Art Fest 2025
May 24, 2025
12:00-5:00pm
Join us at Lopez Urban Farm for a day of art, music, and community. This year, we’re keeping it fun and fresh—good music, creative energy, and a laid-back, block party feel.
Our Partners & Collaborators
Alkebulan African Diasporic Garden
Focus: African diasporic agriculture, cultural land stewardship, and community education.
Stewards: Christopher Lewis & Shadiyah Omar
Urban Butterfly Garden
Steward: Alicia Valle
Focus: Pollinator habitat and butterfly education.
Steward: Julian Ibanez Mandujano
Indigeknowledge
Focus: Indigenous seed saving, native gardening, traditional ecological knowledge, and the Native Heritage Festival.
Cosmic Labyrinth
Focus: Living labyrinth for reflection, land connection, and community gathering.
Steward: Indy Rishi Singh
Obsidian Tongues Poetry Circle
Facilitators: Ceasar Avelar & Peter Lechuga
Focus: Weekly poetry circle and spoken word programming.
Community Wellness Programming
Facilitator: Juanita Rivas-Raymer
Focus: Family-friendly bilingual yoga and wellness programming.
Goat Skate Ramp Program
Partners: Pawn Shop Pomona, Community Forged, Vans
Focus: Youth skate access, skate lending library, camps, and intergenerational skate culture.
Lead: Nate Alton & Brien Esparza
Rooted Connections
Facilitators: Dionne Williams & Kelly Philips
Program: QTBIPOC Circle
We Do It For Pomona
Program: Sound healing gatherings.
Focus: Family-friendly bilingual sound baths for the community
Latino Latina Roundtable
Programs: Día de los Muertos celebration and community Posada.
The Arts Area
Collaboration: Lopez Urban Arts Fest.
Mosh For Youth
Programs: Community events and Mosh Mercado
Jam-A-Lot
Programs: Farm-fresh preserves and pickles.
Mutual Aid Markets
Programs: Bodega Comunitaria, Pomona Fridge, Hope Esperanza & 909 Mutual Aid
The Human Values Center
Programs: We All Lead Teen Peer Counseling Program and youth mentorship.
Cal Poly Pomona
Program: College Corps Student Fellows
Pitzer College
Programs: Community Engagement Center and CASA Pitzer collaborations.
Western University of Health Sciences
Programs: College of Graduate Nursing, Veterinary Education, Husky Days with Lopez Elementary, and the Urban Kitchen nutrition education center