Mural Remix Tour I
On Saturday, November 19, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. starting at the Fowler Museum at UCLA cruise through history and journey through East Los Angeles during this event that highlights the influential Chicano art collective Asco. The day starts with a tour of Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement by co-curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas. Guests will then travel by bus to LACMA; Raul Villa, professor of English and comparative literature at Occidental College, will provide context and insight along the way. At LACMA guests will tour Asco: Elite of the Obscure with curator Rita Gonzalez. The day concludes with a short talk by Willie F. Herrón III at the site of his newly commissioned mural, which pays homage to Asco’s iconic Walking Mural (1972). Bus transportation is provided and includes a no-host lunch stop. Reservations are required to attend this free tour. Reservations open Tuesday, November 1; call (323) 857-6564. Parking at UCLA is $11. Co-sponsored by the CSRC and LACMA.
