Cypress College
Art Gallery
About CCAG
Cypress College Art Gallery (CCAG) presents professional and student exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures, and visiting artists’ projects to enhance Fine Arts coursework, further support student success, and enrich the broader Cypress community.
Located on Kizh and Tongva land, CCAG is in the gateway area of the Cypress College campus near the campus theater. CCAG is closest to Valley View Street, which is accessible from the 405, 91, and 5 Freeways. Park in Lot 1 in the designated visitor’s area, and remember to purchase a parking pass via the QR codes posted in the lot and on campus.
ADDRESS
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA 90630
Gallery Hours
Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and by appointment.
Contact
jdriggs@cypresscollege.edu
213 864 1242
Parking
Park in Lot 1. Parking permits can be purchased via the QR codes posted in the lot and on campus.
Staff
Janet Owen Driggs, Director
Kirk Pickler, Exhibitions Manager
Nadia Wallace, Administrative Assistant
Gallery FLOOR PLAN and Photos
Current Exhibitions | Past Exhibitions
HAITIAN REVOLUTION
Art of the Haitian Global South
Malidika B : Pierre BERNARD : Saimpard BERTONY : Wilson BIGAUDJacquil CONSTANT : ESAIE : JACOBSON : Ayanna LEGROS : Saurel LOUISMACKENLY MARCELLUS : MEDHA : Jimmy PIERRE : SHANON-AUGUSTE
Opening Reception: September 25, 6–8pm
Exhibition: Thursday, September 25 – Thursday, November 13
Screening & Director’s Q & A: Haiti Is A Nation of Artists: Thursday, Oct. 16
HAITIAN REVOLUTION: Art of the Haitian Global South showcases the immense talent of the Haitian Diaspora, as well as aspects of Haitian history and spirituality. Images of Haiti’s independence ancestors – Henri Christophe, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Alexandre Pétion, and Toussaint Louverture – hang alongside Haitian Realist works depicting life in Haiti, and Magic Realist visions of people living their everyday lives on the island nation, but surrounded by unpolluted waters, peace, and plenty.
Curated by filmmaker and founder of the Haiti International Film Festival, Jacquil Constant, the exhibition displays works by contemporary Haitian and Haitian America artists, including historical portraits of the ancestors of Haiti's Independence and the creolization of Haitian culture by Jimmy Pierre, Saimpard Bertony, Marcellus, and Shanon-Auguste; Saurel Louis’s paintings of petit paradise; Ayanna Legros’s recycled objects that make Haitian art with a strong social message; and Constant’s own award-winning film, Haiti Is A Nation of Artists, about the transformational art created after the devastating earthquake of 2010. The exhibition also includes images of and by Haitian women showing them as the “poto mitan” (center of the family) restoring their communities through their love and dedication.
HAITIAN REVOLUTION: Art of the Haitian Global South is part of the 8th SUR:BIENNIAL, a presentation of works by local and international artists influenced by the artistic traditions of Mexico, Central & South America, and the Caribbean. In addition, it will open for the 2025 Cypress College International Festival with a special screening of Haiti is a Nation of Artists.
Image top: Shanon-Auguste, Jean-Jaques Desallines and Alexandre Petion, acrylic on canvas, 2016
Image bottom: Ayanna Legros, Nanny of the Maroons and the Upper Westside, watercolor and collage, 2022