Latine Exhibition: Steven Molina Contreras and Bridges High School

Sep 8 - Oct 30, 2025

Patton-Malott Gallery

This photography project was the result of a collaboration between Bridges High School and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. As part of Anderson Ranch’s Latine Visiting Artist Program, photographer Steven Molina Contreras led a workshop where students created collaborative and self-portraits with people who have shaped their lives—family members, close friends, teachers, or symbolic representations. The project drew inspiration from Molina Contreras’s photographic practice, which often transforms everyday spaces—such as bedrooms, living rooms, and backyards—into intentional, emotionally charged environments. 

In that same spirit, students used backdrops and props to stage portraits throughout their school building, turning familiar spaces into sites of reflection and storytelling. Rooted in one of Bridges four aspirations, “Make Them Proud”, the workshop invited students to reflect through portraiture on connection, pride, and the people who shape their lives.