Meztli Projects

This week Meztli Projects hosted interns from the Getty Multicultural Undergraduate program who are supporting arts organizations in the eastern part of the county.

It was important to ground their internship journey at Kuruvungna Springs a Gabrielino/Tongva village site and one of few possibly the only running spring in the county. Interns learned about First Peoples and the history of resistance and current work to protect the springs.

We ended the day over at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) for a tour of their current exhibition Speaking in Tongues led by Senior Curator Amanda Sroka, featuring works by Raven Chacon candice hopkins iris 🩵👁️🌈🦋🩷 and others. The exhibition explores art as a spiritual tool for survival and connection.

Intern Sites
Vincent Price Art Museum
The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Plaza de la Raza
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Scripps College - Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery

Come and learn how to create screen printed posters!!!

Meztli Projects’ Summer Arts Youth Program
Tuesdays-Fridays, July 7 through August 7, 2026
10 am - 2 pm (food provided)

📍Meztli Projects
2337 West Whittier Blvd. Montebello, CA 90640

Week 1: Screen Printing
Week 2: Banner Making (painted)
Week 3: Short Form Filmmaking
Week 4: Printmaking (and mixed media)
Week 5: Traditional Black Ink Techniques

All workshops are free. Materials and lunch provided.
We prioritize Native, Indigenous, and systems-impacted youth.

Ages 16 and older

*You must attend a full week of the artform/s you select to participate in.

SIGN UP FORM: 🔗 LINK IN BIO
This program is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs - City of Los Angeles

Meztli Projects’ Summer Arts Youth Program
Tuesdays-Fridays, July 7 through August 7, 2026
10 am - 2 pm (food provided)

📍Meztli Projects
2337 West Whittier Blvd. Montebello, CA 90640

Week 1: Banner Making (painted)
Week 2: Screen Printing
Week 3: Short Form Filmmaking
Week 4: Printmaking (and mixed media)
Week 5: Traditional Black Ink Techniques

All workshops are free. Materials and lunch provided.
We prioritize Native, Indigenous, and systems-impacted youth.

Ages 16 and older

*You must attend a full week of the artform/s you select to participate in.

SIGN UP FORM: 🔗 LINK IN BIO
This program is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs - City of Los Angeles

Everything eastward up until Gerhart and north of Union Pacific is covered in toxic smoke. It’s like moving through a fog. And it sounds like only two shelters are open? Mayor Karen Bass Hilda Solis Ysabel Jurado Rep. Judy Chu María Elena Durazo María Elena Durazo

Summer Solstice Celebration at Getty ☀️

Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Kick off the summer with the Getty Research Institute’s first Summer Solstice Celebration! The day will include jazz on the terrace from The Don Brown Collective, tarot readings from Vivi Henriette, craft workshops led by David Horvitz, Meztli Projects, and GYOPO, choral performances by David Horvitz and Becky Stark with the Sound as Light Choir, and summer-themed treats.

Join the Meztli Projects team, learn about the importance of the Solstice for Indigenous communities, and make a sundial sunprint (cyanotype).

*A sundial is a tool that tells the time of day by measuring the Sun’s position and the shadow it casts.

Events are drop-in throughout the afternoon.

RSVP Link in Bio

On the evening of Sunday, June 21, celebrate the summer solstice with Fowler Museum at UCLA 🌞

The program will open with a screening of “Yáamay: An Ode to Blooming,” a lyrical short film highlighting the voices and lived experiences of contemporary California Indigenous women. Following the screening, join a conversation with co-directors Camaray Davalos and Casse Kíihut, along with poet and producer Avelaka Macarro.

The evening will continue in the Fowler Amphitheater with music and live performance by Genevra Munroa, Alexis Munroa, and Andrew Dyer, followed by poetry readings from Jessa Calderon and Solange Aguilar as the sun sets. Light refreshments will be served as we gather to honor land, light, and community.

RSVP at the link in bio!

Graphics designed by Grace Bui-Luu

No matter where you are at today end your evening with some laughs.

So make sure to catch Sage-Based Wisdom after the LA NDN Flea ends. The celebration continues with an evening comedy hour featuring Native comedians Jana Schmieding and Brian Bahe, along with special guest Memo Torres of L.A. Taco. The three will dole out their sage(and non-sage) wisdom to willing audience members.

Following the comedy show, stay for a live performance by Oglala Lakota musician-composer, Mato Wayuhi, who’ll round out the evening with impeccable vibes.

18+

SAGE-BASED WISDOM LIVE 6-8PM

Teresa Castro is a PaiPai Elder and an internationally renowned weaver and potter. Teresa comes from a family of artists & culture bearers raised in a Kumeyaay Paipai community in Santa Catarina, Baja California, Mexico, and known for making coiled piñion pine needle baskets, willow bark skirts, coiled pit-fired pottery, agave fiber sandals, and agave net bags.

Craft Contemporary’s fourth Clay Biennial, 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂, brings together 14 artists working across ceramics, sculpture, installation, and land-based practices that explore earth, memory, ancestry, and material as living carriers of cultural knowledge—shaped through making, tending, and care featuring PaiPai Elder Teresa Castro, Caddo Elder Jeri Redcorn, and Christine Howard Sandoval (Chalon Nation) among other Indigenous artists.

The exhibition also features six contributing artists (including Tongva artist Megan Dorame and Ho-chunk/Pechanga artist Sky Hopinka) whose text-based works expand 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 through language, reflection, and citation, with works included in the exhibition catalog.

Join Craft Contemporary for the opening reception and be the first to experience the exhibition. Explore new works, meet the artists and collaborators, and enjoy refreshments in the museum’s courtyard.

TIERRA OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, May 30
7–9 PM
$9 museum admission / members free

Craft Contemporary’s fourth Clay Biennial, 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂, brings together 14 artists working across ceramics, sculpture, installation, and land-based practices that explore earth, memory, ancestry, and material as living carriers of cultural knowledge—shaped through making, tending, and care featuring PaiPai Elder Teresa Castro, Caddo Elder Jeri Redcorn, and Christine Howard Sandoval (Chalon Nation) among other Indigenous artists.

The exhibition also features six contributing artists (including Tongva artist Megan Dorame and Ho-chunk/Pechanga artist Sky Hopinka) whose text-based works expand 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 through language, reflection, and citation, with works included in the exhibition catalog.

Join Craft Contemporary for the opening reception and be the first to experience the exhibition. Explore new works, meet the artists and collaborators, and enjoy refreshments in the museum’s courtyard.

TIERRA OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, May 30
7–9 PM
$9 museum admission / members free

CFCI Community Listening Session
Saturday, May 30, 2026
11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Meztli Projects
2337 West Whittier Blvd
Montebello, CA 90640

Please join us to help determine how 10% of the locally generated unrestricted revenues should be used to support alternatives to incarceration. Meztli Projects, along with many other organizations, helped get Measure J passed, which the Board of Supervisors approved in 2020.

Since the initial launch of CFCI Care Grants, nearly 400 grantee organizations across LA County have been awarded over $350 million to support their programs.

We need your help to ensure East LA is not left out again.