Palos Verdes|Local Event
Gallery Conversations: Sustainers of Life Guided Tour
Please join us Saturday, January 10th at 2pm for a free guided walkthrough of Sustainers of Life with curators Laurie Steelink and Cecelia Caro in the gallery at Angels Gate Cultural Center.
Register at SustainersGuidedTour.eventbrite.com
The curators will guide visitors through the exhibition alongside artist Linda Vallejo, exploring the powerful stories, creative processes, and urgent themes behind the works. This free event provides the public an opportunity to engage directly with the artist and curators in meaningful dialogue about resilience, memory, and the honoring of Indigenous women.
AGCC Members are invited to an exclusive preview at 1pm featuring a private meet & greet with Linda Vallejo, a National Women's Caucus for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awardee whose five-decade career addresses socio-cultural, socio-political, and eco-feminist issues through painting, sculpture, and installation. Not yet a member? Learn about membership benefits and how to join on our website: angelsgateart.org/support
About the Exhibition
Curated by Cecelia Caro and Laurie Steelink (Akimel O'otham), Sustainers of Life features seven contemporary Native and Indigenous women artists exploring intersectional themes through installation, sculpture, photography, illustration, and painting. The exhibition addresses colonialism's impact, motherhood, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis while also celebrating individual stories of resiliency and survival.
Artists Weshoyot Alvitre, Emily Clarke, Katie Dorame, Eve-Lauryn Little Shell LaFountain, Cara Romero, Corey Stein, and Linda Vallejo create works that depict Native and Indigenous women as multidimensional beings. Honoring women as sustainers of cultural knowledge and community healing, this exhibitions weaves together personal narratives within broader historical contexts. Through diverse media, the exhibition creates space for both mourning losses and celebrating the ongoing resilience of those who nurture and protect life.