Mexican American
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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.
City
of Los Angeles Public Art - "Las Luchas Del Mundo"
http://www2.cityofla.org/tourist/laslucha.htm
Describes and analyzes the mural "Las Luchas Del Mundo." This
Web site includes information about Willie Herron.
Mural
Conservancy of Los Angeles http://lamurals.org/index.html
Provides
information about and images of murals and muralists in the Greater
Los Angeles area. Also includes information about Judith (Judy) Baca
and Willie Herron.
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 (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:
Hispanic art in the United States : thirty contemporary painters &
sculptors
Call number: Ref N6538.H58B43 1987
The big picture : murals of Los
Angeles
Call number: ND2638.L67L48 1988B
Chicanarte : an exhibition organized by the Comité Chicanarte with the
cooperation of the Los
Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, September 14-October
12, 1975
Call number: N6538.M4C5
Chicano graffiti and murals : the neighborhood art of Peter Quezada
Call number: ND237.Q44K54 1995
Community murals : the people's art
Call number: ND2608.B36 1984
Latin American artists of the twentieth century
Call number: N6502.5.L38 1993
Mexican American artists
Call number: N6538.M4Q57
The Mexican mural renaissance,
1920-1925
Call number: ND2644.C5
Mixed blessings : new art in a multicultural America
Call number: N6537.5.L5 1990
Signs from the heart : California
Chicano murals
Call number: ND2635.C3S56 1990
Toward a people's art : the contemporary mural movement
Call number: ND2608.C63 1977
Wall art : megamurals &
supergraphics
Call number:ND2635.C2M47 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: