Hope Restored: Justice Scholars Student Exhibition
February 13 - March 28, 2025
About the Exhibition
Long Beach City College Art Gallery proudly presents, Hope Restored: Justice Scholars Student Exhibition. Curated by Summer Bernal and artist Alberto Lule, an Underground Scholar at UCLA and UC Irvine. The exhibition brings together formerly incarcerated, and system-impacted artists. The exhibition explores themes of isolation, abolition, liberation, and empowerment through self-expression. Artists focus on strategies for self care as well as active forms of resistance.
Learn more about the exhibition by reading recent press from the Viking Newspaper:
“We are restoring hope in individuals” -Summer Bernal, Exhibition Co-Curator
Artists in the exhibition:
- Francisco Baldonado
- Bryant Barraza
- Brian Burten
- Alex Compian
- Juanita Diaz
- Ian Ellis
- Floyed Green
- Swan Ian Galarze
- Mia Julianna
- Silas Johnson
- Tyrel Johnson
- Adrian Nowak
- Victor Tapia
- Jose A. Torres
- Joshua Reyes
- Tracy Porter
- Miguel Zavala-Lopez
Opening Reception:
February 13th, 2025, 5-8pm
Music by DJ Yung Hormiga
Closing Reception and Artist Panel
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 1-3pm
Artist panel featuring Brian Burten, Francisco Baldonado, Mia Julianna, Adrian Nowak and Miguel Zavala. Moderated by Summer Bernal and Alberto Lule
Exhibition Co-Presented with Justice Scholars Program
Acknowledgements
· Curators: Alberto Lule And Summer
Bernal
· Exhibition Design & Management:
Karla Aguiniga, Summer Bernal & Alberto Lule
· Graphic Design: Jonah Coloma
· Vinyl Installation: Katherie
Dominguez, Juan Pablo Rodriguez and Bill Swank
· Social Media Content Creator and Editor:
Lolita Mojica
· Event Photography: Eric Jaipal
· Artists Headshots: Mark Sosa
· Printing: LBCC Reprographics
To view images from the opening reception visit: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC3DoJ
Special thanks to our sponsors
LBCC Art Gallery: 4901 E Carson St, Long Beach, CA 90808 Building K
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Thurs: 11am-4pm, Friday and Saturday: By appointment only
Parking: $2 a day in Lots C, D, and E
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Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
services , please contact Karla Aguiniga, Art Gallery &
Exhibitions Manager and Stephanie Bonales at least 72 hours prior
to the event at (562) 938-4918 or sbonales@lbcc.edu.
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