Description
Materials generated by Ana M. Montano-Herrera, a California-based art curator, photographer, and visual artist who has exhibited
locally in the Bay Area of California and internationally in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico from 1970 to the year 2000.
Background
Ana M. Montano-Herrera was born in 1952 in San Salvador, El Salvador. In 1958, she emigrated to San Francisco, California
with her mother where they lived on 24th Street in the Mission District. She attended City College of San Francisco (CCSF),
San Francisco State University and later the San Francisco Art Institute. Her postgraduate includes an M.A. in Museum Management
from Golden Gate University, and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Having come of
age within the creative, dynamic, social, cultural, and political environment of San Francisco's Mission District, Ana Montano
developed a deeply rooted commitment to social justice and advocated for the rights of the underrepresented throughout her
legal career. She also acquired a passion for the visual arts based on her multi-racial, immigrant, feminist, Latina identity.
Extent
10.47 Linear Feet
(3 document boxes, 7 flat file folders, 12 videotapes, 2 audiocassettes, 8 moving image reels)
Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
Availability
The collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials must be reformatted for access. Please contact the Department of
Special Research Collections in advance to request access.