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SUMMARY:Here & There\, Then & Now: MexiCali Biennial 20th Anniversary Exhibition & Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial celebrates twenty years of artistic experimentation\, cross-border collaboration\, and cultural exchange with the exhibition Here & There\, Then & Now and the release of the landmark publication MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006. \nPresented at the MXCL BNL LAB in Whittier\, the exhibition reflects on two decades of binational programming that has shaped conversations around art\, identity\, migration\, and cultural production across the California–Mexico borderlands. \nLAB HoursSaturdays\, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PMor by appointment \n\nHere & There\, Then & Now brings together selected works\, archival documentation\, and reconstructed projects from past MexiCali Biennial programs. The exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to encounter the evolving history of the Biennial through artworks\, installations\, photographs\, and materials that trace the organization’s collaborative and experimental spirit. \nOver the past twenty years\, the MexiCali Biennial has worked with more than 150 artists across a wide range of media including installation\, video\, sculpture\, performance\, and socially engaged practices. Projects have unfolded in museums\, galleries\, public spaces\, private homes\, swap meets\, and community sites across the Californias\, emphasizing accessibility\, dialogue\, and the fluid exchange of ideas across borders. \nParticipating artists include: \nCarlos Beltrán Aréchiga\, Andrew Armstrong\, Pablo Castañeda & Eduardo Kintero\, Carmina Escobar\, Ed Gómez\, Fidel Hernandez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Rebeca Hernandez\, Albert Lopez Jr.\, Matt MacFarland\, Ruben Ochoa\, Nancy Popp\, Mike Rogers\, Paulina Sanchez\, Jessica Sevilla\, Sergio Teran\, Diane Williams \n\nBook Launch\nCoinciding with the exhibition is the release of the bilingual publication: MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006 \nProduced in collaboration with The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum (The Cheech)\, this publication provides the first comprehensive account of the MexiCali Biennial’s twenty-year history. Featuring scholarly essays\, artist–curator dialogues\, and extensive image galleries\, the book documents the evolving themes and artistic contributions that have defined the Biennial since its founding. \nMore than a catalogue\, the book serves as an archive of a transborder art movement and a record of the artists and communities who have shaped it. \nContributors include Amy Sara Carroll\, Amy Pederson Converse\, JV Decemirale\, Guillermo Estrada\, Alejandro Espinoza Galindo\, Maria Esther Fernandez\, Ed Gomez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, April Lillard-Gomez\, Emmanuel Ortega\, Rubén Ortiz Torres\, Rosalía Romero\, Sam Romo-White\, Joaquin Segura\, and Pilar Tompkins Rivas. \nThe publication will be available for purchase online\, at the MXCL BNL LAB and at The Cheech.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/mexicali-biennial-20th-anniversary/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260530T130000
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SUMMARY:Dille’ xhon: Inheriting our Mothers’ Language
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Zapotec language panel.\nAcompáñanos a un panel sobre la lengua zapoteca.\n \nDille’ xhon: Inheriting our Mothers’ Language (English)\nDille’ xhon: Da’ busuiku’an xna’llo (Zapotec)\nDille’ xhon: Herencia de nuestras madres (Español) \nThis panel features a community-engaged research project\, Dille’ xhon: Un programa Extraescolar Zoochileño (Dille’ xhon: A Zoochileño Afterschool Program)\, rooted in the teaching of Dille’ xhon (Zapotec/o). Created in 2025\, the project includes materials and pedagogical approaches from Santiago Zoochila\, located in Oaxaca\, Mexico\, used to design an introductory course for its descendants living in Los Angeles with the goal of preserving their maternal language. The panel will feature students and facilitators from the project. This event will be multilingual\, with translation provided to ensure accessibility for all participants. \nEste panel presenta un proyecto de investigación con enfoque comunitario\, Dille’ xhon: Un programa extraescolar zoochileño (Dille’ xhon: A Zoochileño Afterschool Program)\, centrado en la enseñanza del Dille’ xhon (zapoteco). Creado en 2025\, el proyecto incorpora materiales y enfoques pedagógicos provenientes de Santiago Zoochila\, ubicado en Oaxaca\, México\, que se utilizan para diseñar un curso introductorio dirigido a sus descendientes que viven en Los Ángeles\, con el objetivo de preservar su lengua materna. El panel contará con la participación de estudiantes y facilitadores del proyecto. Este evento será multilingüe y contará con traducción para garantizar la accesibilidad de todas las personas participantes. \nAbout/Sobre Whittier College StoryLab:\nThe Poet 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. \nLa iniciativa Poet StoryLab\, apoyada por una subvención de la Fundación Andrew W. Mellon\, impulsa una pedagogía experimental innovadora y proyectos de investigación que amplifican narrativas que reflejan la complejidad y amplitud de la identidad “brown” en los Estados Unidos. Dirigido por profesorado de las áreas de Arte e Historia\, el programa se centra en la narración\, la interseccionalidad y las humanidades públicas como herramientas para el entendimiento cultural y la participación social.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/dille-xhon-inheriting-our-mothers-language/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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SUMMARY:RE+actions: Performing the Archive
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRE+actions invited artists include Carmina Escobar\, Rebeca Hernandez\, and Annabel Turrado. \nPerformances are scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/reactions-performing-the-archive/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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SUMMARY:MexiCali Biennial: Then\, Now\, Next
DESCRIPTION:MexiCali Biennial: Then\, Now\, Next brings together scholars\, art historians\, curators\, and artists to examine the evolving frameworks that shape artistic production in and around the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. This convening foregrounds the border not only as a geopolitical condition\, but as a conceptual\, material\, and methodological site—one that continues to generate new forms of artistic inquiry and cultural exchange. \nAcross a series of focused discussions\, participants will engage key concepts that have defined and challenged border art practices over the past several decades. Topics include portability and site-specificity; the material and symbolic role of border walls and fences; the use of readymades and everyday objects; and the tension between local contexts and global circulation. \nThe symposium also addresses broader structural questions: how biennial models operate within and against center–periphery dynamics; how archives are constructed\, activated\, and contested; and how surveillance\, mobility\, and displacement inform both artistic production and curatorial strategy. Presenters will reflect on methods for navigating the border as a space of activation—through exhibitions\, interventions\, and public programming—while also reconsidering the role of museums and alternative spaces in shaping these narratives. \nThis gathering offers an opportunity to situate contemporary practices within longer trajectories of border-based cultural production\, while opening space for new approaches to research\, exhibition-making\, and cross-border dialogue. \nSpeaker list to come. \nAGENDA: \n3:00 – 4:00 PM\nPANEL 1: BORDER(RE)HISTORICIZATIONS \n4:15 – 5:30\nPANEL 2: ARTIST-CURATOR RELATIONALITY IN/OUT OF MUSEUMS \n5:45\nNo host dinner and drinks at Poet Gardens/Whittier Brewing Co. located within walking distance at 13002 Philadelphia St.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/mexicali-biennial-then-now-next/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
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