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CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I
Creator:
Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery
Identifier/Call Number: 10
Physical Description:
50 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1965-1996
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.
Language of Material: Collection materials 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.
Open for research.
Donated by the Wight Gallery to the CSRC at UCLA in 2003. Deed of gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
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
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.
[Identification of item], CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation) Records, Part I, 10, Chicano Studies Research Center,
University of California, Los Angeles.
The collection was processed by Michael Stone in 2009. The finding aid was edited by Doug Johnson in 2019.
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.
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
Hammer Museum
Hispanic American artists
Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery
Traveling exhibitions