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SUMMARY:Alien Excavations Closing & Pop-up
DESCRIPTION: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 in conversation with Armando Pulido to speak about this collaboration and the making of the exhibition. We hope you can join us for the final day of this project! \nThis exhibition marks the launch of ALIEN\, collaborative book project between Taller California and the MexiCali Biennial. On the occasion of the PARA/normal Borders Lab\, artists Ed Gómez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Lorena Mostajo\, Omar Pimienta\, and Jessica Sevilla contend with the notion of the “alien” in relation to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Each created a series of images produced via digital offset prints (AL)\, glow-in-the-dark screen printing (I)\, and Risograph prints (EN) to produce three books that interlock to create ALIEN. \nThe artists collectively look to natural and built environments as sites of “alien” intervention that take many forms: traces of ancestral knowledge\, Indigenous mythology\, resource extraction\, human migration\, and extraterrestrial imagination. Alien\nExcavations intends to expand on these presentations\, showing visitors the texts\, images\, and visual culture that informed the final images produced by each artist.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/alien-excavations-closing-pop-up/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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SUMMARY:Rooted Voices
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRooted Voices is a student-curated exhibition made possible by Whittier College’s Poet StoryLab: Narrative\, Community\, and the Transformative Possibilities of Brown Storytelling. Through a special topics class\, students selected works that reflect the talents of local artists while connecting themes of PARA/normal Borders at the MXCL BNL LAB.  \nParticipating Artists:\nBrook A. Logan Arcega\, Emilia García\, Roman Luna\, Santos Nuñez\,\nRamón Ramírez\, and Jacqueline Valenzuela \nClosing Reception will be held on April 11\, 2026\nThe closing reception will include spoken word by Whittier College student Ember Hall and music by DJ Blythe Bizzczar. \nAbout Whittier College StoryLab\nWhittier College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the nation and is designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI). Located in Whittier\, California\, the College is committed to academic excellence\, civic engagement\, and inclusive\, interdisciplinary scholarship. \nThe Whittier College StoryLab initiative\, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, advances innovative experiential pedagogy and research that amplifies stories reflecting the complexity and expansiveness of “brown” identity in the United States. Led by faculty in Art and History\, the program centers storytelling\, intersectionality\, and public humanities as tools for cultural understanding and social engagement. \nStudent organizers:\nBrook A Logan Arcega\, Megan P Barayoga\, Clark Paul Ehman\, Yoselin Xiclaly Estrada\, Hector Alberto Gastelum\, Lilianna C Gorbea\, Ember Hall\, Mikayla I Hernandez\, Ethan C Luevano\, Cuauhtemoc Jude Luna\, Skye Mendoza\, Jessica Rios\, Joaquin A Sanchez\, Michelle G Sifuentes\, Victor Soria Jr.\, Andrea Toledo \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/whittier-community-exhibition/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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SUMMARY:Salon & Networking Mixer
DESCRIPTION: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 future of the region. \nDuring the evening\, we will engage in an open discussion about the cultural climate of Whittier while connecting with fellow creatives\, educators\, and professionals who live and work in the area. As part of this dialogue\, we will also begin imagining what a future Whittier Arts Center could look like — a shared space dedicated to exhibitions\, public programs\, artist studios and community storytelling that supports the creative life of the city. \nThe MXCL BNL LAB is located at 6545 Greenleaf Ave in Uptown Whittier and serves as a research arm of the MexiCali Biennial — a 501(c)(3) arts non-profit focused on cultural production within the borderlands of Mexico and California. The LAB operates as a space for experimentation\, dialogue\, and community-driven cultural programming. \nAgenda\nRefreshments served throughout the event\n\n6:00 Doors Open\n6:30 Opening Remarks and Ice Breaker\n8:00 Doors Close. We encourage you to dine and drink at the small businesses throughout Uptown Whittier. \nThis event is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and California Humanities\, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/salon-networking-mixer/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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