Centro de Arte Público was an American arts organization and collective founded in 1977 and closed in 1979 in Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S..
| Formation | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Carlos Almaraz, Guillermo Bejarano, Richard Duardo, Leo Limón |
| Dissolved | 1980s |
| Headquarters | 5605–5607 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California |
| Location |
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| Designated | August 24, 2021 |
| Reference no. | 1233 |
The former building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (#1233) on August 24, 2021.[1]
History
editIt was founded by Carlos Almaraz of Los Four, Guillermo Bejarano, and Richard Duardo.[2] Almaraz and Bejarano were painters, and Duardo had worked as a printmaker at Self Help Graphics; all three had a connect to the neighborhood.[3] Some sources also named Leo Limón as a forth founder.[4] The organization focused on the creation of artwork centered on the theme of Los Angeles street scenes and work by Chicano/Chicana youth.[3] They fused Chicano consciousness, communist teachings, and a silkscreen printing business.[5] In the 1970s, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, Barbara Carrasco, and Judithe Hernández actively had been part of Centro de Arte Público.[6]
The Centro de Arte Público is one of three local arts organizations that made up the Chicano Arts Collective, including the Mechicano Art Center and Corazon Productions.[5] After the organization moved in 1978/1979, the space was transformed into Aztlán Multiples, a printshop; and The Vex, a Chicano punk club.[3][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) List City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning. June 3, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Centro De Arte Publico, Where a Chicana Creative Agenda Thrived". KCET. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ a b c Skrubbe, Jessica Sjöholm (2016-01-14). Curating Differently: Feminisms, Exhibitions and Curatorial Spaces. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4438-8738-0.
- ^ Goldman, Shifra M. (1994). Dimensions of the Americas: Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United States. University of Chicago Press. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-226-30124-2.
- ^ a b c "Case No.:CHC-2020-5209-HCM ENV-2020-5210-CE" (PDF). Los Angeles Department Of City Planning, Recommendation Report. October 1, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2023.
- ^ Noriega, Chon A., ed. (2011). Chicano Art in the City of Dreams A History in Nine Movements. Terezita Romo (editor), Pilar Tompkins Rivas (editor). UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. p. 81.