1.  Mixed media climate justice panels spread across the gallery floor at the Citadel Art        Studios, 29th, August 2024.  San Jose, CA.  

2.  Valentino Loyola observes his work in progress as he prepares to photograph them.

3.  A forward view of four mixed media panels that aim to address climate justice,
     described below:  

  •     a) the history of redlining marginalized communities.  
  •     b) the levee breach at the Pajaro River in Pajaro, CA due to the atmospheric river of
  •      March 2023.1
  •     c) Groundwater contamination due to failed underground petroleum vessels in an East
  •      Side San Jose community, between Sunset and Jackson Ave on Alum Rock Ave.2
  •     d) Solidarity and community organizing victories e.g., Mothers of East Los Angeles
  •      consisted of mothers/women with the spirit of motherhood from the Boyle Heights
  •      community during the early to mid-eighties who organized to prevent an incinerator
  •      plant from being developed in their community.3


1   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/california-storm-pajaro-levee.html
2  https://sanjosespotlight.com/east-san-jose-residents-demand-environmental-justice/
3  Pardo, Mary. “Mexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: ‘Mothers of East Los           Angeles.’” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 11, no. 1 (1990): 1–7.                                                     https://doi.org/10.2307/3346696.


Performance Panels of Solidarity, 2025,  from the exhibition “And, Then What?” at the Citadel Art Studios Gallery in San Jose, CA.  




Valentino recognizes the critical threat of climate change and climate justice and is committed to learning more about sustainable art practices and how to implement them into his creative environment and applications. Valentino's commitment to climate-forward values and goals entails looking first at Indigenous ecological stewardship, social equality, and sustainability.