Cabrillo Gallery

10/06/2026

Congratulations to the three artists who received a Juror’s Award for their piece submitted to our current exhibition “La Resiliencia”.

1st Place: Aleah Ramierz Brooks, “Still, I remain a child”, oil on canvas
https://aleahramirezbrooks.art/

2nd Place: Fernanda Martinez, “La sombra calida”, wood, acrylic paint
https://www.fernandamartinezart.com/

3rd Place: Rocio Gomez Sandoval, “Earth”, paper pulp, acrylic paint and fiber
https://www.rociogomezsandoval.com/

These three pieces represent the potent content of the artists whose work makes the “La Resiliencia” exhibition so powerful. Seeing resilience as something in motion, the selected artworks in this exhibition imagine how resourcefulness and flexibility can allow one to rebuild in life’s shifting environments.

Don’t miss your opportunity to see “LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia” in person! On view through October 27

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

10/05/2026

Wonderful article in Lookout Santa Cruz!

Cabrillo Gallery’s “LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia” celebrates the resilience of the Latino community through ceramics, paintings and mixed media work. Alyssarhaye Graciano, who curates at…

10/02/2026

“LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia” will be on view through October 27.

The pieces in this exhibition were juried from a national call for entries by Alyssarhaye Graciano, Visual Arts Curator, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
https://maclaarte.org/about/

““La Resiliencia” celebrates endurance and resourcefulness through the works of twenty-four artists from across the country. The exhibition explores memory, restraint, and lived experiences through physical forms both on and off the wall.

These works contemplate internal turmoil and collective realities, mirroring the process of navigating everything from everyday challenges to the precarity of social, political, and environmental conditions. The artists build a new sense of identity, reality, and purpose while addressing the importance of collective strength and how creative practice can confront internalized thoughts and systemic boundaries.

“La Resiliencia” features painting, textiles, sculptures, assemblage, and photography. Through various mediums and techniques, these artworks invite conversation to understand how one overcomes adversity on a daily basis. Rather than treating resilience as a static state, the exhibition imagines how resourcefulness and flexibility can allow one to rebuild in life’s shifting environments.” -Alyssarhaye Graciano

Hope to see you in the gallery!

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

09/29/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our reception this past weekend. It was wonderful to hear from our Juror Alyssarhaye Graciano, whose perceptive selections have created a unique exhibition filled with interesting perspectives, materials, and textures around resilience. “La Resiliencia” will be on view through October 27, come by the gallery to see this captivating group of work.

Congratulations to all of our “LA RESILIENCIA” artists, thank you for sharing your work with all of us.

Cythnia Yadira Gonzalez, “It Follows”, ceramic and low fire glazes

Fernanda Martinez, “The Beginning and the End”, wood, acrylic paint, glue (wall piece), “La sombra calida”, wood, acrylic paint (pedestal)

Samuel Torres Jr., “Juxtaposition: Bounce House/Gang Tags”, archival pigment print

Hope to see you in the gallery this month!

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

09/28/2026

“LA RESILIENCIA” on view through October 27.

We are pleased to present “LatinXperiencia 2026: LA RESILIENCIA” unique perspectives from Latino/a/x artists. The rich mix of media and disciplines illustrate concepts around resilience, creating a powerful display of contemporary thought on how we can draw on our adaptability and self-reliance as we rebuild a new sense of self, stability and purpose. Artwork selections for this exhibition were made by Alyssarhaye Graciano, Visual Arts Curator at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose, CA.
https://maclaarte.org/about/

Mónica Crystal Ocegueda, “They Tried to Bury Us, But They Did Not Know We Were Seeds”, my mother’s mirror (laser engraved), Central Valley dirt, flowers, resin (ICE)

Silvana D'Mikos, “Freedom Fighters”, recycled cardboard, melaleuca tree bark

Hope to see you in the gallery this month!

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

09/25/2026

Opening Reception tomorrow! Please join us in celebration at the opening of “LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia” from 3-5pm Saturday, September 26. We will host a Juror’s Talk during the reception at 3:30pm.

For this exhibition we invited Latino/a/x artists from around the country to submit artworks that express their vision of resilience. From these entries, a selection was chosen for this exhibition by Juror Alyssarhaye Graciano, Visual Arts Curator at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose, CA.

Smokie Arce
Stephanie Barajas
Isabella Boronat
Aleah Ramirez Brooks
Rose Deler
Silvana D'Mikos
Rebeca Escobedo
Luka Amaru Fernandez
Cynthia Yadira Gonzalez
Becky Guttin
Houyee Chow-Jiménez
Oscar Lopez
Fernanda Martinez
Mónica Crystal Ocegueda
Imara Osorno
Elba Raquel
Sylvia Ríos
Rocío Salvatierra
Rocio Gómez Sandoval
Amy Díaz Infante Siqueiros
Norha Tamayo
Samule Torres Jr.
Camilo Villa
Augie WK

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

09/23/2026

Please join us this Saturday for the Opening Reception of “LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia” on view through October 27.

We have received all the artwork and will be working on curating a potent exhibition for you. We are thrilled about the breath of work that will be included in the “La Resiliencia” exhibition. Please join us in the gallery this Saturday, and over the next month to see the rich mix of media, disciplines, styles and concepts representing resilience.

Cabrillo Gallery is excited to present the fifth installment of our "LatinXperiencia" exhibition series, “La Resiliencia”, a group exhibition featuring Latino/a/x artists from around the country, each offering their own interpretation of the idea of resilience. From the artworks submitted, a selection was chosen to be included in this exhibition by Juror Alyssarhaye Graciano, Visual Arts Curator at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose, CA. https://maclaarte.org/about/

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

09/17/2026

Don’t miss your chance to see this year's Faculty and Staff exhibition “Influencers”. This fantastic display of the diverse and creative talent that we currently have teaching and working in our Art and Photography Department will leave you feeling inspired. On view through tomorrow, Friday September 18, 2026.

Cabrillo gallery is proud to give our hardworking educators and support staff a chance to share insights into their artistic practice with students, the Cabrillo College community, and the community at large.

Crystal Kamaroff www.crystalkamoroff.com
Sam Clarkson
Heather Gray
Andree LeBoureavu www.pattpress.org/andree-lebouveau
Jamie Paratore www.jamieparatore.com
Leeyeon Yoo
Elise Ordorica www.eliseordoricadesigns.com
Lesley Louden www.lesleyloudenphotography.com
Claire Thorson www.clairethorson.com
Gail Ritchie www.gailritchieceramics.com
Tobin Keller
Danielle Torvik-Staffen www.danitorvik.com
Payson McNett
Matthew Taylor
Lucia Znamirowski www.luciastudio.com
Carl Rohrs
Janet Fine www.janetfine.com
Beverly Rayner www.beverlyrayner.com
Sylvia Rios
Biagio Scarpello www.biagio-scarpello.com
Greg Mettler www.gregmettler.com
Erica Bailey www.ericabailey.net
Sean Peeler www.seanpeeler.com
Lynda Watson www.lyndawatsonart.com
Jane Gregorious www.janegregoriusart.com
Steven Schloemer
Jamie Abbott
Susan Hoisington

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

09/16/2026

Opening soon! "LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia" Opening reception Saturday, September 26, 3-5pm.

There will be a Curator's Talk during the reception at 3:30pm with Alyssarhaye Graciano, Visual Arts Curator at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose, CA.
https://maclaarte.org/about/

"La Resiliencia" will be on view September 28 - October 27

image: Luka Amaru Fernandez, "Resilencio", oil stick, gesso, natural ochre pigment, dyed cotton threads on burlap

For this exhibition we invited all Latino/a/x artists from around the country, working in any art media and discipline, to submit artworks that express their vision of the potent and complex idea of resilience.

To find out more about our exhibitions please go to our website:
https://www.cabrillo.edu/cabrillo-gallery/

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4pm
Wed + Thurs evening 6:30-8pm

05/27/2026

As this academic year comes to a close, and we look back at all the exhibitions we mounted since last August, we are feeling so very lucky and grateful for all of the wonderful artists who we had the pleasure to work with, the fantastic art we were honored to exhibit, and the incredibly positive responses we enjoyed hearing from our visitors. It was a truly remarkable year.

We started this past fall with a fantastic, eclectic exhibition of artwork from our recently retired faculty members in “Looking Forward”. Next up was an eye-popping installation of neon-colored flora and fauna by Ana Teresa Fernandez, in “TransPollination of Eden”. And as always, we ended the fall semester with our extremely popular annual community art showcase, the “12x12(x12) Open Invitational”.

Our Spring started out the year BIG with the magnificent, enigmatic, thought-provoking, large-scale paintings by Tamera Avery in “Wayfinders”. Next, we pivoted to photographic image making in “Turning Points”, a poignant and powerful juried exhibition of work on that theme by photographic artists from all over the country. Finally, we closed out our year by celebrating the truly impressive work that comes out of our Art and Photography Departments in this year's “Student Exhibition”.

Thank you so much to all of the artists, patrons, student workers, volunteers, visitors, support staff, administrators, and everyone else who contributed to such a successful year of bringing this wide-ranging mix of art to our students and community. And a special shout out to the Cabrillo Makerspace crew who print our gorgeous posters, wall text and vinyl for each exhibition. We are so grateful for your generosity!

We have had such a fantastic year, and we look forward to seeing you all back at the gallery in August! The gallery will re-open on August 24, 2026 with "Influencers" featuring work from Art and Art Photography Faculty and Staff at Cabrillo College.