Artists: Lorena Molina, J Molina-Garcia, Martín Wannam, hazel batrezchavez, Dominique Muñoz, Victor Yañez-Lazcano

Join us for the artist talk of our latest exhibition- "Strategies of Resistance: Immigrant Legacies Beyond Assimilation!"

In the field of migration studies, the concept of “acculturation strategies” describes the various ways in which immigrants navigate their cultural identity within a new host society. This process is often narrowly framed, with generational practices of resistance adopting strategies ranging from complete assimilation into the dominant culture to the rigid preservation of their heritage. However, this binary overlooks the nuanced and subversive tactics many immigrants and their descendants employ to resist cultural erasure and assert their rightful place in the social fabric.

This exhibition aims to focus on the political strategies used by Tesora Garcia, Lorena Molina, hazel batrezchavez, Martín Wannam, Dominique Muñoz, and Victor Yañez-Lazcano, whose many praxis mainly focuses on their identities coming from Mexico, El Salvador, and…