Finding Aid for the Paulina Sahagun TENAZ and CARA Collection, 1974-1994 15
Processed by Michael Stone.
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
2009
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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: Paulina Sahagun TENAZ and CARA Collection
Creator:
Sahagun, Paulina
Identifier/Call Number: 15
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
(2 boxes; 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1974-1994
Abstract: This collection consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's collection of Latin American and Chicano theater
papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ (Teatros Nacionales de Aztlan) and CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation).
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English and Spanish.
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
and Archive for paging information.
Access
Open for research.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Paulina Sahagun to the Chicano Studies Research Center. Deed of gift on file at the Chicano Studies
Research Center Archives office.
Arrangement
The materials are in the order determined by the initial archivist.
Biography
Paulina Sahagun has performed on both sides of the Mexico / U.S. Border. She began her theatrical career as a member of the
Mexican Theater Company: Los Mascarones and was a founding member of Grupo Cultural Zero. With these companies she toured
extensively throughout Mexico and the U.S. performing original theatrical works. Her credits with El Teatro Campesino and
Luis Valdez include the play "La Pastorela" and the PBS Special "El Popol Vuh." Sahagun has worked with TENAZ, The Inner City
Cultural Center, Plaza de La Raza, UCLA Mexican Art Series, the 1990 Los Angeles Theater Festival, and CARA. She co-directed
the Young Conservatory, a training program for young actors and was a Drama Instructor at Inner City Arts. Sahagun is a graduate
of the Del Arte School of Physical Theater and received her master's degree in the World Arts and Cultures program at UCLA.
TENAZ began as a support group for regional Chicano / Latino theater groups and evolved into an international festival of
Chicano / Latino theater first yearly, then as a biennial. It has been a major supporter of major talents within the communitry
as well as promoting new artists, dancers, actors, writers and directors.
CARA was a traveling exhibition of Chicano art as curated by the Wight Gallery at UCLA. It was a showcase of 140 works of
art produced between 1964 - 1985 by 90 artists.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paulina Sahagun TENAZ and CARA Collection, 15, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Stone, 2009. Finding aid edited and revised by Doug Johnson, 2018.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's collection of Latin American and Chicano theater
papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ and CARA. It includes periodicals, correspondence, and theater publications.
Publication Rights
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user
must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to infringement of copyright and publication
rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican American theater
Mexican American arts
Box 1, folder 1
Poetry
circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Huehuetitlan magazine, special children's issue; other printed children's poetry;
The Multi-Faceted Poetic Worlds of Angela de Hoyos and related.
Box 1, Folder 2
A Children's Anthology / Una Antologia de Ninos: San Antonio Area Association for Bilingual Education
1988 May 20
Box 1, Folder 3
Tonantzin XVI
1992 November
Box 1, Folder 4
Cuadernos Para los Trabajadores del Teatro from the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa
1980 May-July
Box 1, Folder 5
La Cabra, Revista de Teatro UNAM: Shakespeare issue
1979 August-September
Box 1, Folder 6
La Tia Cleta: revista de la sección teatral del cleta
1988 November
Box 1, Folder 7
El Teatro de la Esperanza Workshop
1987 Spring
Box 1, Folder 8
Grupo Zopilote Mexico and Grupo Zumbon: Teatro Musica
1980-1984
Box 1, Folder 9
La Cabra, Revista de Teatro
1981 March-May
Box 1, Folder 10
Pina, Jorge - correspondence
1992
Box 1, Folder 11
Note regarding TENAZ
1991
Box 1, Folder 12
TENAZ XIV
1988
Scope and Contents
Includes: corrspondence, playbills, clippings.
Box 1, Folder 13
Guadalupe Art Center
1984-1989
Scope and Contents
Includes: newsletters; key personnel mini biographies.
Box 1, Folder 14
"Antecedentes" Simposium Evaluacion
ca. 1988
Box 1, Folder 15
"La Tierra en Guatemala: Pivote de la Modernizacion o del Atras"
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Also includes TENAZ memo, playbills, clippings, correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 16
TENAZ XII
1981-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence; associate lists.
Box 1, Folder 17
XIII Festival Internacional del Teatro
1986
Scope and Contents
Includes: meeting minutes; clippings; "Grupo Cultural Zero Hosts the XIII TENAZ festival in Cuernevaca."
Box 1, Folder 18
XIII Festival Internacional del Teatro Chicano Latino programs
1986
Box 1, Folder 19
TENAZ correspondence
1987
Box 1, Folder 20
TENAZ Festival Documentary editing notes
1979
Box 2, Folder 1
TENAZ XVI
1992
Scope and Contents
Includes: Tonantzin, 1992 November; correspondence; Guadalupe Cultural Center papers.
Box 2, Folder 2
TENAZ XVI logistical schedule
1992
Box 2, Folder 3
Teatro de la Esperanza
1983
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 4
Draft memo to TENAZ members
1994
Box 2, Folder 6
TENAZ XII
circa 1983
Scope and Contents
Includes: budgets; logistical papers; photocopies of clippings.
Box 2, folder 7
TENAZ XIV
1988
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Chicana's Experience in Collective Theater: Ideology and Form"; correspondence; statement of TENAZ goals; draft
of TENAZ awards criteria; "Tenaz - Evaluation of its Present Condition and a Statement for the Future" by Anita Quintanilla.
Box 2, Folder 8
Essays
circa 1974
Scope and Contents
Includes: "El Quinto Festival de los Teatros y el primer Encuentro Latinoamericano" by Juan Gonzales; "La Literatura Chicana:
Arte, ante" by Bruce-Novoa.
Box 2, Folder 9
Leverett, James - correspondence
1986-1988
Box 2, Folder 10
TENAZ XIV
circa 1988
Scope and Contents
Includes material on the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Festival.
Box 2, Folder 11
Dia Para Los Angeles / L.A. Festival
circa 1990
Box 2, Folder 12
Correspondence
circa 1990
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from: Edith Tonelli; Lorenzo T. Flores; Marshall Wong; Yolanda Broyles Gonzalez.
Box 2, Folder 13
L.A. Festival / Dia Para Los Angeles
circa 1990
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence; schedules; calendars; planning notes.
Box 3
Programs and newspapers
1986-1990
Scope and Contents
Contains: program for San Antonio CineFestival, 1986; program for TENAZ XIV International Festival of Chicano Latino Theatre,
1988; program for Tejano Conjunto Festival, 1987; program for CineFestival, 1987; poster for Hecho a Mano: A Fine Crafts Market;
Current: San Antonio's News Weekly, 1988 July 7-13; The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center News, 1988 October-December; L.A. Moratorium, 1990 August [two copies];
Panorama Dominical, 1990 September 9 [two copies]; program for CARA [two copies].
