Join us for the 2nd Annual Orange County Archives Bazaar: Murals, Memories, and Meaning-Making!

Inspired by the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, the event will bring libraries, special collections, archives, museums, historical societies, and other cultural heritage institutions together to showcase material from their collections and highlight the known and unknown stories of Orange County.

Important visual representations of the past, present, and future, murals are valuable forms of public art that promote a sense of identity, belonging, and community among people in a place. The speaker series for this year's Orange County Archives Bazaar will explore the history and meaning behind murals as profound displays of art and culture with the ability to empower communities in Orange County.

In addition to exhibitors, the bazaar will include presentations from several Orange County community members knowledgeable about the region's history and fun activities for all ages!

Some refreshments will be provided! (While supplies last.)

This event is organized by Archives in Action, a committee currently comprised of the Anaheim Public Library. California State University, Fullerton, Chapman University, the Santa Ana Public Library and University of California, Irvine.

Event Schedule
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Circle Painting communal artwork (all ages)

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
‘Zine making workshop

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Santanero Muralismo: a talk by local historian and city planner Manny Escamilla

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Here and Now: presentations by OC muralists Alicia Rojas and Marina Aguilera, with Art Registrar Jessica Bocinski of "My Barrio Project"

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Walking Tour: Cypress Street Schoolhouse and Emigdio Vazquez mural, “El Proletariado de Aztlan”

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
“Dancing With The Sun: The Artwork of Manuel Hernandez-Trujillo," a screening and discussion with the producers and the Hernandez-Trujillo family

Mural in Cover Photo:
Memories of the Past and Images of the Present by Emigdio Vasquez (1976), adjacent to Little People’s Park, Anaheim.