ROUND TRIP: Eight East Los Angeles College Alumni Artists

Large & Small Galleries
May 20 to August 19, 2011

ROUND TRIP: Eight East Los Angeles College Alumni Artists unites a cross-section of renowned visual artists whose artistic careers originated in East LA.

ROUND TRIP presents approximately 80 artworks made by 8 artists Diane Gamboa, Gronk, Clement Hanami, Will Herrón III, Judithe Hernández, Kent Twitchell, John Valadez, and Patssi Valdez. Each artist is featured in a mini-retrospective format with a spectrum of work produced over the last thirty years. Range of media includes painting, drawing, installation, photography and video.

A full-color, 48-page catalog with essay by writer and ELAC alumnus Max Benavidez accompanies the show.

Diane Gamboa, 'Consensual Behavior,' 2003, acrylic on canvas, courtesy of the artist