Race: Power, Resistance & Change

About the Exhibit

Centered in San Diego County and California, Race: Power, Resistance & Change shares stories and lived experiences that show how the construction of race has shaped laws, institutions, and daily life in this region, past and present.

This bilingual exhibition presents moments from the complex history of race and racism, uncovering narratives often left out of public memory through media, art, and archives.

Created in collaboration with artists, researchers, and community voices, the exhibition reflects on how communities challenge dominant stories and offer perspectives that resist oppression.

This experience is a call to action. It offers space to reflect on the forces that shape conversations about racial justice, and to connect personal experience with the collective effort for a more equitable future.

What to Expect

• The exhibit traces how race and racism were built from the era of Spanish colonization to the present, showing how these systems became embedded in laws, science, education, and daily life.
• More than 50 artists use murals, sculpture, photography, animation, film, poetry, and interactive installations to giveform to these histories and connect them with the present.
• Acts of resistance and visions of change, reflected in community histories, archives, and creative work, ground the narrative in lived experience.

Exhibit Images

Hugo Crosthwaite, "Colors“ (detail) 2025. Stop-motion animation (drawing-based)

Partners

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