[3] In 2008, he led a mural workshop with high school students on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for their Death to Meth campaign.
[4] He collaborated with Tongva Native elder, Julia Bognay, to create murals on the Pitzer College campus to acknowledge indigenous land and stories.
Galarza is best known for being a member of the award-winning Chicano rap band, Aztlan Underground which has toured internationally and has opened for large acts such as Rage Against the Machine.
[10] Genetic Wind Songs is a solo online exhibition and performance space created by Joe Galarza to showcase the negative effects of colonization in the Americas including erosion of Indian American culture and death to the people.
[11] In November 2020, Joe Galarza performed as Genetic Wind Songs of Truth and Revolt at Rio Hondo College in East Los Angeles.