Barrio Science: Chicanismo and Speculative Experiments in Art

Date

September 30

Time

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost

Free

Event Series Dates

September 26 – January 3, 2027, Tuesday – Sunday

 

Event Schedule

September 2026

  • Wednesday 30th 11:00 AM

October 2026

  • Thursday 1st 11:00 AM
  • Friday 2nd 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 3rd 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 4th 11:00 AM
  • Tuesday 6th 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday 7th 11:00 AM
  • Thursday 8th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 9th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 10th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 11th 11:00 AM
  • Tuesday 13th 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday 14th 11:00 AM
  • Thursday 15th 11:00 AM
  • Friday 16th 11:00 AM
  • Saturday 17th 11:00 AM
  • Sunday 18th 11:00 AM
  • Tuesday 20th 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday 21st 11:00 AM
  • Thursday 22nd 11:00 AM

This exhibit celebrates the beauty, creativity, and resourcefulness found in the barrio through artwork that explores identity, healing, spirituality, and the often-overlooked labor of these urban communities. The nine artists in the exhibition experiment with everyday materials and imagery from Chicano/a/x and Latine culture in ways that prompt the viewer to ask, what if?

 

Upcoming Events

October 1 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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$0.00 - $7.00

Hollyhock House Tours

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

September 30 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Free

Shifting Perspectives: Cheech Collects

Over the past year and a half, artists and collectors have donated 80 works by almost 35 artists to The Cheech Center Collection. This year's exhibition will highlight some new additions alongside works from Cheech Marin's initial gift of 500 works. The latest exhibition, Cheech Collects, explores different forms within the Cheech Marin Collection. It introduces photography and sculpture alongside paintings, prints, and mixed media works for which the collection is celebrated. See website for ticket prices.

September 30 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
See event website.

Construction, Occupation

Construction, Occupation presents the work of 24 artists and collectives that engage art’s potential to shape the city through the power of community. Drawing on myriad visual languages and poetics grounded in collective action, the exhibition investigates a radical urban vocabulary that blurs art and activism to address questions of infrastructure and vulnerability, circulation and segregation, and the body in public

September 29 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
$0.00 - $19.00

BEHIND BARS: INCARCERATION IN THE WEST

This installation features some of the many forms that incarceration has taken in the American West over time, in conversation with a new photo series by fine art photographer Pep Williams, taken in a California state prison. Located in the jail cell area of the Autry’s firearms galleries, the installation brings past and present into dialogue.

September 30 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
$0.00 - $15.95

Bernard Hoyes: Out from Under the Net

Presenting the evolution of Bernard Hoyes’ signature Rag Series, developed during the 1970s and expanded through collage, painting, and printmaking. His rhythmic compositions reflect Afro-Caribbean spirituality, rituals, and the power of women across music, dance, and magic. The works explore themes of race, identity, memory, and liberation through layered visual language.