Located on the campus of East Los Angeles College (ELAC), the Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) is the only major art museum dedicated to serving the communities of East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley—regions with the most populous Latinx-majority neighborhoods (96%) and one of the highest concentrations of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents (61%) in the United States.

VPAM operates a 40,000 square foot, three-story facility that includes seven galleries for temporary exhibitions, student and faculty shows, permanent collection installations, and artist/community-driven projects. The museum also houses a multimedia lecture hall for public programs and classes, as well as a professional vault for its growing permanent collection of approximately 9,000 artworks.

In the last five years, VPAM has presented more than 50 exhibitions and an expansive range of public educational programs, foregrounding the work of Latinx, AAPI, Black, Indigenous, and other historically underrepresented artists. These programs center on themes of social justice, cultural identity, and cross-generational engagement, and are offered free of charge to ensure broad community access. VPAM actively engages in building a more inclusive museum field through its support of ELAC’s Museum Studies Certificate Program (MSCP)—one of the only programs of its kind at a community college. As part of this initiative, VPAM facilitates paid, local internships for students, providing hands-on experience in curatorial practice, education, collections care, and museum operations.

In support of long-term preservation and public accessibility, VPAM has launched a major initiative to inventory, catalog, and digitize its permanent collection. This multi-year effort will expand access to VPAM’s permanent collection through a new, publicly accessible platform on VPAM’s website. This initiative is central to the museum’s broader commitment to accessibility, and educational engagement, allowing students, researchers, and the general public to connect with the museum’s holdings in new and meaningful ways.