Cypress College
Art Gallery
About CCAG
Cypress College Art Gallery (CCAG) presents professional and student exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures, and visiting artists’ projects to enhance Fine Arts coursework, further support student success, and enrich the broader Cypress community. CCAG is located in the gateway area of the Cypress College campus near the campus theater. CCAG is closest to Valley View Street, which is accessible from the 405, 91, and 5 Freeways. Park in Lot 1 in the designated visitor’s area, and remember to purchase a parking pass.
ADDRESS
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA 90630
Gallery Hours
Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and by appointment.
Contact
jdriggs@cypresscollege.edu
213 864 1242
Parking
Park in Lot 1. Parking permits can be purchased at a kiosk in front of the Business Building located on the edge of Lot 1.
Staff
Janet Owen Driggs, Director
Kirk Pickler, Exhibitions Manager
Nadia Wallace, Adminstrative Assistant
Gallery Map and Photos
Jason De León: Hostile Terrain
Organized by the NOCCCD office of Diversity and Compliance
Located in the Cypress College Theater Lobby
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019
This global pop-up installation and wall-map by anthropologist Jason De León, author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail, asks visitors to fill toe-tags with information about the 3,000+ people who have died trying to cross into the U.S. through the Sonoran Desert over the past 25 years, and whose bodies have been found.
The goal of this exhibition is to raise awareness about the United States' brutal immigration enforcement policy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence” that has and continues to claim the lives of thousands of people since the mid-1990’s. Located in the Fine Arts Department Lobby, Cypress College, next to the Art Gallery.
Hostile Terrain is a precursor to the 2020 global participatory exhibition titled “Hostile Terrain 94" curated by Dr. De León.
Part of SUR:Biennial
READ Vicky Nguyen’s 10.2.2019 article about the installation here
Watch Vicky Nguyen’s Spectrum news 1 report here
Related Events
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 6-8pm
CC Dance Department and Maha & Company present Piedras y Luz: Thursday, September 19, 6.30pm
Screening: Border South/Frontera Sur followed by Q & A with director Raúl Paz Pastrana: Thursday, September 19, 4.30-5.40pm
Organized by the NOCCCD office of Diversity and Compliance
Located in the Cypress College Theater
Documentary Border South/Frontera Sur, directed by Raúl Paz Pastrana, melds ethnography and cinema verité to explore the harsh environment and brutal journey of undocumented immigrants from Central America crossing through Mexico towards the United States.
A Mexican immigrant filmmaker, cinematographer, and multimedia creator, Pastrana’s work intersects contemporaryart, political documentary, and visual ethnography to explore themes of “belonging” and “alienation” in immigrant communities. Border South /Frontera Sur is Pastrana's first feature film.
Hostile Terrain at Cypress College
Hostile Terrain toe-tags filled with death information for deceased border crossers