Curatorial Walkthrough and Panel Discussion: Monarchs & Migration
Curatorial walkthrough guided by artist and curator Consuelo G. Flores
Panel discussion moderated by artist and curator Consuelo G. Flores
Artist Panelists: Álvaro D. Márquez, Will Loya, and Rose Portillo
Join us for a curatorial walkthrough and panel discussion of Monarchs and Migration: Honoring Our Immigrant Legacies, an exhibition that explores migration as both a natural phenomenon and a deeply human experience.
Moderated by curator Consuelo G. Flores, the panel discussion will bring together artists whose work confronts the realities of migration, both along the journey to the United States and after their arrival. The reflections of artists Álvaro D. Márquez, Will Loya, and Rose Portillo will address the persecution, imprisonment, deportation to countries other than one’s country of origin, and loss of life that migrants may experience, bringing visibility to stories that are too often overlooked or unheard.
The conversation will also honor artists and members of our community who we lost and whose creative contributions, spirit, and influence remain deeply present in the lives and work of those they leave behind. Through these tributes, the exhibition connects the experience of migration with the universal journeys of memory, grief, transformation, and remembrance.
Together, the walkthrough and discussion will create space for passion, truth, reflection, and meaningful engagement—a gathering that acknowledges hardship and loss while celebrating life, honoring our shared histories, and recognizing the people whose journeys have shaped our own.
This program will take place at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012) in the 1st Floor Temporary Gallery, Multipurpose Room (indoor). Entrance can be found through the Paseo Walkway and Museum Lobby.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Monarchs and Migration explores both the natural reality of migration and humanity’s response to it—from butterflies to family journeys, the burden immigrants carry as they travel toward an unknown and often hostile future. Together, these works consider human movement as natural, constant and perilous. This exhibition is also about remembering and honoring our dead and the impact each has made on those left behind, acknowledging that they too have traveled into an unknown land.
Exhibition Photography by Gina Clyne
ARTISTS:
Jose Antonio Aguirre, Lalo Alcaraz, Linda Arreola, Raul Baltazar, Paul Botello, GabBy Claro, Mita Cuaron, Victoria Delgadillo, Alex Donis & Ana Maria Donis, Ofelia Esparza, Rosanna Esparza Ahrens, Consuelo G. Flores, Alaín Flores Norte, Gian Flores Norte, Joe Galarza, Emilia García, Yolanda Gonzalez, Wayne Healy, Willie Herrón, Kalli Arte Collective, Leo Limon, Will Loya, Poli Marichal, Álvaro D. Márquez, Jessica Monares, Armando Norte, Moni Perez, Rose Portillo, Antonio Rael, Andrea Ramirez "Mextica", Jose Ramirez, Artemio Rodriguez, Julie Rodriguez, Sandy Rodriguez, Sonia Romero, Ginette Rondeau, Jaqueline Sanders, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Eloy Torrez, Peter Tovar, and Linda Vallejo.
For more information on the exhibition: https://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/monarchs-and-migration
