News
The May issue of Art Forum features a preview of the CSRC-organized exhibition "Home—So Different, So Appealing" opening June 11 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Former CSRC director David E. Hayes-Bautista was quoted in an article discussing the historic origin of Cinco de Mayo based on the research he conducted for his book El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition (University of California Press, 2012).
Vanessa Díaz, IAC visiting researcher and Ford fellow, was interviewed for a feature on the increasing numbers of Latino paparazzi in what was previously an industry of white males. Díaz presented her research at the CSRC in April.
CSRC announces Lupe Anguiano Leadership Scholarship Fund, CSRC director to present at Latino and Latin American art symposium in NYC, news from visiting scholars, the CSRC co-sponsors "The Latin Wave" at San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, and more in this month's newsletter!
Frieze will put on a symposium in New York on Friday, May 5 in an effort to raise awareness of the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. CSRC director and co-curator Chon Noriega will participate in one of the panels discussing the traveling exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing.
La Bloga featured a review of Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture, recently published by CSRC Press.
OC Weekly mentioned CSRC IAC visiting researcher Vanessa Díaz in an article about UCLA artists-in-residence Obsesión. The CSRC co-sponsored the Cuban hip-hop group’s residency, which included a panel discussion and a screening of Diaz’s documentary on the musical duo.
Part of About...Productions’s Chicano Legacy Project, “I: Witness” is a student-written play based on interviews with Chicano elders.
In an effort to raise awareness of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, Frieze will put on a symposium in New York on Friday, May 5. CSRC director and co-curator Chon Noriega will participate in one of the panels discussing the touring exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing.
A tribute to Robert Osborne, Carlos M. Haro speaks at CYLC, new anthology from CSRC Press explores Chicana/o speculative literature, applications now being accepted for Getty multicultural internship program, and more in this month's newsletter!