An Afternoon of Poetry with Edwin Vasquez

Join Edwin Vasquez for an afternoon of poetry, featuring poets from across LA County including Nicelle Davis, Destiny Joseph, Lala, Gary Reddin, and Jose Rios. The reading will take place on June 20th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the museum's Lantern Room.

It's a perfect chance to get up close and personal with Edwin’s creative process, ask questions, and soak in some poetry. Don’t miss out on this in-person event where art and community come together!

About Exhibition
Edwin Vazquez: The Starborn Fragments features a new installation that draws on Mayan iconography while expanding the visual language of this legacy through artworks that reclaim and reimagine a lost history. Vasquez honors ancestral astronomical knowledge while reflecting on cultural identity, spirituality, and the resilience of tradition through a series of richly textured, mixed-media clay masks painted in deep cosmic blues and velvety blacks and encrusted with rhinestones and found objects, a large-scale central painting, relic-like sculpture, and poetry.

About the Artist
Edwin Vasquez is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Antelope Valley. Working in digital imagery, photography, poetry, and mixed media, Vasquez has developed a unique visual language that uses rich forms and colors to engage themes of ecology and the human condition. In addition to his studio practice, he is an experienced curator, photojournalist, published author, and videographer. His work has been presented in numerous local, national, and international exhibitions. In 2023, he was awarded the Philip and Muriel Berman grant from the MRH Fund for Artists. Vasquez currently serves as a Public Art Commissioner for the City of Palmdale, CA.

Image Credit: Edwin Vasquez, The Sky Burner of the Sixth Night (detail), 2025, mixed-media on clay. Courtesy of the Artist.