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 […]

RE+actions: Performing the Archive

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Join us for an afternoon of performances that revisit key moments from past MexiCali Biennial programs. RE+actions brings together three Biennial alumni to re-engage a previous performance as part of the current exhibition, HERE & THERE, THEN & NOW. This exhibition brings together archival materials alongside select artworks, re-presented in a chronological showcase. RE+actions invited […]

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 […]