The Journey North: Hope, Labor and Culture
January 23 – February 27, 2026
This group exhibition curated by Latino Arts Project explores how an artificial border cuts across shared cultural experiences. It reflects the physical and emotional reality of migration — a story of movement, purpose and resilience through art, stories and lived experience. The Journey North expands beyond why people leave to what they bring: hope that binds us in shared humanity, labor that builds and sustains the nation and culture that enriches and redefines American life. Reception: Friday January 23, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Kinship: The Perspective of Place and Experience
March 7 – April 10, 2026
Kinship: The Perspective of Place and Experience is a two-person exhibition with works by Karina Ramirez and Yasmin Ramirez that examines the deep connections individuals form with spaces and landscapes that shape identity and memory. Through printmaking, painting, and fiber art, the exhibition reflects on experiences across familiar and unfamiliar places. These works explore how people, nature, and culture intersect to create a sense of belonging, fostering kinship between communities across borders. Karina Ramirez is a mixed-media artist exploring color and how it can express certain aspects of a composition. Karina received her B.F.A in Painting/Drawing and a Minor in Art History from the University of North Texas (2024) and is currently an MFA 26’ candidate at Southern Methodist University. Yasmin Ramirez is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores landscapes and environments shaped by memory and experience. Yasmin is currently a B.F.A. student majoring Printmaking and minoring in Art history from the University of North Texas (2026). Reception: March 7, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
ALL-CITY DREAMS
March 7 – April 10, 2026
ALL-CITY DREAMS is a solo exhibition by Dallas local artist, Ray Albarez. The exhibition invites visitors into a fully immersive graffiti experience, transforming the gallery into a vibrant urban landscape where street art is not only legal but curated to perfection. This exhibition reimagines graffiti as a dynamic cultural force, blending two and three-dimensional works together that celebrate its visual energy and performative nature. At its core, the installation emphasizes community and highlights graffiti’s inherent role as a collective expression and a shared creative act that thrives in public spaces, inviting viewers to reconsider perceptions on the misunderstood medium. Ray Albarez, a self-taught artist from Dallas, Texas, has built a reputation as a graffiti artist, curator, and toy design engineer. Beginning his craft on city surfaces during high school, Ray later studied drafting in technical college but remained devoted to graffiti and painting. He co-founded the renowned Trigger Fingers event. His murals appear throughout the Dallas metroplex and internationally in London, Paris, and Spain. Reception: March 7, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Jazzamoart & Rodrigo de la Sierra
April 18 – May 22, 2026
curated by Elena Catalan
18th Annual Hecho en Dallas
June 6 – July 24, 2026
Celebrate the 18th Annual Hecho en Dallas, an exhibition honoring the talent and creativity of local artists. This juried showcase features a vibrant mix of media and voices that reflect the cultural richness of our city. Each year, selected works highlight the unique perspectives that make Dallas a thriving hub for the arts. This year the show will benefit from a variety of programs, from workshops to artist talks and mixers. Reception: June 6, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
El Peso Hero: Guardian of the Borderlands
August 1 – August 15, 2026
El Peso Hero, launched in 2011 by Dallas-based educator and artist Héctor Rodríguez III, follows Ignacio Rivera, a reluctant Mexican American superhero endowed with super strength and unbreakable skin. Hero defends the disenfranchised along the U.S.-Mexico border. From battling cartels and corrupt officials to aiding migrants evading human traffickers, the series blends high-stakes action with poignant commentary on immigration, equity, and multiculturalism. Bilingual by design (with the hero speaking only Spanish), it honors the Spanglish rhythms of border life, inspired by Rodríguez’s upbringing in Eagle Pass, Texas, and his family’s legacy. The Guardian of the Borderlands exhibition transforms this narrative into a multisensory gallery experience, showcasing how comics serve as a vehicle for Latino empowerment. Rodríguez is a Dallas area elementary teacher and founder of Texas Latino Comic Con. Latino Comic Con takes place August 1, 2026 at the Latino Cultural Center.
No Te Dejes
August 29 – October, 9, 2026
This solo exhibition by artist David Hanes-Gonzalez explores the cultural and spiritual dimensions of the Mexican boxing community through photography and sculptural installation. Designed to evoke a devotional atmosphere, the work merges the sacred language of religious altars with the raw textures of boxing gyms across Mexico. David Hanes-González is a visual artist, filmmaker, and photographer from Chicago, Illinois. Born to a Mexican mother and an American father, he has spent the last four years living and working in Mexico City, returning to the culture that shaped his family and inspired his ongoing exploration of identity, faith, and resilience. His practice investigates the intersection of sport, spirituality, and Mexican identity through projects that blend documentary photography, filmmaking, and visual storytelling. Reception: August 29, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Charreria
August 29 – October, 9, 2026
Charreria is solo exhibition by photographer Brent Kollock that offers an intimate exploration of the Mexican equestrian tradition, highlighting the cultural significance and identity embedded within the sport of charrería. Through powerful imagery and accompanying narratives, the exhibition presents an ethnographic study that captures both the lived experiences of charros and charras and the broader social context in which this tradition thrives. By weaving together visual storytelling and personal voices, the photographs invite viewers to reflect on heritage, community, and the enduring spirit of a practice that is both deeply rooted and evolving. Brent Kollock was born in Houston, TX and attended SMU to receive a BFA in 1992. He now lives in Nayarit, Mexico. Reception: August 29, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Dia de los Muertos Altars
October 20, 2026 – November 6, 2026
Dia de los Muertos Festival TBD
Building in America
November 14, 2026 – January 8, 2027
Building in America is a multimedia installation by Brazilian American artist, Gabriela Passos, that investigates the U.S. housing crisis through the often-invisible labor of immigrant workers in construction, many of them undocumented.
Rooted in my family’s decades-long experience building homes in Florida, the project confronts a paradox: immigrant labor is essential to American infrastructure, yet those who build our homes are often denied the opportunity to build stable lives of their own. The exhibition blends photography, video, sound, and sculptural installation to explore the
intersections of immigration, labor, and belonging. Born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and raised in Florida, Gabriela studied International Development and Latin American Studies at George Washington University. She later served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, where she began using photography to bridge language and cultural divides. Passos is a photographer and multimedia journalist currently based in Dallas, Texas. Reception: November 14, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
E.A.R.T.H. – Everything Always Returns To Home
November 14, 2026 – January 8, 2027
E.A.R.T.H. is a solo exhibition by Puerto Rican artist Marcos Alvarado that explores a mythological universe where the everyday converges with the surreal. The works include paintings and sculpture created between Puerto Rico and the United States. Within his canvases, familiar Puerto Rican symbols such as the coquí frog, the domino, and the vejigante mask intertwine with archetypal figures of the sun, the moon, and the earth. The theme of the exhibition revolves around the concept of home. Home is not presented as a fixed geography but rather as a constellation of experiences, contradictions, and inheritances. Through allegory, symbolism, and layered storytelling, the works highlight how identity, particularly diasporic identity, is not singular. E.A.R.T.H. becomes not only an exhibition of paintings and sculpture but also an invitation for collective conversation, an exploration of new modes of storytelling, new perspectives, and deeper forms of connection that together imagine a more expansive future for Latino art. Alvarado is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and draftsman currently based in Phoenix, Arizona. Reception: November 14, 2026 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
