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CSRC associate director Charlene Villaseñor Black was quoted in a Los Angeles Times piece discussing the recent surge in popularity of Dia de los Muertos merchandise.
Harry Gamboa, artist-in-residence at the Getty, chronicled on his website "See What You Mean," an event he designed that took place October 28 at the Getty Museum. Included in the event was a panel discussion featuring Gamboa in conversation with fellow artists Ramiro Gomez and Guadalupe Rosales and moderated by CSRC director Chon Noriega.
Pacifica Radio Archives presents a "From The Vault" recording featuring "See What You Mean: An Evening of Insurrections with Harry Gamboa Jr.," a panel discussion at the Getty Center. The panelists were L.A. artists Ramiro Gomez, Guadalupe Rosales, and Harry Gamboa Jr. CSRC director Chon Noriega served as moderator. All three artists are collections donors to the CSRC.
The CSRC congratulates Abel Valenzuela, CSRC Faculty Advisory Committee member, Chicana/o studies faculty, and director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, on his new appointment as Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Immigration Policy.
In an opinion piece discussing the Mexican culture of Southwest America, Home—So Different, So Appealing was mentioned for its theme that celebrates relations between various cultures and countries.
UCLA Newsroom previewed a screening event featuring the Academy and Emmy award-nominated documentary No Más Bebés.
L.A.-based artist and photographer Laura Aguilar was featured in an article about the Chicanx queer community in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times mentioned exhibitions featuring the works of Home artists Carmen Argote and Daniel Joseph Martinez, as well as an upcoming conversation with artists Harry Gamboa, Ramiro Gomez, and Guadalupe Rosales moderated by CSRC director Chon Noriega.
The CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing was profiled in Relieve Contemporaneo. Several images and a video from the exhibit, courtesy of LACMA, are included in the piece.
Several images from the CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing appeared in an Art Practical essay questioning the long-term impact of the arts initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.