Please Join us on Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 5:00 PM for the opening reception of the exhibition ENCUENTROS: ENCOUNTERS.
Admission is free.
All ages are welcome. Masks required.
Light refreshments provided.
The evening includes poetry readings by Jenise Miller, Janel Pineda, and music by Sin Color.
RSVP - EXHIBITION OPENING- ENCUENTROS: ENCOUNTERS
Serving the Pico-Union, Westlake, and Koreatown communities, Homies Unidos presents trauma-informed and culturally competent art, education, and leadership development activities tied to social justice advocacy programs. For their project, the Goethe-Institut Project space serves as a venue for "Encuentros-Encounters," offering an intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue around pressing social issues.
At the heart of the ENCUENTROS exhibition is the series LLAMAME POR MI NOMBRE, curated by local contemporary artist Kiara Aileen Machado, and includes her own works, as well as the works created by the participants from Homies Unidos' youth programs. The exhibition focuses on the layered complexities of identity that are shaped by our geographical surroundings and cultivated through community. Machado states “Despite all the atrocities we continue to endure, I want to express the beauty of our culture, highlighting the continuing resilience and the will to survive. Public events will include artist talks, film screenings, musical performances, and educational workshops focusing on intracommunal solidarity and arts production.
Kiara Aileen Machado is a contemporary artist born in Lynwood who depicts and explores the structures and liberation of identity, femininity, and culture in her work. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in painting and drawing from California State University Long Beach. Her artwork has been seen in museums across the United States, including the South Gate Museum (California), Buckham Gallery (Michigan), Dupont Underground (Washington DC), John & Geraldine Lilley Museum (Nevada), Stamp Gallery (Maryland), Frederic Jameson Gallery (North Carolina), and recently at Band of Vices (California) as part of the 'In the Paint' art initiative headed by the Los Angeles Lakers to identify and support contemporary LA-based artists. She has recently exhibited work internationally in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Paris.
Jenise Miller is a Black Panamanian, Compton-based writer, poet, and urban planner whose work explores art, archives, geographic mapping, and intersectional history. She is a 2021 California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellow and PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow. She co-produces "Reading the City" with Sēpia Collective, a conversation series with artists and cultural producers from Compton. Her words have been published in the Acentos Review, Boom California, Cultural Weekly, KCET Artbound, Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The New York Times. A Pushcart-nominated poet and Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) alumna, she is the author of the poetry chapbook "The Blvd."
Janel Pineda is an LA-born Salvadoran poet and U.S. Central American literary scholar. Her debut chapbook, Lineage of Rain, was published by Haymarket Books in 2021. Janel has performed her poetry internationally in both English and Spanish. She holds dual master’s degrees in creative writing and Latin American Studies from the University of London and the University of Cambridge respectively, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar. She is currently pursuing a PhD at UCLA, where her research explores poetry as a liberatory and healing practice for Central American communities
Sin Color
Born Crisia Regalado, Sin Color's unique sound stems from her classical training in Opera and Mariachi which she started professionally performing at 10 years old. Deciding to break free from the strict constraints of classical styles of music, she discovered a passion for creating powerful, unique, and original music. Based in South Los Angeles, Sin Color’s mission is to create a thought provoking and emotional musical experience without restrictions, borders, or genres
The exhibition can be viewed during events and at the following times:
During Office Hours: Sept 23rd, 2022 - November 4th, 2022
Mondays–Thursdays: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fridays: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Admission is free with RSVP via EVENTBRITE.
All ages welcome.
Masks required.
Parking (Daily maximum $20.00) is available Monday - Sunday from 5:30am -11:00pm
in the Walter J. Towers building lot located at
664 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057
Limited street parking can be found in the neighborhood around the Goethe-Institut.
Public transport is possible with the red line to MacArthur Park/Westlake stop.
Using carpool or ride-share options are appreciated.
ENCUENTROS is part of the Neighborhood Interpretive Center, a hyperlocal initiative of cultural programs that focus on and uplift the MacArthur Park/Westlake neighborhood and surrounding areas.
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