Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement
Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement opens October 16 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Beginning with the establishment of the first Chicano art gallery in 1969 in East Los Angeles, Chicano artists launched a collective reimagining of the urban landscape through photography, graphic arts, murals, and large-scale architectural plans, as well as through painting, sculpture, installation, and drawing. This exhibition immerses visitors in this era by mapping the diverse social networks among Chicano artist groups and art spaces in Los Angeles during the 1970s, including Asco, Centro de Arte Público, Los Dos Streetscapers, Goez Art Studios and Gallery (Goez), Los Four, Mechicano Art Center, Plaza de la Raza, Self Help Graphics and Art, and the Social Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).
Each speaker’s presentation is viewable on CSRC YouTube:
Arturo Ernesto Romo-Santillano, Artist
Oscar Castillo and Harry Gamboa Jr., Artists
Closing Remarks by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Director of Residency Programs
Closing Remarks by David Botello, Artist
Frank Romero in Dialogue with Chon Noriega
Installation of the Restored Mural “The Birth of Our Art”
A description of the conservation of the mural The Birth of Our Art is available here.
