Montano-Herrera (Ana M.) papers

Series I: Professional files 1970-2000

Scope and Contents

This series is organized chronologically and subdivided according to the professional projects Ana Montano was involved in from 1970 to the year 2000. It includes documents created during her work with Mission Film Workshop, Balmy Alley, ArtBeat Gallery, Galería de la Raza and the June Steingart Gallery. Of note is an oral history transcript that documents an interview of Mia Gonzales and Ana Montano in 2021. It concentrates on their upbringing and early life in San Francisco's Mission District and, in particular, the development of Balmy Alley. It also touches upon the sociopolitical issues occurring during this era such as bilingual education, immigration, the AIDS crisis, police brutality and gentrification. It is located in Box 1, Folder 5.

box 1, folder 1-4

Mission Film Workshop 1970-1975

box 1, folder 5

Balmy Alley 1973-1975

box 1, folder 6

Galería de la Raza, Studio 24 1973-1975

box 1, folder 7

Artist files 1974-1997

box 1, folder 8

JoeSam. 1985-1997

box 2, folder 1-4

June Steingart Gallery 1993 - 1997

box 2, folder 5

Chicano Beat exhibition for Jose Ramon Lerma 1994

box 3, folder 1-5

ArtBeat Gallery 1997-2000

box 3, folder 6

Audiovisual manuscripts 1975-2000

Series II: Mission Film Workshop motion picture films 1975-1977

Scope and Contents

This series contains 8 motion picture films produced by Mission Film Workshop, Inc., a community based organization once located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, of which Ana Montano was a founding member and director.

Related Materials

An additional collection holding Mission Film Workshop films is the The Ray Balberan Mission MediaArts Archive, part of the Bay Area Televison Archive. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/12660

Biographical / Historical

Taken from Mission Film Workshop, Inc. founding documents (Series 1, Box 1, Folder 1) "Mission Film Workshop is a Mission District community based organization comprised of Third World men and women, both professional and non-professional, involved in training and production of films and video. The Mission Film Workshop advocates meaningful and creative social change through the use of community media. Community media, as we define the term, means creating and producing media that will uplift, raise consciousness and educate our community to organize itself around the issues it must address to surive."

reel V15176/F1

[Mission Film Workshop, Inc.] undated

reel V15177/F1

[Bakke protest rally] 1977 November 16

reel V15178/F1

[Mini Park Mural in San Francisco, California] undated

reel V15179/F1

[Mini Park Murals and Garfield Park] 1975-1976

reel V15180/F1

[Ana Montano, Ben Rescate, San Francisco, California] 1976

reel V15181/F1

[College Building Mural] 1977 April

reel V15182/F1

[24th Street Bart Station; Bernal Heights; Mini Park Mural] undated

reel V15183/F1

[24th Street Bart Station; Bernal Height; Mini Park Mural] undated

Series III: Video recordings 1992-2000

Scope and Contents

This series consists of video and audio recordings of artist interviews and exhibit openings curated by Ana Montano during the 1990s in the Bay Area of California.

item V15162/VHS

[Interview with Jose Ramon Lerma] 1997

item V15163/VHS

[Chicano Beat interview: Jose Ramon Lerma] 1996

item V15164/VHS

[Chicano Beat interview cutaways: Jose Ramon Lerma] 1996

item V15165/VHS

[Interview with Ester Hernandez] 1996

item V15166/VHS

[Ana Montano interview of Ester Hernandez] 1996 April 1

item V15167/VHS

[Interview of René Peña, Part One] 1996

item V15168/VHS

[Interview 3 with René Peña] 1998 June 8 1998 June 10

item V15169/VHS

[June Steingart Gallery] 1993-1994

item V15170/VHS

[Exhibit Opening: From the White Ash: Four Contemporary Artists of El Salvador] 1996

item V15171/VHS

[El Caribe: First Invasion Exhibit by Cuban and Puerto Rican Artists] 1992

item V15172/VHS

[Day of the Dead Interviews with Latin American artists, interview with filmmaker Monti Aguirre] 1992

item V15173/VHS

[Arias and Aragon video-art] 1998-2000

item V15174/8MM

[Carlomagno interview, Part 1 of 2] 1990 November 2-3

item V15175/8MM

[Carlomagno Interview, Part 2 of 2] 1990 November 2-3

Series IV: Graphic arts 1973-1999

Scope and Contents

This series is composed of posters and photographs created by artists who were associated with Ana Montano throughout her career. Several of the pieces were featured in exhibitions she curated. There are two portfolios included in the series. The artwork included in each is followed by "part of" to indicate their inclusion in a portfolio. The artists include Gilberto Romero Osorio, Davie Bradford, Michael Roman, Gilberto Sanchez Lugan "Magu", Leo Limon, Malaquias Montoya, Jose Antonio Aguirre, Guillermo Bert, Ana Montano, and Alejandro Romero.

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Indomania 1994

Creator: [Artist Unknown]

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 22

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A Love Supreme, Announcement poster for 1999

Creator: [Artist Unknown]

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 17 x 17.5

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Celebration of Black Cultural Legacy, Announcement poster for 1994

Creator: Bradford, Davie

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 20 x 26

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Self-portrait 1973

Creator: Montano, Ana M. (1952-)

Physical Description: Photograph dimensions: 11 x 14

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Czara (Sara Ortiz) 1976

Creator: Montano, Ana M. (1952-)

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 11 x 14

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Commodity Fetish, Announcement poster for 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Front page of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1998

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 16 x 22

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Prague Libertad, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Hula, Hula, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Hotel Nuevo Mundo, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poaster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Plaza, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Cover of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1998

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 21.5 x 27.5

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Palacio Nacional, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1996

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Guardia Militar, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Correos, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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Candelaria, part of Imagenes del Viejo San Salvador 1997

Creator: Osorio, Romeo Gilberto

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 15 x 23

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[Paper screen print bag for ArtBeat Gallery and Gifts] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Bag Dimensions, including handle: 7.75 x 14

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[Paper screen print bag for ArtBeat Gallery and Gifts] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Bag Dimensions: 6 x 10

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[Paper screen print bag for ArtBeat Gallery and Gifts] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Bag Dimensions: 6 x 10

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[Paper screen print bag for ArtBeat Gallery and Gifts] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Bag Dimensions: 6 x 10

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[Paper screen print bag for ArtBeat Gallery and Gifts] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Bag Dimensions: 11.75 x 15.5

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[Letter-screen print and spray-paint printed envelope] 1994

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Envelope Dimensions: 11 x 13.5

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[Day of the Dead Screen print poster with note] undated

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 17.5 x 18.5

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Day of the Dead an Intercultural Visual Discourse, Announcement poster for 1994

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 26 x 40

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La Virgen de la Guadalupe/Tonatzin de Tepeyac, Announcement poster for 1999

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 18 x 24

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La Virgen de la Guadalupe/Tonatzin de Tepeyac, Announcement poster for 1999

Creator: Roman, Michael

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 23 x 35

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[Letter from Gilberto Sanchez Lujan "Magu"] 1990 August 15

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[Oversized handmade card from Gilberto Sanchez Lujan "Magu"] 1990 August 15

Physical Description: Poster Dimensions: 16 x 20

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Old Lady and Dog 1975

Creator: Smith, Jeffrey

Physical Description: Photograph Dimensions: 11 x 14

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Cover, part of The New Immigration: Ten Etchings 1998

Creator: Self-Help Graphics and Art, Inc.

Creator: Galería Sin Fronteras