Finding Aid for the Alex Donis Papers, 1964-2017 CSRC.0108
Processed by CSRC.
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
2012
144 Haines Hall
Box 951544
Los Angeles, California 90095-1544
librarian@chicano.ucla.edu
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: Alex Donis Papers
Creator:
Donis, Alex, 1964-
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0108
Physical Description:
14 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1964-2017
Abstract: Paintings, sketches, videos, papers and photographs relating to the career of the Santa Monica-based artist, Alex Donis.
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.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Open for research.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Alex Donis to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library Archive. Deed on file at the
archive office.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series.
- Series 1. Audiovisual material
- Series 2. Correspondence / Photographs / Personal material
- Series 3. Catalogs / Publications / Exhibition material
- Series 4. Travel-related ephemera
- Series 5. Computer disks
- Series 6. Art by Alex Donis and others and related research materials
- Series 7. Books and periodicals
Biography
Francisco and Ana Maria Donis were both from Guatemala and immigrated to Chicago Illinois, where their son Alex was born on
April 8, 1964. They moved their family to Los Angeles in 1967 where Ana Maria worked as a nurse for LA County and Franciscco
had a restaurant services company. They retired to travel and consider themselves "somewhat" socialistic in their worldviews.
Alex Donis is a Los Angeles-based visual artist whose work examines and redefines the boundaries set within religion, politics,
race, and sexuality. Interested in toppling society's relationship to icons, his work is often influenced by a tri-cultural
(Pop, Latin and Queer) experience. He has worked extensively in a variety of media including painting, installation, video,
and works on paper. He was educated at a Catholic school in East Los Angeles, a prep school in Massachusetts, and a military
academy on the southern coast of Guatemala. He received his undergraduate degree at California State University, Long Beach
and his graduate degree from Otis College of Art and Design. Donis has exhibited his work at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art
and Culture; the Santa Monica Museum of Art; the Geffen Contemporary (MoCA); the Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach; Los Angeles
Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE); the Mexican Museum, San Francisco; Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago; Galeria de la Raza,
San Francisco; Pretoria Arts Museum, South Africa; and Artspace, Sydney Australia. His work was included in the landmark exhibition
"Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His work has been featured
in
FlashArt International,
Artweek,
The Los Angeles Times,
La Opinion,
The Chicago Tribune,
The San Francisco Chronicle, and
The Sydney Morning Herald. His work will be part of the three-volume anthology
Chicano/Chicana Art in the United States published by the Bilingual Press of the University of Arizona, Phoenix. Alex has also been awarded residencies at the University
of Texas, Austin; the Brandywine Institute, Philadelphia; and Artspace, Sydney, Australia. Donis has taught drawing and painting
at the Watts Towers Arts Center, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences. He was also an artist
in residence at the 18th Street Arts Complex in Santa Monica.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alex Donis Papers, 108, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by the CSRC in 2012. Additions processed by Doug Johnson in 2020. Finding aid revised by Doug Johnson in 2021. The
revision was done during the COVID-19 pandemic so there was no access to the physical collection.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mostly of material documenting the work and travels of Alex Donis. It inclues video and audio tapes,
artwork, publicity material for exhibitions, corresponence, and photographs. There are also clippings, periodicals, books,
and ephemera.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Homosexuality
Mexican American art
Bienal de La Habana
Series 1. Audiovisual material
Box 1, Folder 1
Mi Angelito
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 2
Miscellaneous
1996
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Katmandu Lucy; Evan Sharminy India; Nickita Monkey Floating; Market Snakeshow.
Box 1, Folder 3
Santigo v de cobre
2000-12-19
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 4
Goat Island
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: art space party; pissing poster; Samoan dancers; poster street Sydney; Alex posting.
Box 1, Folder 5
Santiago Cuba
2000
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Moncada; Havana Day; cathedral lady sweeping; flag waving; kids' renaisance concert; cathedral concert; carriage
kids;che vive; alecon windy day; Havana vieja fans; Floridita bar; jazz cuervoy el gato; cathedral dancing.
Box 1, Folder 6
Alex Donis Auss Day 1
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 7
Discoursing Alex Donis (Sydney and Canberra)
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folders 8
First Night (Osaka and Hiroshima)
2001
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 9
Grand Cayman
1999
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 10
Children's museum and Himeji Castle
2001
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 11
El Salvador Circus
2000
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 12
Cairns, Australia and Bali, Indonesia
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 13
Isla de la Juventud
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includdes: rap acrobats; Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Box 1, Folder 14
Havana Day
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 15
Tikal (Guatemala)
1999
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 16
Osaka and Kyoto
2001
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Himeji Castle; Children's Museum.
Box 1, Folder 17
Tikal
1999
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 18
Tikal
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 19
New Zealand
1998
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes Franz Josef Glacier helicopter.
Box 1, Folder 20
Angelito #1
undated
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 21
Angelito #2
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 22
Kyoto second day
2001
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Umeda [Osaka]; Suntory Museum [Tokyo].
Box 1, Folder 23
War Is Cancelled
2001
Physical Description: Digital video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 24
Cozumel
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 25
Noche de Resa
1995
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 26
Danny Curtain intro "Duets"
undated
Physical Description: Camcorder cassette tape.
Box 1, Folder 27
Moscas en Leche
undated
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes Pedro Meyer.
Box 1, Folder 28
Last Day in Havana
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 29
Hiroshima
2001
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Miyajima; Kinkaku-ji [Kyoto].
Box 1, Folder 30
Havana day two
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes: Santiago; Castro; Natasha with fan.
Box 1, Folder 31
Dress for Poet (Lun*natic Production)
1993
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 32
My Cathedral: An Installation
1997
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Scope and Contents
One-hour gallery loop.
Box 1, Folder 33
Moscas en Leche written and directed by Alex Donis
1994
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 34
Grace
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 1, Folder 35
Mi Angelito
undated
Physical Description: BCT-60MLA video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 1
Fall cuts
1994
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 2
Dionne beg cut
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Danny Papagena; Mozart; Carmen.
Box 2, Folder 3
Sandra Maria gallery loop
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 4
Blacked Maria/Sandra beg
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 5
Dionne gallery
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 6
Beg rough cut
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 7
Blacked intro with Danny
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 8
Dionne
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 9
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 10
Opera
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 11
Moscas show entry #2
1994
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 12
Love Letters from a Married Man
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 13
George and Victor Gallery
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 14
Sandra/Maria only
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 15
George Victor ending
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 16
Moscas
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 17
Control black
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 18
Grace
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 19
Mi Angelito
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 20
Danny with set
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 21
Loop Marcus Elia
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 22
Sandra/Maria #1
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 23
Elia/Marcus End Curtain without Action
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 24
Skate World European 86 Exhibition
1986
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 25
Blacked Trailer/Danny Curtain
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 26
Sandra/Maria/Yoli/Willie
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 2, Folder 27
George Victor Come In
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 1
Moscas en Leche - You and Willie loop
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 2
Mi Angelito
1997
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folders 3-4
Ooh la la (Citytv, Toronto)
1999
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 5
War Is Cancelled
2001-09-23
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes Watts Towers.
Box 3, Folders 6-7
Ooh la la
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 8
Mi Angelito
1997-08-26
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 9
Watts Towers Art Center / J. Paul Getty Museum
1996-12-01
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 10
Downtown loop
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 11
Santana Live
2003
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 12
Ooh la la
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 13
Christmas show adagir
1990
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 14
Ooh la la
1999
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 15
Mi Angelito
1997-08-26
Physical Description: BCT-20MA video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 16
Ooh la la (Citytv, Toronto)
1999
Physical Description: BCT-20MA video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 17
Dionne Gallery
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 18
Mi Angelito
1997
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 19
Hidden Witness and Carrie Mae Weems
1995
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 20
VHS cassette adapters
undated
Box 3, Folder 21
Downtown rough cut
undated
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 22
Danny
1999
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Scope and Contents
Includes Los Angeles and Guatemala.
Box 3, Folder 23
Danny birthday
1997
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 24
Nepal
1996-1997
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 25
Osaka and Tokyo
2001
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 26
Danny birthday
1999
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 27
Thailand
1997
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 28
Hotel Colonial (Cuba)
2000
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 29
New Zealand
1998
Physical Description: Camcorder video cassette.
Box 3, Folder 30
Master King Kong segment
2002
Physical Description: VHS video cassette.
Box 14, Folder 1
Laugh Cry Master
1997
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 14, Folder 2
Male Voice "Ah-Si"
1997
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 14, Folder 3
Female Voice "Ah-Si"
1997
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 14, Folder 4
Male Voice "Ah-Si"
undated
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 15, Folder 1
Zone de Reves - Ondes de Choc
1993
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 15, Folder 2
Male Voice "Ah-Si" - Gabriel Romer
1997
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 15, Folder 3
"My Cathedral" KQED-FM Interview by Jason Beaubran
1997-09-17
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 15, Folder 4
Female Voice "Ah-Si"
undated
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 16, Folder 1
Gangs (KPFK) - produced by: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
2009-01-11
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 16, Folder 2
Mi Angelito
1997
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 16, Folder 3
EXPO Valeur (FG 98.2)
1993-03-28
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 29, Folder 1
Vicente Fernandez - Por Tu Maldito Amor
1989
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 2
Holiday in Mexico
1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 3
Faure Duenas - Musica Andina Del Peru
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 4
Andre Previn - Carl Orff = Carmina Burana
1975
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 5
Angelito Song
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 6
A Grace Tape Xmas
1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 7
Houria Aichi and Popular French Songs from the 30s and 40s
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 8
Soul of Spain, 101 Strings and Meet the Maori, Music of Polynesia
1994
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 9
Jose de Molina (El Salvador), Pablus Gallinazo (Colombia), and Isabel y Angel Parra (Chile)
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 10
Om mani padme Hung and Avalokiteshvara Mantra
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 11
Jose de Molina (Mexico) and Carlos Puebla (Cuba and Guaraguao, Venezuela)
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 12
Klymaxx - Meeting in the Ladies Room
1984
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 13
Brujeria - Raza Odiada
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 14
Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
1990
Physical Description: Audio Cassette
Box 29, Folder 15
Lo Mejor De Chile and Viva Chile
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 16
Bacarisse - Carmen / Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 17
Celia Cruz - Queen of Cuban Rhythm
1995
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 18
Capprio Espanol
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette
Box 29, Folder 19
Gabrielle Asi Demo and Sudor de Sangre
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 20
KCRIO Music and Dos Lados de La Lupe.
1997-06-07
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 21
Grace Max Icons
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 22
Duran Duran
1983
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 23
Alex xxx oo
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 24
Banda Marcial De Guatemala - Semana Santa
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 25
Escrappa Special
1993
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 26
Ana Gabriel - Personalidad
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 27
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 28
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
1985
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 29
Various Artists - Movies Go to the Opera
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 30
Erasure - The Innocents
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 31
Gerard Martin and Polar Shift
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 32
Patti Smith - Dream of Life
1988
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 33
Damien Sweeney and David Achon II - Beijing Theatre, Sounds of Inspiration
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 34
Luis Lopez and Victor Jara
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 35
Luis E. Mejia Godoy Y Mancotal de Nicaragua - En Holanda
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 36
Howard Jones - Human's Lib
1984
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 37
Various Artists - This Is Trance: 1.A.M.
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 38
Inti-Illimani - Hacia La Libertad and Alborado Vendral
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 39
Patssi Mix
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 40
Pancasan - Por La Patria
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 41
Mexique and Bach
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 42
Until the End of the World
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 43
Maya Angelou - The Pulse of a New Day
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 44
Kamasutra and Orlando
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 45
Unidentified
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 46
Four Seasons
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 47
Finlandia
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 48
Unidentified
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 49
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, folder 50
Michael Nyman - Music from the Film The Piano
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette case.
Box 29, Folder 51
Ole: Bullfight Music from Spain
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette case.
Box 29, Folder 52
Mercedes Sosa and Cuarteto Zupay - Encuentro De Music Popular Argentina
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette case.
Box 29, Folder 53
Unidentified
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 54
Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition and A Night on Bald Mountain.
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 55
Amparo Ochoa - Mujer
1979
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 56
Pablo Milanes - Querido Pablo.
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 57
Andres Segovia - My Favorite Works
1987
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 58
La Nueva Cancion Chilena
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 59
Adolfo Perez - Humanista
1984-06-01
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 60
Vocal Sampling - De Vacaciones
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 61
Yello - Pocket Universe / The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 62
Delerium - Karma / k.d. lang - 98 Aussie
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 29, Folder 63
Angel Parra / Victor Jara / Inti-Illimani
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette.
Box 42
18-20 (18th St. Arts Center 20th Anniversary)
2009
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 42
Barbara T. Smith: The Inner Landscape, 1969-2001
2004
Box 42
Cuba documentary
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS cassette.
Box 42
Depth of Field (Fowler Museum)
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 42
Frida Kahlo movie
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS cassette.
Box 42
Grace
1994
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS cassette.
Box 42
Guillermina Buzio
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 42
Johanna Went - Club Years
2007
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 42
Kabbal Amobile
2007-10-24
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 42
Leslie Labowitz interview
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Box 42
Nationals / Paris / Baghdad
2002-2005
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS cassette.
Box 42
Norma Place (Fowler Museum)
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
2 DVDs.
Box 42
Pacific Standard Time Interviews
2010-2011
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
5 DVDs.
Box 42
Rachel Rosenthal - Charm
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Box 42
Suzanne Lacy interview
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD-R.
Box 42
Under the Crucifix (Fowler Museum)
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD.
Box 43
Audio cassettes
circa 1993
Scope and Contents
Includes commercial cassettes, as well as mixtapes given to Donis by Patssi Valdez and others.
Series 2. Correspondence / Photographs / Personal material
Box 5, Folder 4
Letters and photographs, A-H
1981-1995
Box 5, Folders 5-6
Letters and photographs, Q-Z
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 7
Letters written by Alex Donis
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 8
Letters from Carmine
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 9
Letters and photos from Christian Dager
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 10
Letters and photos, I-P
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 11
Letters and photos from Raul Ferrera
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 12
Postcards from Xiomara Fonseca
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 13
Letters and photos from Holly Hampton
1981-1995
Box 5, Folder 14
Letters and Cards from Marisela Norte
1996-1997
Box 5, Folder 15
Letters and photos from Sergio Romano
1994-1995
Box 5, Folders 16-22
Letters and photos from Cathy Schneider
1992-1997
Box 5, Folder 23
Letters and photos from Thierry
1993-1994
Box 5, folder 24
Letter from Simon Watson
1993
Box 5, Folder 25
Letters and photos from Gloria Westcott
1991
Box 5, Folder 26
Indecipherable senders
1981-1995
Box 6, Folder 2
L.A. Times letter of recommendation
2001-2005
Box 6, Folder 10
Letters and poem
1992-1994
Box 6, Folder 12
Early life
1964-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes: birth certificate; certificate of baptism; immunization records; diploma; passport; Andover summer session documents.
Box 6, Folder 13
CSU Long Beach transcripts
1980s
Box 9, Folder 30
Brochures and correspondence
2008
Scope and Contents
Includes material om: Homobre L.A.; Maestra V Poem; Habana Bienale.
Box 17, Folder 5
Luz II - Grand Canyon photograph
Summer 1982
Box 17, Folder 6
Paco - Grand Canyon photograph
Summer 1982
Box 17, Folder 7
Luz - Grand Canyon photograph
Summer 1982
Box 17, Folder 8
Michelle Gonzalez commercial photos
1984-1985
Box 17, Folder 9
Grand Canyon photographs
Summer 1982
Box 17, Folder 10
Michelle Gonzalez commercial photos
1985
Box 31, Folders 8-14
Portrait photographs of Alex Donis
1997
Box 31, Folder 15
Artspace (Sydney Australia) correspondence
2007
Box 31, Folders 20-21
Letters from Daniel Enrique Perez
2009
Box 31, Folder 24
Letters about payment
2003
Box 31, folder 25
Letter from Raul Moarquech Ferrera Balanquet
2008-12-01
Box 31, Folder 26
Georgia State University Welch School of Art and Design art loan agreement
2005-11-04
Box 31, Folder 27
War, by the City of Los Angeles correspondence
2002
Scope and Contents
Includes materials related to the censorship of an Alex Donis exhibtion.
Box 31, Folder 28
My Cathedral correspondence
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes materials regarding damage to an Alex Donis exhibition and the resulting financial compensation from insurance.
Box 31, Folders 29-30
Letters from David Zapf
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Includes material related to the sale of "Rio, por no Llorar."
Box 31, Folder 33
Artist's dialogue (Williams College) receipt
2007-03-15
Box 31, Folder 34
College of Santa Fe receipt
2007-05-11
Box 31, Folders 35-36
Stanford University receipts
2006
Box 31, Folder 37
College of Santa Fe receipt
2007-04-11
Box 31, Folder 38
Louis Stern Fine Arts consignment agreement
2001-09-08
Box 31, Folder 39
Letter from Daniel Enrique Perez
2008-03-26
Scope and Contents
Concerning the permission to reprint "Sad Boy" and "Captain Brewer" in a forthcoming book.
Box 31, Folder 40
Cerritos Community College District reimbursement claim
2007-09-04
Box 31, Folder 41
Visiting artist agreement with Kim Russo
2007-04-10
Box 31, Folder 42
DePauw University loan agreement
2006
Box 31, Folder 43
Letter from Nailah Crittendon, public art administrator
2006-05-18
Box 31, Folder 44
Letter from Veronica Springe
2008-08-04
Box 31, Folder 45
Chaffey College loan agreement
2006-05-22
Box 31, Folder 47
Plaza de la Raza Art Auction correspondence
2000
Box 32, Folder 9
Email from Cynthia Way
2007-02-21
Box 33, Folder 2
Photograph of Jaime Villameda, Bill Kelly, Cassandra Colberr, Alex Donis, and Robin Trento
undated
Box 33, Folder 4
Cards and photographs
1981-2000
Box 33, Folders 5-6
Cards and photographs
1981-2008
Box 33, Folder 7
Varsity letter for swimming and water polo from Bell Gardens High School
undated
Box 34, Folder 4
Photograph of Alex Donis and unidentified woman
undated
Box 41
Andover Summer Session
1981
Scope and Contents
Photographs and handbook.
Box 41
Greeting cards and postcards
1981-2017
Box 41
Mendez, Alberto
2006-2010
Scope and Contents
Photographs and correspondence.
Box 41
Miscellaneous correspondence and photographs
2002-2017
Box 41
Portrait photographs of Donis
2011
Box 41
Snapshots and negatives
1982-1994
Box 42
BTS images / Field Piece
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Box 42
BTS Images / Nude Frieze / Lightwatch
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Box 42
EZTV stills
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD.
Box 42
Performances, gallery shows, lectures, and classes
1980-1983
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Box 42
Suzanne Lacy work samples
2009
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Series 3. Catalogs / Publications / Exhibition material
Box 5, Folder 1
Brochures
2001-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes: War; The Color of God; Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile; Leaving Aztlan: Rethinking Contemporary Latino and
Chicano Art; Asian Aesthetic; My Cathedral.
Box 5, Folder 2
Brochures
1994-2006
Scope and Contents
Includes: Do You Think I'm Disco; The "Down Low" in Contemporary Art; Dance Dance Revolution; The Leopard Spots; Modern and
Contemporary Latin American Art.
Box 5, Folder 3
Brochures
1988-2006
Scope and Contents
Includes: Five Years of Grant Making in the Visual Arts; Alex Donis Heroina; War: A Painting Installation; The Leopard Spots;
Pret a Porter et les Accesoires; Pas de Deux; Across the Street: Self-Help Graphics and Chicano Art in LA; War: The Last Dance
Reinstated.
Box 5, Folder 28
"The Final Curtain" at the Onyx Cafe
undated
Box 5, Folder 31
Senora Butterfly (Homage to John Valadez)
1992-1995
Box 6, Folder 3
Asian Aesthetic? (LMAN Gallery)
2005
Box 6, Folder 5
Love Letter for a Married Man
1990s
Box 6, Folders 6-8
War
2001-2006
Scope and Contents
Includes: images of gangs and gang members; Watts Art Center documents.
Box 6, Folder 9
War and The Leopard Spots brochures
2001-2006
Box 6, Folder 18
Jose Arellanos Jexit
1990s
Box 6, Folder 19
No More Drama (Center for Book Arts)
undated
Box 6, Folder 20
Giselle (Cuban National Ballet at the Wiltern)
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes program signed by some of the dancers.
Box 9, Folder 11
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Box 9, Folder 42
Periodicals and articles
1989-2004
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Hispanic Art: A Los Angeles Renaissance," Feb. 1989;
Art Cellar Exchange, Sept. 1990; Otis College of Art and Design newsletter. Summer 1995;
The Chronicle of Higher Education - "Grassroots Phenomenon by Bolton Colburn, 1996;
Viewpoint - "Bags and Baggage" by Debra Koppman, Oct. 2004.
Box 9, Folder 43
Clippings
1990-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Still Light in the Morning Stars" by Victoria Reed; "Mi arte no ha avanzado, pero si ha cambiado" by Alejandro
Aldana; "A Cultural Chronicle in Print" by Amalia Mesa-Bains; "Donis' 'Moscas en Leche' Falls a Bit Short of Its Goal" by
Achy Obejas.
Box 9, Folder 45
Clippings
1995-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes: "'Dia de los muertos' en museo de UCLA" by Guillermo Gracia-Duarte; "Altared States" by Rodney Tanaka.
Box 10, Folder 1
Louis Stern Fine Arts photographs
2001
Box 10, Folder 3
Newspapers
1994-2001
Physical Description: Newspapers
Scope and Contents
Includes:
The Chicago Tribune;
San Francisco Frontlines;
New Times Los Angeles;
La Opinion;
Los Angeles Times.
Box 10, Folder 13
Clippings
2001-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Yanking of Arts Spurs Protest" by Kenneth Reich; "Thought-Police Brutality" by Derrick Mathis; "Shall We Dance"
by David Pagel; "Cathedral Carnivalesque" by Coco Fusco.
Box 10, Folder 14
Periodicals and clippings
1998-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Traffic Report" by Sara Wolf;
Log Illustrated; "Adicto a mujeres" by Isis Sauceda;
The Argonaut 2003-04-24;
Southern California's Gray Weekly 2003-04-25.
Box 10, Folder 15
Clippings
2001-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Heroic Forms of Women" by Christopher Knight; "Quiere hacer la 'Guerra' con arte o por la via legal" by Bianca
Arroyo.
Box 10, Folder 16
Clippings
2001-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes "Art Interrupted" by Zelda Roland.
Box 17, Folder 1
CLE Materials - The Williams Project
1992
Box 17, Folder 3
Newspapers
2001-2004
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Los Angeles Times;
The Finger;
The Argonaut.
Box 30, Folder 14
The Armory (Pasadena, CA)
2000
Scope and Contents
Photographs of installation under construction.
Box 30, Folder 15
Tales from the New World exhibition booklet
2009
Box 30, Folder 17
Deliciously Disposable Earth exhibition booklet
2008
Scope and Contents
Curated by Carolina Loyola-Garcia.
Box 30, folder 18
Art project dealing with gays and the border
2009
Physical Description: Includes CD-ROM.
Box 30, Folder 20
Eskimos Don't Have Poetry by Douglas Arguelles Cruz
2009
Scope and Contents
Program for video installation.
Box 30, Folder 21
Exhibition publicity
2009
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Word by Jorge Wellesley;
In God We Trust: America's Most Wanted by Loring McAlpin, Meira Marrero, and Jose Toirac.
Box 30, Folder 24
Exhibition publicity
2006-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Arts, Health, and Society;
Memorial of Grievances (Oaxaca, Mexico).
Box 30, Folder 25
Digital Event 07 program
2007
Box 30, Folder 26
Digital Event 09 program
2009
Box 30, Folder 29
"RAM Critique: The Critique in the Era of Cultural Capitalism" by Jose Luis Brea
2005
Box 31, Folder 2
Criminal Art and Criminal Justice in America booklets
2008
Box 31, Folder 3
Alex Donis, Selected Works, 1995 to 2006 publicity
2007
Box 31, Folder 4
Visions and Voices (USC Arts and Humanities Initiative) program
2007-2008
Box 31, Folder 5
Gallery press releases - New York City
2006
Box 31, Folder 7
Alex Donis at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2008
Scope and Contents
Photo by Alberto Mendez.
Box 31, Folder 16
Photocopy of encyclopedia entry mentioning Alex Donis
2000
Box 31, Folder 17
Daily Trojan Lifestyle section
2007-10-22
Box 31, Folder 18
Talon Marks, volume 52, number 3
2007-09-12
Box 31, Folder 19
Criminal Art and Criminal Justice in America
2008-07-18
Scope and Contents
Includes letter and CD-R of an art exhibition.
Box 31, Folder 48
Political Stencil Workshop flyer
2006
Box 31, Folder 51
Clippings about Alex Donis
1998-2006
Box 32, Folder 6
Encounter Warhol show cards
2007
Box 32, Folder 7
Encounter Warhol script and artist's notes
2007
Box 32, Folder 10
Encounter Warhol object list
2007
Box 32, Folder 11
"Tomorrow's Man"
undated
Scope and Contents
Article on Andy Warhol.
Box 34, Folder 1
Art and War: Alex Donis and Ivonne Coll in Conversation poster
2007-10-22
Box 34, Folder 2
Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar
2006-10-12
Box 36, Folder 15
Collaboration Labs: Southern California Artists and the Artist Space Movement
2010-2011
Box 36, Folder 16
Miscellaneous
2009-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes material on: Collaboration Labs; EZTV; Barbara T. Smith - Old Shoes.
Box 36, Folder 17
Essay drafts
2009-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes writings on: Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz; Barbara Turner Smith; Rachel Rosenthal.
Box 36, Folders 18-19
Collaboration Labs
2010-2011
Box 36, Folder 20
Miscellaneous
2008-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes material on: Art at Pomona College; War as a Way of Life.
Box 36, Folder 21
Collaboration Labs catalog proofs
undated
Box 40, Folder 1
The 21st Century Odyssey Part II: The Performances of Barbara T. Smith (Pomona College Museum of Art) catalog
2005
Box 40, Folder 2
Arte Nuevo Interactiva (Bienal Internacional Merida MX)
2005
Box 40, Folder 3
Arte Nuevo Interactiva (Bienal Internacional y Laboratorio Interdisciplinario Merida MX)
2007
Box 40, Folder 4
Barbara T. Smith: Remnants: Artworks from 1965-1972 (The Box Gallery) catalog
2007
Box 40, Folder 5
Carole Caroompas: Dancing with Misfits: Eye-Dazzler (Western Project) catalog
2007
Box 40, Folder 5
Carole Caroompas: Lady of the Castle Perilous (Otis Gallery) catalog
1997
Box 40, Folder 6
Chicano Expressions (Self-Help Graphics) catalog
1993
Box 40, Folder 7
Collaboration Labs: Southern California Artists and the Artist Space Movement (18th Street Arts Center) catalog
2011
Box 40, Folder 8
Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty (J. Paul Getty Museum) catalog
2000
Box 40, Folder 9
Dissent, Difference, and the Body Politic (Portland Art Museum) catalog
1992
Box 40, Folder 10
Luis Gonzalez Palma: Un Lugar Sin Reposo (El Cadejo Arte Contemporaneo) catalog
1991
Box 40, Folder 11
Montezland (ONE Archives)
2014
Box 40, Folder 12
Ultra Baroque: Aspects of Post Latin American Art (San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art) catalog
2000
Box 40, Folder 13
Vexing (Claremont Museum of Art) catalog
2008
Box 41
Barbara Turner Smith: Who Are WE? Where Are We Going? What Are We Here For? / The Woman with the Mole (18th St. Arts Complex)
catalog
1994
Box 41
Collaboration Labs
2010-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes: floor plans; budget; opening reception photographs.
Box 41
Note cards
undated
Scope and Contents
Several dozen index cards with information about EZTV and other art exhibitions from the 1970s.
Box 41
Otro Corazon 2
2017
Scope and Contents
Includes program and script.
Box 41
Polibio Diaz: El Desnudo Sorprendido
2002
Box 41
Student work
2006-2013
Scope and Contents
Includes class record books.
Box 42
Collaboration Labs design plans
2010
Box 42
Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA, 1945-1980 (Getty Center)
2011
Scope and Contents
Save the Date notice in the form of a Ray and Charles Eames House of Cards.
Series 4. Travel-related ephemera
Box 5, Folders 29-30
Parents' travels
1992-1995
Box 6, Folders 14-15
Australia and Indonesia trip documents
1998-1999
Box 6, Folder 16
Sydney trip ephemera
1998
Box 6, Folder 17
New York trip ephemera
1996
Box 8, Folders 9-10
Paris-Amsterdam-New York trip ephemera
1996-12-1997-01
Box 8, Folders 11-12
Guatemala trip ephemera
1999-2000
Box 8, Folder 14
Australia Artspace residency ephemera
1998
Box 9, Folder 12
Indian Airlines tickets
undated
Box 9, Folder 13
Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways boarding passes
undated
Box 9, Folder 14
Thailand ephemera
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes Vimanmek Mansion.
Box 9, Folder 15
Thailand ephemera
1996
Scope and Contents
Includes: Louis' Tavern; We-train Guesthouse.
Box 9, Folder 16
New Delhi ephemera
undated
Box 9, Folder 18
Thailand and Nepal brochures
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes: Bang Pa-in Palace; The Grand Palace; Khwopa College.
Box 9, Folder 19
The City of Taj guest cards
undated
Box 9, Folder 21
Thai animal show brochures
undated
Box 9, Folder 26
International certificate of vaccination
1997
Box 9, Folder 27
India ephemera
1996
Scope and Contents
Includes: Keoladeo National Park; Maharaja Banaras Vidya Mandir Trust Museum.
Box 9, Folder 28
Himalayas ephemera
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes Necon Air material.
Box 9, Folder 31
Nepal and India maps
undated
Box 9, Folder 35
India receipts
1996
Scope and Contents
Includes: Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel; Only Restaurant; Kusha Art Emporium.
Box 9, Folder 36
India ephemera
1996
Scope and Contents
Includes: Trident Hotel; Rajasthan Small Scale Cottage Industries.
Box 9, Folder 37
Indian Airlines ephemera
undated
Box 9, Folder 38
India business cards
undated
Box 9, Folder 39
Himalayas business cards
undated
Box 9, Folder 40
Nepal, India, and Thailand ephemera
1993-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes: Bhaktapur Municipality; Hotel Clarks Varanasi; Thai Airways International.
Box 9, Folder 41
Hotel Hindusthan International
undated
Box 30, Folder 2
Havana Biennial name badge
2009
Box 30, Folder 3
Havana Biennial schedule
2009
Box 30, Folders 4-5
Havana Biennial map and schedule
2009
Box 30, Folder 6
Photographs using images of Superman
2005
Box 30, Folder 7
Havana Biennial - contemporary Chinese art
2009
Box 30, Folder 8
CORTE 50 exhibit invitation
2009
Box 30, Folder 9
Havana Biennial - Nayda Collazo-Llorens
2009
Box 30, Folder 10
Havana Biennial detailed schedule
2009
Box 30, Folder 11
Havana Biennial - Paulo Bruscky: En Todos Los Sentidos
2009
Box 30, Folder 12
Phancy Pants Air Freshener party favor
2009-04-18
Scope and Contents
Created for David Roman's 50th birthday party.
Box 30, Folder 13
Artists' phone lists
2000-2005
Box 30, Folder 22
Havana Biennial list of exhibitions
2009
Box 30, Folder 27
Havana Biennial - New Information Order program
2009
Box 30, Folder 28
Noticias ArteCubano 10B
2009
Box 30, Folder 30
Havana Biennial - Project P5
2009
Box 30, Folder 31
Customs information
2008-2009
Box 30, Folder 32
Casa de las Americas - Leon Ferrari - Agitado Formas
2009
Box 30, Folder 33
Reocupacion by Gabriela Golder - Ceric Project
2009
Box 30, Folder 34
Havana Biennial - Overtures - Havana Called the Glacier
2009
Box 30, Folder 35
Havana Biennial map and schedule
2009
Box 31, Folder 32
Notes on collectors
undated
Box 32, Folders 2-5
Daily calendars
2003-2008
Box 32, Folder 13
Turkey - Kemal Erol carpets
2003
Box 32, Folder 14
Turkey tourist guides
2003
Box 32, Folder 16
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Tokyo ephemera
2002-2004
Box 32, Folder 18
Hand-fans, postcards, and photographs
undated
Box 33, Folder 3
New York gallery visit
2007
Box 36, Folder 6
Philippines and Tokyo
2009-2010
Scope and Contents
File name is taken from the folder; there is not actually any mterial on the Philippines.
Box 36, Folders 8-9
Berlin, Venice, and Munich
2015
Box 36, Folder 11
New York City
2011
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Masgazine, Winter/Spring 2011.
Box 36, Folder 12
China and Mongolia
2016
Scope and Contents
Includes Mongolian flag.
Box 36, Folder 14
Sri Lanka and Thailand
2007
Box 41
Cards
2007-2015
Scope and Contents
Unused postcards; cards for art shows, performances, and publications; business cards; a set of postcards for Pedro Almodovar
films.
Box 42
Three Stooges calendar
2010
Box 44
Ephemera
1985-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes; identification cards; currency (Brazilian cruzados novos, Peruvian intis, Italian lire, Mexican pesos, Guatemalan
quetzal, Soviet rubles, Indian rupees, Indonesian rupiah); Che Guevara print.
Box 44
Clothing and textiles
undated
Scope and Contents
Tee shirts, shoes, tote bags.
Box 4, Folder 1
Word documents
undated
Physical Description: EZ Drive 135 MB Removable Cartridge
Box 4, Folder 2
Photoshop 3.0
undated
Physical Description: EZ Drive 135 MB Removable Cartridge
Box 4, Folder 3
Unidentified
undated
Physical Description: EZ Drive 135 MB Removable Cartridge.
Box 4, Folder 4
Quark
undated
Physical Description: EZ Drive 135 MB removable cartridge.
Box 4, Folder 5
Word documents
undated
Physical Description: EZ Drive 135 MB removable cartridge.
Box 4, Folder 6
Pocho / Cathedra / Kienholz
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 7
Ausi 98
undated
Physical Description: Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 8
Love letters / Oldenberg
1993
Physical Description: Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 9
Getty / Taxes / Balcony
1994
Physical Description: Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 10
Sra Butterfly
undated
Physical Description: Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 11
Joteria / Senora Butterfly
1996
Physical Description: Floppy disk.
Box 4, Folder 12
Unidentified
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Syquest drive.
Series 6. Art by Alex Donis and others and related research
Box 7, Folder 3
Studies for pastels and prints
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes "David and Dahlilah."
Box 7, Folder 7
Sketchbook made by Grace Ameniya
1992
Box 8, Folder 4
Journal
1992
Scope and Contents
"Geog 160 Professor Tim G. Smith."
Box 8, Folder 5
"War" notes
2000
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on French Twist.
Box 9, Folder 1
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
undated
Scope and Contents
Photcopes of couples.
Box 9, Folder 2
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
undated
Scope and Contents
Xxeroxes of women.
Box 9, Folder 3
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
undated
Scope and Contents
Xeroxes of men.
Box 9, Folders 4-5
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Scope and Contents
Xeroxes of women (including Lucille Ball).
Box 9, Folders 6-10
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Scope and Contents
Xeroxes of men.
Box 9, Folder 44
Miscellaneous
1993-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes material on: My Cathedral; Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct; "Cathedral Carnivalesque" by Coco Fusco;
"Skating on No Ice" by Richard Perram.
Box 9, Folders 46-54
Aboriginal Youth and Stockmen
1998
Scope and Contents
Includes: texts; studies; sketches; material on Greenville Turner and Gerrit Fokkema.
Box 10, Folder 2
"Who Stole My Tongue?" / "My Dad Used to Kiss Me"
1998
Box 10, Folders 4-6
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct drawings
undated
Box 10, Folder 7
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Scope and Contents
Includes: architectural drawing; panorama photo; computer-generated Christmas greeting.
Box 10, Folder 8
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct poems
1995
Box 10, Folder 9
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct dance instructions
1995
Box 10, Folder 10
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct head shots
1995
Box 10, Folder 11
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Scope and Contents
Xeroxes of women's faces.
Box 10, Folder 12
Altar de Amor: Notes on Proper Balcony Conduct
1995
Scope and Contents
Xeroxes of men's faces.
Box 11, Folders 1-39
Student spray paint posters
2001-2008
Box 12, Folder 2
"Lacquer Paint and Hill Country Tea"
2008
Box 12, Folder 10
CLE Materials - The Williams Project
2004-03-13
Scope and Contents
Includes "Queer Art and Censorship-Freedom of Expression and Contemporary Culture," a panel discussion with Glenn Ligon, Holly
Hughes, and Alex Donis.
Box 13, Folder 1
"My Cathedral" Veluma studies
1997
Box 13, Folder 3
"Moscas en Leche" bustier
1994
Box 13, Folder 6
"Noche de Risas y Sustos"
undated
Scope and Contents
Performed by Marcus Kuiland Nazario, designed by Byorn Byornson.
Box 18, Folder 2
Oil Painting by Alex Donis and Daniel Venezuela
1992
Box 19, Folder 2
"Winter Solstice" by Cathy Saman
1993
Box 20, Folder 2
Painting based on a photo in National Geographic
1982
Box 21, Folder 1
"The Ecstasy of St. Teresa" by Cathy Saman
1991
Box 22, Folder 1
"Leopard Spots" by Diane Gamboa
2004
Scope and Contents
Papier-mache hat and paper dress for a re-staging of "Hit and Run" at the 18th St. Art Center, Santa Monica.
Box 23
Rio, por no Llorar
1988
Scope and Contents
Sketch materials for Self Help Graphics.
Box 23, Folder 1
Patrick Soohoo Designers
1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Graphic design samples.
Box 23, Folder 2
Logos, sketches and paste up materials
1989-11
Scope and Contents
Possibly includes material on Iceland Ice Skating Rink.
Box 23, Folder 4
Las Cajitas Photoworks
1989
Box 23, Folder 5
Long Beach State University undergraduate sketches
1983-1984
Box 24
Commercial design work
circa 1983
Scope and Contents
Includes: storyboards for television advertising campaigns; book jacket designs; LP and cassette package designs.
Box 25, Folder 1
CSU Long Beach student poster
1986
Box 25, Folder 2
Summer and Smoke {CSULB} student poster
1985
Box 25, Folder 3
Getting to Yes conference (CSULB) student poster
1986
Box 25, Folder 4
New Thinking poster by Oscar Duardo
1986
Box 25, Folder 5
CSULB student drawing
circa 1983
Box 25, Folder 6
Painting based on the work of George Hoyningen-Huene
1984
Box 26
Gold paper dress with red flower decorations
1994
Box 27
Love Letters From a Married Man "A Dios" wedding dress
1993
Scope and Contents
Worn by Coco Fusco for Modart Wearable Art Fashion Show.
Box 31, Folder 22
"Pretty Fish" by Alex Donis [short story]
1999
Box 31, Folder 23
"The Docent" by Alex Donis [short story]
undated
Box 31, Folder 31
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
1991-10-17
Scope and Contents
Drawings in oil pastel by Daniel Valenzuela, age three.
Box 31, Folder 49
Photographs of of Alex Donis installation.
undated
Box 31, Folder 50
Color print-outs of Alex Donis artwork
undated
Box 32, Folder 8
Encounter Warhol CD-ROMs
2007
Box 32, Folder 17
Graphic design and artwork
1985-1994
Box 34, Folder 3
Drawings, photograph, and paintings
undated
Box 34, Folder 6
Papier mache rosary by Linda Gamboa
undated
Box 39
Diaries and Sketchbooks
1991-2015
Scope and Contents
Six books.
Series 7. Books and periodicals
Scope and Contents
The books in Box 37 are self-published volumes of photography by Donis's students at the Brentwood School.
Box 6, Folder 1
Periodicals
2001-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes: Art Scene, vol. 21, no. 2; Hung Magazine, no. 2.
Box 12, Folder 1
Magazines with pieces on Alex Donis
1999-2003
Box 12, Folder 4
Tentaciones magazine
2001-09
Box 12, Folder 7
Log Illustrated #15
Summer 2002
Box 12, Folder 8
Blue (Australian magazine)
2002-06
Box 31, Folder 1
Hung Magazine no. 1
Spring 2007
Box 37
Baer, Caleb - Left on Santa Clause [sic] Lane
2009
Box 37
Bennett, Bryn - Welcome Home
2009
Box 37
Benyaminov, Sinead - A Noise in the Night
2010
Box 37
Broukhim, Tatiana - Pyro Play
2011
Box 37
Ceja, Michael - Private Property
2011
Box 37
Ellin, Jessi - Beneath the Surface
2014
Box 37
Fair, Claire - Sunday Mornings
2012
Box 37
Goldberg, Gabriella - Chthonic
2016
Box 37
Goldsmith, Elizabeth - Streetwise
2014
Box 37
Irvine, Laurel - The Best Coast
2011
Box 37
Maron, Dani - Un Cambio de Luz
2010
Box 37
Middleton, Nailah - Illuminata
2011
Box 37
Nachshin, Elena - Last Look Home
2011
Box 37
Newman, Allie Parker - Phantom Writings
2012
Box 37
Platnick, Nathan - Open Spaces
2012
Box 37
Segel, Katie - In a Timely Fashion
2014
Box 37
Sheinberg, Harrison J. - Voyagers
2014
Box 37
Simenhoff, Savannah - Lookig Through the Fishbowl
2011
Box 37
Walden, Connor - Stop Twice
2010
Box 37
Weinberg, Eden - Picture Day
2013
Box 38
Bachelard, Gaston - The Poetics of Space
1994
Box 38
Bethe, Hans A. - The Road from Los Alamos
1991
Box 38
Birren, Faber - Color Psychology and Color Therapy
1979
Box 38
Bishop, Clifford - Sex and Spirit
1996
Box 38
California Community Foundation - Contemporaries: Five Years of Grantmaking in the Visual Arts
2003
Box 38
Carlson, Marvin - Performance
1996
Box 38
Chaudhuri, Una, ed. - Rachel's Brain and Other Storms
2001
Box 38
Davis, Steven L. and Maglina Lubovich - Hunks, Hotties, and Pretty Boys
2008
Box 38
Foucault, Michel - The Archaeology of Knowledge
1972
Box 38
Fusco, Coco - Corpus Delecti
2000
Box 38
Goldberg, Rose Lee - Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present
1988
Box 38
Goldman, Shifra M. - Dimensions of the Americas
1994
Existence and Location of Originals
Removed to CSRC Library stacks.
Box 38
Ingram, Gordon Brent, Anne-Marie Bouthillette, and Yolanda Retter, eds. - Queers in Space
1997
Box 38
Kelley, Bill Jr., ed. - Talking to Action
2017
Box 38
Lem, Dean Phillip - Graphics Master 3
1983
Box 38
Paul, Christiane, ed. - New Media in the White Cube and Beyond
2008
Box 38
Perez, Daniel Enrique - Rethinking Chicana/o and Latina/o Popular Culture
2009
Box 38
Roth, Moira, ed. - Rachel Rosenthal
1997
Box 38
Sauter, Fritz - Cadavre Burlesque
2009
Box 38
Stryker, Susan and Jim Van Buskirk - Gay by the Bay
1996
Box 38
Sutherland, Peter - Sender
2013
Box 38
Interview
1995-2008
Scope and Contents
August 1995; December 1995; May 1996; November 1996; January 1997; March 1997; August 1997; June/July 2008.
Box 39
Crossroads School Yearbooks
2001-2009
Box 40, Folder 17
18th Street Arts Center Program Annual
2011
Box 40, Folder 19
Art Margins
2014
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, nos. 3 and 4.
Box 40, Folder 20
Book of Transformation by Rafe Forman
undated
Box 40, Folder 21
Brentwood School Magazine
Spring 2015
Box 40, Folder 22
Conchas y Cafe Zine
2016-2017
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1 and 4; vol. 2, nos. 1, 3, and 4; vol. 3, no. 1.
Box 40, Folder 24
Homeboy Beautiful
2015
Scope and Contents
Reprint of both issues of a zine from 1978-1979.
Box 40, Folder 26
OMAG: Otis College of Art and Design Magazine
2008
Box 40, Folder 27
QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Wolrdmaking
Fall 2015
Box 40, Folder 28
Smoke Room 2: Dan Lopez
2014
Box 40, Folder 30
Threshold by Karla Solano
2004
Box 40, Folder 31
Traces in London and Paris
2004
