Self Help Graphics & Art

#TeamGomez had a fantastic time at the @SHG1970 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration in #EastLA!🕯️ From the local vendors to the stellar performers, the #CA34 community came out to honor our loved ones who have passed and celebrate the impact they had on our lives.🌹

Our season of giving is here! Whether you donate online, by mail, or purchase a print, your tax-deductible donation helps us continue to be a home where artistic production, exhibits & vibrant edu programming centers the experiences of Chicana/o and Latine communities #SHGisHOME

On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we honor the original inhabitants of this land and pay respect to its people who are stewards of the land and the water - past, present and emerging. (Serigraph print by River T. Garza - "Breath of Ocean, 2018" - from the SHG archive.)

Join us on Saturdays in Oct for our 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Season art workshops where you can create beautiful crafts to honor your ancestors! Register now at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com for Oct 5, 12 & 26, 12PM-3PM & Oct 19, 3PM-5PM @ East Los Angeles County Library!

Thank you to all of our SHG familia + arts & culture community who showed up big to celebrate the opening of #pstART "Sinks: Places We Call Home" at the Luckman Gallery! The exhibition is on view at now-2/15/25. Check out our @LAist story laist.com/news/arts-and-…

Our PST ART exhibition, Sinks: Places We Call Home, opens to the public today, September 21 from 5PM-8PM at Luckman Gallery @CalStateLA. Read our latest newsletter with a site map and tips for your arrival. See you soon! selfhelpgraphics.com/campaigns/view…

We hope to see you at our PST ART exhibition opening, "Sinks: Places We Call Home" this Sat, 9/21! RSVP now at bit.ly/SinksOpeningRS…. Check out this preview from @LAist... laist.com/brief/news/art…

Save the date! Our "Sinks: Places We Call Home" exhibition, part of @PST_ART: Art & Science Collide, opens to the public on Saturday, September 21, from 5PM-8PM @LuckmanArts Gallery @CalStateLA. Learn more & get free tix @ selfhelpgraphics.com/sinks #pstART

We're thrilled to invite you to an Open Studio experience on Sat, June 29, 12PM-3PM, with our Beyond the Press artist in residence #ZoeBlaq. Registration on Eventbrite is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome! Family friendly! Learn more & get tix at selfhelpgraphics.eventbrite.com!

@SFVmovement @TenantsTogether @socialecoedu @CESinAction @LAANE @LTSC @ReclaimLASchls @LACANetwork @UTLAnow @AAPIEquity @UNITEHERE11 @SafePlace4Youth @LANLT @MyCielola @SANSoCal @SCOPE_LA @bvclt_la @somoslea @CALimmigrant @CatalystCali @InclusivAction @CoCoSouthLA @kiwa4justice @Latinas4RJ @All4Transit @TransLatina_C @AAAJ_AAJC @SHG1970 @LiBRE_justice @HousingNowCA @USCGouldLaw @UCLALabor @SEIU721 @psrla @ConMijente @hrc_la @UNIDAD_SLA @carwasherxs IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS @LACityCouncil will decide whether to change LARSO, and more than **80 orgs** have joined the Keep LA Housed Coalition to demand stronger rent control! We are calling for 4 important revisions to LARSO: #LARSO2024

Tune in to hear about our new exhibition "Cultura Cura" and head to the 3rd floor, Mountain Side, to check it out for yourself! @shg1970 #UCSBLibrary #UCSB #UCSantaBarbara #SelfHelpGraphics

SHG has been a creative home to collectives local artists & world class exhibitions for decades. Help us to continue to advance the creative practices of artists with a donation today. Text SHG to 41444 to give or visit us at selfhelpgraphics.com/donate. Many thanks!

1/2: As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for the artists & community who have come together for our exhibits, such as Muñecas de Cartón; a 6-year survey of the artists' collective Ni Santas' collaborative artistic practice drawing from their founding in '16-'22.

2/2: Inspired by the feminist artist Rotmi Enciso, Ni Santas is an autonomous all Women of Color collective whose mission is to create socially conscious visual narratives and promote sisterhood through skill sharing.

Join us as we explore the 50-year history of L.A.'s oldest Chicano/Latino non-profit art incubator, @SHG1970. Learn about Self Help's community-based aesthetic philosophies, artists and more! 📅 December 3, 2023 ⏰ 2 pm 📍 Central Library 🔗 lapl.me/WL4eAfa

In celebration of Self Help Graphics' 50th @SHG1970, here is a coloring page of Sister Karen Boccalero (1933–1997). Raised in Los Angeles, Boccalero had a lifelong interest in art that continued after she joined the Francisican order.

Only thing nicer than adults happy with their books are kids happy with their book! @SHG1970 #diadelosmuertos

@SHG1970 "Dia de los Muertos" 50th Annual Celebration 💐 #eastlosangeles #DiaDeMuertos2023

🏵️💀🏵️ Dia de los Muertos season begins this weekend! Join us for free Family Workshops all month: Sat 10/7, 10/14, 10/21 & 10/28 12-3pm at East Los Angeles County Library, located @ 4837 E 3rd St, LA, CA 90022! Register w/ Eventbrite 🔗 in bio! #DiadelosMuertos #SHGDOD

i wrote about the current show of @SHG1970 prints at @LagunaArtMuseum and three forthcoming shows on different aspects of the influential art space's history and legacy for @hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/842920/celebra…