CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I, 1965-1996

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Summary

Creators:
Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery
Abstract:
CARA was a traveling exhibition of Chicano art curated by the Wight Gallery at UCLA. Opening in 1990, it was a showcase of some 180 works of art (including projected images of murals) produced between 1964-1985 by about 140 Chicano and 40 Chicana artists. Over the course of the next three years, the exhibition traveled to ten U.S. cities. This collection includes correspondence with the various artists or their representatives, information about the artists as well as photographs of their work, and material related to the catalog. There are also administrative papers, including grant proposals, budgets, and invoices. There are also records of the educational outreach programs associated with the exhibition.
Extent:
50 linear feet
Language:
English and Collection materials in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I, 10, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes correspondence with the various artists or their representatives, information about the artists as well as photographs of their work, and material related to the catalog. There are also administrative papers, including grant proposals, budgets, and invoices. There are also records of the educational outreach programs associated with the exhibition.

Biographical / historical:

CARA was a traveling exhibition of Chicano art curated by the Wight Gallery at UCLA. Opening in 1990, it was a showcase of some 180 works of art (including projected images of murals) produced between 1964-1985 by about 140 Chicano and 40 Chicana artists. Over the course of the next three years, the exhibition traveled to ten U.S. cities. Unprecedented in scope, it was the first major exhibition to showcase Chicanx art for a national audience.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Wight Gallery to the CSRC at UCLA in 2003. Deed of gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
Processing information:

The collection was processed by Michael Stone in 2009. The finding aid was edited by Doug Johnson in 2019.

Arrangement:

The material is in the order determined by the initial archivist. The CARA collection was split into two parts because it came to the CSRC as two distinct gifts. This part of the collection is arranged in the following series:

  • Series 1. Correspondence and contracts
  • Series 2. Curatorial materials
  • Series 3. Exhibition materials
  • Series 4. Photographs
  • Series 5. Catalog materials
  • Series 6. Grant materials
  • Series 7. Administrative papers
  • Series 8. Clippings and press material
  • Series 9. Artists' materials
  • Series 10. Rejection letters

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 and use

Restrictions:

Open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I, 10, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Los Angeles, Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 193 Haines Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544, US
Contact:
(310) 206-6052
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
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