CONTAINER LIST
Catalog
of Slides Appendix A
1. Artist; Unknown; Gifts
of Black; n.d.; assemblage: photograph, straw and seaweed
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989).
Black and white photograph of objects found on the beach. The photograph is
framed in wrapped straw and part of the material in the photograph is tied to
the frame. Cross-reference with photography.
Old ID No. 201(7)=Cat.1 001
Assemblage
2. Artist; Unknown; Oil
Spill Water; 1989; assemblage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989). A
fish bowl filled with oil tainted water is on display; sand has been sprinkled
at the base of the bowl. The accompanying text explains the idea: "This
water was scooped out of the Prince William Sound, Valdez, Alaska, days after
the 'Exxon VALDEZ' tanker went aground on the Bligh Reef...."
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 201(24)=Cat.1 002
Assemblage
3. Artist; Unknown; (title
unknown); ca. 1980; altar
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Copy camera shot from a catalogue on Día de los Muertos
published by the Triton Museum.
Old ID No. 179(1)=Cat.1 005
Assemblage
4. Artist; Unknown; (title
unknown); ca. 1989; caja
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 2,
1990). Large box with a three dimensional statue of the Virgin inside. White
dresses are hung from the sides of the box and their skirts cover an altar at
the Virgin's feet where four gold dolls have been placed. The top and bottom
of the box are enclosed with gold, cut out spider's webs and flowers. See
slide 199 (35) [Cat. 3 034] for an installation view. Cross-reference with
Indigenous Chicano Medium and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 199(30)=Cat.1 007
Assemblage
5. Artist; Unknown; (title
unknown); ca. 1980; altar
no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Copy camera shot from a catalogue on Día de los Muertos
published by the Triton Museum.
Old ID No. 179(3)=Cat.1 006
Assemblage
6. Artist; Unknown; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage; wood, metal brackets, nails, leaves and
seeds
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989). An
old wooden frame is filled with a low relief metal sculpture of organic forms.
Metal brackets are used on the right corner of the frame and a metal
identification tag is on the bottom. Leaves and seeds are scattered on the
ledge around the frame. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 201(12)=Cat.1 003
Assemblage
7. Artist; Unknown; (title
unknown); n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989). A
large, green circle with a blue border has 29 small blue circles arranged
across its surface, connected with string. An orange sticker in the center has
the words: "Fragile, Handle With Care." A monitoring device sits at
the bottom. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 201(30)=Cat.1 004
Assemblage
8. Avalos; David; Agarra la
Onda; 1985; altar; wood, barbed wire, Xerox and metal
Site/Location: Galería Posada, Sacramento, CA and Centro Cultural de la
Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; slide photographer: 11: Bill Santos,
1985; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: Slides 1-3: from the David Avalos Exhibition at
Galería Posada, Sacramento, CA (1985). Slide 4: from the Border
Realitites--Part Two Exhibition of David Avalos' work at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (February 1986). This altar's central focus is a woman holding a sign
announcing a "National Protest March Against the Militarization of the
Border." A heart with spikes extending from it, combined with barbed
wire, decorates the top. Loteria cards are arranged in the bottom third with a
hand holding a campesino wrapped in barbed wire and another hand with a PEMEX
oil drum. A skull and crossbones is upside down on a disk at bottom center.
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs. 279(11-13:) White wall
David Avalos, Galería Posada, 1985, Sacramento, CA. 126(14:) Border
Realities--Part Two.
Old ID No. 279(11-13) and 126(14)=Cat.1 008(1-4)
Assemblage
9. Avalos; David; All Time
is Simultaneous; January 1989; assemblage; paper, wood, glass and sand
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). The title of the piece is on the wall at the top: All Time is
Simultaneous. Two covers from "Time" magazine are hung on the
wall; one reads: "Hispanic Americans, Soon: The Biggest Minority";
the other: "¡Magnifico! Hispanic Culture Breaks Out of the Barrio."
An hourglass turned on its side was placed between them. Two articles are
below the covers: "It's Your Turn in the Sun" and "A Surging New
Spirit".
Old ID No. 262(14)=Cat.1 009
Assemblage
10. Avalos; David; Día de los
Muertos; 1982; assemblage; wood, papier maché, straight pins, straw
baskets and glitter
Site/Location: California State Fair, Sacramento, CA; no. of slides:
14.
Comments: From the California Works Premium List
Exhibition. This massive mask was made for Diá de los Muertos. A devil is
sitting on his throne, which becomes like a hat for the face below it. A
taqueria, "Raul's Auto Repair," a nightclub named "Mambo
Rock" and other details create an assemblage that is rich in detail.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 284(1-14)=Cat.1 010(1-14)
Assemblage
11. Avalos; David; El
Corazon; 1983; caja; clay, wood, chiles and barbed wire
Site/Location: Sacramento, CA; slide photographer: Bill Santos,
1985; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the David Avalos Exhibition in Sacramento
(1985). A stage has been created in this caja. Theatre curtains are tied back
in the background and two sets of stairs lead up to the stage. A pink heart
with red chiles extending from its cleavage is wrapped in barbed wire and fills
the entire stage. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 279(20)=Cat.1 011
Assemblage
12. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #1; December 1984; assemblage; tin, chrome, steel and paper
Site/Location: Maple Creek Gallery, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the Nine Chicano Artists Exhibition (January
8-February 2, 1989). This piece is a modified hubcap. A three dimensional tin
heart was riveted together and a square window with bars was inset in its
center. Jesus' face is visible behind the bars. A funnel was attached to the
heart at its cleavage and multi-colored strips of twisted metal have been
placed in its opening. The heart was affixed to a saw blade, and this, in
turn, was fastened to the hubcap.
Old ID No. 271(1-2) and 285(10)=Cat.1 014(1-3)
Assemblage
13. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #2; 1985; assemblage; tin, chrome, metal and paper
Site/Location: Maple Creek Gallery, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Nine Chicano Artists Exhibition (January
8-February 2, 1985). A hubcap is the background for a three dimensional tin
heart which appears to be pried open down the center causing a fissure. A
Virgen de Guadalupe was placed on a rod in this opening. Multi-colored strips
of twisted metal surround the scalloped hole and radiate out. A red dried
chili is stuck into the funnel at the heart's cleavage.
Old ID No. 271(12)=Cat.1 015
Assemblage
14. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #3; ca. 1985; assemblage
Site/Location: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA;
Galería Posada, Sacramento, CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: 6: From the Forty-Three Emerging Artists Exhibition at
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (March 1985); 8: From the David Avalos
Solo Exhibition at Galería Posada (1985); 9: From the Border Realities--Part
Two Exhibition at Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
Old ID No. 271(6, 8-9)=Cat.1 018(1-3)
Assemblage
15. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #4a; ca. 1985; assemblage
Site/Location: San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA; no. of
slides: 1.
Comments: From an exhibition at the San Diego Art Institute (summer
1985).
Old ID No. 271(11)=Cat.1 019
Assemblage
16. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #4b; ca. 1985; assemblage; chrome, steel, tin, glass, barbed
wire and chiles
Site/Location: Galería Posada, Sacramento, CA; slide photographer:
Bill Santos, 1985; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the David Avalos Solo Exhibition at Galería
Posada. A metal heart is mounted on a saw blade which is then attached to a
hubcap. Chiles extend from a funnel on top and a heart shaped bottle was
placed at the bottom to catch blood running from a gash in the heart. See
271(15) [Cat. 1 013] for a variation on this design.
Old ID No. 285(11)=Cat.1 017
Assemblage
17. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #5; n.d.; assemblage; wood, glass, steel, chrome and lipsticks
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; slide photographer: 8:
Bill Santos; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: A carved wooden figure is the centerpiece for this hubcap.
It is armless and the legs are cut-off above the knee. The heart has stakes
driven into it and a gaping hole in the torso begins under the ribcage and
extends down to the waist. Two shot glasses with open red lipsticks inside are
balanced on balls on both sides of the figure. 5, 7: Hubcap Milagro #5,
studio photographs. 15: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at
MARS Art Space. 16: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition.
Old ID No. 271(3, 4, 6, 8)=Cat.1 012(1-4)
Assemblage
18. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #6; n.d.; assemblage; chrome and steel
no. of slides: 2.
Comments: 13: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition. A
gun placed on top of a cactus pad is attached to a saw blade and then to the
hubcap. Nails have been driven through the metal cactus to create the spines.
(9:) Hubcap Milagro #3, Border Realities--Part Two. 10: Hubcap
Milagro #6-studio shot sold to La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. 11: Hubcap
Milagro #4a, 4b. 12: Hubcap Milagro #8, Grand Rapids Museum of Art (1986).
Old ID No. 271(15), 271(5)=Cat.1 013(1-3)
Assemblage
19. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #7; 1986; assemblage; wood, steel, chrome, steel, glass and
plastic
Site/Location: Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI; no. of
slides: 3.
Comments: From the David Avalos: Recent Works Exhibition, Grand
Rapids, MI (1986). A wooden cross has been covered with strips of tin. A
three dimensional heart is at its center. A small platform, built from a
square of tin riveted together, is at the base of the heart and holds a shot
glass with a pair of dice inside. The bottom beam of the cross has been fitted
with a penis shaped from strips of metal.
Old ID No. 271(17-19)=Cat.1 021(1-3)
Assemblage
20. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #8; ca. 1986;
Site/Location: Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From an exhibition at the Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids , MI (1986).
Old ID No. 126(12)=271(16)=Cat.1 022
Assemblage
21. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro #9; 1986; assemblage; chrome, steel and tin
Site/Location: Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI; no. of
slides: 1.
Comments: From the David Avalos: Recent Works Exhibition at the
Grand Rapids Museum of Art (1986). A very simple tin heart was riveted
together to create this piece. A red gash runs diagonally across half the
heart and a metal spiral strip appears to be blood dripping from the hole.
Flames shoot from the cylinder at the top of the heart. It's mounted on a
circular saw blade and then on a hubcap.
Old ID No. 271(13)=Cat.1 020
Assemblage
22. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro Series; 1990; assemblage; tin, chrome, pewter, barbed wire and
canvas
no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Visible Truths: Traditional Sources Within the
Chicano Aesthetic Exhibition in Sacramento, CA (September 21-November 10,
1990). A stage was created by hanging canvas like theatre curtains, pulled
back on both sides. A hubcap occupies the entire background of the stage. A
heart made from metal riveted together is swaddled in barbed wire. It has a
tear in its bottom section painted red to resemble blood. A cross has been
placed in the heart's cleavage.
Old ID No. 274(9)=Cat.1 024
Assemblage
23. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro Series, Combination Platter: Manhattan Special; ca. 1985;
assemblage; chrome, steel, tin, glass and lipstick
Site/Location: INTAR Gallery, New York, NY; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Cafe Mestizo Exhibition at INTAR Gallery
(June 1989). A high-heeled shoe has been covered with strips of metal riveted
in place. A circular saw blade has sawed through a heart inside the shoe and
an open lipstick was placed near the toe. The heel of the shoe was hooked over
a champagne glass and both were placed on two circular saw blades inside a
hubcap.
Old ID No. 274(11)=Cat.1 016
Assemblage
24. Avalos; David; Hubcap
Milagro Series: Combination Platter: Straight Razor Taco; 1989;
assemblage; wood, steel, chrome, tin, fabric, netting and cactus
Site/Location: INTAR Gallery, New York, NY; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Cafe Mestizo Exhibition at INTAR Gallery
(June 1989). This assemblage's central focus is a white heart with a hole in
its center, lined with sheet metal shaped into scallops and saw blades cut in
half. The heart is placed on a hubcap and covered with black netting. A
cactus pad and gun lie on the right. On the left an axe lies across the spine
of the book The Last of the Mohicans and two cacti and a doll's head
complete the design.
Old ID No. 274(12)=Cat.1 023
Assemblage
25. Avalos; David; Humberto
Carrillo; ca. 1985; assemblage; wood, photographs and rocks
slide photographer: 16 and 19: Bill Santos, 1985; no. of slides: 6.
Comments: (14-15): From the Border Realities--Part Two
Exhibition at Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (February
1986); (16-19): From the David Avalos Solo Exhibition at Galería Posada,
Sacramento, CA (1985). This piece uses a Xerox of an injury to a young boy who
was shot by the border patrol because he was throwing rocks. A definition of a
boulder was included as well as the District Attorney's refusal to prosecute
the border patrol responsible for the shooting. Parallels are drawn with
Apartheid South Africa's practice of shooting children who throw stones.
Old ID No. 274(14-19)=Cat.1 025(1-6)
Assemblage
26. Avalos; David; Humberto
Carrillo; 1985; assemblage; color Xerox, paint and marker
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; slide photographer: Bill Santos, 1985; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From an exhibition of David Avalos'work at Centro Cultural de
la Raza. This piece addresses Mexican stereotypes and the dilemma of the
border. "Might makes right" and "Everyone exists outside the
law" are two phrases used which are emblematic of the problem. Color
Xeroxes are arranged on the wall with handwritten text explaining that "California was once Mexico." Cross-reference with Center Activites and Programs.
Old ID No. 279(15-16)=Cat.1 026(1-2)
Assemblage
27. Avalos; David; Junipero
Serra's Next Miracle--Turning Blood into Thunderbird Wine; ca. 1985;
assemblage; chrome, tin, steel, and glass
no. of slides: 4.
Comments: 274(13): Studio shot for Art in America Magazine, 1992; (14):
from the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition, MARS Art Space, Phoenix,
AZ (1989). A hand was constructed from strips of metal riveted together. The
palm has a fissure in its center and blood is streaming out into a funnel that
was placed in the neck of a Thunderbird wine bottle. The letters B-I-N-G-O are
balanced on the tip of each finger.
Old ID No. 274(13-14) and 285(7-8)=Cat.1 027(1-4)
Assemblage
28. Avalos; David; Loteria Chicana;
1983; assemblage; paper, aluminum, plastic, barbed wire, chainlink fence
and color Xerox
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
and Gallery of the Multicultural Arts Institute, San Diego, CA; no. of
slides: 27.
Comments: From the California Murals Off the Wall
Exhibition at Centro Cultural de la Raza (March 1983 and 1984). This piece
integrates a painting made from a photo taken during a Committee on Chicano
Rights march at the U.S./Mexican border. A man is holding a map of Mexico which has the words: "Asi era Mexico antes del Robo" [This was Mexico before the robbery"]. This image was mixed with the artist's version of
Loteria, a game similar to Bingo. 272(1, 3-21) and 249 are from an exhibition
at the Gallery of the Multicultural Arts Institute (1984). 167(3) and
109(58-63) are from the California Murals Off the Wall Exhibition
(March 1983). Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs. 272(2)
outside Centro. 272(1), (3-21) and 249 Gallery of the Multicultural Arts
Institute, San Diego. 109(58-63) inside Centro.
Old ID No. 272(1-20), 249, 167(3),and 109(58-63)=Cat.1 028(1-28)
Assemblage
29. Avalos; David; Mr. Chile; 1989; assemblage; cloth, wood, chilies and seeds
Site/Location: INTAR Gallery, New York, NY; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Cafe Mestizo Exhibition at INTAR. A torso
with legs to the knees, no arms, and a red abstract head is dressed in a lime
green suit. The coat has circles of seeds with red chilies in their centers
glued on in a pattern. Remaining seeds are strewn on the floor around the
torso. The pants are unzipped and "Y QUE" written on the chest.
Old ID No. 285(19)=Cat.1 029
Assemblage
30. Avalos; David; Posada
Altar; n.d.; assemblage/altar; paper cut-outs, mezcal, photograph and
clay
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987). 2: Posada Altar. 3: Posada Altar and four
original Posada Broadsheets.
Old ID No. 134(2-3)=Cat.1 030(1-2)
Assemblage
31. Avalos; David; Thoreau's
Plank; January 1989; assemblage; wood, plastic and metal
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). A rectangular plank of wood with a world globe inserted in its center
is suspended from the ceiling. The piece is tilted and hangs diagonally. The
text underneath the plank contains a quote from Henry David Thoreau: "If I
have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him
though I drown myself." Refers to the U.S. occupation of Mexican
territory. See 262(13) [Cat. 3 109()] for an installation view.
Old ID No. 285(12-13) and 262(10)=Cat.1 031(1-3)
Assemblage
32. Avalos; David; Untitled;
ca. 1989; assemblage; wood, glass, plastic and metal
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). Half of a wooden box has been mounted on the wall underneath a round
thermostat. A bottle of amber colored liquid has been placed inside.
Old ID No. 262(1)=Cat.1 034
Assemblage
33. Avalos; David; Untitled;
ca. 1989; assemblage; wood, metal, plastic and string
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). This assemblage reinterprets the launching pad for the space shuttle.
Three half circles, one within the other, form the base for the launching
system. Twenty sharpened cylinders of wood were assembled into a square. The
space shuttle is mounted above it on a wall as if lift-off has been achieved
and the rockets are carrying it into space.
Old ID No. 262(5-6)=Cat.1 035(1-2)
Assemblage
34. Avalos; David; Untitled;
ca. 1989; assemblage; wood and clay tiles
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). A chair was built from wood and clay roof tiles.
Old ID No. 262(7-8)=Cat.1 036(1-2)
Assemblage
35. Avalos; David; Untitled;
n.d.; assemblage; wood and paper
Site/Location: MARS Art Space, Phoenix, AZ; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the All Time is Simultaneous Exhibition at MARS
(1989). A wooden school chair with an attached desk was painted black. A bell
in a bell tower (mission style) was placed on the desk top along with an open
book.
Old ID No. 262(11-12)=Cat.1 032(1-2)
Assemblage
36. Avalos; David; Untitled
Installation; 1985; assemblage/collage; chrome, tin, steel, wood, color
Xerox and lipsticks.
Site/Location: Galería Posada, Sacramento, CA; slide photographer:
3-4: Bill Santos, '85; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the David Avalos Solo Exhibition at Galería
Posada (1985). This piece combines a collage and two hubcap art works. The
word "Cristo" is crossed out and centered above the collage, which is
a group of color Xeroxes on a Parade magazine cover. For an installation view
see 279 (2) [Cat. 3 037()]. Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs.
Old ID No. 279(3-5)=Cat.1 033(1-3)
Assemblage
37. Barajas; Salvador; Birth
Announcement; 1979; printed label on baby food jar
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Reunion XX--Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (June 15-July 29, 1990). Two Gerber baby food
jars have the standard Gerber baby graphic except the label reads: "Al
ultimo, Salvador & Leticia anuncian el nacimiento de Graciela."
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 195(1)=Cat.1 037
Assemblage
38. Bermudes; John; Cornucopia;
ca. 1991; assemblage; cloth, chicken wire, Christmas lights and tinsel
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: From the Luis Stand and John Bermudes Exhibition
organized by P. Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (1991). Close-ups of the
assemblage; design is a variation of the cornucopia, though made with
non-traditional materials. Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs.
Old ID No. 207(10-13)=Cat.1 038(1-4)
Assemblage
39. Bermudes; John; (title
unknown); ca. 1991; assemblage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Luis Stand and John Bermudes Exhibition
organized by P. Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (1991). A statue of Jesus
with his arms outspread has been placed sideways, facing another statue. Both
figures are on a wooden shelf which has been screwed to the wall.
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 207(17)=Cat.1 039
Assemblage
40. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; (title unknown); n.d.; collage; charcoal and paper
on dry-wall wood
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 5.
Comments: From the Border Realities IV--Casa de Cambio
Exhibition (Spring 1988). Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 111(39-43)=Cat.1 040(1-5)
Assemblage
41. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; (title unknown); n.d.;
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Border Realities IV--Casa de Cambio
Exhibition (Spring 1988). Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 111(44)=Cat.1 041
Assemblage
42. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; (title unknown); n.d.;
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Border Realities IV--Casa de Cambio
Exhibition (Spring 1988).
Old ID No. 111(45)=Cat.1 042
Assemblage
43. Boza; Juan; The Beginning
and the End; 1987; caja; wood, feathers, cloth, ribbons, plastic fruit
and mirror
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by Patricio
Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21, 1990).
1-2: This caja has four shelves with a varied assemblage within each. The top
compartment is predominantly white and holds two doves on a lace covered mound
with white cherubs in front. The second has a gold mound adorned with jewelry,
peacock feathers and artificial fruit. The third compartment holds a three
dimensional face constructed of pieces of fabric emerging from a curtain of
ribbons. The bottom section has a mirror on the bottom so it reflects like a
lake with a figure in its midst surrounded by green foilage. 3: Close-up of
caja. Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms. See
199(4) [Cat. 3 034()] for an installation view.
Old ID No. 240(1-2), 199(31) and 199(6)=Cat.1 043(1-4)
Assemblage
44. Brito-Avellana; Maria; The
End of the World; 1986; assemblage; mixed media
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A simply designed wooden house with a chimney becomes a face: two
square windows become eyes and the doorway is a screaming mouth. Smoke bellows
from the chimney and flames lick the picket fence on the side and crawl up the
table that the house sits on. It successfully depicts catastrophe.
Old ID No. 241(1)=Cat.1 044
Assemblage
45. Brito-Avellana; Maria; Meanderings;
1985; assemblage; fabric, clay and wood
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A bed has been sawed in half. The striped mattress has a white blanket
crumpled on top of it and a plump pillow leans against the headboard. A cast
of a face lies on the pillow and other fragments of cast faces are suspended
above the bed. Eyeballs lie on a section of the exposed mattress.
Old ID No. 241(3-4)=Cat.1 045(1-2)
Assemblage
46. Brito-Avellana; Maria; Windows;
1985; assemblage; wood, paper, rope, cloth and metal
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A giant pocket watch hangs from a cord in a square created by combining
four tall posts with four short ones. The ceiling and a window are covered
with clouds. Four eyes are on the back wall. Collection: Juan Espinosa.
Old ID No. 241(2)=Cat.1 046
Assemblage
47. Cardillo; Rimer; Childhood
Reliquary; ca. 1989; assemblage; wood, wire and metal
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition (November 17,
1989-January 21, 1989). This wooden box was constructed with four legs and
resembles a tool box with a handle. By naming it Childhood Reliquary it
becomes a shrine or container in which sacred objects are kept (childhood
memories?).
Old ID No. 242(2)=Cat.1 047
Assemblage
48. Cardillo; Rimer; Isadora
Altar and Red Signal; n.d.; mixed media
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A flower-like sculpture is displayed in a wooden box and a print hangs
on the wall behind it.
Old ID No. 242(1)=Cat.1 048
Assemblage
49. Cardillo; Rimer; Map and
Fossil Box; 1985-1987; assemblage; wood, cotton, plaster, and glass
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A square wooden box is filled with a slab of fossils swaddled in
cotton and placed in a glass display case. A large map hangs on the wall in
back of the case.
Old ID No. 242(3-4)=Cat.1 049(1-2)
Assemblage
50. Cardillo; Rimer; Reliquary
and Nebulous Rites; 1983-1985; print and assemblage; wood, glass, cotton
and butterflies
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). The intaglio print is an abstract hourglass shape. The wooden,
rectangular box is divided into four equal sections and fitted with four
individual display boxes that can be removed. Three of the boxes have
butterflies in them, one has a chrysalis.
Old ID No. 242(5-6)=Cat.1 050(1-2)
Assemblage
51. Chagoya; Enrique; Desert
Scene; n.d.; assemblage; wood and paint
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA;
no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). The box is divided in half; one side is black and white and looks like
a desert at night; the other side is orange and red and could be a daytime view
of the desert. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 231(3)=Cat.1 051
Assemblage
52. Chagoya; Enrique; Mano de
Oroxco; n.d.; assemblage; wood, metal and paint
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A painting of an outstretched, flesh toned hand on a blue background
dominates this box. On the right border of the painting is a simplified
version of the same hand (one-tenth its size). A metal hand, again reduced in
size, is mounted above it. Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs.
Old ID No. 231(4)=Cat.1 052
Assemblage
53. Chagoya; Enrique; Monument
to the Missing Gods; 1987; assemblage; wood, glass, metal and clay
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Two rectangular boxes are mounted side by side, one on a red rectangle,
the other on a black. The box on the left has a case of 24 soda bottles placed
in its center; the box on the right has 36 skulls arranged in rows.
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 231(2)=Cat.1 053
Assemblage
54. Chagoya; Enrique; Niño de
Atocha; 1986; assemblage/collage; metal, paper and glass
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This piece is a rectangular, shallow box with glass on the front. A
green, cartoon-like man with a green hat suspended above his head has been
placed on the glass. Behind him is a doorway with the door off the hinges and
lying on a diagonal. The doorway is bricked-in except for a small area where a
man standing with the child saint is visible. Cross-reference with Center
Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 231(1)=Cat.1 054
Assemblage
55. Dumlao; Larry; (title
unknown); ca. 1989; assemblage; rock, feathers, hair, bone, sage and
snake skin
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Heart Art: You've Gotta Have Heart Exhibition
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 12-March 12, 1989).
Old ID No. 139(2)=Cat.1 055
Assemblage
56. Emmanuel; Christina; Etapas;
1985; altar; doily, milagros, string and paper
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Drawings were made reproducing photographs and arranged on the back of
the altar. A cord strung with milagros hangs in an arc in front of the
images. Two doll hands, painted gold, are suspended from the center top of the
assemblage. A doily decorates the bottom ledge. Cross-reference with
Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 239(4)=Cat.1 056
Assemblage
57. Emmanuel; Christina; Madre
Dolorosa; 1985; altar; wood, metal and cloth
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A painting of Madre Dolorosa hangs in the right hand quarter of this
assemblage with nine milagros nailed to the bottom of its frame. A transparent
vase filled with flowers and a silver heart shaped picture frame with a
painting of a woman are placed on a doily laid in front of the piece.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 239(1)=Cat.1 057
Assemblage
58. Emmanuel; Christina; Pague
Mi Promesa Como se Debia; 1983; caja
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Wooden caja with lacy fabric lining the background. A golden heart
shape with a red flower in its center is in the middle and flowers extend to
the bottom and top of the box. Gold doll arms are strung in an arc across the
top and silver doll legs hang across the bottom. Cross-reference with
Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 199(32) {use 239(2) as dupe}=Cat.1 058
Assemblage
59. Emmanuel; Christina; Santa
Christina; 1986; assemblage; silver foil stars, gold foil cherub, lace
and plastic doll parts
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A painting of Santa Christina is repeated seven times, growing
progressively smaller, on a diagonal that recedes into the distance. The
paintings are standing on a checkered floor and a strip of stars and an angel
hover above. Doll heads, hands and torsos form a border at the bottom.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Medium and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 239(3)=Cat.1 059
Assemblage
60. Hicks, Emily and Rocio Weiss; Santa
Frida; 1989;
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 7.
Comments: From the Vidas Perdidas/Lost Lives Exhibition
organized through Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo by Richard
Lou, Victor Ochoa, Robert Sanchez and Michael Schnorr (January 1989). Homage
to Frida Kahlo.
Old ID No. 110(46-49, 60-62)=Cat.1 060(1-7)
Assemblage
61. Hobson; Paul; (title
unknown); n.d.; collage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989).
Map of California with a circle around the San Diego/Tijuana area. Circular
maps of the world and mountain ranges are glued on top of California and the Pacific ocean. White, drifting clouds casting shadows are painted on the California map as
well. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 201(9)=Cat.1 061
Assemblage
62. Lomas Garza; Carmen; (title
unknown); ca. 1989; altar
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Close-up of an altar in a bedroom installation. White paper with
cut-out designs covers the shelf. Candles, glasses, and a free-standing
cut-out paper triptych stands on the shelf. A framed drawing is above the
shelf and a cross hangs on the wall. See slide 199 (5) [Cat. 7 016(1)] for an
installation view. Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art
Forms.
Old ID No. 199(17)=Cat.1 062
Assemblage
63. Lou; Richard; Invitation
to the Necropolis: The Death Dance; n.d.; assemblage; paper, wood,
photographs and candles
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(34-36)=Cat.1 063(1-3)
Assemblage
64. Luna; James; Warrior
Memorial #1; 1989; assemblage; wood, plastic, beads, feathers, string
and stone
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the James Luna Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (1985). A wooden cross with a small Native American toy figure in its
center has been hung on the wall and arrows protrude from it; plastic toy
figures, coyotes, a deer and men on horseback are attached to the edges of the
cross. Beaded strings hang from the bottom.
Old ID No. 208(3)=Cat.1 064
Assemblage
65. Mancillas; Aida; A Kind
Hearted Man; n.d.; assemblage; paper, clay and wire
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(7-9)=Cat.1 065(1-3)
Assemblage
66. Mancillas; Aida; La
Mortalidad Picaresca e Immortalidad Humoristica de Frida Kahlo; n.d.;
assemblage; paper, metal, string and bone
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(10-11)=Cat.1 066(1-2)
Assemblage
67. Mancillas; Aida; Saat
Früchte Sollen Nicht Vermahlen Werden; n.d.; assemblage/altar; paper,
wood, ribbon and seashells
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(20, 22-23)=Cat.1 067(1-3)
Assemblage
68. Mancillas; Aida; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage/altar; paper, clay, plastic, ribbon and a
monarch butterfly
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(18-19)=Cat.1 068(1-2)
Assemblage
69. Mancillas; Aida; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage/altar; wood, leather, paper, clay and shells
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(12-13)=Cat.1 069(1-2)
Assemblage
70. Mancillas; Aida; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage; paper, metal, clay and a monarch butterfly
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(14-15)=Cat.1 070(1-2)
Assemblage
71. Mancillas; Aida; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage; paper, clay, photographs and wood
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987).
Old ID No. 134(16-17)=Cat.1 071(1-2)
Assemblage
72. Miller; Mavis; Release at
Fiber Falls and Tracks on the Beach; n.d.; assemblage; straw basket, sea
shell, rope, seaweed and photographs
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Gaia Pacifica: The Art of Activism Exhibition
organized by Mary Hsi at Centro Cultural de la Raza (April 14-May 6, 1989). Release
at Fiber Falls is a straw basket decorated with a shell, a piece of rope,
seaweed and other items, then placed on a column with text mounted on the
side. It is accompanied by a photo-identification card for a dog. Tracks on
the Beach is hung on the same column. It is a dog's paw print in a frame.
The text describes it as "Bailey the wonderdog ink on seaweed paper,
seaweed frame." Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 201(8)=Cat.1 072
Assemblage
73. Muñoz; Celia Alvarez; Ave
María Purisima--Enlightenment #8; 1983; mixed media
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Wooden box (book) with pull-out pages of photographs with text; 2: page
1; 3: page 2; 4: page 3. Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Collection: Lannan Foundation.
Old ID No. 235(1-4)=Cat.1 073(1-4)
Assemblage
74. Muñoz; Celia Alvarez; Chameleon;
1986; mixed media, installation
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989- January 21,
1990). Plain white shelf with a mirror hung above it reflects scenes from the
gallery, a metal tag under the mirror says "Lulu." A black braid
lies on the shelf with a decorative comb for the hair on top of it. Make-up
pencils, powder, and a vial of spilled silver stars are also on the shelf
around the accompanying text: "Aunt Lulu liked to draw and gave me my
first set of colored pencils..." Cross-reference with Center Activities
and Programs.
Old ID No. 234(1-2) and 199(24)=Cat.1 074(1-3)
Assemblage
75. Muñoz; Celia Alvarez; La
Honey--Enlightenment #9; 1983; mixed media
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Wooden box with seven framed "pages" inside. 2: Page
1--photograph of a doll with the words: "'La Yodo', or Iodine was the name
I gave my imaginary friend..." underneath; 3: Page 6--photograph of the
back of a doll's head and the words: "and she was a very sweet little
girl." Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs. Collection:
Lannan Foundation.
Old ID No. 233(1-3)=Cat.1 075(1-3)
Assemblage
76. Muñoz; Celia Alvarez; La
Tempestad; 1985; assemblage; maple triptych; mirror, photographs and
text
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Black rectangular triptych with an acorn and leaves on top, divided
into three equal sections: the middle is a mirror which reflects the gallery;
on the left side is a photograph of a squirrel eating an acorn with text
underneath resembling a book page; on the right is a photograph of a room with
covered furniture, also accompanied by text. Cross-reference with Center
Activities and Programs. Collection: Lannan Foundation.
Old ID No. 199(9-10) and 236=Cat.1 076(1-3)
Assemblage
77. Nuñez; Armando; (title
unknown); n.d.; collage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Heart Art Exhibition at Centro Cultural de la
Raza (February 12-March 12, 1989).
Old ID No. 141=Cat.1 077
Assemblage
78. Ochoa; Victor; Chicanosaurus;
January 1989; assemblage; mixed media
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; slide photographer: Victor
Ochoa; no. of slides: 8.
Comments: From the Vidas Perdidas/Lost Lives Exhibition
organized through Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo by Richard
Lou, Victor Ochoa, Robert Sanchez and Michael Schnorr (January 1989). This
piece is a modified dinosaur with the front section of a low rider as its
head. The low rider's hood is open and a tongue hangs out of it which reads:
"In Spanish/en Ingles".
Old ID No. 110(28-30, 32-36)=Cat.1 078(1-8)
Assemblage
79. Ochoa; Victor; Mujeres
Altarbox; 1974; collage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the artist's collection. Cross-reference with Center
Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 204(65)=Cat.1 080
Assemblage
80. Ochoa, Victor Orozco and Richard Lou;
Lenguas and 0225 or Jesse Helms Interprets the First Amendment; 1990;
assemblage plus text
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Reunion XX--20th Anniversary Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (June 15-July 29, 1990). Large glass jar with 2
tongues suspended in liquid (one tongue is pierced by a metal spike); this is
accompanied by text by Richard Lou which comments on First Amendment rights.
See slide 195(20) [Cat. 3 081()] for an installation view. Cross-reference
with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 195(17)=Cat.1 079
Assemblage
81. Ovejero; Graciela; Cronica
del Aplastamiento; 1984 (Argentina); assemblage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Desperdicio Contestatario a las Recompensas por
Defender una Tierra Plana--Graciela Ovejero Exhibition curated by Patricio
Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 2-March 11, 1990). A large
rectangle has been mounted on two pillars and covered with strips of cloth in
various colors. Branches have been painted and hung on its surface. A pile of
two hundred (or more) white shoes lie along the bottom of the rectangle in a
row. A tree trunk, painted red, is in the foreground. Cross-reference with
Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 194(18)=Cat.1 081
Assemblage
82. Ovejero; Graciela; (title
unknown); n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Desperdicio Contestatario a las Recompensas por
Defender una Tierra Plana--Graciela Ovejero Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 2-March 11, 1990). A
bale of hay has a white rectangle mounted above it with "Living
Artists" written on it. Three books hang from the rectangle and the word
"text" is written repeatedly and smeared on the wall behind.
Cross-reference with Center Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 194(1)=Cat.1 082
Assemblage
83. Pruneda; Maximiliano; Boo
Rattle; 1987; assemblage; wood, cloth and string
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This rattle is based on an animal form. Cross-reference with
Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 238(3)=Cat.1 083
Assemblage
84. Pruneda; Maximiliano; Ghost
Stick Carrier; 1988; assemblage; cloth, paint, beads, wood and string
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This piece uses a human face, painted blue, on an animal body with a
pointed tail. The back is impaled by slender, knife-like pieces of wood (ghost
sticks) with faces painted on them. They all have orange top knots with string
or strips of cloth tied to them. Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano
Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 238(4)=Cat.1 084
Assemblage
85. Pruneda; Maximiliano; Horned
Transformation Charm; 1987; assemblage; wood, cloth, string and paint
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This charm is a stick wrapped in cloth and string. One end is tied off
and forms a head with long, pointed ears. Cross-reference with Indigenous
Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 238(5)=Cat.1 085
Assemblage
86. Pruneda; Maximiliano; Portal
Dancer; 1988; assemblage; cloth, wood and metal
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). The main figure has a hoop and shield and wears a headdress.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 238(1)=Cat.1 086
Assemblage
87. Pruneda; Maximiliano; Power
Rattle; 1986; assemblage; cloth, wood, metal and string
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This rattle uses the human form as its base. Cross-reference with
Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 238(2)=Cat.1 087
Assemblage
88. Quiroz; Alfredo J.; (title
unknown); 1987; acrylic
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; slide photographer: Tim Fuller; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Medal-Honor Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (1987).
Old ID No. 172=Cat.1 088
Assemblage
89. Rodriguez; Patricia; The
Confessional; 1987; caja; wood and found objects
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A long, rectangular box is divided into five cajas with a different
grouping of objects in each cubicle. Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano
Mediums and Art Forms. Collection: Susan Maney.
Old ID No. 228(3)=Cat.1 089
Assemblage
90. Rodriguez; Patricia; Diá
de los Muertos (Greener on the Other Side); 1987; caja; wood and found
objects
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). A skull and bones were arranged above a black strip of organic forms at
the bottom of the frame. White gauze covers the entire piece. Cross-reference
with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms. Collection: Roy Patlan.
Old ID No. 228(2)=Cat.1 090
Assemblage
91. Rodriguez; Patricia; Heart
Times; 1982; caja; wood and found objects
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This caja has as its center piece a large red heart with nails half-driven
into it. Below it is a clock with wires extending from it that resemble a
bomb. Long, white hair acts as a frame for the piece, which was placed within
a hand carved wooden frame. Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs. Collection: Amalia Mesa-Bains.
Old ID No. 228(1)=Cat.1 091
Assemblage
92. Rodriguez; Patricia; The
Magic Hand; 1985; caja, wood and found objects
Site/Location: Centro Cultual de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition organized by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This wooden box has doors and a bottom compartment with a door that
folds down. It is filled with a gold, elaborately carved frame. Blue,
crumpled fabric is the background for a mannequin hand placed at the bottom of
the frame. The bottom compartment contains blue and green fabric and two
pomegranates. Cross-reference with Center Activites And Programs.
Old ID No. 199(34) {use 228(5) as dupe}=Cat.1 092
Assemblage
93. Rodriguez; Patricia; Reincarnation;
1983; caja; wood and found objects
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Digeo, CA; no. of
slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This caja was transformed into a window with a transparent glass door
and a window shade pulled down. A double, folding picture frame decorated with
milagros was placed on the bottom of the caja. Cross-reference with Indigenous
Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 228(4)=Cat.1 093
Assemblage
94. Rodriguez; Peter; Chili
Shrine; 1987; caja; wood, plastic and paper
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This caja is entirely red except for the angels' faces on the gable and
doors and a gold halo around the large chili in the center of the box. Flames
lick the base of the chili and lights shaped like chilis line the box.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 227(4)=Cat.1 094
Assemblage
95. Rodriguez; Peter; Día de
los Muertos; 1984; caja; wooden box, tin ornaments, cards, clay figures
and a skull
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). This caja is pink on the exterior with a purple interior. A skull sits
on the top shelf, and a cactus flanked by two angels are on the bottom. Two
cards (La Muerte and La Calavera) are taped to the open doors of the caja.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 227(1)=Cat.1 095
Assemblage
96. Rodriguez; Peter; Lo del
Corazon; 1983; caja; wood, clay, tin, glass and electric lights
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). The interior of the caja is red; the border is mauve and green striped;
the doors were removed. The top half is dominated by a figure of the Virgin.
Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms.
Old ID No. 227(2)=Cat.1 096
Assemblage
97. Rodriguez; Peter; Milagros;
1987; caja; wood and metal
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Ceremony of Memory Exhibition curated by
Patricio Chavez at Centro Cultural de la Raza (November 17, 1989-January 21,
1990). Three dimensional hands and legs have been arranged on the bottom of
this caja and attached to the sides and top. Two clasped hands decorate the
gable. The unique feature of this caja is the miniature box, with a leg visible
inside, mounted on its back wall. Cross-reference with Indigenous Chicano
mediums and Art Forms. Collection: Gloria Leader.
Old ID No. 227(3)=Cat.1 097
Assemblage
98. Sanchez; Robert; Encinitas
Garden-Text; 1989; collage; photocopies
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From Vidas Perdidas/Lost Lives Exhibition organized
through Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo by Richard Lou, Victor
Ochoa, Robert Sanchez and Michael Schnorr (January 1989). Xerox of hands and
faces with a rose stenciled on them, mixed with the names of pesticides.
Old ID No. 110(63)=Cat.1 098
Assemblage
99. Sanchez; Robert; Encinitas
Gardens; 1989; collage and photocopies
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Vidas Perdidas/Lost Lives Exhibition
organized through Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo by Richard
Lou, Victor Ochoa, Robert Sanchez and Michael Schnorr (January 1989).
Old ID No. 110(64)=Cat.1 099
Assemblage
100. Schnorr; Michael; Crossing
the Border; ca. 1986; assemblage; photographs, dirt and wood
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at Centro
Cultural de la Raza (February 1986).
Old ID No. 126(26)=Cat.1 100
Assemblage
101. Schnorr; Michael; I Want
Toast and Butter; ca. 1986; assemblage; wood, metal and cloth
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 1986).
Old ID No. 126(20)=Cat.1 101
Assemblage
102. Schnorr; Michael; Oh, Oh
Mexico; February 1986; assemblage; clay, dirt and canvas
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition
organized by Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte Fronterízo at Centro Cultural
de la Raza (February 1986).
Old ID No. 128(6) and 126(36)=Cat.1 102(1-2)
Assemblage
103. Schnorr; Michael; Quiet
For Sale; 1984; assemblage; wood, metal and astroturf
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 1986).
Old ID No. 126(19)=Cat.1 103
Assemblage
104. Schnorr; Michael; (title
unknown); ca. 1986; assemblage; astroturf, bowling balls and a golf club
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at Centro
Cultural de la Raza (February 1986).
Old ID No. 126(27)=Cat.1 104
Assemblage
105. Southwestern College students; Juan
Soldado; n.d.; altar
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: From the En Memoria Exhibition at Centro Cultural de
la Raza (October-December 1987). Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs.
Old ID No. 135(1-2)=Cat.1 105(1-2)
Assemblage
106. Talamantes; Josefina; (title
unknown); n.d.; assemblage
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Reunion XX--20th Anniversary Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (June 15-July 29, 1990). Assemblage with a red cape
and painted mask mounted on holographic squares. A black heart has been
appliqued or painted on the front center of the cape. See slide 196(27) [Cat.
9 022] for an installation view. Cross-reference with Center Activities and
Programs.
Old ID No. 195(24)=Cat.1 106
Assemblage
107. Artist; Unknown; Art
Exhibition; ca. 1986;
Comments: Exhibition installation views.
Old ID No. 268(1-15)=Cat.3 013(1-15)
Center Activities and Programs
108. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Sara-Jo Berman During Performance of
"Ocnoceni"; February 23-March 23, 1985;
Site/Location: Galería de la Raza, 2851 24th Street, San Francisco, CA;
fund: Galería de la Raza; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Part of a multimedia event called Border Realities.
Old ID No. 17=Cat.3 010
Center Activities and Programs
109. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; assistants: Julie Scaramella and Deborah Dorn; "End
of the Line" Outdoor Presentation; October 12, 1986;
Site/Location: Borderline between San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico;
fund: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions with funds from the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation; no. of slides: 1.
Old ID No. 18=Cat.3 008
Center Activities and Programs
110. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; End of the Line Workshop; October 12, 1986;
Site/Location: Borderline between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 118.
Comments: Costumes by Victor Ochoa.
Old ID No. 130(1-118)=Cat.3 009(1-118)
Center Activities and Programs
111. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Richard Lou, Victor Ochoa, Robert Sanchez, and Michael
Schnorr; Vidas Perdidas/Lost Lives Exhibition; January 1989;
Site/Location: New York Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY and Centro
Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: Signs at exhibition: "Since 1985 over 250 Latin
Americans have been killed running across the San Diego Freeway after crossing
the San Diego/Tijuana border." The other sign lists the Exhibition's name
and the participants: Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Emily Hicks, Bertha Jottar, Richard
A. Lou, Victor Orozco Ochoa, Robert Sanchez, Michael Schnorr, Liz Sisco and
Rocio Weiss.
Old ID No. 110(12-13)=Cat.3 012(1-2)
Center Activities and Programs
112. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Capp Street Project--Border Axes; July-August
1989;
Site/Location: Capp Street residence in San Francisco, CA; slide photographer: Rick Gerharter; no. of slides: 22.
Old ID No. 111(54-75)=Cat.3 006(1-22)
Center Activities and Programs
113. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; 911-A House Gone Wrong and Café Urgente Exhibits ; 911:
April 1987; Café Urgente: October 16, 1986;
no. of slides: 8.
Old ID No. 120(17-24)=Cat.3 001(1-8)
Center Activities and Programs
114. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Border Realities Theatre Performance and Other Activities
at Galería de la Raza; ca. 1985;
Site/Location: Galería de la Raza, 2851 24th Street, San Francisco,
CA; no. of slides: 38.
Comments: 36-38: Exhibition opening.
Old ID No. 124(1-38)=Cat.3 002(1-38)
Center Activities and Programs
115. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; (title unknown); 1985;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 8.
Comments: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 1986). Cross-reference with Center
Activities and Programs.
Old ID No. 126(1-8)=Cat.3 011(1-8)
Center Activities and Programs
116. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Rene Yañez and members of San Diego Border Arts Workshop;
Border Realities Exhibition; February 23-March 23, 1985;
Site/Location: Galería de la Raza, 2851 24th Street, San Francisco,
CA; no. of slides: 12.
Old ID No. 127(13-24)=Cat.3 003(1-12)
Center Activities and Programs
117. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Border Realities Exhibition; February 23-March 23,
1985;
Site/Location: Galería de la Raza, 2850 24th Street, San Francisco,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Old ID No. 127(28-31)=Cat.3 004(1-4)
Center Activities and Programs
118. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition; February
1986;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Old ID No. 128(1-4)=Cat.3 005(1-4)
Center Activities and Programs
119. Border Arts Workshop/Tallér de Arte
Fronterízo; Conquests Do Not Belong Only to the Past--Group Slide
Projection Exhibition; November-December 1991;
Site/Location: Intar Gallery, New York, NY; no. of slides: 4.
Comments: Cross-reference with Performance and Conceptual Art.
Old ID No. 223(1-4)=Cat.3 007(1-4)
Center Activities and Programs
120. Centro Cultual de la Raza; Artist/Photographer:
David Avalos; Red Emma Returns, Street Performance; n.d.;
Site/Location: Downtown San Diego; no. of slides: 9.
Comments: This street performance was named after Emma Goldman, a labor
organizer during the 1930s. She belonged to the communist party and was often
referred to as "Red Emma." A "Free Speech" banner is
carried by some of the participants. It was staged downtown San Diego, on the
same corner where IWW union members were arrested for speaking in public.
Old ID No. 256(1-2) and 283(1-7) = Cat.3 078(1-9)
Center Activities and Programs
121. Centro Cultural de la Raza; 15th
Anniversary Catalogue; 1985;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 3.
Comments: 1: From the catalogue. 2-3: David Avalos and Sal Torres.
Old ID No. 165(1-3)=Cat.3 014(1-3)
Center Activities and Programs
122. Centro Cultural de la Raza;
assistants: Ricardo Bielma; Armonía Popular Music Event; 1980;
Site/Location: Elementary School workshop at Centro Cultural de la
Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 17.
Old ID No. 63(1-17)=Cat.3 019(1-17)
Center Activities and Programs
123. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Art
Exhibition; 1984;
Site/Location: Southwestern College Gallery; slide photographer:
David Avalos; no. of slides: 8.
Comments: Installation view of an art exhibition.
Old ID No. 246(1-8)=Cat.3 021(1-8)
Center Activities and Programs
124. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Aztlán
Arte: Cinco de Mayo Exhibition; 1982;
Site/Location: University of California, San Diego, CA; no. of
slides: 12.
Comments: 3: 4' x 10' panel from National City Public Library Mural; 5:
Painting Que Victoria? By Victor Ochoa; 7: Yarn Painting by Roberto Espinosa;
11: Varrios Unite poster and original drawing by Victor Ochoa.
Old ID No. 156(1-12)=Cat.3 022(1-12)
Center Activities and Programs
125. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Border
Realities--Part Two Exhibition; February 1986;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: From the Border Realities--Part Two Exhibition at
Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 1986). Exhibition installation view. See
126(17-18) [Cat.4 030 and 4 031] for close-ups.
Old ID No. 126(16)=Cat.3 024
Center Activities and Programs
126. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Border
Watch I Exhibition; January 1990;
Site/Location: Soccer field/Cañon Zapata and Galería de la Raza, 2857
24th Street, San Francisco, CA; no. of slides: 11.
Comments: This exhibit focuses on the year Columbus
"discovered" (occupied) America (1492) and demonstrates the poverty
and destitution which resulted.
Old ID No. 220(1-11)=Cat.3 027(1-11)
Center Activities and Programs
127. Centro Cultural de la Raza;
assistants: Artist: David Avalos; Cafe Mestizo Exhibition; ca. 1985;
Site/Location: INTAR Gallery, New York, NY; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Installation view of Cafe Mestizo.
Old ID No. 274(10)=Cat.3 030
Center Activities and Programs
128. Centro Cultural de la Raza; California
Murals Off the Wall Exhibition; March 1983;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, 2004 Park Blvd. Building
#671, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 16.
Comments: Exhibition installation views.
Old ID No. 109(1, 6, 11, 16, 18-21, 45, 47-49, 52, 55-57)=Cat.3 031(1-16)
Center Activities and Programs
129. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Día
de los Muertos Celebration and Exhibition: Barbara Carrasco's work; 1988;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Exhibition installation view.
Old ID No. 178(2) = Cat.3 044
Center Activities and Programs
130. Centro Cultural de la Raza; En
Memoria Exhibition; October-December 1987;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 4.
Old ID No. 133(1-4) = Cat.3 045(1-4)
Center Activities and Programs
131. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Experimental
Aztec Music Show; March 1983;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 13.
Comments: This occurred during the California Murals Off the
Wall Exhibition at Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Old ID No. 190(1-13) = Cat.3 049(1-13)
Center Activities and Programs
132. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Experimental
Aztec Music Show; n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 13.
Comments: Musical instruments and ceramic pieces; part of the equipment
used during the "Experimental Aztec Music" show at Centro Cultural de
la Raza.
Old ID No. 191(1-13) = Cat.3 048(1-13)
Center Activities and Programs
133. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Heart
Art: "You've Gotta Have Heart" Exhibition; n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 11.
Old ID No. 137(1-11) = Cat.3 052(1-11)
Center Activities and Programs
134. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Highways
Opening Benefit--Cinco de Mayo Celebration; May 5, 1989;
Site/Location: Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA; no. of slides: 20.
Comments: Performance commemorates Cinco de Mayo as well as providing
commentary on Columbus' role in the decimation and exploitation of native
peoples.
Old ID No. 221(1-20) = Cat.3 053(1-20)
Center Activities and Programs
135. Centro Cultural de la Raza; James
Luna Exhibition; 1986 and 1989;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA; no. of
slides: 5.
Comments: 1-2: He's Resting Now, 1986; 4-5: Two Worlds,
1989.
Old ID No. 208(1-2, 4-5) and 149(2) = Cat.3 056(1-5)
Center Activities and Programs
136. Centro Cultural de la Raza; José
Guadalupe Posada Exhibition; 1980;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; no. of slides: 21.
Old ID No. 183(1-21) = Cat.3 057(1-21)
Center Activities and Programs
137. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Mexican
Artisan Pedro Linares At Work; n.d.;
Site/Location: Mexico; no. of slides: 2.
Comments: Copy camera shots from a book.
Old ID No. 175(1-2) = Cat.3 061(1-2)
Center Activities and Programs
138. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Musicians
from Various Events at Centro; n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; slide photographer: Peter T. Marshall, Victor Ochoa and others; no. of
slides: 87.
Comments: 4: Isabel Enrique Sanchez. 13: Armando "Solo"
Hernandez. 14-15: Abram Quevedo (seated), Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez.
18: Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez (guitar). 19-20: Ramon "Chunky"
Sanchez (left), Enrique Ramirez. 21: Juan Felipe Herrera (left), Alurista.
26: L to R, Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez, Isabel Enrique Sanchez, Chuey
Negrete. 29: L to R, Armando Hernandez, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, and three
unknown. 30: Armando "Solo" Hernandez. 36: Mariachi Juvenil de
Barrio Station. 40-1: Armando Hernandez. 42: Chica Moreno, Maria Moreno
(l-r). 47: l-r, Veronica Enrique, Lino Chavez, Fermin Rivera, Pepe Gutierrez.
48: l-r, Veronica Enrique, Gonsalo Martinez, LC, FR, Rivera's son, PG. 49:
Rivera's son, PG, FR, LC, GM. 50: extreme right, lowest step, Ricardo Bielma.
53: Ricardo Bielma music workshop. 53-63: Paradise Senior Center, Logan Heights, San Diego, CA. 64: Paradise Senior Rondalla performance, Del Mar Frir.
66: Rondalla in front of Paradise Senior Center. 67-9: R. Bielma. 72: l-r,
Mario Aquilar, Manuel "Zopilote" Mancillas, Victor Ochoa, Ricardo
Bielma, Veronica Enrique. 74: Ricardo Bielma, Veronica Enrique, November 1981,
ECC Theater "Cuadro de la Revolucion". 75: Cuadro de la Revolucion.
76: R. Bielma in workshop. 80: guitar Juan Felipe Herrera, violin Mario
Aguilar. 81: headband-Alurista. 82: headbands l-r, Alurista, Juan Felipe
Herrera. 85: Mariachi Juvenil de Barrio Station.
Old ID No. 189(1-37, 39-88) = Cat.3 066(1-87)
Center Activities and Programs
139. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Noviembre
Revolucionario: Agustin V. Casasola, 100 Photographs of the Mexican Revolution
Exhibition; November 7-30, 1981;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Comments: Serigraphs of Emiliaro Zapata; photograph by Casasola.
Old ID No. 168 = Cat.3 067
Center Activities and Programs
140. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Reflexions:
A Chicano-Latino Art Exhibition; August 1978;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 2.
Old ID No. 162(1-2) = Cat.3 079(1-2)
Center Activities and Programs
141. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Reunion
XX--Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition; June 15-July 29, 1990;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 13.
Comments: 4,6, 8-9, 15, 18, 20, 26-28, 35: Exhibition installation
views; 33: Exhibition installation view (Ararda's prints); 34: Exhibition
installation view (rack with postcards), Carnela Castrejon.
Old ID No. 195(4, 6, 8-9, 15, 18, 20, 26-28, 33-35) = Cat.3 081(1-13)
Center Activities and Programs
142. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Robert
Sanchez Exhibition; June 29-July 27, 1985;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 1.
Old ID No. 147(1) = Cat.3 082
Center Activities and Programs
143. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Silkscreen
Posters; ca. 1970-1990;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; slide photographer: Victor Ochoa; no. of slides: 7.
Comments: Posters for diverse activities during the years 1970 through
1990 by artists affiliated with Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Old ID No. 117(67-73) = Cat.3 085(1-7)
Center Activities and Programs
144. Centro Cultural de la Raza; South
= North = South--Border to Border Exhibition; July-August 1991;
Site/Location: Hallwalls contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York; no. of slides: 20.
Comments: Exhibition installation views; 13: close-up of the image on
the hand sculpture (slide 11); 15-16: close-up of mural (slide 7).
Old ID No. 217(1-20) = Cat.3 087(1-20)
Center Activities and Programs
145. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Spider
Women Theater Performance--(Sun, Moon and Feathers); November 10, 1990;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 38.
Comments: Assorted scenes from the performance.
Old ID No. 197(1-38) = Cat.3 089(1-38)
Center Activities and Programs
146. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Staff
and Board Members; ca. 1972-1990;
slide photographer: Victor Ochoa and others; no. of slides: 58.
Comments: These slides represent staff and board throughout the history
of the Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Old ID No. 116(1-58) = Cat.3 091(1-58)
Center Activities and Programs
147. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Victor
Ochoa Show--Easel Painting and Graphics; n.d.;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; slide photographer: Victor Ochoa; no. of slides: 6.
Comments: 14: Membership form/Escuela del Barrio; 48: Sign inside
Centro Cultural de la Raza? "Centro de Servicios"; 49: Painting on
wall inside Centro Cultural de la Raza? 57: Mural inside Centro Cultural de la
Raza; 62: Center Activity-videotaping; 67: Victor Ochoa and David Avalos in
front of their 1983 mural.
Old ID No. 204(14, 48-49, 57, 62, 67) = Cat.3 097(1-6)
Center Activities and Programs
148. Centro Cultural de la Raza; Vista
Migrant Education Program Art Workshops; October-November 1991;
Site/Location: Vista, CA; no. of slides: 17.
Comments: The slides document the childrens' involvement in the
workshops and show some of the art work they produced.
Old ID No. 216(1-17) = Cat.3 098(1-17)
Center Activities and Programs
149. Centro Cultural de la Raza; We
Are Part of the Earth Exhibition; curator: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; April
16-May 20, 1990;
Site/Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA; no. of slides: 7.
Comments: 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 12: |
