The Vincent Price Art Museum houses 7 gallery spaces devoted to temporary rotating exhibitions, student shows, the permanent collection, and artist and community projects. Admission is free. OUR MISSION The mission of the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College is to serve as a unique educational resource for the diverse audiences of the college and the community through the exhibition, interpretation, collection, and preservation of works in all media of the visual arts. OUR HISTORY In 1951, Vincent Price—noted actor, collector and one of Los Angeles’s great champions of the arts—made his first visit to East Los Angeles College. Together with his wife Mary Grant, Vincent Price was a frequent visitor to ELAC, a speaker at graduation ceremonies, and a classroom guest who eagerly engaged with ELAC students and faculty. As he got to know ELAC, Mr. Price noticed a lack of opportunity for students on this campus–and in East LA in general–to have first-hand experiences with art. The Prices took the initiative to remedy this shortcoming and donated 90 pieces from their personal collection in 1957 to establish the first “teaching art collection” housed at a community college. In recognition of this extravagant gift, ELAC renamed the art gallery in the Prices’ honor. Over the past 50 years, the collection has grown to more than 9,000 objects, and the single-room Vincent Price Art Gallery has transformed into a three story, seven gallery Vincent Price Art Museum. Located in the Performing and Fine Arts Center at East Los Angeles College, the Vincent Price Art Museum now boasts a robust exhibition program, permanent collection, events schedule, and a range of internships and work opportunities for students.
