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MOVING IDENTITIES: 16 VOICES OF BELONGING 7/1-11/2 @chicagoculturalcenter
Featured Artist @thehoxtonhotel @_workingfrom_

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Thrilled to be apart of this cohort led by Gordon and to stand next to these incredible artists.🪄

Thank you so much @cacoalition for the opportunity to help further my career and to learn more about my practice through this residency program. 🎆🎇 taken in Chicago Artists Coalition by @jaigrnds

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2 years ago

What an honor it is to participate in this year’s EXPO Chicago Contemporary Art Fair!
Catch me here all weekend with the cohort of artists from my current artists-in-residence. Thank you CAC! 🎆🎇

“Carne” 2021, 24 x 36” 🥩

ON VIEW AT BOOTH 143!📍
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

@cacoalition
@expochicago taken in Navy Pier by @jaigrnds

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a year ago

An honor to be shown here.

Thank you for the opportunity to amplify my work and for allowing me to paint the wall 💞 taken in Zhou B Art Center by @jaigrnds

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4 years ago

October is Community Action Month, and we’re kicking it off with our first event: an artist showcase this Sunday, Oct 4, from 1 to 4pm at Center on Cottage Grove.

Spend the afternoon with three local Chicago artists working across different mediums. Each will share their work, talk about their creative journey, and take a few questions. Afterward, stick around to mingle, get a closer look at the art, and purchase pieces directly from the artists.

Free and open to all. Learn more about the artists and RSVP at the link in our bio. by @jaigrnds

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11 days ago

It takes a community. An evening celebrating Latinx Artists! ✨

WOW! The LP. and team are overwhelmed by the response to this year’s salon, and are humbled and honored. Thank you to everyone who made the 2026 Salon an inspiring evening and success.

Thank you to our panel - Dr. Ionit Behar @ionitbehar, Dr. Andrea Alvarez @andrea.alvarez.ch, Yvette Mayorga @yvettemayorga and Jairo Granados-Cardenas @jaigrnds for a moving program on home, place, and belonging. Thank you for sharing your voices, perspectives, and stories.

The LP. is grateful to Cerdito Muerto @cerditomuertochicago for their hospitality, delicious food, and welcoming the LP. into their space. Created by Emidio Oceguera, a first-generation Mexican-American who grew up on this street, in the very space of the restaurant today.

And thank YOU for showing up, listening, connecting & celebrating the incredible Latinx artists who help shape Chicago. 🩵

To learn more about this event, the panel, and to engage head to the 🔗

Photo and Video by Natasha Mraz @natashamraz taken in Pilsen, Chicago by @jaigrnds

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17 days ago

Our Chicago Home: Impact of Latinx Artists

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out to our artist panel hosted by Cerdito Muerto. It was such an honor to stand next to such a powerhouse of art doers and changers. My biggest gratitude to Mirja, Yvette, Ionit, Andrea, Emidio, Sarah, and the entire team at Cerdito Muerto for treating us like family. I couldn’t have asked for a better one.

@yvettemayorga
@lady.mirja
@andrea.alvarez.ch
@ionitbehar
@cerditomuertochicago
@laksmiproject

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Thank you for the inclusion @gertie.chicago @chicagoexhibitionweek

all photos courtesy of Natasha Mraz/Laksmi Project. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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18 days ago

A few days away from the 2026 LP. Salon, Our Chicago Home: Impact of Latinx Artists.🩵

The LP.’s first Salon outside the LP. living room, hosted in partnership with @cerditomuertochicago ✨

Thank you to the artists for their participation in what is going to be an incredible conversation on Latinx art, home, and belonging in Chicago.

📸Jairo Granados-Cardenas @jaigrnds
Film Photographer

🎀 Yvette Mayorga @yvettemayorga
Multi-Disciplinary Artist

Thank you to @gertie.chicago for including the 2026 LP. Salon during Chicago Exhibition Week @chicagoexhibitionweek 💜

If you have RSVP’d, we can’t wait to see you!

This event is at capacity, but you can express interest in being added to the waitlist by sending us a DM or emailing laksmiproject@gmail.com 📧 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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Next up with the LP. 📸🖼️

The Laksmi Project will host its 2026 Salon on Saturday, September 19th featuring LP. friend and artist, Yvette Mayorga @yvettemayorga; this time out of the LP. living room. ✨

Yvette Mayorga will be in conversation with film photographer and artist, Jairo Granados-Cardenas @jaigrnds at Pilsen restaurant Cerdito Muerto @cerditomuertochicago, as they examine the importance of Latinx art and artists in Chicago. This event will include food and drinks by Cerdito Muerto.

This program will be moderated by Andrea Alvarez, Phd @andrea.alvarez.ch Curator at Buffalo AKG @buffaloakgartmuseum, with an introduction by Ionit Behar @ionitbehar Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago @mcachicago.

This event is hosted with Cerdito Muerto @cerditomuertochicago. Thank you to Emidio Oceguera and Sarah Dickerson-Oceguera for their partnership!

This event is part of Chicago Exhibition Week, thank you to GERTIE @gertie.chicago for the inclusion of this program.

This event is at capacity. To join the waitlist, please email mirjaclspooner@gmail.com 📧 taken in Pilsen, Chicago by @jaigrnds

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EXCITING NEWS! 🎈🗞️

Moving Identities: 16 Voices Of Belonging has been extended at The Chicago Cultural Center through November!

If you’re in the downtown area, stop by and check out this incredible show in one of Chicago’s most beautiful buildings that shines on its own.

I am open and willing to meet anyone at the Chicago Cultural Center for a walkthrough of the show.

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CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER LOBBY,
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
78 E WASHINGTON ST,
CHICAGO, IL 60602

(DAD APPROVED) 🎸🤘🏽

Untitled (Welcome Home), 2025
36 x 24”
Enhanced Matte Inkjet Paper 192 gsm

@consulmex_chicago
@chicagoculturalcenter
@chicagodcase taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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2 months ago

I am still feeling over the moon from last week’s event with AMFM LIVE! at The Hoxton.

Thank you Ciera for the opportunity to showcase work and for always championing artists like me.
I had the pleasure of working with C for my first solo exhibition back in 2024 at cam.contemporarie making it a pivotal moment in my career.

Thank you always for the incredible platform and support you give.
Thank you to all the girls at Working From for also making this happen.

8 pieces will be up at The Hoxton for the next six months - 3rd Floor - Working From. 🎡🎠🎢

@mister.ms
@amfmlife
@_workingfrom_
@thehoxtonhotel taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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“MOVING IDENTITIES: 16 VOICES OF BELONGING” is now open at the Chicago Cultural Center! A very important show that is needed now more than ever. Thank you to Azul, Alex, and everyone who was involved to make this happen. I am proud to stand with such an incredible line up of artists.

“MOVING IDENTITIES: 16 VOICES OF BELONGING” GIVES VOICE TO COMMUNITIES WHOSE STORIES ARE TOO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION. FEATURING 16 WORKS ACROSS PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXTILE, AND MIXED MEDIA, THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER A DIVERSE GROUP OF LGBTQI+ ARTISTS WITH TIES TO CHICAGO EXPLORING THEMES OF ACCESS, AUTONOMY AND CARE.
ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE WHERE BELONGING IS CLAIMED, NOT GIVEN. FOR MANY OF THESE ARTISTS, CREATING IS AN ACT OF SURVIVAL, COMMUNITY, AND IDENTITY. THEIR WORKS REFLECT THE REALITIES OF MIGRATION, QUEERNESS, DISABILITY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND REMIND US THAT RESILIENCE MEANS NOT JUST ENDURING, BUT CREATING, CONNECTING, AND BELONGING ON YOUR OWN TERMS.

Alyssa “Ally” Almore, Armando Román, Azul Nogueron, Carina Vargas-Nunez, Cristobal Alday, Diana Solís, Dulce Divine, Genevieve Ramos, Gnat Rosa Madrid, Jairo Granados-Cardenas, Laura Mariela Aranda, Luisé Cisneros, Mari Medina, Miguel Limón, Sam Franco y
Viktor Nicolas L. Talis.

CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER LOBBY,
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
78 E WASHINGTON ST,
CHICAGO, IL 60602

ON VIEW 7/1-8/2

Untitled (Welcome Home), 2025
36 x 24”
Enhanced Matte Inkjet Paper 192 gsm

@azulnog
@aleexrosss
@consulmex_chicago
@chicagoculturalcenter
@chicagodcase taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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3 months ago

HOMEWARD (UN)BOUND officially came to a close.
Thank you to everyone who had the chance to come see the show and to everyone who came to the closing.

I am forever grateful for the opportunity and the platform Chicago Artists Coalition provides for an artist like me.🎖️

Badge of Honor, 2025
36 x 24”
Enhanced Matte Inkjet Paper 192 gsm

San Pedro Grocery, 2025
36 x 24”
Enhanced Matte Inkjet Paper 192 gsm taken in Chicago, Illinois by @jaigrnds

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