An artists reception for “Forever Cruising: Cultura de Lowrdiers” will take place Aug. 3 at the downtown library.
“Forever Cruising: Cultura de Lowriders,” is a new exhibition that opened July 15, 2024 at the San José State University Africana, Asian American, Chicano & Native American Studies Center on the fifth floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose. Estella Inda is giving the San Jose community a look at another aspect of lowrider culture — and its history in the South Bay — with a new exhibition at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose.
This time, the collection goes beyond just the cars, looking at the cultural branches that grew out of lowrider cars including merchandise, music and fashion. “Forever Cruising” is a celebration of the contributions the lowrider community made to the Bay Area. A lowrider bicycle table that was already part of the library’s art collection — created by cousins Matthew Rodriguez and Sam Rodriguez — has been moved onto the fifth floor for the exhibition, near a new display about the end of the cruising ban in San Jose — something that happened in part because of the original 2019 exhibition.
A free reception will take place Aug. 3 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Africana, Asian American, Chicano & Native American Studies Center, with artists in attendance and lowrider bikes on display in the exhibit as well as lowrider cars outside the library.San Jose arts nonprofit Local Color wanted to celebrate its ninth birthday by including the work of 99 artists for the first gallery event at its new downtown space, noble workshop & gallery.
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