Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, CA Videos

We can't wait to see you at Self Help Graphics for our parking lot sale starting TODAY Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday, June 22, 2023, from 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at 📍1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033. Stop by for pop-up printmaking by el mero mero Dewey Tafoya and find items for sale such as frames, miscellaneous print supplies, desks, filing cabinets and much more! Registration is not required. These items will be replaced when SHG's renovation is complete so take advantage as we get ready to upgrade and get in on usable, lovingly used items! Note: Objects available will be sold by minimum donation and must be taken at the time of purchase. All items will be sold "as is". Additionally, the SHG team will not be able to assist with the lifting or loading of large or oversized items, nor offer delivery.��The SHG Parking Lot Sale is in preparation of our forthcoming building renovation. To learn more about our campaign for permanent roots, visit www.selfhelpgraphics.com/capitalcampaign. See you there!

See you tonight at our Paper Fashion Gala, hosted by Annie Gonzalez (Flamin' Hot, Gentefied) and Eric Resendiz (ABC7)! Doors open at 5:00 p.m. There’s still time to purchase standing room only tickets at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com, with a limited number of standing room tickets available at the door. ✨ Our Gala Auction is also live through next Wed, May 24. The 2023 Gala will honor SHG Legacy Artist, Judithe Hernandez, former Board Member, Rose Ramirez and Bank of America. The runway show will showcase 15 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 14 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista , Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza , Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes! 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to providing exhibitions, community programming, and access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. #PaperFashionGala #SHGat50

Paper Fashion Gala: Artist Arturo Urista
Artist Arturo Urista’s designs will hit the runway on May 20 at Frankie LA! Have you purchased your tickets? Do it now on Eventbrite at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com! Arturo, the middle child of five, grew up in City Terrace in East Los Angeles. In 1980 he received an A.A. in Architectural Drafting from Don Bosco Technical Institute and worked for Ralph M. Parson's drawing pipeline for five years. He worked briefly for the Vincent Price Gallery, where he unpacked, documented, and conserved Mr. Price's donated pieces. Politically active, he worked for the National Association of Latino/a Elected Officials in organizing and processing citizenship documents. In 1986, he walked two blocks from his house and met Sister Karen Boccalero, the director of Self Help Graphics. He offered his services in bulk mailings and curating exhibitions from 1987 to 1994 for Galeria Otra Vez. In addition, during his residency, he produced numerous silkscreen prints, published four Dia De Los Muertos publications, and one Zine, Chicano Experience, Director's Choice. In 1988, he worked as a community coordinator for SPARC's Neighborhood Pride under the leadership of Judith Baca. He earned a dual B.A. in Art Design and Sociology in 1987 and an M.A. in Sociology from California State University, Los Angeles, in 1995 with the publication of his The Chicano Artworld: A study of two art centers. The runway show will showcase 13 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 12 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista, Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza, Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes.s. 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and a

Our Biennial Paper Fashion Gala and Runway Show returns Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Frankie LA! Seated runway tickets and standing room tickets are available on Eventbrite at bit.ly/PaperFashionTix. As part of this year's fashion show and runway event, we are offering a special online auction on GiveSmart to support the legacy of Self Help Graphics, as we begin our 50th Anniversary! Bid on a selection of fine prints from our archive or purchase prints immediately to support our organization. The online auction is active now- Wednesday, May 24! Tip: Text "SHGPaperFashion" 76278 to receive the auction link to your mobile device or go to 🔗 SHGPaperFashion.givesmart.com. Auction prints include works by artists Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Yreina Cervantes, Leo Limon, Gronk, Diane Gamboa, Larry Yanez, Jose Ramirez, Salomon Huerta, Yolanda Gonzalez, Judy Baca, Alma Lopez, Sonia Romero, Emilia Garcia, William Acedo, Miguel Angel Reyes, J. Leigh Garcia, Shizu Saldamando, Miyo Stevens Gandara, Pavel Acevedo, and Frank Romero. #PaperFashionGala

Paper Fashion Gala: Artist Jose Lozano
Artist Jose Lozano will join our Paper Fashion Gala as a featured runway artist on May 20! Jose is a nationally award winning printmaker, illustrator and painter, whose work has been exhibited locally and nationally. He has participated in past serigraph ateliers at Self-Help Graphics, and several of his prints are now part of LACMA’s permanent collection. His public art projects include LA Metro Loteria at the La Brea/Jefferson station; as well as Aliso Dreams, a mural for La Plaza Village on North Broadway in downtown LA. His most recent chidren's book, Little Chanclas, was awarded the best bilingual picture book by the Latino Book Awards Association and reviewed by the New York Times. Don’t miss his runway design debut! Purchase your tickets online now at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com. The runway show will showcase 13 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 12 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista, Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza, Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes.. 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. #PaperFashionGala

Paper Fashion Gala: Artist Joey Terril
Artist Joey Terril makes his Paper Fashion design debut at our Gala on Saturday, May 20 from 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m at Frankie LA! You won’t want to miss this special event– purchase your ticket today! Joey is a formative figure in the Los Angeles Chicano art movement and AIDS cultural activism. Painting and making art since the 1970s, Terrill has always explored the intersection of Chicano and gay male identity (where they overlap and where they clash) as a strategy for much of his art production. A native Angeleno, he attended Immaculate Heart College and lists influences as diverse as Pop Art, Corita Kent, David Hockney, Mexican retablos, and 20th-century painters ranging from Romaine Brooks to Frida Kahlo. His work conveys the energy, politics and creative synergy of Chicano and queer art circles in Los Angeles. The runway show will showcase 14 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 13 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista, Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza, Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes. 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. #PaperFashionGala

Self Help Graphics & Art is excited to be part of Getty Pacific Standard Time: Art & Science Collide. Mark your calendar for "Sinks: Places We Call Home" (presented at the Luckman Gallery at Cal State LA) in September 2024. What will happen when art and science come together? #pstART Details at pst.art.

See Paul Botello’s creation on the runway at our Paper Fashion Gala on May 20! Get your tickets on Eventbrite today at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/598551933947! Paul is a Mexican-American artist and educator, residing in East Los Angeles. His works on canvas and paper have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout California and the world; and has created more than 50 murals within the last 35 years. “As a muralist I am constantly recruiting aspiring young artists to assist with my murals, hoping to pass the legacy of the mural tradition to future generations of young artists. I also hope that this will instil pride, commitment and self- confidence among the young people that I work with,” says Botello. “Energy, color and composition are integral components of my work and together they evoke a sense of the spirit, the vital animating force within my being and my art.” The runway show will showcase 13 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 12 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista, Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza, Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes. 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. #SelfHelpGraphics #PaperFashionGala #PaulBotello

Emilia Garcia (Chicana/Mexicana) is a Visual Artist from Los Angeles. Her work is centered on the culture of her indigenous roots, the spirituality of women, as well as, political and social justice issues affecting our communities. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and also published in textbooks, art books, magazines, and book covers. See Emilia’s Paper Fashion Gala design will be on the runway on May 20! Seated runway and standing room tickets are on sale now on Eventbrite at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com! The runway show will showcase 13 designs of wearable paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 12 featured artists, including: Consuelo Flores and Gian Flores Norte, Yolanda Gonzalez, Moni Perez, Martha Carrillo, Arturo Urista, Paul Botello, Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza, Jose Lozano, Emilia Garcia, Joey Terrill, Marissa Magdalena Sykes, Lalo Alcaraz and Teresa Miramontes. 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. #PaperFashionGala

Our Biennial Paper Fashion Gala and Runway Show returns Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Frankie LA! Seated runway tickets go on sale this Saturday, April 15 on Eventbrite at bit.ly/PaperFashionTix! (Hurry, early bird standing room tickets end soon!) This year's gala will honor ✨ Bank of America, ✨ Rose Ramirez (Former Board Member) and ✨ Judithe Hernandez (SHG Legacy Artist). The runway show will showcase 13 designs of wearable 📄 paper fashion motivated by prints selected from Self Help Graphics’ vast archive. The Gala's fashion designs are created by a cohort of 12 featured artists, including: 🎨 Consuelo Flores 🎨 Gian Flores Norte 🎨 Yolanda Gonzalez 🎨 Moni Perez 🎨 Martha Carrillo 🎨 Arturo Urista 🎨 Paul Botello 🎨 Jacqueline "Jax" Esparza 🎨 Jose Lozano 🎨 Emilia Garcia 🎨 Joey Terrill 🎨 Marissa Magdalena Sykes Enjoy wearable paper fashion from the runway, select Self Help Graphics & Art works, live DJs, mocktails and co-curated cocktails by Campari poured by our friends at Hello Stranger! 100% of ticket sales will benefit Self Help Graphics & Art, committed to developing exhibitions, offering community programming, and providing access to space, tools, training and resources to local artists. Your support helps us to continue our mission, dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latine artists. Learn more at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/paperfashiongala. 📸 2019 Paper Fashion images by Rafa Cardenas and Pablo Aguilar. #PaperFashionGala #SHGat50

UPDATE!! Essential Workers: A Visual Narrative has been extended one more day! We're open Cesar Chavez Day Friday, March 31 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.. 🚶🏽‍♀️Walk-ins welcome! P.S. You can now download the Essential Workers booklet free on our website at https://bit.ly/EssentialWorkersBooklet. Learn more at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions.

Last spring the #WallaceFoundation announced that Self Help Graphics & Art, along with 17 other organizations around the country from Omaha to Oakland, were selected to participate in a national, five-year, research initiative funded by the foundation. Together we’ll embark on projects that explore strategic challenges (which other non-profit arts organizations may be facing) with the goal of uncovering insights and new ideas to help advance equitable improvements in the arts. We look forward to sharing more in the years ahead! We recently had the pleasure of welcoming our fellow cohort in Los Angeles and hosting a reception where we collaborated on a community quilt and enjoyed live silkscreen printing, among our Muñecas de Cartón exhibition. Thank you to our teaching artists and team for their support, and a special shout out to the Wallace Foundation cohort: • Hood Media (Pittsburgh, Pa.) • Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.) • BlackStar (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Chicago Sinfonietta (Chicago, Ill.) • EastSide Arts Alliance, Black Cultural Zone, and Artist As First Responder (Oakland, Calif.) • Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (San Antonio, Texas) • Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture (Charlotte, N.C.) • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) • PHILADANCO! The Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Pillsbury House + Theatre (Minneapolis, Minn.) • Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (Manhattan and Bronx, N.Y.) • Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (San Francisco, Calif.) • Ragamala Dance Company (Minneapolis, Minn.) • Rebuild Foundation (Chicago, Ill.) • Self Help Graphics & Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) • Theater Mu (Saint Paul, Minn.) • The Laundromat Project (Brooklyn, N.Y.) • The Union for Contemporary Art (Omaha, Neb.) #VisualArts #Opera #PerformingArts #Dance #DanceArts #Orchestra #Museums #MediaArts #Theater #TheaterArts #CommunityBasedOrga

Experience a very special conversation between SHG legacy artist, Mari Cardenas and our Colores de Valor exhibit curator, endytrece on Saturday, February 4 from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. at📍Self Help Graphics & Art! Admission to our artist talk is free and all are welcome! Mari Cardenas: Colores de Valor presents a selection of prints and paintings from over 50 years of Mari's artistic practice. Alongside Mari's work, silkscreen prints by her peers at Self Help Graphics & Art are included in the exhibition to bring us into her world of friendships and art practice. The exhibit will remain on view through February 17, 2023. Now a legally blind artist in her nineties, Mari is an legacy artist who found her creative home and supportive friends at SHG during a time when there was little access to the art world for women, especially women of color, later becoming part of the staff. Learn more and RSVP for our artist talk February 4 at selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions. #ColoresdeValor #ArtistTalk #InConversation #Artist #Panel #Free #ArtHistory #SHGLegacy #selfhelpgraphics #SavetheDate

Join us tonight for the opening reception of Ni Santas Collective’s Muñecas de Cartón exhibition, from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Admission is free and all ages. SHG is located at 1300 E. 1st St. LA, CA. 90033, on the corner of 1st and Anderson in Boyle Heights. All are welcome! Ni Santas will be joined by this evening by Esperanza ‘THE XICANICA’ Cisneros, a California born Mexican Nicaraguan writer, lyricist and artist at 6:00 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. Learn more at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions. #MuñecasdeCartón #selfhelpgraphics #Art #exhibition #artshow #feminist #feminism #artivism #artivist

👋🏾 Our gallery reopens to the public next Tuesday, January 10! Make a free appointment to see 🦜Mari Cardenas: Colores de Valor on view through February 17, 2023. The exhibition presents a selection of prints and paintings from more than 50 years of Mari's artistic practice. Plus, save the date for a special artist talk on 🗓️Saturday, February 4 from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. between Mari Cardenas and exhibition Curator, endy trace. Colores de Valor demonstrates how Cardenas 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. Now in her nineties, Mari continues to paint even though she has experienced macular degeneration in her eyes for years and has been declared legally blind, not allowing anything to stop her colores de valor. Learn more at selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions. #ColoresdeValor #exhibition

At Self Help Graphics, advocating for community is essential to the arts. We have grown our youth programs, solidified partnerships, and continued creating spaces for our community to come together this year. ✍🏽 Read our 2022 community engagement update on our blog at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/blog/2022/advocating-for-community-is-essential-to-arts. Meanwhile enjoy some youth 📸 from our Día de los Muertos season and #WeRise LA 🌿 garden concert last spring! P.S. Do you love our work in action? It’s not too late to make a tax-deductible donation toward our year-end giving goal! Here’s how: 📲 Text SHG22 to 41444 to give a one-time o recurring donation. 💻 Visit our website at selfhelpgraphics.com/donate - 🔗 in bio! 🛒 Purchase prints at 20% off to support our mission and programs at selfhelpgraphics.com/shop. #SelfHelpGraphic #YouthPrograms #Advocacy #CreativeLABS #YouthArtivism

👋🏾 On behalf of the Board, Staff and entire team, we wish everyone wellness and a joyous 🎄 holiday season! Our ✏️ office, 🎨 print studios and 🖼️gallery will be closed to the public from Saturday, December 24, 2022- Sunday, January 8, 2023 for the holidays. Help us keep the spirit of giving going and support artistic programming rooted in community and creative heart. 🫶🏽Text SHG22 to 41444 to give any amount, anytime through the end of the year or donate online at www.selfhelpgraphics.com/donate! Thank you! ¡Gracias! 💡We’re also offering 2️⃣0️⃣% off our fine prints valued at $500.00+ on our website through December 31, 2022! Redeem this offer at 🛒 check-out (no discount code needed). There’s a large inventory at many price-points created as part of our Professional Printmaking Program. Proceeds from print sales help us to strengthen our mission and year-round offerings. We look forward to seeing you in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣❣️ #HappyHolidays 🎨 by @deweytafoya