Free Coffee & Art with Gronk
 
In conjunction with the show, Gronk will also be transforming the Cerritos College Art Gallery’s Projects Space into his temporary studio (daily, August 29 through September 8, from 11am to 4pm) while he works on a new 32-foot long multi-panel painting commissioned by the Cerritos College Committee on Art in Public Spaces for the Fine Arts Building's west hallway.

Students and visitors alike can observe, and chat with, the artist as he works and even join him for his daily coffee-fueled drawing sessions (note: free coffee will be provided). A curated selection of the artist’s favorite movies will also be screened in the Projects Space throughout the run of the exhibition, offering further insight into his many aesthetic and thematic influences.
 
The new public art commission will officially debut in its permanent location during the closing reception, which will also feature a series of related programming, including the live performance of Tormenta 1985, a newly-conceived project, based loosely on Gronk’s life, written and directed by Cerritos College Spanish Professor, Froylán Cabuto.