News
In this roundup of arts news, Los Angeles Times reporter Carolina Miranda notes The Getty Iris story about the CSRC’s La Raza Newspaper and Magazine Records.
UCLA Today previewed the CSRC event “Artists’ Talk: Maricón Collective” on May 21.
CSRC associate director Alex Ortega was interviewed concerning the “Hispanic Paradox,” which argues that Latinos live longer than whites in the United States despite having less access to healthy food.
CSRC associate director Alex Ortega was interviewed by the radio station KCUR 89.3 FM, based in Kansas City, Missouri, for a story on efforts to improve the quality of food sold in grocery stores in predominantly Latino neighborhoods in the area. Ortega is the co-leader of the Corner Store Makeover Project directed by the UCLA Center for Population Health and Health Disparities.
The Getty’s online magazine featured a profile of photographer Luis Garza and the La Raza Newspaper and Magazine Records, now being digitized by the CSRC.
New edited collection of essays by Shifra Goldman, No Más Bebés to premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival, a visit from Maya Chinchilla, organizing Latino immigrants in the informal economy, IAC 45th anniversary celebration, and more.
An editorial inspired by the CSRC screening of the documentary Rebel on April 2, 2015.
A profile of Charlene Villaseñor Black, professor of art history, chair of the CSRC Faculty Advisory Committee, and faculty-in-residence for the Chican@/Latin@ Studies theme community in Sproul Hall.
Following the announcement of Francisco’s retirement, the Los Angeles Times reran an article that quotes CSRC director Chon A. Noriega.
CSRC director Chon A. Noriega as well as L.A. Xicano co-curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas and Phantom Sightings co-curator Rita Gonzalez are mentioned in this op-ed on the transformative power of art in public spaces.