The Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library present Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A., an exhibition and programming series at the Downtown Central Library and participating neighborhood libraries throughout the city, as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative.
Visualizing Language celebrates the rich social fabric of Los Angeles through the lens of the city’s vibrant Oaxacan community — specifically, the Zapotec communities which make up one of the largest Indigenous groups in Mexico and Los Angeles. Oaxacan artist collective Tlacolulokos has created a series of new murals for the Central Library’s historic rotunda that explore language and culture as a key lifeline sustaining the shared experience between Mexico, Los Angeles, and beyond, with a look at how migration and the socio-political environment shape identity and cultural traditions.
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Closing Event
Join us on Sunday, August 26th from 1pm-5pm to say a final goodbye to the “Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in LA” murals. Our open house closing celebration will include docent tours, family crafts, giveaways, and more:
| Sun, August 26 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | 
Tours this day will be offered at:
| Spanish: | 1 pm; 3 pm | 
| English: | 2 pm; 4 pm | 
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![[:en]For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten, 2017. Photo Credit: Jeff McClane[:es]Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados, 2017. Foto: Jeff McClane[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Install-3-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]The Size of your Suffering, 2017. From the series For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten. Photo: Fausto Nahúm[:es] El tamaño de tu sufrimiento, 2017. De la serie Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados. Foto: Fausto Nahúm[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Gallery-image-1-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]Smile Now, Cry Later, 2017. From the series For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten. Photo: Fausto Nahúm[:es]Smile Now, Cry Later, [Sonríe ahora, llora después], 2017. De la serie Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados. Foto: Fausto Nahúm[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Gallery-image-4_UPDATED-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]Remember that the World is Mine, 2017. From the series For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten. Photo: Fausto Nahúm[:es]Recuerda que el mundo es mío, 2017. De la serie Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados. Foto: Fausto Nahúm[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Gallery-image-3-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten, 2017. Photo Credit: Jeff McClane[:es]Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados, 2017. Foto: Jeff McClane[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Install-4-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten, 2017. Photo Credit: Jeff McClane[:es]Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados, 2017. Foto: Jeff McClane[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Install-2-210x210.jpg)
![[:en]For the Pride of Your Hometown, the Way of the Elders and In Memory of the Forgotten, 2017. Photo Credit: Jeff McClane[:es]Para el orgullo de tu pueblo, por el camino de los viejos y recuerdo de los olvidados, 2017. Foto: Jeff McClane[:]](https://oaxaca.lfla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Install-1-210x210.jpg)
		