Previous Exhibits

The Context Library Series has brought the following installations to CSUSM University Library:

• Wayfinding Community-Campus Vā, CSUSM Unifying APIDA Communities Together (U-ACT), a grant-funded project by the Stop the Hate Program of the CA Department of Health and Human Services and established by the CA Commission of Asian & Pacific Islander American Affairs, Spring 2026

• Zine Dreams: Publishing in Your Hands, April Ibarra Siqueiros, Fall 2025
• Migratory Land Knowledges, Isidro Pérez García, Spring 2025
• impresiones, by Salvador de la Torre, Fall 2024
• ‘Wee ‘Eyoohiinkem (Tongva), All Our Relatives by Monica Zavala, Spring 2024
• Graphis Designers for Peace, Fall 2023
• emergence by Britton Neubacher, July 24th, Spring 2023
• The Red, Pride & Blues of a Military B.R.A.T. by Marilym (Finley) Huerta, Fall 2022
• Our Existence is our Resistance by Dr. Eric Tippeconnic, Spring 2022
• Conversations of Consequence by Ruth Westreich, Fall 2021
• Stories and Snapshots, by Campus and San Diego County Community Members, Spring 2021
• Chasing Andromeda, by Jake Northington, Fall 2020
• Hope Made Visible^TM by Alessandra Colfi, Spring 2020
• Cultures Confined, by CSUSM Students Spring 2019
• Beyond the Stereotype: There is Pride, by Office of Inclusive Excellence, Fall 2018
• The Laboring Self by xtine burrough, Spring 2018
• Revolutionary Grain by Suzun Lucia Lamaina, Fall 2017
• Realms of Appropriation by Daniel Barron Corrales, Spring 2017
• (In)Visible Project by Bear Guerra, Fall 2016
• Dear Sea, Love Me by Julie Goldstein, Spring 2016
• Patterned Heritages by Doris Bittar, Fall 2015
• Beyond the Stereotype: A CSUSM Social Justice Initiative to Stop Cultural Appropriation, Spring 2015
• Enlisting a Nation: American Propaganda of World War I featuring the collection of Heather Northway, Fall 2014
• The Uterus Flag Project by Terrilynn Quick, Spring 2014
• More than a Fence: (de)Constructing Mexico/US Borders by Dr. Kendra Rivera, CJ Rivera, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pam Calore, and students of Prof. David Avalos’ visual arts class, Fall 2013
• Incarceration, Liberation, Imagination by Saul Figueroa, Spring 2013
• More than Casinos: California Indian Culture, Contributions and Communities, Fall 2012
• What First Woman Wrote: Ixhil Mayan Texts and Textiles, featuring the collections of Drs. Jule Gomez de Garcia and Michael Hughes, Spring 2012
• Wounded Hearts: A Journey Through Grief by Colleen Moss, Fall 2011
• Multiply by Six Million: Portraits and Stories of Holocaust Survivors, Spring 2011
• Globalization and War: The Aftermath by Malaquias Montoya, Fall 2010
• Women Hold Up Half The Sky: Portraits of Women in China by Felix Bonomo, Spring 2010
• Earth From Space from the Smithsonian Institute, Fall 2009
• Prison Nation from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Spring 2009
• There is Work: Hay Trabajo, Photographs by Leland Foerster, Fall 2008
• See Related Story: The Murder of JR Warren by Rory Golden, Spring 2008
• Through the Eyes of Children: Lives in Poverty, Fall 2007
• Rooted Dreams: Painting and Installation by Erik Otto, Spring 2007
• Veterans: Photographs by Waldo Nilo, Fall 2006
• Growth and Change: Photographs by Joyce Campbell, Spring 2006
• Art of Protest: Works by Malaquias Montoya, Fall 2005
• Taking the Early Bus: Photographs by Leland Foerster, Summer 2005
• Commodore Perry and the Westernization of Japan, Spring 2005
• Lynching in America: An Installation by Renee M. Billingslea, Fall 2004

Context is a grant-funded, instructionally-related library series supporting student learning and research through art installations. To schedule exhibit class visits or guided tours, contact Irma Ramos Arreaga, Outreach Librarian, iramos@csusm.edu or (760) 750 - 8217