El Camino PRIDE! 2020 Art Gallery
Our community here at El Camino is incredibly talented, and we're honored to showcase artists this year for the first time ever!
The views and themes below are not reflective of the the El Camino Community College District and are held only by the students who expressed them
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You Are the Ghost I Couldn't Cover
3' x 4', Oil on stretched canvas
Juan Carlos Anguiano
instagram: @anguianoart
Flowers of Pride
12.6”x 18”; Digital painting
Mel Davis
instagram: @Adevinecomedy_art
Love is All You Need
22.2”x 16.7”; Digital drawing
Yuki Amira
My Queer Heart Became a Cactus
3' x 4', Oil on stretched canvas
Juan Carlos Anguiano
instagram: @anguianoart
Be Proud
22.2”x 16.7”; Digital drawing
Yuki Amira
Scoop Pride
9.5”x 7.8”; Digital painting
Katelin "Twigs" Subbie
instagram: @shadydriftercreations
IDENTITY MATTERS
1min36sec; Video
Akello Stone et al
Dream and Exit
18" x 24", Oil on stretched canvas
Juan Carlos Anguiano
instagram: @anguianoart
Who Are You
16.7”x 22.2”; Digital drawing
Yuki Amira
Untitled
8.1”x 6.5”; Digital painting
Kaitlin Kado
Piece Descriptions
Juan Carlos Anguiano
You Are the Ghost I Couldn't Cover
"This piece is a personal experience of being a gay artist and falling for a guy who played the cards right. He carefully broke down all my walls and made me feel amazing. I ended up glorifying him and seeing him as a god only for him to disappear out of the blue and "ghost" me. I see him in every object, place, or dream we experienced together or talked about. In the end out of all my past loves he became the one ghost that haunts me the most."
My Queer Heart Became a Cactus
"This piece I created in response to my Mexican culture and gender roles. I painted my version of a queer goddess and she is not wearing feminine attire. I also wanted to express the pain of handing over my broken heart and having this amazing queer goddess turn my heart into a cactus with thorns and flowers. The heart becomes a cactus in order to be more protective and accepting of love. I wanted the queer goddess to represent an embrace of identity without conforming to traditional values. We should all be free and safe to be LGBTQIA+ and the queer goddess can mend our broken hearts if we need it."
Dream and Exit
"Love is Love, this piece is about accepting yourself and allowing yourself to love others. The dream becomes true when you believe in it and that is your cue to exit into reality."
Mel Davis
Flowers of Pride
"I created this piece using the language of flowers and the colors of the pride flag. Carnations stand for pride and beauty; Dahlias stand for diversity, positive change, strength and kindness; and finally the Gladiolus stands for strength of character. All of these flowers together give a great description of our community and the people in it."
Yuki Amira
Be Proud
"Be proud of who you are."
Love is All You Need
"Love is all someone needs to be happy."