The Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) proudly presents Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective, the first-ever museum survey exhibition of the Chicana artist, altarista and educator. Widely recognized as one of California’s most revered folk artists with a cultural impact spanning more than seven decades, Esparza helped bring the cherished traditions of Mexican altar-making and Día de los Muertos into the American mainstream, beginning in the 1970s, through her work with community arts center Self Help Graphics & Art in Boyle Heights. The new exhibition recreates a selection of Esparza’s iconic altars, accompanied by a major survey of her prolific artistic output, spanning from 1945 to the present day.

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