Past Exhibitions

During the Chicano Movement (1965-1980), individuals of Mexican heritage fought for cultural reclamation and resistance. As an act of solidarity, Armando and Mary Salinas Durón began collecting artworks that celebrated the local Mexican-descent communities, preserving their identities and historical narratives. This exhibition, drawn from The Durón Family Collection, offers a comprehensive journey through Chicanx art from the 1900s to the present. Displayed in various media – including paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture – Seeing Chicanx uniformly paints a vivid picture of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region's art scene. Featured artists include established figures like Patssi Valdez, Shizu Saldamando, Judy Baca, Gilbert "Magu" Luján, and many more.

Curated by Karen Mary Davalos.

Karen Mary Davalos, professor of Chicano and Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is a leading scholar in Chicana/o/x art history, with four books, numerous articles, and curatorial projects. Her recent book, Chicana/o Remix: Art and Errata since the Sixties (NYU Press, 2017) is informed by life history interviews with eighteen artists, a decade of ethnographic research in southern California, and archival research examining fifty years of Chicanx art in Los Angeles since 1963. In 2016, she launched with Dr. Constance Cortez (UTRGV), the search tool, Mexican American Art Since 1848, which compiles nearly 20,000 records from existing digital collections at libraries, archives, and museums. She serves on the board of directors of Self Help Graphics & Art, the oldest Chicana/o/x – Latinx arts organization in Southern California.

Join Us
Embark on an afternoon walkthrough of the exhibition at Afternoon with the Collector, led by Armando Durón on Saturday, March 23 from 3:00 - 4:30 pm.

Support for this exhibition provided by Barbara Schilling and Richard Carr

Additional support provided by Alta Med Health Services

Image:  Roberto Gutierrez (b. 1943), Trees on Lorena Street, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. The Durón Family Collection.