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O'Cadiz Moctezuma's public artworks, Chicana/o and community-based murals, and studio-based practice made important, sometimes controversial, contributions to the cultural life of Orange County for over 50-years. While many of his artworks have been destroyed – most recently in July 2019, in Santa Ana – Cypress College has proudly conserved his stunning concrete relief, Library Mural. This exhibition explores El Artist’s innovative poured concrete process, and presents paintings, drawings, and public artworks that demonstrate his boundary-crossing creativity. Speaking to the ways in which dominant culture can…

Organized by the NOCCCD office of Diversity and Compliance and installed in the School of Fine Arts Lobby, Hostile Terrain is a global pop-up installation and wall-map about America's humanitarian crisis at the southern border. Created by anthropologist Jason De León, author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail, Hostile Terrain asks visitors to fill toe-tags with information about the 3,000+ people who have died trying to cross into the U.S. through the Sonoran Desert over the past 25 years, and whose…

Our fall reception at Cypress College Art Gallery is happening Thursday, September 19, from 6–8 p.m., with a dance performance, Piedras y Luz, by Cypress College Dance Department and Maha & Company at 6:30 p.m. The evening is part of our campus Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, and it marks the first time that Cypress has participated in the SUR:Biennial.