noé olivas
noé olivas lives and works in South Central Los Angeles. olivas' makes sculptures, prints, and performances that investigate the poetics of labor, specifically 's relationship to leisure as well as its access to liberation.
The Los Angeles-based art collective and gallery, the Crenshaw Dairy Mart (CDM), founded in early 2020 by artists Patrisse Cullors, alexandre ali reza dorriz, and noé olivas, insists that the arts can be integral to imagining and also living abolition. From addressing food insecurity through their abolitionist pod to organizing events and programs that foreground a social justice curriculum, CDM’s cultural output models the work of creating a safer, healthier, and more just world. In keeping with these themes, I asked the CDM co-founders to reflect on their three pillars: ancestry, abolition, and healing.
