Latest Past Events

MexiCali Biennial: Then, Now, Next Mini-Symposium and LAB Closing event

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

The MexiCali Biennial presents a miniature symposium dedicated to highlighting scholars’, curators’, and artists’ contributions to the retrospective catalog, MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006. This symposium consists of two panels: the first explores the past, present, and future of the MexiCali Biennial and border art as a discipline; the second is a discussion […]

Brown Futurity: How to Create an Archive

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Brown Futurity: How to Create an Archive is a hands-on workshop designed to address persistent gaps in knowledge around artist-led and community-based archives. While institutions have historically shaped what is preserved and remembered, many artists and communities continue to face barriers in documenting and sustaining their own histories. This workshop responds to that gap by […]

Artist Talk | Guillermo Estrada & Rubén Ortiz-Torres

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Join us for a discussion by transborder artist Guillermo Estrada and Rubén Ortiz-Torres. The artists will discuss Estrada's current residency at the MXCL BNL LAB and themes around topics related to the border as a supernatural zone. This event is part of an artist residency and exhibition, Guillermo Estrada: ALMENDROIDS, ALIEN & INDÍGENA on view […]