Since 1973, Self Help Graphics & Art fosters the creation and advancement of new artworks by artists of color through collaborative printmaking. SHG views the collaboration with artists as an exchange, where artists have the opportunity to create quality prints at no cost to them and share their perspectives and diverse narratives with a wide community. Located in East Los Angeles, SHG represents a critical part of Los Angeles’s art history and culture through our service to this community.

PAA will provide funding for the exhibition Essential Portraits of the Pandemic Portfolio, curated by Marianne Sandowski. On view in Spring 2022, the exhibition includes the work of 18 artists from across the United States. The works will be compiled as a print portfolio that includes a print, a photograph of the essential worker that inspired the print, and a short narrative from the worker that speaks to their pandemic experience.