Acrylic paintings, ceremonial masks, and mixed-media altars exploring Guaraní Indigenous and Hispanic-Portuguese heritage will fill the Mill Valley Aquatics & Fitness Center when artist Jacqueline López opens "Ancestral Kinship Unmasked" during the First Tuesday Art Walk on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

The free reception runs from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at 180 Camino Alto, according to the city's Art Walk page. The work will remain on display throughout August.

López was born on the Paraguay-Brazil border and is a former CPA turned artist. Her immersive installation draws on her grandfather's folk medicine practice and her mother's tradition of dreams and visions to build what she calls contemporary sacred spaces holding grief, celebration, and renewal. Astrological charts and alchemical traditions also inform her ceremonial practice, according to the Mill Valley Arts Commission event listing.

"I regard the energies gathered at my altars as kin—companions and guides for grounding and clarity," López said in the listing.

The Art Walk is organized by the Mill Valley Arts Commission and takes place on the first Tuesday of every month except January, with receptions from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at multiple venues around town. The commission can be reached at (415) 383-1370.

The Pacific Sun spotlighted López's show in its July 28 arts roundup, describing the installation as a "contemplative space where past and present meet."