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Past Exhibitions

  • Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra: We Didn’t Cross the Borders, The Borders Crossed Us

    • Opening: Saturday, January 16, 2016
    • 2nd Floor Gallery
    • Free Admission
    • Runs through February 13, 2016
    From the 16th of January 2016 until the 13th of February 2016, The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts will open it’s doors to the public with the exhibit entitled “Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra: We didn’t cross the borders, the borders crossed… Read More
    Mexicanos Al Grito De Guerra

  • 29th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition: The Bones of Our Ancestors

    • Opening: Friday, October 16, 2015
    • Main and Inti-Raymi Galleries (2nd Floor)
    • $2 Admission
    • Runs through November 20th
    "The Bones of Our Ancestors: Endurance and Survival Beyond Serra’s Missions" reinterprets the theme of Dia de Los Muertos to memorialize the endurance and survival of Indigenous Peoples and protest the recent canonization of Junipero Serra by Pope Francis of… Read More
    The Bones of Our Ancestors: Endurance and Survival Beyond Serra’s Missions. Curated by Celia Herrera Rodriguez and Theresa Harlan

  • “Current” Exhibition

    • Opening: July 30, 2019 at 7 PM
    Art by Adrián Arias, Marsha Shaw & the MCCLA Mission Gráfica Print Collection

    Marsha Shaw

    The process of printmaking is important because it is through attention to planning, cutting, and printing that I come to understand these relationships. Layers of wallpaper patterns, insects, birds and human anatomy, create a palimpsest… Read More
    Current

  • Illusion Show #8

    • Saturday, May 16, 2015
    • From 5:11 to 10 PM
    • $8 Admission
    • 2nd Floor Galleries

    5 hours of Art Happening Curated by Adrian Arias

    This year, under the theme-title "Carnaval Dream: Libertad de cuerpo y mente" Illusion show is coming back, after 7 years of absence. This One Day Happening show, is the reunion of more than 60… Read More
    Illusion 8

  • The Marvelous Real (Lo Real Maravilloso)

    • Exhibition Dates: January 29 to February 28, 2015
    • Opening Reception: Thursday, January 29th
    • From 5 to 8 PM
    • Gallery (2nd Floor)
    • $5 Admission
    Curated by Sanaz Mazinani Lo Real Maravilloso is a groundbreaking two-person exhibition by the husband-wife team, artist Jeremiah Barber and writer Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Bridging narrative storytelling with visual art, Rojas and Barber collaborate… Read More
    Real Maravilloso

  • 28th Annual Day of the Dead: Recrea, Renueva, Reusa: Un Ciclo Infinito

    • Dates: October 11 to November 14, 2014
    • Altar Installations: October 11, 2014
    The path of all beings does not have a beginning or an end. Instead, each of us follows a cycle that renovates itself effortlessly. We may say we are recycled material from our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and fore-bearers, which in turn are manifestations of our… Read More
    Día De Muertos 2014: Recrea, Renueva, Reusa

  • East Side Story and Chicano Soul: Lowrider Photo Exhibit and More!

    • Opening Reception: August 9, 2014
    • From 6 to 9:30 pm
    • $5 Admission
    • 2nd Floor Galleries
    • Film screening: August 9, 2014 at 7 PM

    In conjunction with the Lowriding season MCCLA is thrilled to present featured artists: Yolanda Lopez, Art Meza, Adolfo Arias, and Fern Balladares whose art work represent lowrider culture past and present. Join us at the… Read More

    Lowrider Show

  • Gustavo Mora – Printmaker

    • Opening: Thursday, July 31, 2014
    • From 7 to 9 PM
    • Closing: Saturday, August 30, 2014
    Gustavo Mora was born in Mexico and studied Studio Arts at the Institute of Visual Arts in Puebla Mexico where he was influenced by Expressionism, Mexican Graphic Arts, as well as, literary and cinematic works. Mora’s work is based on his drawing practice… Read More
    Print by Gustavo Mora

  • 27th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition: La Llorona

    • From October 16 to November 23, 2013
    • Opening Reception: November 2, 2013
    • From 6 PM to 11 PM
    • $5 Admission

    La Llorona: Llanto de vida y muerte en el distrito de la Misión (Weeping for the life and death of the Mission District)

    Altar Installations curated by: Martina Ayala This year's exhibit will create an inclusive and… Read More
    La Llorona