Roberto Aristides Alvarado challenges the stereotype of ancient Mayan culture as one that consists of mere artifacts. Alvarado shows us that these relics are "art" before they are "facts." Paintings and sculptures from his series on Mesoamerican civilization, titled "Mayan Mentality," remind us to remain humble regardless of how advanced we think we are. 

Christine Balza's paintings, sculptures and video share a lost Philippine written language, Baybayin, last actively used in the 1800's.  She attempt to explore the phenomenon of cultural memory loss and to impart metaphysical healing by blending urban and tribal beliefs. Baybayin inspires her work, as it reflects centuries of a forgotten language from colonization.

Gabriel Navar is a professional California artist, poet and arts educator from the Oakland/Bay Area. He is fully engaged in his work and dedicated to producing provocative, relevant, figurative work with a "pop-Latino-surrealist sensibility" as well as a "web-based awareness." For him, painting is a platform for exploring experiences, dreams and entities visually, including issues of consumer culture, relationships, spirituality and socio-political concerns.