Latest Past Events

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 […]

Dille’ xhon: Inheriting our Mothers’ Language

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Join us for a Zapotec language panel. Acompáñanos a un panel sobre la lengua zapoteca. Dille’ xhon: Inheriting our Mothers’ Language (English) Dille’ xhon: Da’ busuiku’an xna’llo (Zapotec) Dille’ xhon: Herencia de nuestras madres (Español) This panel features a community-engaged research project, Dille’ xhon: Un programa Extraescolar Zoochileño (Dille’ xhon: A Zoochileño Afterschool Program), rooted […]

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 […]