Founded in 1973 in the heart of East Los Angeles, Self Help Graphics & Art is dedicated to the production, interpretations and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latina/o artists.  The multidisciplinary, inter-generational programs promote artistic excellence and empower our community by providing access to space, tools, training and capital.

The theme Utopia/Dystopia is inspired by the polarities produced by our current political climate on a local and national scale.  SHG will publish 60 sets of the Utopia/Dystopia portfolio.  Each portfolio will have 52 prints, designed and printed by 26 artists.  Each artist will create two playing cards for the set-one Utopia and the other Dystopia.  The presentation will be held at SHG in the winter of 2019.