Join us for an afternoon art talk with Amanda Ayala whose solo exhibit LIBROS is currently up in our galeria. Amanda will be in conversation with Josiah Luis Alderete about her beautiful y chinogn exhibit, her art practice, her inspirations, her suenops and her hustle as a working class artist. Expect lots of love and chisme for real.

Amanda Ayala is an interdisciplinary Xicana Indigenous artist and maker who centers people targeted by oppression and acknowledges their brilliance. Amanda leads and facilitates workshops that combine artist liberation and social justice for people of all ages. She creates within community as a way to heal and transform society.  linktr.ee/xicanaollin

“Here are some of my books…sketchbooks, notebooks, journals, books I sewed together, books gifted and filled, books that hold things I want to remember, things others have shared with me and commitments I have made to and for myself. When we create, these pieces of ourselves are reflections of hours and generations of thinking, feeling, trying, changing, experiencing and dreaming. These books are filled with this and more, lots of experimenting, painting, drawing, gluing, sewing, layering. Look through them and you can see some of my mind and life. I wonder how they might remind you of anything you have been through, anything you want for yourself and for the world. What books have you filled/would you fill?”-Amanda Ayala