New 2022 Summer Exhibits at Muzeo Museum in Anaheim

Muzeo is a centerpiece of Anaheim’s Center City and features a variety of changing exhibitions, local artists, special events, community classes, and festivals. Muzeo encompasses Anaheim’s original Carnegie Library built in 1908 and visitors can tour a collection of Anaheim history within its walls. 

Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center’s Main Gallery showcases 40 artworks from the private collection of southern California contemporary Nigerian art collectors Kingsley and Cassia Ezenma for Patterned Perspectives: Contemporary Nigerian art from the Ezenman Collection. This specially curated exhibition features eight established and emerging artists, all living and working in the southern region of Nigeria. The artists featured in this exhibit use culturally specific imagery in a modern take on portraiture, traditional Ankara fabrics, and patterns and embellishment – all with regionally specific perspectives. Though the works in this exhibition are produced through a diverse range of materials, they share a common bond of cultural unity, expression, hope, and heritage. This is the first time the Ezenma collection will be on view to the public. 

Opening at the same time on the Muzeo Campus inside the historic Carnegie building is AHORA. Bringing together two of LA’s most revered incubators for emerging art, AHORA showcases the work of 44 contemporary artists from around the world with a focus on Southern California. This special exhibition is curated by Ozzie Jaurez from Tlaloc Studios and Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace Projects. Each curator has chosen a vast array of creatives that are firmly planted in the current art zeitgeist and who work across various mediums and styles. 

Through the month of June, join MAKERS@MUZEO’s 2022 artist in residence, contemporary painter GERMS. Jaime “GERMS” Zacarias is a Chicano artist and South L.A. native who has captured the essence of Los Angeles and Chicano history through a myriad of futuristic designs and three-dimensional characters. Drop into the Carnegie Galleries on June 2nd, 5th, 12th, 16th, 23rd, 26th, and 30th from 11:00 AM- 2:00 PM to watch GERMS working in his onsite studio and experiment with some of his signature techniques and applications. 

Patterned Perspectives runs from June 12, 2022- to September 11, 2022, and is open from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets are available at the Muzeo ticket counter or online at muzeo.org. AHORA is on display in the historic Carnegie building from June 12, 2022- to July 24, 2022. Admission is free.