Cypress College
Art Gallery
About CCAG
Cypress College Art Gallery (CCAG) presents professional and student exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures, and visiting artists’ projects to enhance Fine Arts coursework, further support student success, and enrich the broader Cypress community. CCAG is located in the gateway area of the Cypress College campus near the campus theater. CCAG is closest to Valley View Street, which is accessible from the 405, 91, and 5 Freeways. Park in Lot 1 in the designated visitor’s area, and remember to purchase a parking pass. Visit the CCAG Facebook Page for more exhibition information.
ADDRESS
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA 90630
Gallery Hours
Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and by appointment.
Contact
jdriggs@cypresscollege.edu
213 864 1242
Parking
Park in Lot 1. Parking permits can be purchased at a kiosk in front of the Business Building located on the edge of Lot 1.
Staff
Janet Owen Driggs, Director
Kirk Pickler, Exhibitions Manager
Nadia Wallace, Adminstrative Assistant
Gallery Map and Photos
O'Cadiz Moctezuma's iconic Library Mural at Cypress College, photographed by Julius Schulman, 1970. © J. Paul Getty Trust.
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
J. Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma: El Artist
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 – Thursday, NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 5-9pm
Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma’s public artworks, Chicana/o and community-based murals, and studio-based practice made significant, sometimes controversial, contributions to the cultural life of Orange County for over fifty-years. While many of his artworks have been destroyed – most recently in July 2019, at Raitt St. in Santa Ana – Cypress College has proudly conserved O’Cadiz Moctezuma’s stunning concrete relief, Library Mural (left).
Curated by Janet Owen Driggs and presented as part of the SUR:Biennial, this exhibition explores El Artist’s innovative processes for sculpting and coloring poured concrete, and presents paintings, drawings, and public artworks that demonstrate his boundary-crossing creativity. Speaking to the ways in which dominant culture can absorb and erase alternative values and aesthetics, O’Cadiz Moctezuma’s work continues to raise such compelling questions as: Who determines history? Who gets to have a voice in the public arena? What and who is an American?
The exhibition is complemented by a public program that includes talks by the author of the exhibition essay, Gustavo Arelleno – the man behind both !Ask a Mexican! and the Murals Rebeldes L.A. Chicana/Chicano Murals Under Siege foreword and afterword; and Gregorio Luke, former Director of the Museum of Latin American, who “gives cultural lectures with the fervor and reverence of a missionary hungry for converts” (L.A. Times).
READ EXHIBITION CURATOR’S ESSAY HERE
READ Gustavo Arellano’s Exhibition Essay HERE
READ richard chang’s Voice of O.C. Article about the Exhibition HERE
Related Events
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 5-9pm
Concrete Casting Workshop, w. Ed Giardina: Tuesday, October 15, 12:30-1:30pm.
(Please note that the Workshop date has changed from Monday, September 23)
Gustavo Arellano – Sergio O’Cadiz, El Artist: Thursday October 3, 1-3pm
Gregorio Luke – Siqueiros: A Revolutionary in Art and Life: October 15, 3-5pm