CSRC Library Exhibitions

Rotating exhibitions are on display inside the library and in the vitrine near the front entrance. All exhibitions are free to the public and viewable during regular library hours.

ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!

In late May 2025, federal immigration enforcement agents increased operations in Los Angeles to rapidly detain individuals they suspect to be undocumented and intimidate community members. At the behest of the sitting president and his advisors, agents acted violently—storming Latino-majority neighborhoods, breaking car windows, physically assaulting people, arresting individuals without warrants, and covering their faces to hide their identities. 

Josiah O’Balles, Mykle Parker, and Ernesto Yerena are three Los Angeles-based artists who have documented and reflected on how communities are resisting the ongoing siege of state violence and terror. Through graphic art and photography, they celebrate the solidarity of immigrants and allies who fight to defend human rights by engaging in peaceful protest, grassroots organizing, and the formation of tight local networks for neighborhood defense.

This exhibition presents contemporary imagery of state violence and highlights the lived experiences of undocumented people in the past year, demonstrating how art can be a critical form of political and social commentary. Each piece in this collection is derived from the archives of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), an immigrant rights organization that frequently collaborates with artists to tell the stories of migrant workers.

For decades, NDLON has peacefully struggled to improve the lives of undocumented day laborers and low-wage workers. Through strategies of litigation, the construction of worker centers, popular education campaigns, protest, and arts and culture projects, NDLON places itself at the forefront of a national battle not only for immigrant rights, but for workers’ rights and human rights.  

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