August 1 – September 19, 2026
Featured artists Jan Tamayo and Michael Olivares
The exhibition opens August 1, 2026 from 11 AM – 1 PM. The show runs through September 19th.
All supplies are provided and the workshop and exhibit are free to the public.
Jan Tamayo is a Filipino illustrator and wedding painter based in Los Angeles. With a deep love of portraiture as a driving force in her practice, she delights in creating cute and colorful artwork about identity, nostalgia, and love. For more than twenty years of mixed media painting and communal service, Michael Olivares has shaped a practice rooted in a love for nature and an unending devotion to learning. His work moves through surreal, provocative realms where color and symbol become conduits for the earth’s abstract and wilder languages. He creates to counter the world’s negativity and polemics, summoning rasquachismo, beauty, sensuality, and imagination as forces of renewal. This is their first time working together.
Workshop by Jan Tamayo: Join us for a pastel portrait painting workshop. All supplies are provided and the event is free to the public.
Opening Day Workshop, Saturday, August 1, 2026 11am-1pm
Bookshop Hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10 AM-5:30 PM
Wednesday 10 AM-5:30 PM
Thursday 10 AM-5:30 PM
Friday 10 AM-8:00 PM
Saturday 10 AM-8:00 PM
Sunday 11 AM-7:00 PM
Underdog Bookstore
312 S. Myrtle Avenue,
Monrovia, CA 91016
@arroyoartscollective @underdogbooks @a.laurabrody
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This exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan, the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program as funded by the State of California and administered by CalOSBA.
