Securing Permanent Roots on the Eastside

The time has come for us to renovate and rebuild our 112-year-old building, to better serve the community, expand our programmatic space, and integrate health and wellness into our workspaces through green spaces.

Self Help Graphics & Art has served Angelenos for 48 years through our diverse artistic and cultural programming, providing our intergenerational Eastside communities, youth, and artists with immersive and educational content since 1973. SHG’s youth programs, printmaking facilities, exhibitions and cultural programs like Día de los Muertos have provided thousands of people with empowering community-building activities rooted in social justice and the advancement of Latinx art and culture. We have done this work on the streets through the Barrio Mobile Art Studio, and from buildings that were adapted to meet the needs of the community, improvising where we could and with the resources at our disposal.

We are tremendously grateful for the infusion of funding from the State of California specifically for the renovation of our building, but we still need your continued support to pay our mortgage and own the site outright. Will you help us reach the finish line? Please text “SHGCC” to 91999 to make a donation today. Thank you for your consideration.

Current Exhibition

Need some mid-week inspiration? Visit Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, in-person at our gallery before it closes on Friday, September 3! Originally curated by our Youth Committee as a virtual experience on our blog, the in-person exhibition highlights individual youth voices who care strongly about identity, race, culture, and gender. Make an appointment here to attend. Masks are required for all, including vaccinated visitors.

*Image: A Better world is possible...but it’s a long walk to freedom, digital painting, 2021 by Josiah O’Balles.

Youth Committee Deadline August 20

Programs &
Workshops

We’re open to the public for select in-person programming with pre-registration, as well as for guests who wish to visit the youth exhibition this summer in our gallery by appointment only. All pre-registered on-site visitors must wear masks, including vaccinated guests. We appreciate your cooperation, thank you.

Please note that our Artist Lab: In the Studio program and Wellness Wednesday workshop will pause in August and return in September.

Check out our Open Studio at Self Help Graphics & Art every third Thursday of the month, where we invite you to stop by and meet Pavel Acevedo, our Beyond the Press resident artist. The open studio is an opportunity to meet Pavel, ask questions and see their work in progress, as well as select demonstrations. RSVP on Eventbrite to attend. The next two Open Studio dates are Thursday, August 19 and September 16 from 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (timed entry). Masks are required for all guests, including vaccinated visitors. See you there!

*Linocut work by Pavel Acevedo.

Pandemic Relief

In case you missed it, we are happy to share that Self Help Graphics & Art is a California Arts Council 2021 Grant Award Recipient! The vital relief funding received will be used toward our general operations. Learn more here.