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Lowrider Culture Celebration

An early 1960s Buick Riviera customized by artist Rose B. Simpson with bold black graphic artwork on a white exterior, red accents, and white wall tires, parked on an open road with mountains in the background.

Rose B. Simpson’s Bosque, 2025, a custom rebuilt 1964 Buick Riviera, photographed under the New Mexico sky at the Albuquerque Dragway. Photograph by Kate Russell

Join us for a free celebration of lowrider culture, highlighting artistry, craftsmanship, and community. This day features a lowrider exhibition on the front lawn of the de Young, film screening curated by Vero Majano, panel discussing the cultural impact and creative legacy of lowrider traditions, music by DJ Brown Angel, and family art-making activities with Cecilia Perez.

This event is part of the free public programs and educational initiatives around the special exhibition Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON. 

We look forward to honoring the vibrant lowrider culture with you at the de Young.

Schedule

  • Noon–4 pm, Lowrider car exhibit, Front Lawn

  • Noon–4 pm, Family Art Making with Cecilia Perez aka Hey Ruca, Piazzoni Murals Room

  • 1:30–3 pm, Film screenings curated by Vero Majano and discussion moderated by Ruby Ramirez and Angel Romero, Koret Auditorium

  • 1–4 pm, Music by DJ Brown Angel, Front Lawn

Contact info

Public Programs
publicprograms@famsf.org
415.750.3555

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