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CEMA 166
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Title: Barbara Carrasco slide collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 166
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.0209 linear feet
(One half-size document box)
Date: 22 April 1977
Abstract: Barbara Carrasco is a Chicana artist and activist from Los Angeles, California. Her work critiques cultural stereotypes involving
socioeconomics, race, gender and sexuality. Although Carrasco's works are mostly large scale, she is as equally comfortable
as an artist in creating small-scale works.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Barbara Carrasco slide collection, CEMA 166. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Donated by Barbara Carrasco on April 22, 1977.
Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Leonardo Vargas, 2015.
Barbara Carrasco, born 1955, is a muralist and painter based in Los Angeles California. Her work focuses on social commentary
and has been important in the development of Chicano art, and U.S. political and public art. She has created many works that
have been exhibited internationally.
The half-sized document box includes 71 slides of Barbara Carrasco's artworks, gallery visits, portraits, and murals.
Researchers may also wish to consult The Barbara Carrasco Papers, for her collection housed at Stanford University, containing
materials such as correspondence, teaching files, project files, and artifacts pertaining to her art career and political
involvement.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Carrasco, Barbara, 1955-
Chicana art
Chicanas