Proyecto CARIDAD Chicano Visual Arts Kit: A Guide

INTRODUCTION

This kit is made up of an assortment of slides and various published materials on the Chicano visual arts. It was assembled with the aim of making Chicano art more accessible to the general public. It is part of a much larger project that preserves the visual images of the Chicano Art Movement for research and study through the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA). CEMA is based in the Davidson Library at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

The materials in this kit may be used in any number of ways; the slides and books can be consulted individually, school teachers can assemble selected slides for classroom presentations or workshops, student groups may wish to use them for projects and librarians may wish to use them in cultural programs for the community.

People with varying levels of awareness and knowledge about Chicano art will find this collection useful. For those with no prior experience with Chicano art, these materials will be enlightening; for those already familiar with the field, such as students of art history, the slides will affirm, reinforce, and enrich what they may already know. For the purpose of this project the concept of "Chicano art" is defined in Chicano Art: A Resource Guide that is included in this visual arts kit; as such, the definition is inclusive and it applies to the cultural arts that were produced by Chicanos as well as works created by certain non-Chicano artists who were affiliated with one or more of the Chicano cultural centers represented in this collection; these are artists who have been a part of the exhibitions and because the artists have demonstrated a strong identification with the Chicano Movement and a commitment to the ideals inherent in Chicano art.

The slide duplicates which form a part of this kit number 500, and they were selected as representative images drawn from a much larger collection of 14,000 slides. The original slides were supplied by four of California's most important Chicano cultural centers/galleries. These four centers are San Diego's Centro Cultural de la Raza, Los Angeles' Self-Help Graphics & Art, San Francisco's Galeria de la Raza, and Sacramento's Royal Chicano Air Force. The archives of these four centers are deposited with CEMA as permanent collections. More information about the centers is found in Chicano Art: a Resource Guide enclosed in this kit. To a certain extent the present catalog is a "work in progress."

The entries are as complete as possible; some of the information about the images is listed as "unknown" and, it is hoped that with the passage of time, the cataloging will be updated. Accent marks are used throughout the catalog unless the artist of a work chose not to use these either for his or her name or for the title of the work.

The individual slides in the kit are organized first according to major category of art medium, such as "Drawings," "Graphic Arts," or "Murals." Within these broader categories the individual slides are arranged in alphabetical order by name of the artist. All the slides are sequentially numbered from 001 to 500 so that it will be easy to re-file them in their proper location in the kit. Please note that there is a glossary of the thirteen art medium classifications that were used to group the slide images, along with their accompanying definitions.

Further duplication of these slides is expressly prohibited. Any questions concerning the contents of this kit should be directed to the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives. A complete listing showing the location in California of other comparable kits is included with this packet. Production of these materials was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education under the provisions of the Library Services and Construction Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

List of Items in the Kit

CATALOG OF SLIDES IN THE KIT BY MEDIUM

Assemblage-Collage||  Atelier ||  Center Activities and Programs ||  Drawings ||  Graphic Arts
Indigenous Chicano Mediums and Art Forms ||  Installation Art ||  Murals ||  Paintings
 Performance and Conceptual Art ||  Photography ||  Sculptures

APPENDICES

About Proyecto CARIDAD || Glossary
Designated Sites for Proyecto CARIDAD Chicano Visual Arts Kits
Chicano Art: A Resource Guide