Mexicali Biennial
To mark the closing of Alien Excavations at the MXCL BNL LAB, Taller California will host a pop-up featuring the workshop’s past projects! Books and prints will be available from 12-5pm, including ALIEN, a three-part artist book produced by Taller California and the MexiCali Biennial. At 3pm, Taller’s founder and editor Lorena Mostajo will be […]
Featuring artists from Whittier and surrounding communities, Rooted Voices centers stories shaped by place, how neighborhoods, labor, migration, ritual, and everyday encounters leave traces that linger across generations. The exhibition highlights how stories emerge through shared conditions and relationships, through proximity, care, struggle, and collaboration. Rooted Voices is a student-curated exhibition made possible by Whittier […]
Brown Futurity: Artists and Their Archives brings together artists and archivists for a timely and urgent conversation about preservation, authorship, and legacy. This public panel centers artists and explores archives as powerful tools for storytelling, self-determination, and cultural futurity. The discussion features Xaviera Flores, Librarian and Archivist at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, artist […]
Please join us on Friday, March 27 from 6 – 8:00 p.m. at the MXCL BNL LAB for a salon aimed at bringing together artists, humanities experts, and community members in cross-cultural exchanges through casual conversations. This gathering invites stakeholders within the city of Whittier and surrounding areas who are interested in shaping the cultural […]
Join us for the closing of Rooted Voices, a multimedia group exhibition featuring artists from Whittier and surrounding communities. The closing reception will include spoken word by Ember Hall and music by DJ Blythe Bizzczar. Participating Artists: Brook A. Logan Arcega, Emilia García, Roman Luna, Santos Nuñez, Ramón Ramírez, and Jacqueline Valenzuela Rooted Voices is a […]
Presented at Arista 1701 in Mexicali, as part of Semana del Arte 101, the MexiCali Biennial presents Planos planos: pinturas del folclor paranormal cachanilla (Flat Planes: Paintings of Mexicali Paranormal Folklore), an exhibition bringing together artists from Mexicali whose work engages with the Biennial’s current theme: PARA/normal Borders. Working primarily through painting, the exhibition examines […]
Let's celebrate as we launch MexiCali Biennial's release of its landmark publication, MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006 and 20th anniversary exhibition Here & There, Then & Now. The Book Launch and opening reception will take place at the MXCL BNL LAB, the organization's research arm located in Uptown Whittier, CA. We'll be joined by […]