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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: 

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