With support from the California Arts Council, Color Compton and the Compton Art + History Museum will showcase an artist-organized exhibition of community art and the stories that accompany them.
We will highlight original visual art such as paintings, printmaking and sculpture, alongside art typically classified as “craft”, or even trade or hobby, and will show these works together with archival materials of Compton’s current and past creative history. We are the only location in Compton to view art exhibitions. Through access to creative expression, we seek to reclaim and celebrate Black and Brown narratives, and a community show will continue to highlight the cultural wealth of otherwise erased and marginalized communities while inviting them to take part.
We will document this exhibition for our archives and to create a digital catalog.