced in the workshop.

Experimentation and creative exploration of ideas and techniques will be promoted.

Participants are encouraged to bring sketches, drawings and any other source of inspiration to class in order to develop their individual projects.

Each participant will produce an edition of no les than 10 signed and numbered prints printed on Rising Stonehenge Warm White 250 Gms Printmaking Paper. SHG will keep 20% of the edition produced by each participant for its collection.

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Holiday Marketplace
Dec
5
12:00 PM12:00

Holiday Marketplace

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 | 12-5PM
ART – GIFTS – MUSIC – FOOD – WORKSHOPS

SELF HELP GRAPHICS & ART:
1300 EAST 1ST STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90033

On December 5th (12pm to 5pm) get your Holiday shopping on at SHG’s Annual Holiday Marketplace! Pick up high quality crafts, food and fine art from a specially curated group of local vendors and artists, including serigraphs from Self Help Graphics & Arts print collection!

Programming for the day includes a unique series of healthy food and printmaking demos from some of the Eastside’s favorites. Printmakers will be paired with a chef/cook to create unique prints using ingredients used by each respective chef/cook.

Additional demos, workshops and artist talks will be schedule through the day.

SCHEDULE

12:30 PM | Christina Esquibel of Dolls dames and the Dead

Doll making (before, during, after products & materials used)

1:00 PM | Miyo Hernandez

Printing demo partnership with Jocelyn of Todo Verde

1:30 | Martha Carrillo of Heart On

Collage with magazines & composition notebooks; self expression through collage & daily journaling

2:00 PM | Dewey Tafoya

Printing demo partnership with Vegan Moni

2:30 PM | Dalila Paola Mendez

Artist talk; showing examples of her art work and

recent travel to Cuba

3:00 PM | Alfonso Aceves

Printing demo partnership with Oscar of El Machete

3:30 PM | Ana Guajardo of Cha Cha Covers

3:30 PM | John Carlos de Luna of Barrio Dandy

4:00 PM | Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan

4:30 PM | Erica Friend of Leachy peachy art and jewelry

1 inch Button Making

4:30 PM | Ricardo Hernandez of Xti’ Artisan

Ongoing | Yolanda Gonzalez

Monoprints

Ongoing | Wayne Perry

Clay throwing

Ongoing | Daniel Gonzalez

Letterpress

Support your local artists and small businesses.

Featuring:

Lalo Alcaraz
Araceli Silva Jewelry
Barrio Dandy Vintage
La Candelaria Candles
Cha Cha Covers
Cultura en tu Ropa
Dalila Mendez
Darling Artifact
Dolls dames and the Dead
Dr. Rubin’s Los Angeles
El Machete
Ernesto Yerena / Hecho Con Ganas
Sergio Flores
Daniel Gonzalez
Javier Orozco
Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan
Heart On
Martha Hernandez
Kalli Arte
Leachy peachy art and Jewelry
Miyo & Usen Print Editions
Pinchi Michi Art
Jose Ramirez
Sonia Romero
Social Machine Productions
Todo Verde
UrbanXic/Mujeres de Maiz
Vegan Moni
Victor Rosas
Wayne Perry
Xti’ Artisan
Yerberia Mayahuel
Yolanda Gonzalez
2ndWnd

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