TONALLI STUDIO

TONALLI STUDIO TONALLI STUDIO, located in the heart of East Los Angeles is a place of creative wellness that is prou

TONALLI –“that which creates and emanates energy” aka: The East Los Angeles Vortex. www.tonallistudio.com
Wed & Sun 11am-5pm; Thu, Fri & Sat 11am-7pm & for events, workshops and classes. TONALLI STUDIO highlights its commitment to serve and promote the work of women in “Old Town Maravilla”, a Historic neighborhood deeply established in the heart of East Los Angeles. Tonalli was created and committed to its core values of empowerment, creativity, sustainability, wellness and community. Included within its walls is a gallery space for exhibition and diverse events, such as book signings, poetry readings, artist’s conversations and more. Also, throughout the week TONALLI STUDIO transforms to offer life enhancing classes; yoga, dance, movement, and wellness workshops for the community. TONALLI STUDIO is the collaboration among Colibri Vintage Boutique’s owners and associates Ofelia Esparza, Rosanna Esparza Ahrens, Elena Esparza, Endy Bernal and now Marialice Jacob. Each one imparts a rich background in the visual and performance arts, community activism and development, as well as healing, health and wellbeing. Maestra Ofelia is an acclaimed artist and altarista in Los Angeles, having created, participated and served as a consultant for “altar” making for the yearly celebrations of the Day of the Dead-- not only in Los Angeles but also nationally and abroad. Following suite, both daughters Rosanna and Elena are recognized artists and creatives in the community. Rosanna, Co-owner of Sticky Ricks, is a dynamic and fearless artist, designer and visionary. Elena, the East Los Angeles Chicana Chiropractor and Healer, dedicates herself to the community by providing personal health and personal growth workshops. Her latest contribution includes the energy healing work with flower essences and organic herbal remedies. Endy, a performance artist and community organizer, shares her passion for environmental and human rights concerns, through her interactive art form and group workshops. While Marialice brings her diverse experience in the arts, including: dance, teaching, art therapy and curating in art gallery spaces.

☀️ OPEN STUDIO ☀️ Drop by today from 1pm-5pm to enjoy Carlos Ugalde’s photography exhibition. Copies of his self publis...
03/01/2026

☀️ OPEN STUDIO ☀️ Drop by today from 1pm-5pm to enjoy Carlos Ugalde’s photography exhibition. Copies of his self published book “Andar por los Senderos de Nuestra América” are available for purchase. Colibri Boutique will also be open.

Carlos is a photographer, educator, and cultural activist whose work documents the social, political, and everyday lives of people throughout Latinoamérica.

Since 1973, he has created an extensive photographic archive of more than 40,000 slides and images. Join Carlos this Saturday to experience his thoughtfully curated visual history of resilience in community.

Andar Por América
A Carlos Ugalde Photography Exhibition
✨ Tonalli Studio, East Los
✨ 4539 E Cesar E Chavez Ave

📷 Join us Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pm. Carlos will also be signing copies o...
02/27/2026

📷 Join us Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pm. Carlos will also be signing copies of his self published book “Andar por los Senderos de Nuestra América”

Carlos is a photographer, educator, and cultural activist whose work documents the social, political, and everyday lives of people throughout Latinoamérica.

Since 1973, he has created an extensive photographic archive of more than 40,000 slides and images. Join Carlos this Saturday to experience his thoughtfully curated visual history of resilience in community.

Andar Por América
A Carlos Ugalde Photography Exhibition
✨ Saturday, February 28 • 3pm-6pm
✨ Tonalli Studio, East Los
✨ 4539 E Cesar E Chavez Ave

📷 Join us Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pmCarlos is a photographer, educator, an...
02/27/2026

📷 Join us Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pm

Carlos is a photographer, educator, and cultural activist whose work documents the social, political, and everyday lives of people throughout Latinoamérica.

Since 1973, he has created an extensive photographic archive of more than 40,000 slides and images. Join Carlos this Saturday to experience his thoughtfully curated visual history of resilience in community.

Andar Por América
A Carlos Ugalde Photography Exhibition
✨ Saturday, February 28 • 3pm-6pm
✨ Tonalli Studio, East Los
✨ 4539 E Cesar E Chavez Ave

📷 Join us this Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pmCarlos is a photographer, educato...
02/24/2026

📷 Join us this Saturday for Carlos Ugalde’s solo show Andar Por América from 3pm to 6pm

Carlos is a photographer, educator, and cultural activist whose work documents the social, political, and everyday lives of people throughout Latinoamérica.

Since 1973, he has created an extensive photographic archive of more than 40,000 slides and images. Join Carlos this Saturday to experience his thoughtfully curated visual history of resilience in community.

Andar Por América
A Carlos Ugalde Photography Exhibition
✨ Saturday, February 28 • 3pm-6pm
✨ Tonalli Studio, East Los
✨ 4539 E Cesar E Chavez Ave

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “Love Reigns Supreme”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering ...
02/24/2026

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “Love Reigns Supreme”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

♥️ Thank You for your fierce poem “No Sirves Ni Para Abono”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering ...
02/24/2026

♥️ Thank You for your fierce poem “No Sirves Ni Para Abono”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “De Melon o De Sandia”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering...
02/24/2026

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “De Melon o De Sandia”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

📣 HEY COMMUNITY! We know u have great stories, photos, and film to share! Swipe to the last slide and help create the m...
02/24/2026

📣 HEY COMMUNITY! We know u have great stories, photos, and film to share! Swipe to the last slide and help create the most community collaborative documentary ever 🎥🎉♥️

REPOST • Self Help Graphics & Art () has long been a creative home for Chicano artists and families in East Los Angeles. Now, a new documentary is inviting the community to help tell its story.

To chronicle this history, filmmakers are asking community members to share memorabilia from the 1970s and 1990s.

This can include VHS tapes, photography, invitations, visual art, postcards, greeting cards, T-shirts, CDs and records, according to an open community call from Self Help Graphics.

✍️:
🔗 Click the link in bio to read more.

♥️ Thank You .ai for your beautiful piece “I Love You, Homegirl”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition center...
02/23/2026

♥️ Thank You .ai for your beautiful piece “I Love You, Homegirl”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “Xoloitzcuintli”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love,...
02/23/2026

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful piece “Xoloitzcuintli”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

♥️ Thank You .ink for your beautiful piece “La Milpa”🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, f...
02/23/2026

♥️ Thank You .ink for your beautiful piece “La Milpa”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful pieces “Las Amigas de Circo I & II” and “Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada”🫀Corazon de Melo...
02/23/2026

♥️ Thank You for your beautiful pieces “Las Amigas de Circo I & II” and “Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada”

🫀Corazon de Melon, a small works group exhibition centering love, friendship, and community, allowing those powerful vibrations to reverberate out, aligning and connecting the pulse of our collective beating hearts. Our connections are stronger and more powerful when bound by love, friendship, and community.

♥️ Follow Our Artistas
2NDWND
Abby Aceves
Andrea Galvez
Dalia Palacios
Dalila Paola Mendez
Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Edison Roman .ink
Elena Esparza
Elijah R
Jax Esparza Sanders
Karla Camacho
Kalli Arte Collective
Mextica
Mi’randa Villanueva
Neri Rivas
Ofelia Esparza
Susana Figueroa
Usen Gandara
Vanessa Lopez .ai
Xitlalic Guijosa
Yolanda Gonzalez
Yolitztli Torres
ZANlovesELA

♥️ Curated by Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Andrea Ramirez

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East Los Angeles, CA

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Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm

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+13237937609

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TONALLI is that which creates and emanates the universal creative energy, The Life Force. Our studio, located in the heart of East Los Angeles is a place of creative wellness that is proud to feature local artists from the East Side. We bridge the practices of art and wellness to cultivate community through art practices, exhibitions, poetry, music, yoga and an array of wellness workshops. Visit us Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm.

TONALLI STUDIO highlights its commitment to serve and promote the work of local artists in Old Town Maravilla, a Historic neighborhood deeply rooted in the heart of East Los Angeles. Tonalli is committed to its core values of empowerment, creativity, sustainability, wellness and community. TONALLI STUDIO was established in 2013 by the Colibri women’s collective of artists: Ofelia Esparza, Rosanna Esparza Ahrens, Dra. Elena Esparza, Endy Bernal and Marialice Jacob. Each one impartes a rich background in the visual and performance arts, community activism and development, as well as healing, health and well being. Maestra Ofelia is an acclaimed artist and altarista in Los Angeles, having created, participated and served as a consultant for “altar” making for the yearly celebrations of the Day of the Dead-- not only in Los Angeles but also nationally and abroad. Following suite, both daughters Rosanna and Elena are recognized artists and creatives in the community. Rosanna, Co-owner of Sticky Ricks, is a dynamic and fearless artist, designer and visionary. Elena, the East Los Angeles Chicana Chiropractor and Healer, dedicates herself to the community by providing personal health and personal growth workshops. Her latest contribution includes the energy healing work with flower essences and organic herbal remedies. Endy, a performance artist and community organizer, shares her passion for environmental and human rights concerns, through her interactive art form and group workshops. While Marialice brings her diverse experience in the arts, including: dance, teaching, art therapy and curating in art gallery spaces.