Celebrate the opening of Waning Crescent: a meztli projects group show.
Celebrate the opening of Waning Crescent: a meztli projects group show with food, music and community. Waning Crescent celebrates the journey of in supporting Native and Indigenous artists. The exhibition features works created between 2024 and today by artists involved in their collaborative ecosystem. These pieces signify a new phase for the artists, showcasing their growth into new creative areas. For instance, River Garza and Emilia Cruz have evolved towards sculptural work, Kimberly Robertson's creation of large beaded tapestries, and Kenneth Lopez鈥檚 blending of weaving with photography.
Meztli is the Nahuatl word for "moon." For this collective, the moon and its phases symbolize their approach to cultivating relationships with young Indigenous artists, culture bearers, and the general public. Taking time to reflect on important values such as stewardship, the meaning of reindigenizing spaces and technologies, and the deep connection between ceremony and artmaking. Their work mirrors the changing seasons and is responsive to the moment.
A waning crescent represents the small sliver of the moon visible just before it enters the New Moon phase. This exhibition symbolizes what comes next for meztli projects and highlights their partnership with 葫芦影业 Arts, which has hosted various creative efforts and exemplifies a nurturing, reciprocal relationship for Indigenous artists and institutional spaces.
Exhibiting artists: Rihanna Barrera, CJ Calica, Emilia Cruz, Joel Garcia, River Garza, Skyler Green, Kenneth Lopez, Kimberly Robertson, Aanii Tate, Alexandria Ybarra, and Isaac Michael Ybarra.
This exhibition is curated by . meztli projects is an Indigenous based arts & culture collaborative centering Indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles by using arts-based strategies to support, advocate for, and organize to highlight Native and Indigenous Artists and systems-impacted youth.
Meztli Projects operates out of Apachianga (East Los Angeles) in Tovaangar (Los Angeles County), lands stewarded since time immemorial by families and villages now known as the Acjachemen, Chumash, Tataviam and Tongva Tribal Nations.