Shows and Events

Join us for “Journey Shared: Immigrant, refugee and migrations” exhibition and a panelist talk this Sunday Aug. 25th from 10am-2pm at The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) @molaa.art
628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802.

The panel Q&A discussion will take place at 11am-12:30 pm

This exhibition will highlight our community of refugee, immigration and migration through this small vignettes of artwork, presentations and panel discussions. It will include Cambodian experience, Latinos/Hispanic and African American. (artwork above by Allen Keo)
Cambodian American journey to Long Beach and the Khmer peoples’ experience fleeing war and genocide and their international relationship with the African American US Congressional Leadership who fought for the protected refugee status of Cambodians to settle in Long Beach, CA and in other US locales. This exhibit shares an oral history of life in their homeland in Cambodia, their experiences at the outbreak of violence, and their escape from violence to a foreign land, as told through this artwork.

Latinx American journey to Long Beach or their residence in this area of North America before it was claimed as Long Beach, California. In a sense, this “collective journey” is ongoing with the continuing Latinx and Indigenous community immigration from Latinx countries from Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America and how that has collectively shaped the experience in Long Beach, as told through this artwork.

African American journey to Long Beach and the “Great Migration” where the African American community did not cross a border (like our Latinx American community members) or a turnstile (like our Cambodian American community members), because they were already citizens, but leaving a place (the South) where they were not treated as human beings or faced state and community violence, lingering effects of slavery, and generational trauma. Their move to “Negro Town” was still confined to a redlined boundary, the experience was an improvement from the South, as told through this artwork.

The exhibit will include an opening reception (private opening) on Friday, August 23rd 4pm-6pm.