Through the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, Leslie served as a docent to educate the local community about modern and contemporary Latin American art. She now serves as a member of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California's newly formed Public Art Committee to work with local government to fund and plan the introduction of art and culture to the city.
Jaymie Leslie
Memory on Pico Blvd
Acrylic, chalk on canvas
"A childhood memory from the age of about four or five at Rose Nail Salon on Pico and Norton (which has since become a laundromat). This is part of a series in honor of immigrants and the work they do to achieve the American Dream. My intention with this project is to represent the Latinx diaspora. Not all Latinos are Spanish-speaking, not all identify within the binaries of black or white, and many of us who are American exist in, express through, and code-switch between several cultures at once.
I want to represent the people who are important to me. I want to discuss the issues that I deal with. In doing so, I know that I build community. I represent others who love the people that I love and who go through the issues that I go through. Art is about community, expression, and finding others like you."
— Jaymie Leslie
About the artist
Jaymie Leslie
Through the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, Leslie served as a docent to educate the local community about modern and contemporary Latin American art. She now serves as a member of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California's newly formed Public Art Committee to work with local government to fund and plan the introduction of art and culture to the city.
