Mexican American
Art
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Archives
of American Art - Quick Reference to Oral History Interviews
http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/oralhist.htm
Contains the text of
interviews of selected artists. This site includes the text of an oral
history interview of Judy Baca.
Chicano
Art - A Resource Guide http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/introar2.html
Provides an overview of Chicano Art in California. Contains links to
Proyecto CARIDAD. This guide also includes an annotated list of
material for further reading.
Public Art in Los Angeles - Los Angeles Murals
http://www.publicartinla.com/LA_murals/
Provides links for murals organized by region. Includes Frank
Romero, Richard T. Jimenez, Eduardo Carillo, Luis Becerra.
Romo Collection of Mexican American Art Prints,
1981-
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00110/lac-00110.html
Collection of original Mexican American silkscreens,
lithographs, and other are prints. many prints were produced
at Self-Help Graphics Studio in Los Angeles, CA and Coronado Studios
in Austin, TX. Several images from the collection available
from the Web site. Housed in the Nettie Lee Benson Latin
American Collection at UT Austin [other materials about Mexican and
Mexican American culture and art available at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/]
SPARC
(Social and Public Art Resource Center) http://www.sparcmurals.org
The Web site for SPARC, a 25-year-old non-profit
organization located in Venice, California. There is information
about mural artists and images of murals that are concentrated in
the greater Los Angeles area. The site provides a history as well as
image of Willie Herron's "The Wall That Cracked Open."
A
World of Art http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/wabios/baca.html
This is the Web site developed for the PBS series,
"A World of Art." The site provides a link to a
biographical sketch of Judy Baca. The site also includes links to
related art Web sites.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books
Non-circulating:
Hispanic art in the United States : thirty contemporary painters &
sculptors
Call number: Ref N6538.H58B43 1987
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases
http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 1 sample search
below is from the
ProQuest database. Use Advanced Search
and type each tern in a separate box:
1. SUB(hispanic americans) AND SUB(art)
Researched and evaluated by:
A.Enright,
Librarian 2001
last update: C. Oldha, Librarian 12/2009