OF THREADS

OF THREADS is an art-design curatorial collective founded by Alma Lopez and Sergio Mondragón that celebrates the work of Mexican American designers and artists in the United States. Through their curatorial efforts, they investigate the deep connections between multiple generations, the blending of Mexican heritage and the American experience. OF THREADS dedicates itself to expressing the multi-layered narrative, presenting them truthfully as they have been experienced, woven and interlaced like threads. Just as cultural traditions are passed down and adapted, stories of resilience, migration, and family are shared, OF THREADS seeks to recognize the totality of the Mexican-American identity via contribution within the contemporary art and design canon. San Francisco, California. January, 2025 –– On behalf of the new curatorial collective, Of Threads, we are proud to share and announce, “El Listón Café”, an art and design group exhibition held at the contemporary art gallery Glass Rice (f. 2016), founded by Cecilia Chia, which will be on view from January 11th until February 15th, 2025. The group show, curated and prompted by Of Threads’ co-founders Alma Jimenez Lopez and Sergio Mondragón, portrays a spectrum of contemporary testimonies informed by the duality and/or communion of two worlds within a coming-of-age experience. One world is deeply rooted in Mexican heritage and culture; the other in an American childhood and adolescence. The artistic interpretation of these personal journeys is expressed through a mixed array of mediums such as fashion, furniture, painting, sculpture, fine jewelry, and objects by 11 California-based Mexican-American artists and designers: Alexi G. Orduño Chris Cisneros Gonzalez Natalie Gavidia Sergio Mondragón Alma Jimenez Lopez Juan Fernando Valdez Serena Madrigal Tatiana Beltran Alyssa Aviles Kevin Figueroa Alex Ortega