Waning Crescent:
a meztli projects group show

Monday - Saturday, 11AM - 4PM when exhibitions are on view.
CLOSED on Sundays and national holidays.

Phone: (323) 259-1317
Email: oxyarts@oxy.edu

We do not have dedicated parking, but you are welcome to park along York Boulevard or side streets. We share our space with a residential neighborhood; please respect our neighbors, be aware of private driveways and mindful of noise levels when walking to and from your car. Please look for and follow posted parking signs. Parking is limited; please consider carpooling, using rideshare services, or taking public transportation.

OXY ARTS is an ADA compliant facility, with a 36” wide entry door and a wheelchair-accessible restroom with a handrail. All of our restrooms are gender-neutral. For gallery visits, we provide screen reader-friendly guides.

If you or someone you know requires language interpretation, ASL interpretation, or have any other access needs or questions, please contact oxyarts@oxy.edu one week in advance of the program or visit and we will do our best to provide accommodations.

OXY ARTS website

Rihanna Marie Barrera is a Chicana mixed-media artist born and raised in Los Angeles. She is also an emerging art director and curator pursuing a degree in art at Cal State University, Los Angeles. Her creative practice incorporates both the struggles and beauty of her city, along with the street artists and family ties that make it home.

CJ Calica (she/her) is a Filipino American, multimedia artist, photographer, and organizer based in Los Angeles. Their work explores memory, family, and sustainability through mediums like photography and textiles. Rooted in their experience as a second-generation immigrant from a large family, CJ’s practice centers personal histories, intergenerational storytelling, and community-based art. Whether capturing quiet moments in someone’s home or creating collaborative installations, CJ is committed to honoring the emotional and cultural weight of everyday life.

Emilia Cruz is an artist, educator, and emerging curator based in Simi Valley, whose work is an ethereal celebration of the feminine and her community. Her artwork pays homage to these roots through her use of bright and vivid color palettes. Many of her paintings celebrate familiar faces and evoke a sense of being placed in otherworldly settings. She teaches art classes for youth at Plaza de la Raza’s Cultural Center of the Arts and recently curated "Home Within Yourself," a group show at Plaza de la Raza Boathouse Gallery.

Joel Garcia (Huichol) is an Indigenous artist, cultural organizer, educator, co-founder, and Director of Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-based arts & culture collaborative centering Indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles. In various artistic roles, he’s worked with Indigenous communities across borders to support land, access, and self-determination issues. His art (printmaking, dye making, public programming) explores healing and reconciliation, as well as memory and place​​, garnering national press in publications such as the LA Times, New Yorker, and Artforum, among others, for his use of art in changing policies in support of Indigenous Peoples and issues.

He’s a current Stanton Fellow and formerly an artist-in-residence and fellow at Monument Lab ('19, and '22), and co-facilitator of the Intercultural Leadership Institute ('21-'23), which proposes to hold space for cultural production outside of white supremacist frameworks, OXY ARTS, and other acclaimed projects.

River T. Garza (Tongva, Mexican) is an Indigenous interdisciplinary visual artist from Los Angeles and a member of the Ti’at Society. His work draws on traditional Tongva aesthetics, Southern California Indigenous maritime culture, Chicano culture, Mexican art, graffiti, skateboarding, and lowrider art. Through his artistic practice, Garza often explores the intersection of Tongva and Chicano/Mexican identity, history, and culture. He is a former "Creator in Residence" at the Los Angeles Public Library and a current Meztli Projects' Cultural Worker Fellowship fellow. His work can be found in permanent and private collections.

Skyler Raine Green (Tongva, Chumash) is a visual artist born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. As a young girl, she embraced the theme of being wild and free, which is evident in her art pieces. Skyler's Tongva, Chumash, and Chicana lineages influence her approach to street culture, biker culture, and Americana aesthetics. She is currently studying at California State University, Northridge.

Kenneth Lopez (Mixteco) is a photographer and cultural worker based in Los Angeles. He serves as the Program Manager for Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-led arts collaborative working on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash Tribal Nations. Kenneth’s creative practice has contributed to documenting significant conversations surrounding monuments and civic memory in Los Angeles. His work has gained international publication and will be featured in the upcoming Monument Lab book that captures their ReGeneration initiative. His approach has enabled him to establish trust with LA’s Tribal communities and support their initiatives, such as the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa (pronounced Tar-a-haht pah-hava) Conservancy.

Kimberly Robertson is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, a Professor of American Indian Studies, and an artist. Her scholarship and creative practices center Native feminisms, the sexual and gendered violence of settler colonialism, ceremony, storytelling, decolonization, and Indigenous futurities. Her artworks have been included in numerous community, university, public, and private galleries as well as peer-reviewed monographs and anthologies. In the spring of 2024, The Chapter House hosted Robertson’s first solo-exhibition, Diary of a Native Femme(nist). Robertson is also an active member of the Los Angeles Indian community and facilitates beading circles and art-making workshops with Tribal Nations and communities, both locally and nationally.

Aanii Tate (Diné and white, she/her) works with printmaking, digital media, and fiber arts. Her art seeks to disrupt the settler colonial methods of display and is based on remembering the land and sisterhood. She grew up in Portland, Oregon making art with her two older sisters. Three years ago she moved to Los Angeles and recently graduated from USC, majoring in American Studies and Ethnicity (Dornsife) and minoring in Communication Design (Roski). She is passionate about arts education, community organizing, and arts resource redistribution.

Alexandria Ybarra (Tongva, Chumash) blends traditional and contemporary techniques in her work as a ceramicist, watercolorist, and basket weaver. A member of the Tongva Basket Weaving Collective: Nohaaxre Miyii Pokuu’, Ybarra’s art honors the land, incorporates natural earth elements, and celebrates the power of Indigenous womanhood. Her work invites reflection on the intersections of culture, identity, and environmental justice, offering a pathway to healing and renewal.

Isaac Michael Ybarra (Tongva, Chumash, and Xicano) is a poet, visual artist, and storyteller based in Los Angeles County. As a steward of Indigenous cultural conservation, he utilizes film, photography, and poetry to amplify decolonial narratives and reclaim Indigenous pedagogies. Through art, Isaac seeks to challenge the dominance of the human experience and instead honors the interconnectedness of all beings. He embraces the values of Indigenous Futurism to retell the past and present, envisioning a future with his ancestral homelands guided by his community's stories, visions, and desires. He is a former a California Creative Corps Fellow and a current Liberty Hill Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI) fellow.