This guide is part of a series of research guides created collaboratively between Reference Librarians in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Library of Congress and the creative team from the MexiCali Biennial. This a non-profit contemporary arts organization focuses on the area encompassing California and Mexico as a region of aesthetic production. As the primary access point for research related to the Caribbean, Latin America, Spain and Portugal; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including the Latino/Latinx community in the United States, the Hispanic Reading Room embraces this curated conversation between performed art works from the MexiCali Biennial and related collections in the Library of Congress.

This resource expands on 15 years of collaboration between MexiCali Biennial organization and institutions like the Vincent Price Art Museum (Los Angeles), the Mexicali Rose Centro de Arte/Medios (Mexicali), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE, Hollywood), the Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena), the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (San Bernardino), Steppling Gallery at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley (Calexico), the Instituto de Investigaciones Culturales IIC-Museo (Mexicali), Planta Libre Espacio Experimental (Mexicali), i21 Espacio de Proyectos (Mexicali), Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis School of Art and Design (Los Angeles), Casa del Tunel (Tijuana) and La Casa de la Tia Tina (Mexicali).

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