Aquarium Partners with Tongva Artist
A collaboration with Tongva illustrator to add to the story in the new Southern California Gallery
Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
November 27, 2023
The Aquarium of the Pacific is collaborating with Tongva artist Weshoyot Alvitre to create an art piece in our new Southern California Gallery. Connecting Aquarium guests to Indigenous voices of the region, this art piece will utilize motifs from the Tongva culture and touch on local species of importance. The Tongva people continue to steward the land that includes Long Beach, where the Aquarium is located.
About Weshoyot Alvitre
Credit: Weshoyot Alvitre
Alvitre is a Tongva and Scottish comic book artist, writer, and illustrator. She grew up close to the land and raised with traditional knowledge that inspires the work she does today. Alvitre has been working in the comics medium for over fifteen years. Her work focuses on art and writing that visualizes historical material through an Indigenous lens. Her work will debut in the Southern California Gallery in early 2024.
