UCLA undergraduates Elías Alvarado and Zooey Lê-Baker have curated "ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!", an exhibition opening at UCLA’s Haines Hall. The show features the work of Los Angeles artists Mykle Parker, Josiah O'Balles, and Ernesto Yerena, focusing on the lives and struggles of immigrant day laborers. Developed as a final project for a course taught by activist Paul Von Blum, the exhibition is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration and the National Day Laborer Organization (NDLON).
The project highlights the intersection of student activism and the visual arts, demonstrating how grassroots organizing utilizes art to influence policy and public perception. By centering the experiences of immigrant workers through photography, murals, and printmaking, the exhibition serves as both a political statement against enforcement agencies like ICE and a cultural tribute to the Latin American tradition of 'Arte en Resistencia'.