Gallery Talk: Weshoyot Alvitre

The poppy super blooms that annually draw scores of admirers require fire to grow. In Weshoyot Alvitre’s commissioned series Dormidera, created for the Fire Kinship exhibition, she uses the poppy in her portraits of three notable Tongva-Gabrielino women. These large-scale paintings form a dialogue with Emily Clarke’s Womanfire poem and Leah Mata Fragua’s poppy installation, also on view in the show.

Join us for an intimate gallery talk with Alvitre to learn more about what fire kinship means to her, the women she painted, her artistic process, and why she composed this series of paintings. This talk will be moderated by guest co-curator Lina Tejeda.