Centro Exhibitions
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Video displays a walk around video tour of Centro’s gallery during the Roberto R Pozos Solo exhibition in 2024
The Centro offers a gallery space for emerging and experienced artists to showcase their work to the San Diego / Tijuana Region and international visitors. Our volunteer curators bring diverse artistic visions to life. We feature exciting new exhibits and recurring ones, such as Day of the Dead and Enero Zapatista. Each exhibit opens with a reception where you can meet the artists, enjoy live entertainment, purchase artwork, and support local talent. Most exhibits are free, donation-based, or offered on a sliding scale.
upcpming EXHIBIT on view October 30 -November 12 2026
Centro Cultural de la Raza and Danza Coatlicue present our 11th Annual Día de Muertos Celebration, featuring this year’s theme, “Solo Dejaremos Flores.” Join us for an evening of music, altars, and café as we gather in community to honor our loved ones who have passed and those who remain forever in our hearts.
In the weeks leading up to the celebration, we will also host Love of Community workshops, creating opportunities to gather, create, remember, and prepare together. More details about the workshops and celebration will be announced soon.
This year’s artwork was created by Eva Sandoval, with graphics by Kieran Gomez. We are grateful to both artists for helping bring our vision to life.
Centro Cultural de la Raza y Danza Coatlicue presentan nuestra 11.ª Celebración Anual de Día de Muertos, con el tema de este año, “Solo Dejaremos Flores.” Acompáñanos a una noche de música, altares y café mientras nos reunimos en comunidad para honrar a nuestros seres queridos que han partido y a quienes permanecen para siempre en nuestros corazones.
En las semanas previas a la celebración, también ofreceremos talleres de Amor de Comunidad, creando espacios para reunirnos, crear, recordar y prepararnos juntos. Próximamente compartiremos más detalles sobre los talleres y la celebración.
La imagen de este año fue creada por Eva Sandoval, con gráficos de Kieran Gomez. Agradecemos a ambos por ayudarnos a dar vida a nuestra visión.
PREVIOUS Exhibits
Enero Zapatista
Enero Zapatista is a month-long series of politically and culturally conscious events on unceded Kumeyaay land that commemorate the uprising of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN)/Zapatista Army of National Liberation, better known as the Zapatistas, in January 1994. For 21 years, San Diego has held Enero events every January, with over 10 years of hosting a closing concert and art exhibit at the Centro Cultural as part of the month’s activities.
This past January’s exhibit was titled We Teach Life: Towards Other Geographies and Calendars, which was itself the third part in our four-part series Borderlands Visions
Roberto R. Pozos
Solo Exhibition
The Roberto R. Pozos Solo Exhibit featured the works of longtime border resident and artist, Roberto R. Pozos. Pozos, originally from Calexico, really captures the essence of life on the U.S./Mexico border. From individual portraits of fronterizas/os to realistic landscapes depicting the trials and tribulations, the angst and the joy of life en la Frontera, Pozos’ solo show brought much life, laughter and joy to the Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Indigenous BorderLands
Borderlands Visions III
Indigenous Borderlands: Weaving Nepantla, Remembering Sacred Relations at Centro Cultural de la Raza! This exhibition weaves together the connections, community, and history shared by Indigenous peoples, challenging conventional norms to create a space of healing, reflection, and unity.
It is an attempt to situate the historic connection that Chicano Mexicanos have had with our land bases, but also as a tribalized community, acknowledging that we are also on unceded Indigenous Kumeyaay territory. We’ve, historically, always had important political, cultural, sacred, and historical connections to Indigenous peoples of this area.