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[Identification of Item], Salvador Roberto Torres papers, CEMA 38. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Donated by Salvador Roberto Torres, Dec. 12, 1998.
Principal processor Susana Castillo, 2002-2003 (papers) and Benjamin Wood, 2004-2006 (slides). Supported by the University
of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS). Adam Schnee and Lauren Cain helped migrate the guide
into EAD format, 2014.
Salvador Roberto Torres is a Chicano (Mexican American) artist, born in El Paso Texas, on July 3, 1936. He is considered to
be an important and influential figure in the Chicano art movement, owing as much to his art as to his civic work as a cultural
activist. Torres' primary media are painting and mural painting. Selected exhibitions that have included his work are
"Califas: Chicano Art and Culture in California" (University of California, Santa Cruz, 1981),
"Salvador Roberto Torres" (Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, San Diego, 1988), the nationally touring
"Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation: 1965-1985", (Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, 1990-1993),
"International Chicano Art Exhibition" (San Diego, 1999),
"Viva la Raza Art Exhibition" (San Diego Repertory Theater Gallery, 2000), and
"Made in California: 1900-2000" (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000).
Torres has married twice. He has three daughters from his former wife, Carolina Anne Moreno. The oldest daughter is Theresa
Sarafina Navarro. She is married to Pablo Daniel Navarro. They have two sons, Ivan Efren Navarro and Blaise Paul Navarro.
His second daughter was an identical twin, Dolores Carolina Boxell. Her twin brother Mario passed away in San Diego seven
days after birth. Dolores is married to Ronald Boxell. They have a son, Michael Douglas Boxell. Torres' third daughter is
Amapola Sabina Martin. She has two children, Saraphina Rose Eberhart and Alexander William Eberhart.
Torres' second former wife is Gloria Robelledo. Gloria has three children from former marriages. Torres and Robelledo's marriage
lasted for about twenty three years. Robelledo developed into a Chicana artist and muralist who worked diligently with Torres
on many murals and educational programs in San Diego, California.
Torres was born in "El Barrio del Diablo" in El Paso, Texas. At the age of three months, his mother Sabina Delgado Torres
and father Salvador Torres moved to Los Baños, California. They joined Salvador Roberto Torres' grandmother, Dolores Aguilar
Rios Delgado, and his uncle, Daniel Delgado, who recently had moved from El Paso, Texas to Los Baños, California to live at
Faucet Ranch. Faucet Ranch was a cotton plantation as well as a cantaloupe, wheat, alfalfa, and dairy farm. Torres lived with
Roberto's uncle and aunt, Pedro "Pete" Rios Delgado, and his aunt, Regina Rodriguez Delgado, and cousins Elizardo "Chalo"
Delgado, Alexander "Alex" Delgado, Alfred "Freddy" Delgado, and Sofia Delgado. Torres' aunt Luz and Casimiro gave birth to
Mario, Pepe, Arturo, and Dora Delgado that lived in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s.
As a young child Torres moved with his family in 1942 to settle in Logan Heights, San Diego. It was there that Torres attended
public schools, and later, San Diego City College where he earned a statewide art scholarship to the California College of
Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where In 1964 Torres earned the B.A. Ed. in art. In 1973 he earned the M.A. in painting
and drawing from San Diego State University. Some positions he has held have included artist, muralist, and Metro Gallery
director. Since 1973 he has been a lecturer and tour guide for the Chicano Park Murals. He has taught painting, drawing and
ceramics for Springfield College in San Diego. He has taught painting and drawing for the Adult Education Program, Coronado
High School. From 1987-1991 he was Assistant Professor in policy studies in language and cross-cultural education at San Diego
State University. From 1963-1967 he taught painting and drawing at various institutions, including Diablo Valley Junior College
in Contra Costa, California and for the City of Oakland Recreation Department. From 1960 to the present Torres has also been
Assistant to the Art Director at XETV Channel 6, in San Diego, in the field of video design. He taught five programs entitled
"Arts in the Class" on KGO TV, Channel 7 in San Francisco for the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center in Walnut Creek, California.
As a painter, Torres is best known for his compelling 1969 "Viva La Raza", an oil on canvas painting depicting the transformation
of the United Farm Workers' eagle into a rising phoenix. A former farm worker, Torres' vivid rendering of the rallying cry
"Viva la Raza" was captured in bold strokes and slashes. These visual icons became enduring symbols of the farm worker and
the Chicano art movements. Torres describes his work as Chicano art that is "based upon the creative Chicano lifestyle, whose
Mexican and American interrelationships and cultural influences form its ideologies and themes."
(Chicano art: resistance and affirmation, 1965-1985. Los Angeles: Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991). Torres, a lifelong artist and arts educator
in California, is best known as the "architect of the dream" for his crucial role in the creation of San Diego's Chicano Park,
the largest collection of Chicano murals in the world, and for being a founder of the Centro Cultural de la Raza, also in
San Diego. He became its first director, and later helped form
Las Toltecas en Aztlán, a Chicano artist group that was instrumental in eventually converting the Ford Building in Balboa Park into the present
cultural arts museum and center, the Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Torres began his teaching career in 1963 at Berkeley Elementary School and at the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, and went
on to teach a wide variety of classes to all levels of students. He also participated in and conducted instructional television
art classes for several stations in San Francisco. Torres worked and studied in the San Francisco Bay Area for six years.
There he met other Chicano artists who were all exploring ways to integrate their Mexican American roots into their work as
artists. After returning to San Diego in 1968, Torres began work on his Master of Fine Arts degree at San Diego State University,
where he began bringing Chicano artists together to talk about cultural and artistic issues of the Chicano community.
It was also during this period that Torres became involved in the creation of Chicano Park and conceived of the idea of the
Monumental Public Mural Project he later helped create. On April 22, 1970, local residents protesting the proposed use of
the land for a new Highway Patrol parking lot occupied the land underneath the Coronado Bridge in the Logan Heights neighborhood
of San Diego. Torres proclaimed that, "Chicano artists and sculptors would turn the great columns of the bridge approach into
things of beauty, reflecting Mexican-American culture." In search of inspiration and guidance for this project, Torres traveled
to Mexico City to videotape the dedication of Siquieros' mural at the Polyforum. Hearing Siquieros speak about the history
of his murals and the Congress of Revolutionary Painters, of which Siquieros was a part, propelled Torres to create a similar
statement for the people of Logan Heights. True to his word, in 1973, Torres began work on the mural project in the newly
created Chicano Park. Inviting artists from San Diego, Los Angeles, and Tijuana to participate, Torres' vision became a reality
as the giant pillars of Coronado Bridge were transformed from graffiti-covered eyesores into works of art.
More recently, Torres assisted in producing an award-winning documentary film on the History of Chicano Park and its Monumental
Public Mural Concept. Torres' vision and his art have been described as "uplifting, lyrical, inventive, and often humorous."
Recent mural projects have included "The Kelco Historical Community Mural", that Torres completed in 1993 with his former
artist wife Robelledo. Situated in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the mural is an evocative historical account of the contributions
of the people of Logan Heights and provides a glimpse of the future of the children of that community. In 2000, Torres was
commissioned to design and create murals on simulated pillars for an NBC television pilot "Fortunate son" (Stu Segall Productions,
San Diego) and also was commissioned by the La Joya Playhouse to create backdrops for the production “The Birth of Corn” based
on a Mayan legend. In explaining his life's work, Torres states "I choose these creative experiences to create and discover
a new horizon in the history of art, a horizon inspired by the spiritual ideals and realities of La Raza and by other Chicana/Chicano
and international artists who are striving to achieve social justice and freedom of self-expression on all artistic levels"
(Chicano art: resistance and affirmation, 1965-1985).
The Salvador Roberto Torres Papers consists of personal papers including correspondence, photographs, slides, news clippings,
reports and other documents, sketches, one original silkscreen print titled “Viva la Raza”, mural concepts, films, and audiocassettes.
Included is one oversize box containing artwork from children Torres worked with. The collection is divided into nine series
described below. Each series is organized in alphabetical order while the contents found within each folder are arranged in
chronological order. The collection is stored in 21 boxes including one oversize box. The collection spans ten and a half
linear feet in linear length.
Series I: Personal/Biographical
1963-1996
Box 1, Folder 1
International Baccalaureate Exam
1991-1996
Box 1, Folder 2
San Diego State Graduate Program
1968-1973
General Biographical Information
1963-1995
Box 1, Folder 4
Certificates and Teaching Credentials
1964-1993
Box 1, Folder 5
Employment Material
1968-1992
Box 1, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Personal/Biographical Information
1967-1990
Box 1, Folder 7
Newspaper Clippings
1968-1995
Box 2, Folder 4
Writings, Stories, Poems
1964-1995
Box 2, Folder 5
Court Documents
1970-1975
Box 2, Folder 6
Temporary Restraining Order
1986-1988
Rebolledo Torres, Gloria
1978-1994
Box 2, Folder 8
Correspondence, In-coming
1987-1989
Box 22, Folder 17
Damaged Photos (saved for captions)
Box 23, Folder Box-Binder
Los Callos Club Scrapbook
Box 24, Folder Box-Binder
Box 25, Folder Box-Binder
Reunion Pictures and damaged photos saved for captions
Series II: Professional Activities
1956-2002
Organizations and Associations
1956-2002
Box 3, Folder 2
Barrio Logan-Harbor 101 Community Planning Association
1975-1980
Box 3, Folder 5
Newspaper Clippings
1976-1990
Box 3, Folder 7
Unpublished Story: "Miracle of the Barrio"
1977-1979
Centro Cultural de la Raza
1975-1995
Chicano Park Arts Committee
1983-1985
Chicano Park Arts Council
1974-1994
Box 4, Folder 5
Cal-Trans Environmental Permit
1979-1990
Box 4, Folder 6
Correspondence, Incoming
1984-1989
Box 4, Folder 7-8
Correspondence, Outgoing
1974-1991
Chicano Park Mural Committee
1974-1991
Box 5, Folder 6
Mural Restoration
1984-1991
Chicano Park Steering Committee
1975-1983
Box 6, Folder 4
Maps of Chicano Park
1988
Box 6, Folder 6
Newspaper Clippings
1970-1991
Box 6, Folder 9
Story of Chicano Park
1982
Box 6, Folder 11
El Museo del Pueblo
1982-1984
Box 6, Folder 12
Combined Organization for the Visual Arts (COVA)
1984-1988
Box 7, Folder 1
Congreso de Artistas Chicano en Aztlán (CACA)
1974-1975
Box 7, Folder 2-3
Harbor View Community Council
1974-1989
Box 7, Folder 4
La Union del Barrio
1983-1991
Box 7, Folder 5
Los Gallos Teenage Club
1956
Box 7, Folder 6
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN)
1972-1990
Box 7, Folder 7
Nation of Aztlán
1993-1994
Box 7, Folder 8
State Coalition de Artistas
1975
Box 7, Folder 9
Toltecas en Aztlán
1974-1991
Box 7, Folder 10
Miscellaneous Professional Activities
1987-2002
Box 8, Folder 1
Highway Art Program
1976-1979
Box 8, Folder 2
Junior Achievement Program
1979-1987
Box 8, Folder 3
Multicultural Instructional Television Program
1988-1990
Box 8, Folder 6
Tierra Amarilla Ceramics Exploration Project Proposal
Undated
Box 8, Folder 7
Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigade
1991-1992
Box 8, Folder 8
Young at Art Program
1988-1990
Box 8, Folder 9
Young Audiences: Chicano Park Monumental Public Tours
1989-1994
Box 21, Folder 1
Oversize Art of Children's Response to Tours
Undated
Box 8, Folder 10
Ilan Lael Foundation
1986-1990
Box 8, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Published Art Work
1975-1995
Series III: Teaching
1970-2009
Box 9, Folder 1
Miscellaneous Teaching Information
1970-1992
San Diego State University (SDSU)
1988-1990
Box 9, Folder 2
Multicultural Education
1989-1990
Box 9, Folder 3
PLC 360: Student Teacher Seminar
1990
Box 9, Folder 4
TE 410: Teaching Art in Elementary Schools
1990
Box 9, Folder 5
College of Education
1988-1991
Box 9, Folder 6
Course Critique
1988-1990
Box 9, Folder 7
Student Portfolio Evaluation Sheets
Undated
Box 9, Folder 9
Centro Cultrual de la Raza
1990
Box 12, Folder 3
Art Prints Across the Curriculum
1988
Box 12, Folder 4
Classroom Ideas
1986-1987
Box 12, Folder 5
Collaborative Strategies for Arts Education in CA
1988
Box 12, Folder 6
Disciplined Based Art Education
1988
Box 12, Folder 7
Fine Arts Curriculum Guide
1986
Box 12, Folder 8
Institute for Arts in Education
1991-1992
Box 12, Folder 9
Miscellaneous Teaching Materials
1978-1996
Series IV: Correspondence
1955-1997
General Correspondence
1955-1997
Series V: Artwork
1968-1994
Box 14, Folder 4
List of Mural Work
1968-1982
Mural Projects (Salvador Torres)
1972-1994
Box 14, Folder 5
Audobon School Mural
1991
Box 14, Folder 9
Chula Vista Student/Artist Mural
1989-1991
Box 14, Folder 10
Escondido Mural Project
1980-1990
Box 14, Folder 11
Graffiti Prevention Systems
1972-1994
Box 15, Folder 2
Memorial Junior High Mural
1986-1987
Box 15, Folder 3
Ocean Beach People's Natural Foods Market Mural
1991
Box 15, Folder 4
San Diego Refrigerated Services Mural Project
1993
Box 15, Folder 5
San Diego State Mural
1990-1991
Box 15, Folder 6
Santa Fe Railroad Community Mural
1994
Box 15, Folder 7
South Chula Vista Library Mural
1992-1995
Box 15, Folder 8
Mural Restoration
1980-1987
Box 15, Folder 9
Mural Wall Preperation
Undated
Series VI: Exhibitions
1967-1997
Exhibits Involved In
1967-1993
Box 16, Folder 1
Acevedo Art Gallery International
1976-1989
Box 16, Folder 2
Califas: Chicano Art and Culture in California
1980-1981
Box 16, Folder 4
Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA)
1989-1993
Box 16, Folder 5
Chicano Art Show
1989-1990
Box 16, Folder 6
Governor Brown's Exhibit
1975
Box 16, Folder 7
International Art Show
1977
Box 16, Folder 9
Work Displayed in Exhibits
1974-2002
Series VII: Research Files
1934-1996
Chicano Artists
1973-1991
Box 16, Folder 10
Cervantes, José
1973-1986
Box 16, Folder 13
Montoya, José and Malaquias
1977-1978
Box 16, Folder 14
Noriega, Ramses
1977-1985
Box 17, Folder 3
Chicano History
1970-1989
Box 17, Folder 4
Published Chicano Art
1977-1985
Box 17, Folder 5
Writings on Chicano Art
1980-1985
General Exhibitions
1968-1995
Box 17, Folder 9
Gallery Art Price List
1975-1985
Box 17, Folder 10
Miscellaneous Exhibition Information
1974-1991
Miscellaneous Research Files
1965-1991
Box 17, Folder 11
Art Collection Archives
1980-1985
Moya del Pino, José
1934-1989
Box 18, Folder 6
San Diego Aztec Brewery
1984-1989
Box 18, Folder 7
San Diego Aztec Brewery Murals
1934-1989
Box 22, Folder 1-2
Aztec Brewery Art Ensemble
Box 22, Folder 3
Aztec Brewery Mural Photos
Box 22, Folder 4
Aztec Brewery Mural Preservation
Box 22, Folder 6
"Mail and Travel by Stage Coach"
Box 22, Folder 7-8
Research on José Moya del Pino
Box 22, Folder 9
Reasearch and Restoration Project - Part 1
Box 22, Folder 10
Research and Restoration Project - Part 2
Box 19, Folder 1
Art News Clippings
1972-1992
Box 19, Folder 2
Chicano Art News Clippings
1976-1991
Box 19, Folder 3
Miscellaneous News Clippings
1972-1993
Professional Organizations
1973-1991
Box 19, Folder 4
African Arts Committee
1987-1989
Box 19, Folder 5
Centro de Artistas Chicanos
1973
Box 19, Folder 6
Contemporary Arts Committee
1984
Box 19, Folder 7
Chicano Pinto Union Organizing Committee
Undated
Box 19, Folder 8
International Association of Colour-Consultants
1991
Box 19, Folder 9
Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA)
1991
Box 19, Folder 10
Mechicano Art Center
Undated
Box 19, Folder 11
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
1990-1991
Box 19, Folder 12
Raza Rights Coalition
1990
Resource Materials
1949-1993
Box 20, Folder 1
Mural Picture Resources
1949-1981
Box 20, Folder 2
Mural Resources
1973-1993
Box 20, Folder 9
San Diego Coast Regional
1974-1975
Box 20, Folder 10
San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
1988-1991
Box 20, Folder 11
San Diego Park and Recreation Department
1984
Box 20, Folder 12
San Diego Safety Committee Minutes
1992
Box 20, Folder 13
Unified Port of San Diego
1976-1996
Box 21, Folder 1
Oversize Art of Children's Response to Tours
Undated
Series VIII: Audio-Visual Recordings
1964-1997
tape A4998/R7
Life in Barrio by Salvador Torres, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A4999/R7
Side 1-Description of work, 3 3/4 IPS, 7" audo reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5000/R7
Side II-Martinez X, Toma D. Alva, 7 1/2 IPS, 5 TRK Tape #1 of 2, 7" audio reel, 201 Dynarange Series
Undated
tape A5001/R7
X Martinez, 7 1/2 IPS 2 TRK, Tape 2 of 2, Dynarange Series
Undated
tape A5002/R7
Side 1 - (blank), Side 2 - Ramsis, 3 3/4 IPS, 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5003/R7
Side 1-Lecture at San Diego State College, 3 3/4 IPS, 7" audio reel, 202 Dynarange Series
December 9, 1970
tape A5004/R7
Side 1-Jose Montoya, Estaban Villa, Side 2-Estaban Villa, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5005/R7
Side 1-Chicano Art, Manuel Hernandez 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
1967
tape A5006/R7
Side 1-Manuel Martinez, Side 2-Manuel Martinez, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel
tape A5007/R7
Side 1 "Malakias", 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5008/R7
Ramses Noriega, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, Standard Length
Undated
tape A5009/R7
Side 1-Lecture at University San Diego College for Women, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
January 14, 1970
tape A5010/R7
Side 1-David Alfaro Siqueros y El Presidente de la Republica Luis Echeverria, Folklorico, Side 2-High Lights of Anthony Quinn
Mural Presentation, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5011/R7
Side 1-G. Aranada, Side 2-Denver Artist, Rene, Pancho, 3 3/4 IPS 2 TRK, 7" audio reel, 111 Standard Length
Undated
tape A5012/R7
Untitled, 7" audio reel, 1.0 mil x 1800'
Undated
tape A5013/R7
Side 1-Hi Lites of Mural Presentation, Mexico City 1971, Cantinflas; Side 2-Mexico City 1971, Cantinflas, 12" LP, 33 1/3
December 16, 1971
Audio-Cassettes
1970-1991
tape A4449/CS
Chicano Park Tour with Mr. Gibbs
October 5, 1985
tape A4451/CS
Side 1: Chicano Park Plan (Advisors), Side 2: Chicano Park Bid Plan
August 31
tape A4452/CS
Side 1: Chicano Park Bid, Side 2: Magic Chicano Park Bid
tape A4453/CS
Salas & Brailsford, City Gates/Chicano Park Mural, Interview by Salvador Torres
January 19, 1990
tape A4455/CS
Side 1: Chicano Park, Side 2: Barrio & La Placa-Chicano Park, Ben Livin in the Barrio La Placa
1970
tape A4456/CS
Zavala-Dick Herman, Abram-Chicano Park Master Plan
tape A4457/CS
Chicano Park Arts Committee Press Conference
March 27, 1984
tape A4458/CS
S.D. City Council, Chicano Park, Centro (First talk Scott Benjamin)
July 20, 1970
tape A4459/CS
Centro Cultural, Chicano Park
July 20, 1970
tape A4460/CS
Side 1: Alurista Poetry, Side 2: Lecture at S.D. State College, Tomas de Alva
December 9, 1970
tape A4462/CS
San Diego High Lecture, Pele
1971
tape A4463/CS
Lecture at University of San Diego College for Women
January 14, 1970
tape A4464/CS
Lecture at Mexican American Art Class, San Diego State University
tape A4465/CS
Lecture at University of San Diego
tape A4466/CS
Carlos Velez Class Lecture on My Work
tape A4467/CS
Lecture at San Diego State College
April 13, 1970
tape A4470/CS
Lecture at University of San Diego, to Catholic Nuns
Mrs. Nissley's Lectures on Art and Architecture
tape A4472/CS
Architecture and Painting, Nissley
tape A4474/CS
Spanish Colonial, Nissley
tape A4478/CS-A4480/CS
Mexican American Art, Nissley
tape A4481/CS
Barrio Arte Project, Nissley
September 10, 1991
tape A4603/CS
Barrio Senior Villas, Awards Presentation
June 5, 1997
tape A4483/CS
Jose Gomez, El Chile, Salvador Torres (Neighborhood House) Goya Titles
tape A4485/CS
Side 1: "No Te Escapas" Building in Balboa, Side 2: City Manager, New Ford Building
tape A4486/CS
Brief Description of Work in Ford Building
tape A4487/CS
Copy- Brief Description of Work in Ford Building
tape A4488/CS
Side 1: Salvador Torres, Discussion on Preservation of Artwork in Building, Side 2: Telephone Conversation
tape A4491/CS
Interview with Carlos Negrete, re: Urban Cone Mural Project
June, 1997
tape A4492/CS
Interview with Don Luis Hernandez Espinosa
July 20, 1997
tape A4494/CS
Jose Gomez: Readings of El Chicano and other Chicano Art Commentary
tape A4497/CS
Start of conversations about Ford Building article in San Diego Review
tape A4499/CS
Side 1: Victor Andy, Side 2: Tati Barbara
tape A4504/CS
Side 1: Mercedes Sosa, Side 2: Dolores Pradera
tape A4506/CS
Hermans, Latinos, Parr, Diza, Torres
tape A4508/CS
Nicolas Frances de la Banesa, 14th and 15th century art in Europe
tape A4509/CS
Side 1: Lupe and Salvador, Side 2: Family, Dad, Amapola, Theresa, Daleroy
tape A4510/CS
De Anda, Urista, Mario, Jamie, Aranda
tape A4516/CS
Chino, Chicano Printmaker, Salvador Torres
tape A4517/CS
Side 1: Ron Ramsis, Side 2: Robert Chanley
tape A4520/CS
Side 1: Davíd Alfaro Siquieros, El Nuevo Realisimo Mexicano, Side 2: Davíd Alfaro Siquieros, Integración Plastica
1966
tape A4521/CS
Davíd Alfaro Siquieros y el Presidente de la Republica Luis Echeverria
tape A4522/CS
Side 1: José Montoya (sleeping) and Music, Side 2: Telephone Conversations
tape A4523/CS
José Montoya reading his poems
tape A4524/CS
Side 1: José Montoya and Steve Villa, Side 2: Steve Villa
tape A4525/CS
Side 1: La Lida, Side 2: Chica y Logan
tape A4526/CS
Side 1: Perez Prado, Side 2: Dansones Silvia Mariachi Dareas
tape A4427/CS
Interview with Beth Coffer
tape A4530/CS
Proposal for Chicano Park Aid
tape A4532/CS
Side 1: Ginerro Aranda, Francisco Camplis, Rene Angers, Side 2: Denver Artist: Rene, Poncho
tape A4533/CS
Letter to Victoria Hamilton
tape A4534/CS
Dr. Bensusan, Late January 1973, Centro Cultural
tape A4536/CS
Manuel Parsons, Children's Art Movement
November 11, 1986
tape A4538/CS
Side 1: Channel 8, Side 2: City Council Communication
tape A4544/CS
Mechicano Los Angeles
March 29, 1972
tape A4545/CS
Chicano Art, Manuel Hernandez
1969
tape A4546/CS
Side 1: San Diego City College, Side 2: Chicano Music
October 22, 1970
Television and Radio Programs
tape A4548/CS
KSDO Talk on Muralist Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueros
tape A4553/CS
Program (documentation of San Diego Barrio)
tape A4555/CS
Side 1: Sculpture-Contemporary, Side 2: Optical Art & Sculpture
tape A4556/CS
British Sculptors, Moore contemporary crafts
tape A4557/CS
Side 1: Solar Sculpture, Side 2: Solar Work, Gabbie, Pelo, Beth, Sal
tape A4562/CS
20th century Contemporary Art
tape A4564/CS
Lecture on Figurative Art, San Francisco
tape A4566/CS
Side 1: Fig Bischoff, Side 2: Pop Warhol
tape A4573/CS
Modern Art History, Duchamps
tape A4574/CS
Arte Chicano Symposium w/ A. Mesa-Baines and Thomas Ybarra-Frausto, UC Santa Cruz
Spring 1988
tape A4575/CS
Tomas, Victor, Dave, Salvador, Interview Art in SD
1984
tape A4576/CS
Side 1: Protecting the Arts Pricing, Side 2: Marketing Planning
tape A4577/CS
Side 1: Sales Exhibiting Price, Side 2: Sales Closing; Commissions and Projects
tape A4587/CS
Semantics-New Langsm Arts (First Night)
April 17, 1987
tape A4579/CS
Side 1: Introduction, Side 2: Collectors in the Market
tape A4580/CS
Barrio Senior Villas, Sketch for "Louie and the Small Change"
tape A4581/CS
Panel Discussion, Mesa College
tape A4582/CS
Panel Discussion on (Preperation) for Salvador Torres
tape A4584/CS
Side 1: Folklorico, Side 2: Highlights of Mural Presentation, Anthony Quinn
tape A4586/CS
Side 1: Coastal Commission, Side 2: Coastal Commission Right Power
tape A4587/CS
California Coastal Zone Conservative Commission
tape A4588/CS
San Diego State University, Restoration of Mural by Hilberto Ramirez
1991
tape A4589/CS
Classroom Mural Presentation & Music
June 26, 1990
tape A4590/CS
San Diego PG&E Move, go around or underground
tape A4591/CS
Mexico City 1971, Cantinflas
December 16, 1971
tape A4592/CS
Mexico Truck - walking birds
tape A4594/CS
Meeting of Mayor and City Manager of San Diego
August 19, 1970
tape A4595/CS
Mural Presentation, Aranda Ramirez
1970
tape A4600/CS
Side 1: Interview with Michaela, Daughter of Javier Martinez, San Francisco, Side 2: Conversation Re: Mexican/Chicano Artists,
San Francisco
LP Albums (78's reformatting to cd's)
1971-1985
Item LP239
David Alfaro Siqueiros: Voz Viva de Mexico, Side 1-El Nuevo Realismo Mexicano, Side 2-Integraión plástica, 12" LP, 33 1/3-tp-6
1967
Item LP240
El Trio Casindio and the Royal Chicano Air Force: Chicano Music All Day, 12" LP
1985
tape V815
Marilyn Mulford, "Barrio Logan", Queso's (Salvador Torres) Film" (Master Reversal Pos) Heads 16" film reel, Color 1600' (Magnetic
Sound)
Undated
tape V816
Queso Cepillazon (notes included) 16 mm film reel, CLR 1600' (Magnetic Sound)
Undated
tape V817
Queso Cepillazon, 16 mm, 400', Etkachrome film reel, CLR 1600', No Sound
Undated
tape V818
Untitled (notes included), 16 mm film reel, B/W 1600', No Sound
Undated
tape V819
ECC-Tom Badua, Center City-C.K. Hery, Video Reel 1/2" x 2400'
tape V821
Untitled (not in a case), (Super 8)
Undated
tape V3408
ART Cine Go My Trip in a 52 Ford
tape V3409
The Glorious ABC Mural
1988
tape V3410
UCSD Guestbook: Salvador Torres
tape V3412
Tradition of Masters-The Chicano Mural
tape V3413
Aztec Brewery Murals 1988-TV, September 2
Series IX: Slides
1964-1995
Other Descriptive Information
All slides by Salvador Torres unless noted otherwise
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 001
Drawing study of their [sic] first wall painted in Chicano Park
March 1984
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
Other Descriptive Information
Tomas Castaneda and his son Adrian Castaneda. "Mural Drawing was made for the first Chpac Inc. restoration and Continuation
project funded by COMBO of San Diego." Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 002
Master Plan
March 1984
Other Descriptive Information
Tomas Castaneda holds up the 'master plan' for a Chicano Park mural. "New image added of Mestiza to new work[.] The mestiza
was worked on and improved by Jose "Crazy Lion" Cervantes, on wall paper at ST studio on Logan Avenue" Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 003
(title unknown)
1988
Other Descriptive Information
Drawing is of two elephants, one adult and one juvenile, both bathing themselves with their trunks.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 004
Actriz del Circo Circus Peformer
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"The 'Retired Circus Lady' trained wild birds of many kinds. She sits in Salazar's restaurant, with one of her faithful companions
sitting on her finger. The lady and her bird appear melancholy, while the table stand sprouts "Huelga" wings under the table.
A reminder of the farm workers' struggle boycotting grapes, that there is no retirement in the Labor Movement."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 005
Beko
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a young man.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 006
Boya
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a woman.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 007
Cachetes de TJ
December 11, 1967
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing is a portrait of a man with large cheeks.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 008
Canto
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts a stylized Mayan in contemplation before a stylized Virgin of Guadalupe. The sky is filled with stars.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 009
El Carnal de Boya
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a young man. He may be named Manuel.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 010
Chanate
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of an African-American man.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 011
Compositional Designs for Kelco Mural
late 1991
General Physical Description note: "This series of slides show preliminary drawings for the Kelco Historical Mural."--Salvador Torres. 1. A kelp leaf, a fish's
head, and blue squares. 2. A conchero and the Chicano Park kiosco. 3. The Chicano Park kiosco and musicians, a cannery worker,
and a kelp leaf. 4. A kelp forest. 5. Part of a kelp forest and dockworkers. 6. Dolphins, bluefins, and turtles. 7. Cannery
workers, a ship, and marine life. "The original drawing for this portion of the Kelco Mural was censored by the City of San
Diego as advertising, ‘any sign advertising is subject to billboard license yearly fees.’ The kelp ship is substituted for
California [otter] male, female, and pup. Otters prey on kelp creatures including the Sea Urchin. This portion of the composition
contrasts the artificial and natural ecological balance. Man kills sea urchins because they eat the roots of the kelp, disrupting
capital gain. Otters are the sea urchin's natural predator. Man almost sent otters into extinction. The California otter is
making a comeback."--Salvador Torres. 8. A maguey, a ship, and part of bus. 9. A long kelp leaf. 10. A conchero. 11. The right
side of Chicano Park kiosco with a three-piece band and a cannery worker. 12. A California sheephead fish (Semicossyphus pulcher).
13. A harbor seal. 14. A perspectival arch of the Chicano Park kiosco. 15. Female cannery workers. 16. Dolphins and bluefin
tuna. 17. Bluefins. 18. A Great White shark and SCUBA diver/photographer. 19. A mother and child. 20. An elderly woman. 21.
A maguey cactus and a dock. 22. Quetzalcoatl and a bus. 23. The headdress of an Aztec danzante. 24. Passengers on a bus. 25.
The Chicano Park kiosco with faces. 26. Two large faces and three smaller ones. 27. A woman holding a child and watching a
kelp ship bring in its haul. "The kelp ship is substituted for the California sea otter male, female and pup."--Salvador Torres.
28. A kelp boat (later expunged). 29. Two blue fish, a mother, and a child. 30. Angelfish and kelp. 31. The Chicano Park kiosco
and dancers. 32. A bus and Quetzalcoatl. 33. A California sheephead and a SCUBA diver. 34. A cannery worker holding tuna by
the tail. 35. A conchero. 36. A person speaking into someone's ear, an African-American girl's face, and an elderly bus passenger.
37. A shark that is about to bite a SCUBA diver. 38. A seal and a Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in an underwater scene.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 012
Chicano Park Expansion Under Coronoado Bay Bridge
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink (?) drawing colored with color pencil is a rendition of Chicano Park.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 013
La Confesión-The Confession
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts a vato kneeling in a church holding a rosary. A priest is behind the altar, behind which two horns
are also visible. Two winged figures fly overhead. Three human-like figures are in a box behind the altar. 2. Detail of the
vato. 3. Detail of the three stylized human figures in a box. 4. Detail of a hooded figure with bird's feet standing beside
the priest.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 014
Coraje-Courage (detail)
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts two elderly women pointing into the distance. In the sky is a sun with the United Farm Workers huelga
eagle.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 015
Cuervito
1982
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on paper depicts a calavera with its arm around a nude woman. The calavera holds its hand to its head, as if pensive.
The pair stands before a crow on a perch. A Chicano Park freeway support column is visible in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 016
Dancing Figurines
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts two nude women kicking a ball while a horned, feathered figure with a long nose looks on.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 017
Dream Bear
1981
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a bear at the edge of a body of water. The bear's reflection is visible in the water.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 018
La Elizabeth
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a woman. She wears a headband in her hair and a v-necked blouse.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 019
El Gabacho Taylor
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a man with a goatee.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 020
Homage to Motherhood 2
1987
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pounce drawing on paper depicts a woman surrounded by three children, one of which wails.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 021
Homage to the Young Father
1987
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pounce drawing on paper depicts a man's face surrounded by three smiling children.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 022
Masqueraders Teatro Mascarones
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicting performers in calavera garb. A shaded UFW huelga eagle forms the backdrop. 2-5 Details.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 023
Memo
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a man.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 024
Mi Jefito
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal line drawing of a man's facial features.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 025
Mujer con Ollas
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on brown paper depicts a nude woman leaning slightly away from the viewer. There are ceramic jars before her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 026
Mural Study
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photos are of a charcoal drawing of a mural study. 1. Two open hands is possibly a mural study. 2. A row of people including
students and workers.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 027
Mural Study CP
1982
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink and watercolor drawing depicts a nude reclining woman and four faces, one of which appears to be of a policeman.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 028
Músicas Calacas
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts three calaveras playing music. One plays a stand-up bass, one plays the xylophone, and the third plays
an elaborate horn.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 029
Ocean Beach Mural Design (detail)
1991
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Color pencil (?) drawing is a study for the (never-executed) Ocean Beach Mural. It depicts the faces of four people on a background
of an agricultural landscape where workers labor.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 030
Phase I Environment (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of a color pencil drawing depicts frogs on lily pads, a wading waterfowl, morning glories, the skulls of elephants,
a child, monarch butterflies, and the felling of a tree. This drawing was later made into the print Urban Corps & Testing
Services & Inspection, Inc. Mural Project -Phase I Environment.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 031
Phase II Education (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Color pencil drawing study for a print. This drawing was later made into the print Urban Corps & Testing Services & Inspection,
Inc. Mural Project -Phase II Education. 1. Detail depicts a man sitting at a computer and another man adjusting lights. 2.
Detail depicts a woman teaching children science.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 032
Pura Cura (detail)
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of a huelga eagle with two mouths and "X"-es on its wings.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 033
Questions of Love and Hate?
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a seated nude woman with a pensive look on her face. She rests her head in her hand and has her legs
crossed. A snake with three forked tongues spirals upward out of a basket before her to meet her at eye level. Two other snakes
slither on the ground. A bird (possibly a dove) is perched on the back of her chair. The woman holds a piece of paper with
the words "Love" and "Hate". There is another piece of paper with the words "War" and "Peace". There is a question mark above
the woman's head and an open human eye in the sky. "Meek as a dove and wise as a serpent."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 034
El Rukito Mr. Johnston Que Tiro la Vuelta
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts an elderly bald man.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 035
Santa Fe A New Generation of Youth Mural Study
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Color pencil drawing is a study for the Santa Fe A New Generation of Youth Mural. 1-2. Four children reading a book. In the
book, pieces of fruit play musical instruments on a shore. 3. Crystallized minerals. 4. It depicts a girl leaning on a wall
looking at an egret and butterflies in flight. The foreground is filled with fruit and vegetables. 5-7. An egret in flight.
"A slide photo of a design Salvador Torres creates from the San Diego River."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 036
Sculpture Study
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink and charcoal drawing depicts a nude man with his back to the viewer. He leans forward slightly and rests his hand on something.
Freeway support columns are visible in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 037
Teatro Mascarón
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pen drawing on sketchbook paper depicts a performer in calavera attire on a stage. He or she rests his or her hand on a large
white sphere or circle. The backdrop for the scene looks to be a Native American weaving, with rows of differently-colored
designs.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 038
Teatro Mestizo
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pen drawing on sketchbook paper depicts a performer in calavera attire on a stage. He or she rests his or her hand on a large
white sphere or circle. The backdrop for the scene looks to be a Native American weaving, with rows of differently-colored
designs.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 039
Teatro Mono
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts a performer in calavera garb holding the wire of a light that shines down on him or her. Beside the
performer is a performer in a costume of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle. Behind the eagle are rows of cabbages. Two
small figures peer out from behind the backdrop.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 040
Teatro Mono Series
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador Torres begins a series of "Teatro Mono" drawings. These drawings are inspired by the many Teatros (Teatro Campesino,
Teatro Mestizo, Teatro Chicano, etc.) Salvador Torres' idea is to portray comedy, tragicomedy, drama, and romance. See the
Salvador Torres collection on thesis. In this drawing a figure sits in the "Dominguez Restaurant" while imaginary figurines
sit like puppets taunting and laughing. Even the saltshaker sprouts wings. One figurine seems to ask ‘What is a Pachco's sham?’--
Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 041
Tecolote Philosophers
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Image is of a crowing cock and a nude woman. "Salvador Torres experiments with charcoal and pastel chalks."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 042
Tecolote Philosophers
1982
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude man on his knees. His elbows rest on a stone where an owl perches. "Salvador Torres has created
a series of imaginary 'Tecolote' (owl) artworks."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 043
Los Tecolotes Series
1980-1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude female seated beside an owl on a perch. Another owl flies overhead. "Salvador Torres needs
to study the nude figure for accuracy and understanding for painting and mural works. Salvador Torres combines a series of
drawings of owls with the nude figures. In Salvador Torres' childhood, stories of ‘Lechusas’ (Barn Owls) were both frightening
and curious. Live models are used and the imaginary owls are used as compositional elements of humor, tragicomedy & romance.
The charcoal works are spontaneously created and each bird figure composed according to the spatial relationships in harmony
with the figures' poses. ‘Los Tecolotes’ series are statements of Folk Tales heard in the grape picking camp of W.A. Taylor
Winery of La Cieniga, in Hollister CA. (Now the Almadin winery)."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 044
Los Tecolotes Series
1980-1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing of a nude woman crouching beside a one-legged owl on a perch.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 045
Los Tecolotes Series
1980-1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude woman and two owls.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 046
(title unknown)
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Marker drawing depicts a seated woman holding a pole, as if on a bus.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 047
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on white paper depicts two birds flying above an abstract design.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 048
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract ink drawing features a square containing three dots. It is accompanied by other abstract figures.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 049
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pen drawing on white paper depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle with the head of a buffalo. A landscape fills the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 050
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a winged figure and a horned figure.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 051
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts an owl on the back of a horned beast.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 052
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a stylized chicken or rooster and another animal, which walks upright.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 053
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink or black paint drawing depicts a stylized huelga eagle. A semicircle encloses the head. Text along the bottom reads "RazaRazaRazaRazaRaza".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 054
(title unknown)
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing of a recumbent nude woman. Another woman in the same position, but with less-defined features, is beneath her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 055
(title unknown)
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts two art students in conference as they draw a model.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 056
(title unknown)
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude seated woman modeling for a bearded artist. His canvas features some blue coloration.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 057
(title unknown)
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a nude man. He appears to be in motion. His body has been shaded with ink wash. There are artworks in
the background, including an image of a calavera holding a stringed instrument.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 058
(title unknown)
1982
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing colored with color pencil depicts a koala on a branch.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 059
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a fish and a bucket.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 060
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Color pencil drawing depicts a nude woman. She partially sits on a table which also has a mirror on it. She holds the upper
part of the mirror with her right hand. Behind the mirror are five ghoulish faces or masks. The background is yellow.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 061
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a seated man wearing a loincloth and a necklace. He is surrounded by baskets and jars. Mountains are visible
in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 062
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on white paper depicts a seated nude woman. An owl sits on a perch before her. Two masks hang from the perch,
and the woman holds another mask in her hand.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 063
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a number of fish in two buckets.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 064
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a nude man standing beside a table bearing a sculpted bust.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 065
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Marker or pen drawing depicts two animals face to face. The one on the left has on its back a bird with a heart. The one on
the right has a sign with the United Farm Workers huelga eagle on its back. Clouds are in the sky.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 066
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude female leaning into a mirror. She is surrounded by masks.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 067
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts a nude man with his hand on his hip. His skin has been shaded by ink wash. Designs form the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 068
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink and ink wash drawing depicts three stylized birds.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 069
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Line drawing shaded with ink wash depicts a seated nude man. A human figure is visible in silhouette in the rear corner. There
are two faces on the right side.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 070
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts four nude female figures in various poses standing on a base with a face in front.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 071
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing of a nude seated man in 1/4 profile.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 072
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Color pencil drawing depicts a nude woman reclining beside an enormous owl.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 073
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a full-length portrait of a woman in a fur coat.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 074
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing of a man drawing a woman. Another woman models in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 075
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing is of students in an art class. Ink wash has been used for shading.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 076
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is of a nude female model in a figure drawing class.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 077
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing of a woman drawing a nude model, who is also visible in the background. There are drawings of monsters and
beasts on her canvas.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 078
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink wash drawing is of two artists drawing a nude, seated, female model. There are many portraits on the ground and in the
background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 079
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude male standing on one foot. Pastel shadings in yellow and purple fill the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 080
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a woman and several other people sitting at a bar.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 081
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts three nude female figures wearing masks. One is seated and they are all on a square base.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 082
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts two full-length female figures, neither of whose face is visible.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 083
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a woman with long straight hair. To the right of her are preliminary sketches of other heads.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 084
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink line drawing of a recumbent nude woman.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 085
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
An indigenous design is mapped out on the squares of the graph paper support.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 086
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media is a line drawing of a horned huelga eagle on the back of an indeterminate animal with swollen teats.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 087
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing shaded with ink wash depicts two heads on pedestals. The head on the left is a cow skull and the one on the right
is a man's head with horns and a mustache. Birds fly overhead in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 088
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts two nude women. One lies down and rests on her elbows; the other is seated and leans toward the first.
There is a large urn in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 089
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a woman wearing a floral print dress posing for an artist. In the background, another model poses.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 090
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude seated woman leaning toward an owl seated on a perch. The background is shaded with light
blue.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 091
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts an artist drawing a model. The model, masked, is visible in the background with another nude female.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 092
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing shaded with ink wash depicts a young girl looking upward.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 093
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a man posing for a female artist.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 094
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a kneeling model who rests his or her arm on a jar. The model poses for a female artist, who sketches
in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 095
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts three stylized beasts and their shadows.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 096
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a nude female standing on a dais posing for an artist. A poster on the wall in the background shows an
artist painting a Chicano Park mural with the text "U.S. Out of El Salvador".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 097
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a seated nude man posing in a contorted position. A seated woman is using him as a figure model.
There is some shading in white or light blue.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 098
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pencil drawing depicts the freeway and the columns that support it. One of the columns bears a design. Notes surrounding the
drawing describe the bureaucracy pertaining to the creation and maintenance of Chicano Park.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 099
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude man standing on one foot. He holds a spear with both hands, with which he has stabbed a coiled
snake through the head.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 100
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on brown paper depicts a nude man with his hands on the head and shoulder of a man or an image of a man. The background
is filled in in chalk.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 101
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a nude woman. She is seated and her back is toward the viewer, although her head is turned
to reveal half of her face. Her hair hangs in a long braid down her back. Strange figures occupy the background and a mask
rests on the floor in the foreground.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 102
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a standing nude woman in 1/4 profile. Her arm is wrapped around her face, obscuring the bottom portion
of it. Her body has been shaded with ink wash. An owl sits on a perch before her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 103
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a nude woman seated next to a bear.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 104
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing depicts a nude woman standing on a circular dais. From her hands dangle two human-like figurines on strings. A
ladder is behind her and balls rest on the ground beside her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 105
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pen drawings are two courtroom scenes. In the superior, the magistrate and the witness are visible behind the audience. One
member of the audience holds a piece of paper with the words, "Not Guilty". In the inferior, the court reporter and the jury
are depicted.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 106
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Drawing in unknown media depicts a square anthropomorphic figure with concentric circles for eyes. It stands beside a stylized
United Farm Workers huelga eagle.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 107
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing depicts a tuna cannery or processing plant.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 108
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawings colored with color pencil are renditions of Chicano Park and the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 109
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pastel (?) drawing depicts a woman holding an infant child. The background is red.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 110
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Marker drawing depicts a seated woman reading a newspaper.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 111
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is of a seated artist drawing a male model with his back to her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 112
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing on brown paper depicts a nude seated woman. Her arm is partially raised, obscuring the lower part of her face.
There are ceramic jars and vases in the background.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 113
La Tomiko
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a portrait of a woman.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 114
Tree of Life (study)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing appears to be a preliminary sketch for a mural and depicts a woman reading to a child, who sits in her lap.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 115
Uyeda
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Charcoal drawing is a self-portrait.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 116
Perkins Burn Institute Mural (study)
March 1997
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A child cries out in anguish and is being comforted by another.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 117
Perkins Elementary School Sketch
April 1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Pen and ink mother & child waiting in the school office. Salvador and Gloria Torres go to the office of (Lowell) Perkins
Elementary to discuss their Young At Art program. A young mother and child are waiting to be seen. Salvador Torres sketches
this scene."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 118
Perkins Elementary School Sketch
April 1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Pen and ink of mother and child sitting on an outside bench."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 119
Perkins Elementary School Sketch
April 24, 1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador and Gloria Torres select Lowell [Perkins] Elementary School as part of the Young At Art program Salvador and Gloria
Torres organize. Salvador and Gloria Torres go to the kindergarten class to make life studies for their mural designs they
wish to make at Lowell [Perkins] School."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 120
Perkins Elementary School Wall
April 1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This preliminary ink drawing is a study for the Salvador and Gloria Torres abstract color mural located on the wall as of
today. See Salvador Torres video "Urban Corps/Summer Service Youth Core Graffiti Abatement 8/11/93."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 122
The Tree of Life
1991
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This is a good example of Salvador Torres' freehand charcoal drawing. The drawing feels free and expressive. The pounce drawing
becomes somewhat rigid requiring Salvador Torres to calculate expressive emotions within and around the pounce perimeters."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 4 123
The Tree of Life
1991
creator:
San Diego State University professors and students.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A drawing study for San Diego State University College of Education mural. "Detail of a young mother and a reading child is
a drawing for the traditional pounce technique. The drawing is perforated with an electric needle, then a pumice powder is
wrapped in cloth and pounced over the perforated drawing leaving a powder dot making a line that is followed by a paint brush
outlining the design pattern."--Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 001
Inauguracion Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
1971-1972
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
The front of the program for the inauguration of the David Alfaro Siqueiros Cultural Polyforum.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 002
Buffalo Bill in Credulilandia, Announcement Poster for
1974
creator:
Cuellar, Rodolfo
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen announcement poster for a theatrical presentation features a mustachioed mask split vertically. The left side is
red and the right side is yellow. Text reads, "Buffalo Bill en Credulilandia from Venezuela Teatro Triangulo ASCUS Cultural
Programs Oct. 30 Wed 74 12 pm Free Little Theater CSUS".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 003
Flor Verde de los Montes
1974
creator:
Cuellar, Rodolfo
Other Descriptive Information
Image of a gray monochromatic mountain whose outline turns into a green monochromatic circular shape. 20 dots descend from
the center to the gray mountain shape.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 004
Mascarones
1973
creator:
Cuellar, Rodolfo
Other Descriptive Information
Woodcut print depicts two people holding a mask in front of their faces. A United Farm Workers huelga eagle sets in the background
behind an agricultural landscape.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 005
Menudo Benefit, Announcement Poster for
1975
creator:
Cuellar, Rodolfo
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen poster announcing a benefit dinner depicts a rooster on the rim of a large bowl filled with menudo. United Farm
Workers huelga eagles adorn the bowl. Text reads "Menudo Benefit Washington Neighborhood Center Sat. June 28 400 16th St."
Additional text in marker reads "9AM-1PM". The background is a gradation from orange to yellow.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 006
Sun Mad
1982
creator:
Hernandez, Ester
Other Descriptive Information
Poster mimics the design of the Sun-Maid raisins box. Instead of a maid, however, is a skeleton. Text reads: "SUN MAD Raisins
unnaturally grown with Insecticides, Miticides, Herbicides, Fungicides." "ST as a young man picked grapes for W.A. Taylor
Wine Co.-Almaden buys out WAT, ST spends the summers of his adolescent tears in rural and urban life styles. Los Banos, &
Hollister, La Cieniga [sic], "San Benito Vinards", housing/camp for the permanent farm workers. Ms. Hernandez "Sun Mad" comment
on serious pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, are used by ST in a lecture about the Toxic Racism Barrio Logan is enduring
with deceptive City of San Diego Planning Department abuse of "Coexistence" fallacies between Plating & Welding co's emitting
21.0 Hexavelnt Chromium (ng/m) deadly cancerous chemical in our Barrio Logan air spaces. See #3-173-A ST environmental rescue
efforts. ST recalls the dust croppers airplanes flying two wingers over and around our many farm workers camp sites then spraying
the near by crops. As children, ST and others delighted in seeing the pilot, who sometimes would wave back to them as he roared
past." Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 007
La Virgen de Guadalupe Defendiendo los Derechos de los Xicanos and
Libertad
1975
creator:
Hernandez, Ester
Other Descriptive Information
Chicano Art images used in Torres' lectures to children. Two black and white prints. Right is la Virgen de Guadalupe in karate
gee doing a side kick. The cherub at her feet wears an aggressive expression. Left is a chicana chiseling Aztec iconography
into the Statue of Liberty.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 008
Life Cover August 1994
August 1994
creator:
Life Magazine Editorial Board.
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photograph of the cover of Life magazine from August 1994. The cover story is "Woodstock Remembered". This issue featured
a photograph of Carlos Santana standing in front of a Chicano Park mural. The San Diego artists of the mural were not credited,
causing Torres some resentment.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 009
Abandonado
1969-1970
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
An abstract face and the word "Abandonado".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 010
Muerte Natural
1969-1970
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
The silhouette of a man, stabbed through with a flagpole bearing the American flag. "1970 Malaquias Montoya is teaching in
University of California Berkeley. "Mel" comes to tape an interview of ST's art works in the Ford building. "Mel" sends ST
10 different posters. See ST collection of cassette tapes."
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 011
Tenemos Que Sostener la Lucha
Undated
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen print depicts two figures -- one a conquistador, the other an Aztec eagle knight -- in silhouette on a man's body.
The man has his fist in the air. His body is red and the background is yellow.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 012
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen print depicts a calavera with the words "Basta Imperialismo", "Terminar la Guerra", Vietnam", and "Nixon Se ha
Comido".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 013
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen poster depicts a stylized human figure in brown. Text reads, "Fuera El Enemigo Está Aquí A Mi Jefe Lo Mato Un Gringo
Mi Jefita Se En-fermo En La Pisca Un Carnal Mio Lo Mato La Jura Otro Murio En Korea ¿Obligacion?".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 014
Vietnam Aztlan
Undated
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen print depicts the union of two fists, one yellow and the other brown. There are also two male faces, one Vietnamese,
the other Chicano. Text reads, "Vietnam Aztlan Đoàn Kêt Chien Thang Unidos Venceran Đoàn Kêt Solidaridad Chicano Vietnam Fuera".
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 015
¿Se Acuerda Ud. de...?
1969-1970
creator:
Montoya, Malaquías, 1938-
Other Descriptive Information
A coffin draped with an American flag passes through a doorway with silhouettes. Three circles have images in black: first
appears to be a young boy, second a folklorico dancer, third entirely black.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 016
¡Viva La Raza!
Undated
creator:
Noriega, Ramses
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process depicts two indigenous people in a crosshatching style. There is a palm tree in the background.
Text reads, "Mi Raza Has Survived! My Culture Will Survive!
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 017
The Ultimate Arts and Culture Guide to San Diego
Undated
creator:
San Diego Arts Commission.
Other Descriptive Information
A pamphlet entitled The Ultimate Arts and Culture Guide to San Diego features the Torres' mural Young Mother Earth.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 018
Nacimento Del Parque Chicano, Astrological Mural renovation placard
1996
creator:
Serrano-Velez, Dolores
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Sign announces restoration of mural. Features graphic image of mural. Text reads: "Mural Retoration in Progress By Dolores
Serrano-Vélez". "Dolores Serrano, appears at the community "Kiva" meeting (see ST video "Kiva"[)] and pleads with caltrans
to let her restore her mural. She is wearing oxygen tubes for a portable oxygen tank. Caltrans decides to take initiative
to allow her to restore her mural. Dolores is too weak and asks ST/GT to help her finish this difficult task. ST/GT agree
& inform Caltrans representatives Gerlada Striker, & project manager Pedro, {Orso-Delgado} that ST/GT need to be compensated
for this work. ST/GT are told that at the end of the retrofiting process ST/GT would be compensated. To this day 7/13/02 no
compensation has been made. Dolores dies right after her mural is completed." Salvador Torres.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 019
1st Chicano Denver Conference
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a double-headed United Farm Workers huelga eagle in the sky above a large scorpion. The background is
filled with swirls and other designs.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 020
Aztlan Colorado
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a stylized huelga eagle with horns. Another huelga eagle forms a mirror image of the first. The background
is filled with designs.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 021
La Barca
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract intaglio and silkscreen print is split in two. The lower portion has colored vertical stripes, and the upper portion
has a large dark mass.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 022
Caltrans Retrofiting [sic] San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge
1999
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mixed media work is composed of a one-dollar bill affixed to the top of an etching (?) print. George Washington's face has
been touched up with marker to give him the appearance of Adolf Hitler. The print depicts two freeway support columns.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 023
Chanata
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a seated elderly woman holding an umbrella seated on a bus. A bald man sits behind her.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 024
Chavala Reading La Verdad
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a young girl reading a book with a calavera on the back. She appears to be on a bus or some other system
of mass transit.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 025
Chicano Park Legend
1984
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Xerox print is made up of the same image repeated four times. Each one is a man in a vehicle with the San Diego Coronado Bay
Bridge in the background.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 026
Chicas Patas
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts people sitting in chairs. They are facing the words "Chicas Patas", which appear at the top of the image
area. To the left of the people is a huelga eagle with the head of an owl. It casts a shadow in the form of the traditional
huelga eagle.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 027
Chinos
1964
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process (possibly silkscreen) features abstract fields of color.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 028
Colores
1995
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process depicts four women in traditional dress. A child stands in front of one of them.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 029
Cositas
1964
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract lithographic print features colors and designs inside black rectangles and squares.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 030
Los Demonios de los Diablos
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a witch, a skeleton, and other monstrous creatures on the background of a night sky. There is a huelga
eagle in the moon.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 031
Dr. Romano
January 11, 1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print is a portrait of a man's face in profile.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 032
Estudio de un Bato Loco
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a young man with his hair slicked back in profile.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 033
Estudio de un Chavalo y una Vieja
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a young man seated next to a middle-aged woman who has her purse on her lap.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 034
Estudio de una Chavalito con Su Jefita
January 9, 1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a young girl seated beside a middle-aged woman on a bench.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 035
La Huelga En Los Campos De Califas
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle in a large circle above an agrarian landscape. Three circles above
the large central circle also contain various mutations of the huelga eagle.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 036
Juan Gomez! Viva La Revolucion
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts the face of a man. He has a mustache and wears sunglasses. In the background there are leaves and flowers.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 037
Luz de Septiembre
1963
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract silkscreen print features blue and orange as the predominant colors.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 038
Raza
1964
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a stylized huelga eagle. The background features the repeated word "Raza".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 039
La Raza en Guerra y Paz
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process is in the form of a square divided into four smaller squares. Each of the smaller squares
is divided by a zig-zag line, with half of the division being colored in in black. These multiple stair-step forms evoke the
wings of the huelga eagle. An avian figure attached to the top of the large square has two limbs that reach to the left and
right sides of the square. The hand on the left side holds a circle divided into four quadrants, a common symbol in Native
American iconography. The hand on the right side holds a peace symbol.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 040
La Raza vs. San Diego Gas and Electric Co.
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Woodblock print depicts a huelga eagle on a multicolored background.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 041
El Rinosorisorisoris De Mi Hija Amadola
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts an umbrella protecting a rhinoceros from a rainstorm. A United Farm Workers flag flies from the top
of the umbrella. An owl is perched on the rhino's backside.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 042
(title unknown)
1971-1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Hand-colored monoprint depicts a young girl's face. Beside her is a poem reading "The evening was as nice as the afternoon/
When you came into my view/ Downtown in San Diego, California./ An innocent young lady./ You filled my inspiration/ To paint
you again and again./ No matter how many changes./ Your lasting impression embraced my soul./ To instantly catch your fleeting
image/ With quick furious strokes/ delicate as your beautiful spirit./ And then you were gone, only to return/ en "La Lucha
Para Nuestra Historia"/ in the epic struggle of las Hermanas Cordova/ Two mujeres valientes por amor y capricho for/ our true
history & love for the people./ Respectfully/ Salvador Torres". The background has been filled in with blue and purple color
pencil.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 043
(title unknown)
1964
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a stylized huelga eagle.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 044
(title unknown)
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process depicts the United Farm Workers huelga eagle on a background streaked with black.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 045
(title unknown)
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process on a sheet of newspaper depicts several human figures and a peacock. Text reads, "Chicano
Park San Diego April 22 1970". The newspaper on which the design is printed features an article about the arrest of Salvador
Torres at a Brown Beret protest against the San Diego Police Department.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 046
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Woodcut print depicts a calavera with a huelga eagle on its forehead. Some versions are painted with watercolors.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 047
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a woman cooking in a kitchen.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 048
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts an elderly seated man.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 049
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a seated man in a hard hat with a huelga eagle on it.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 050
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process depicts a stack of three animals forming a sort of totem pole. At the top is a bull, the
middle is what appears to be a buffalo, and the bottom is a huelga eagle.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 051
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Woodcut print features the words "La Verdad". The ink is blue.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 052
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Woodcut print depicts a horned calavera in an open coffin. Text on the coffin reads "La Murte [sic] de El Mito De Logan Hights
[sic]". Behind the coffin are four figures. Two are women, one is a goat, and one is a mask. The lid of the coffin is in the
form of a huelga eagle, and a word bubble coming out of its mouth holds the words, "The Birth of Barrio Logan Harbor 101".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 053
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process features an image repeated ten times, each repetition a variation of the original. The original
image is a seated man drawing or painting a woman. In the repetitions, he appears as a Black man, a Chicano, and as a devil.
The painting varies in coloration.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 054
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a seated man holding a crane.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 055
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo is of a pencil original and two printed versions of the same work. The work depicts a man in a vehicle. In the
printed versions, the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge is visible through the window of the vehicle.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 056
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process is a portrait of Cesar Chávez.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 057
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Etching print depicts a woman with a kerchief covering her head.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 058
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo depicts three different versions of the same print in sequence. The print depicts a seated African-American woman.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 059
Las Tunas
1963
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Silkscreen print depicts a stylized nopal cactus.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 060
Veneno en Deleno
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Woodcut prints depict a skeleton and a huelga eagle superimposed on a stylized ollin symbol.
Album 1, Slide Cat. 5 061
Viva La Huelga
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Prints made by an unknown process are versions of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle. 1. The sun and the moon are in the
upper corners. The background is blue-green in the upper portion and red in the lower portion. The eagle's right wing features
the repeated word "Raza". Its left wing features the repeated words "Chicanos" and "Chicanas" and the words "Pocho Power".
Further text on the eagle's tail reads, "Kito 73". 2. The sun and the moon are in the upper corners. The eagle is purplish-pink
with a red beak. The background of the left side is brown and the background of the right side is blue. The farmland at the
bottom is red and green. The words "Mechicanas", "Pochos", "Chicanos", "Vatos", "Rucas", "Mechicans", "Pochas", and "Chicanas"
radiate from the eagle above its wings. Text on the eagle's tail reads, "Kito 73". By way of signature, vertical text running
down the right side reads, "Sonny Boy Torres". 3. A rendition of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle with the sun and the
moon in either upper corner. This print is colored by a gradation from yellow to green. 4. The print has been hand painted
with an unknown type of paint. The eagle is red, the sky is blue, and the ground is brown. 5. An uncolored verion of the print.
6. "Salvador Torres experiments with the printing process available to Salvador Torres. This printing process begins with
a black outline. Salvador Torres uses watercolor, oil, and chalk pastels, and pencil."--Salvador Torres. 7. Both sun and moon
shine upon this print, dated January 16, 1973, depicting a radiant United Farm Workers-like eagle. Its body is gold and its
wings red. Its feet are planted in the soil of farmland. "This is the second in a series of experiments in litho printing.
Hand colored prints are produced."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 062
(title unknown)
1997
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Hand-colored monoprints depict a huelga eagle-like figure and another abstract figure on an abstract background. 2. Hand-colored
monoprint depicts a long-legged United Farm Workers huelga eagle standing beside an indeterminate animal. The image is framed
by a series of black streaks. The background has been colored with blue, pink, and purple color pencil. 3. Hand-colored monoprint
depicts a long-legged United Farm Workers huelga eagle standing next to an indeterminate animal. The sun is a black circle
in the sky. The background has been painted with yellow, purple, and pink watercolors. 4. Hand-colored monoprint depicts a
long-legged United Farm Workers huelga eagle standing beside an indeterminate animal. Beside the animal is a man in silhouette
holding a four-part sign reading "2000 1990 1980 1970", with one year on each part. Another huelga eagle rests on a wheeled
cart. Behind the first eagle is a painted Chicano Park freeway column. The background appears to have been colored with blue
and green color pencil.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 063
El Sombrero de Paja
1985-1989
creator:
Assistants.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador Torres begins to experiment with offset printing to achieve a different quality of values of printing. Salvador
Torres' first experiments are tried in 1973. The experiments are determined by the Offset printing machine and Salvador Torres'
ability to innovate the printing process. In #10-650 [temp number] shows Salvador Torres' pen and ink and watercolor of a
life drawing made on the 11 bus, Logan Heights. The drawing is made on the moving bus. Salvador Torres explores many of these
life drawings by painting them on the moving bus, or later in the studio. Salvador Torres' printing process is inspired by
seeking a new relationship between the art works created and the recent science and technology available at Salvador Torres'
financial economic limitations. These new innovations stimulate a new aesthetic inventiveness of what this Offset process
possibilities of surface qualities Salvador Torres can experience and develop as works of art in limited editions."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 064
Urban Corps and Testing Services and Inspection Inc. Mural Project Phase I Enviroment
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Print made by an unknown process is based on a Torres painting. It depicts butterflies, logged trees, animal skulls, a fox,
a wading bird, frogs, a child, and morning glories. Printed text beneath the image area reads, "Urban Corps & Testing Services
& Inspection, Inc. Mural Project (copyright) Gloria and Salvador R. Torres 1997 Phase I Environment".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 5 065
Urban Corps and Testing Services and Inspection Inc. Mural Project-Phase II Education
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This image depicts a portion of the Chicano Park Monumental Public Art concept showing tram, monorail, and sculpture at the
base of center column #19, #18, & #17 located on the San Diego Bay. The tram concept is based on an educational tour of the
murals as seen from its vantage perspective. The monorail is designed for speeding transportation over the San Diego Coronado
Bay Bridge. The sculpture is introduced at the base of the columns in the bay as excellent bases."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 6 001
Indigenous Chicano Media and Artforms
Album 2, Slide Cat. 6 001
Solar Hologram
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo depicts a holographic image on a Chicano Park freeway column.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 6 002
Chicano Park Cactus Garden
1970
creator:
Garcia, Manuel
creator:
Jacquez, Raul
creator:
Lucero, Roger
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This land plot was not considered to be Chicano Park. Salvador Torres over the years begins creating earth[works] pieces
of broken glass, dirt mounds, [and] wooden sculpture set on the earth and on the Caltrans fence. Palm trees begin to grow
and Salvador Torres trims them until large, Gloria Torres plants two ficus trees, and one coral. Manuel and his wife bring
dozens of cacti. Salvador Torres, Gloria Torres, Manuel Garcia, and Roger Lucero dig out the "Kiva". Salvador Torres digs
a pit discovers clay that high fires to cone 10. Manuel Garcia builds benches from scrap wood, Manuel and Salvador Torres
paint them white. The discovery of clay opens ideas for future tile work to be integrated into the monumental mural designs
made from the Chicano Park site. Raul Jacques creates the iron eagle and heart set on a cast concrete cylinder. This sculpture
garden begins with efforts by Salvador Torres to incorporate this portion of land to the Chicano Park Master Plan."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 001
Chicano Park Footbridge
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on the surfaces of the Chicano Park footbridge. 1-2. A side panel of a Chicano Park freeway column
forming part of the footbridge depicts a mystical human figure holding an orange object out to the viewer. 3. Mural in unknown
media on a column supporting the Chicano Park footbridge depicts a stylized serpent. 4. Mural in unknown media is painted
on the concrete surfaces of the Chicano Park footbridge. It primarily features abstract designs. 5. Mural in unknown media
on the Chicano Park footbridge depicts an anthropomorphic jaguar with a United Farm Workers huelga eagle on her dress. 6.
Mural in unknown media on a column supporting the Chicano Park footbridge depicts the tail of a serpent on an abstract background.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 002
Directional Gate Murals
1988-1994
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
This series of slides depicts fired enamel panels affixed to freeway overpasses, each panel representing a different "gate"
of Chicano Park. 1. Acrylic paint on fired enamel panels depicts a row of children waving. 2. Acrylic paint on fired enamel
panels depicts two two-fingered peace signs, a Mexican flag with just a cactus (no eagle), and the words "La Raza". 3. Acrylic
paints on fired enamel panels depicts a cyclist and a stylized canine. 4. Acrylic paint on fired enamel panels depicts animals
and a child. 5. Acrylic paint on fired enamel panels depicts a stylized animal and the word "Bark". 6. Fired enamel panels
painted with animal designs in the style of children's art are affixed to a concrete wall. 7. Fired enamel panel painted with
images of children in the style of children's art is affixed to a concrete wall. 8. Fired enamel panel painted with an image
of a cat is affixed to a concrete wall.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 003
Homage to Motherhood (detail in progress)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of an unknown mural (possibly the Homage to Motherhood) in progress depicts three children looking upward at a woman.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 004
Huelga Eagle
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
The United Farm Workers huelga eagle undergoes various abstractions on its descent from the top of the column to the bottom.
"This depicts the problem of graffiti. Salvador Torres believes that one of the reasons graffiti is the method of our youths'
expression is because the arts have been cut in all the schools in San Diego, as well as other parts of California. Emphasis
today is on English, math, test score achievements, and the creative, imaginative elements of our potentials are neglected
and misunderstood. As a result our children do not respect or understand our public art efforts. For example, California in
1993 spent three billion dollars covering graffiti making the Al [Howard] Jarvis Proposition 13 a sham, as a pretense to saving
tax payers money."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 005
Southeast Neighbors Barrio
1973
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of a Chicano Park freeway column depicts an early mural depicting the face of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and a
Mesoamerican pyramid in unknown media. "In 1973, mural art work begins in Chicano Park at S-Abut on Logan Avenue, San Diego,
California. Collective mural work begins. As artists of San Diego, all are easel trained in flat panel painting. 1968 Salvador
Torres enrolls San Diego State University graduate program M.A., graduates 4.0 1973. Major movements represented: painting:
hard-edge, pop art, Op art; assemblage; environmental art, abstract expressionism, color-field painting, California & New
York graffiti, primitivism, "Rise of Humanism", fifteenth and sixteenth-century Italy, conceptual art, Pre-Columbian art,
Mexican mural, sculpture, ceramics, solar art, (working with sun light, mirrors, holograms, solar sculpture) permanent and
nonpermanent art concepts. 1983-2002 art gallery activities, open air museum tours (Young At Art) and college and university,
students, parents, teachers, professors, coordinated tours for city, police, and California transportation officials."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 006
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Collaborative work in unknown media was composed by children. Possibly a detail of Chicano Park Children's Mural?
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 007
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on the ceiling of a building (likely a house of worship) depicts a haloed Christ holding the scriptures
in one hand and giving a benediction with the other. He is surrounded by a lustrous golden circle. Stylistically, this mural
evokes the icons of the Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 008
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo depicts a mural of an Aztec sun calendar on an interior wall of an unknown building. There are leaves and flowers
painted behind it. 1. This photo has been taken from the third level of the building, revealing the size of the room and the
stairs to the second level, upon which stands a man with a white beard. 2. The mural.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 009
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an interior wall of an unknown building depicts an impending human sacrifice in the Aztec manner.
In the upper center of the mural is a stained glass window. 1. A view of the entire mural. 2-6. Detail is of abstract designs,
including a square spiral. 7-8. Detail depicts a red circle surrounding a man's head. 9. Detail depicts a red circle partially
enclosing a man's head. There are also geometric designs. 10-11. Detail is of abstract designs, including a square spiral.
12-17. Detail depicts a Mesoamerican pyramid. 18-20. Detail depicts clouds above a mountain. The upper right corner is cropped
by a border or frame. 21-23. Detail is of a man in a feather headdress in profile. 24-27. Detail depicts an indigenous man
in profile holding an antler in one hand and a staff in the other. 28-31. Detail depicts a stone indigenous face and body
that serves as the sacrificial altar. 32-35. Detail is of the upper portion of the sacrificing priest's body. He wears a feather
headdress and holds a sharp utensil in one hand and the victim's heart in the other. 36-39. Detail is of an indigenous man
holding the arms of the sacrificial victim. 40. Detail depicts the pallid-skinned face of an indigenous sacrificial victim.
41-43. Detail depicts a man crouching before the priest and restraining the lower portion of the victim's body. 44-46. Detail
depicts an indigenous man in profile wearing an elaborate costume. Leaves are behind him. 47-49. Detail is of a person seated
on the ground. He wears a head covering and has his arms folded on his or her knees.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 010
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo is of the exterior of a hotel or some other building that has been painted with various colors and designs.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 011
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of a portable mural that supports an awning. The mural depicts indigenous people in regalia.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 012
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media on display at an exhibition is a portable reproduction of a Chicano Park freeway column. It has been
painted in black and white with images of the Chicano Movement, including the UFW huelga eagle, a calavera, and Brown Berets.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 013
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of an unknown building depicts a conquistador with a surprised expression. Beside
him, an Aztec extends a piece of jewelry to him. In the background are ships and a pyramid.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 014
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a portable panel is in progress. It depicts workers holding a banner reading "Hermandad?" and a
pair of hands holding a family with the text "A Better Future". The second slide is of the finished product.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 015
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an unknown wall in Chicano Park reads "Barrios Unidos Logan".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 016
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a freeway overpass depicts the head of a woman beside a calavera. In the background, people till
the soil.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 017
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of an unknown building depicts an upside-down Earth, a round building on top of
a stack of books, an anthropomorphic eagle arising from a flame and holding a book in one hand and a square and compass in
the other, a child reading, and the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. There are cars parked in front of the mural that obstruct
the view.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 018
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media depicts dolphins jumping out of the water on a cartoonish coastal landscape.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 019
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media depicts dolphins jumping out of the water on a cartoonish coastal landscape.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 020
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a detail of a mural. Detail depicts a winged indigenous face with indigenous iconography.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 021
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a detail of a mural. Detail depicts a stylized warrior holding a spear.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 022
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a wall of a freeway overpass depicts an ant, a face between two ears of corn, an eagle's head, flowers,
animals, insects, and an ollin symbol.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 023
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of an unknown building depicts a diagram of mestizaje, a schoolbus, Emiliano Zapata,
building blocks with the letters of Zapata's name, a child in the sky, a child in a wheelchair, a young girl releasing a dove,
and an ear of corn.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 024
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of a calavera in a corner of a freeway overpass.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 025
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of a mural in unknown media depicts an open book above a broken chain. Text in the book is a quote from Ernesto "Che"
Guevara and reads, "El Pueblo Y Solo El Pueblo Es La Fuerza Motriz Que Hace La Historia Mundial".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 026
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a detail of a mural and depicts a calavera in a hat.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 027
Escondido Historical Mural
April-June 1990
creator:
35 Students and teachers from Escondido High, Orange Glenn High, San Pasqual High, Valley High, Del Dios Middle School, Palomar
College, California State University San Marcos.
Other Descriptive Information
Escondido Historical Mural at the Family Recovery Center, Washington and Ash Streets, Escondido, CA. Cress-reference with
Non-Center Programs and Activities. 1. A view of the left side of the mural. "This portion of the mural work process shows
in the design a pair of hands shaking hands, one brown the other white. A pair of brown hands are holding the bounty of the
farm workers crops of Escondido. The Corner design is the beginning image of Mount Palomar telescope. Images of multicultural
figures begin to appear."--Salvador Torres. About the project in general: "Escondido Mural was started April 22, 1990 and
completed June 5, 1990[.] June 6, 1990, the mural is vandalized [--] see Archival Material on the Escondido Mural History.
Five Escondido Schools, College[s] and Universities participated, 35 students and teachers were involved. [Salvador and Gloria
Torres, Guillermo Rosete, Esmael "Smiley" Casares, Steve Escabel, Guadalupe Martinez, (student) Spokeswoman also participated]
(See video Tape of Escondido City Council to review Escondido City Council and Salvador Torres comments) Salvador Torrres
boycotts restoration. Mural is restored by unknown artists. Mural is removed with out notice to Salvador Torres. Racist Attacks
on murals in Escondido and Carlsbad take place, See Video KOCT, The Oceanside Channel, "A Sunday in Barrio Carlos", and Voice
of Oceanside Barrio Arts Project" 1. hr. 15 min. Salvador Torres Collection. Educational Racism Censors Mural Ocean Side,
CA."--Salvador Torres. 2. An assortment of animals, a lake in a valley, a pickup truck, and a campesino with a computer and
school materials. This mural was defaced by racist vandalism on June 6, 1990. Torres boycotted the restoration, which was
carried out by unknown artists. Later, the mural was removed by the city of Escondido without notice to Torres."This view
is from Washington Street, mural is in its first work process. Mural designs were provided by students from 5 Escondido schools.
Salvador and Gloria Torres interpret these designs into mural works. The Felicita Foundation sets up community meetings to
discuss this project. Young Chicana and Chicano students warn the committee of threats of vandalism if the mural project continues."--Salvador
Torres. 3. "The view of the Escondido Family Recovery Center is a three quarter perspective. Entrance unfinished. The butterfly
represents the symbol of metamorphosis (change) from one stage to another."--Salvador Torres. 4. The title of this portion
of the mural is Respectful Friendship of Interracial Harmony. "Represented by the handshake of a brown and white hand. Above
the hands is work in progress of the multicultural imagery of diverse characters. This area and Wild Animal Park and pick-up
truck received the vandals' attack. See details of vandalism in archival materials."--Salvador Torres. 5. "Each painting session
Salvador and Gloria Torres would pick up the students at their home and ride them to the mural site, sometimes students walked
to the site."--Salvador Torres. 6. Slide photo depicts vandalism to the Escondido Historical Mural. A large arc of white paint
obscures a large portion of the mural. 7-8. This version of the mural includes a driver and a passenger in the pickup truck
as well as a waterfowl (possibly a stork) in flight over the lake. "This view represents the Wild Animal Park of San Diego
County and images of farm animals. The smiling lion created by Gloria Torres irritated viewers of Escondido because she showed
"animals smiling". See video tape of Escondido City Council addressing this act of vandalism."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 028
Cuauhtémoc
Undated
creator:
Adame, Felipe
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of an acrylic mural on a Chicano Park freeway column appears to have been taken post-renovation, and depicts an
Aztec warrior aiming an arrow at the sun.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 029
Renacimiento (Birth of La Raza Cosmica)
Undated
creator:
Adame, Felipe
Other Descriptive Information
1. Detail is of the lower portion of the mural, which suffers severe deterioration. 2. "The visible side of column #T-46 upper
side cap was painted by Felipe Adame, The lower side remained unpainted until the restoration in 1992, Guillermo Aranda paints
a native dancer in this section. Thus continuing the panel painting of single areas isolated from the main surfaces and themes
of the columns painted. Many of these works are well-done single panels, unfortunately these panels do not relate designs
to each other, they have the power to stand alone, as single puzzles in a vast intricate panorama of colonnades."--Salvador
Torres. Restored by Guillermo Rosete, Guillermo Aranda, Felipe Adame, and Vidal Aguirre in 1992 due to sprinkler damage and
graffiti.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 030
Renacimiento (Birth of La Raza Cosmica) and
Los Niños del Mundo
1974
creator:
Adame, Felipe
creator:
Grupo de Santana Los Niños del Mundo and San Diego Artists.
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of two Chicano Park murals. On the left is
Renacimiento, (also known as
Birth of La Raza Cósmica) and on the right is
Los Niños del Mundo, also known as
Quetzalcoatl.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 031
Cosmic Clowns,
Los Niños del Mundo, and
Tree of Life
Undated
creator:
Adame, Felipe
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Barbosa, Felipon
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Felix, Charles
creator:
mural team from Los Angeles Estrada Courts Mural.
creator:
Roman, Arturo
creator:
Rosa, Pablo de la
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Three freeway support columns side-by-side. Cosmic Clowns features a planet and three "alien" faces framed by a pair of hands,
below which is a heart with an arrow through it and a snake wrapped around it. Very bottom is a phantasmal figure in white.
Los Niños Del Mundo depicts two Quetzalcoatl heads facing outwards, a human figure holding a brush and palette apparently
painting large fields of color. The Tree of Life has a fetus crowned by the four directions symbol, faces flanking. A row
of people on either side. Below the central image is a tree whose roots grow into water where people bathe. Mario Torero restored
Cosmic Clowns in 1992. Guillermo Rosete, Guillermo Aranda, Felipe Adame, and Vidal Aguirre restored Tree of Life also in 1992.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 032
Tree of Life
1974
creator:
Adame, Felipe
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
renovation 1992: Guillermo Aranda, Guillermo Rosete, Felipe Adama, and Vidal Aguirre.
creator:
Roman, Arturo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts a woman and child in the area above a tree. Below the tree
are nude swimmers and a stream. 3. Detail is of the side panel of the Tree of Life mural, depicting a human figure in white
and purple holding a wreath of laurels above its head.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 033
Chicano Park Takeover
1978
creator:
Adame, Felipe
creator:
Director of Chicano Park Marathon
creator:
Gonzalez, Octavio
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
Other Descriptive Information
A mural on an unspecified freeway support column features Chicanos planting, tilling, and caring for the land. A bulldozer
from the takeover is in the center. At the bottom, Teotihuacan is depicted on the shore of a lake, a Tarahumara runner holds
an Olympic-style torch and races across the Coronado Bay Bridge. Restoration in 1992 was done with Gesso base and Nova acrylic
color. 1. "Chicano Park Takeover, 1978, commemorating April 22, 1970, the first "Earth Day" in the nation. To celebrate, love
and respect "Mother Earth". Our USA nation is in a state of pollution, open space disappearing, our communities deteriorating,
racial strife, the Vietnam War, and the worst police and immigration brutality. The terror is faced on the streets demonstrating
for human rights, civil disobedience, marches, demonstrations expose Catholic religion exploitation and refusal to support
the United Farm Workers, 1969, the takeover of the Ford Building, in Balboa Park, serves as the Centro Cultural De La Raza,
after the idea of the culture center was initiated by the takeover of Camp Oliver, by the Católicos Por La Raza. Six chicanas
were arrested. This act of disobedience also was to expose the vast land and property owned by the Catholic Church. The takeover
of the Neighborhood House follows in 1970. The Neighborhood House, the core of the Chicano Free Hospital, today is now the
Logan Heights Family Health Center. The takeover of land under the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge is the ultimate act of our
Chicano Revolutionary Movement. The takeover of land from the State. This act is depicted in the "Chicano Park Mural." Mexican
nationalism influences the painting of the Mexican flag, an error that is corrected during the restoration by Guillermo Rosete,
who originally painted the Mexican flag instead of the original act of raising the flag of Aztlan, the Mestizo head of the
three face image, European, Native, the child Mestizo. This photo shows the Mexican flag. A period of 14 years, Mexicans acquire
more influence in the Chicano Movement, advancing to today, as Chicano's continue "Frente Presente"."--Salvador Torres. 3.
"In this slide view the original flag that was hung on the light pole was the flag of Aztlan, not the flag of Mexico that
Guillermo Rosete painted in 1978. Salvador Torres and Guillermo Rosete discuss the authentic historical event and Guillermo
agrees to paint the flag of Aztlan during the restoration of this mural in 1991. The artists of this restoration are: Guillermo
Rosete, Felipe Adame, Octavio Gonzales, and Vidal Aguirre. A dispute erupts among this mural team and Octavio "OGee" Gonzales
is discouraged & refuses to work with this mural team. A mural working collective is a challenge in give and take, collective
decision making and harmony are the essence of its success."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 034
La Torceda
April 1974
creator:
Adame, Felipe
creator:
San Diego Artists.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
The deteriorating underside of overhang of column T-46, Chicano Park, depicts abstracted human figures and flames. "Allegory
of becoming incarcerated in prison and the anguish felt as a prisoner."--Salvador Torres. This mural was restored in 1990
due to peeling of inferior paint. ("Adame was observed using his own unknown brand of paints.").
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 035
The Master Plan
1973
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
This series of slide photos documents the creation of, modifications to, and the 1984 restoration (necessary due to fading
and rock-throwing damage) of the Master Plan mural, also known as Quetzalcoatl. 1. Detail of the right side of the mural,
still in progress. Images include: A hand holding a (sacred?) heart, adobe houses, an Olmec-like head, a brown hand clutching
a lightning bolt, a sun/eye in the center of a pyramid looking at a skeleton, who holds a crucifix. "Mario Torero and Salvador
make a night raid on the murals with spray can paints. This work is later enriched by Guillermo Aranda and Rosete, and Victor
Ochoa. The raid was meant to integrate spray can paint used by taggers as an experiment to mix both types of paint. Salvador
Torres experiences luminescent colors using copper, bronze, silver aluminum spray can paints reflected by auto lights passing
by Chicano Park at night."-Salvador Torres. 2. "See Salvador Torres collection on the "Master Plan" mural. This view [March
1973] shows the San Diego Police Department approaching the San Diego artists. Salvador Torres had called Assemblyman Peter
Chacon to assist the artists in protecting them from arrest or harassment. Pete Chacon complied. The San Diego Police Department
came to observe what was taking place with the assault of the walls with color and imagery never before seen in San Diego."-Salvador
Torres. 3. Chicano Park #T-Abut. A pyramid-like triangle houses a bent-arm cross, colorful indigenous imagery, a red star,
and a yin-yang symbol. To the right is a United Farm Workers eagle with a question mark on it, above which flies a U.S.-style
eagle. "This is the first time spray paint is introduced as a painting medium."-Salvador Torres. 4. Detail shows Aztec warrior,
yin-yang symbol, Pueblo Community circle, and skeleton clutching a cross. "The Mestiza, (posed by Gloria Rebolledo Torres)
during restoration by Jose Cervantes in 1984."-Salvador Torres. 5. Detail of a vinyl mural on a wall near Chicano Park depicts
Quetzalcoatl, the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, and the Chicano Park kiosco. 6. Detail of a vinyl mural on a wall near Chicano
Park depicts Quetzalcoatl, a Native American face, an indigenous swastika, and a yin-and-yang monad. 7. Chicano Park #T-Abut.
A pyramid-like triangle houses a bent-arm cross, colorful indigenous imagery, a red star, and a yin-yang symbol. To the right
is a United Farm Workers eagle with a question mark on it, above which flies a U.S.-style eagle. 8. Detail is of left side
of mural, with Coronado Bay Bridge, Chicano Park Kiosco, Quetzalcoatl, and an indigenous face. "The Master Plan of going all
the way to the bay. At the bay a waterfront park with public access."-Salvador Torres. 9. Detail is of a face around the corner
from the main portion of the mural, where a man's face has been obscured by drippings.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 036
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs
1973
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Gomez, Guadalupe
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A mural in progress. #T-Abut on Logan Avenue. "This was the beginning stage of our learning about mural painting that included
the destruction of our own works with experiments that failed, and paints that were not of high quality. The Monumental mural
work process begins. Conceptual Art ideas become physical forms of permanent and nonpermanent expressions."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 037
La Raza Cosmica
1974
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Five young ladies visiting the CCLR later called El Grupo de Santana.
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
Other Descriptive Information
On T-46 of Chicano Park, an embryo develops amidst a male figure (left) and a female (right). Beneath it, maize sprouts from
a Teotihuacán-like pyramid. A white aquiline silhouette rests between the woman and the child. "Symbols represented: man,
woman, unborn child, corn, pyramid, white eagle, the future Raza, the first food substance establishes civilization in the
western hemisphere, pyramid, mathematics, city planning, astronomy, spiritual values"--Salvador Torres. Restored 1990-02 for
water damage and graffiti.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 038
La Vida
Undated
creator:
Badillo, Berenice
Other Descriptive Information
A green lightning bolt pierces a heart. Lettering thereupon reads "La Vida". An elderly woman rends the rest of the composition,
which is minimally chromatic, in two. This features a malicious-looking skeleton most prominently. An elephant is suggested,
with a manacle reading "Cop". Also present are the Statue of Liberty, a person wearing a gas mask, and the numbers "187".
"Column #H-45 Berenice Badillo, continues this mural technique, of "Stickies". These techniques are vulnerable to being torn
off the columns by vandals as being experienced on Michael Schnorr's students mural on column #R-46."-Salvador Torres. This
mural is alternately known as Mural in Chicana Park
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 039
Cosmic Clowns
April 1976
creator:
Barbosa, Felipon
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Rosa, Pablo de la
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a Chicano Park freeway support column depicts three otherworldly faces between two hands across the top. Beneath
them is a snake wrapped around a heart with a dagger through it. Beneath the heart is a phantasmic figure in white. The second
slide is a detail of the white figure.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 040
South Gate
1988-1994
creator:
Brailsford, Robin
creator:
Chacon, Yelsa Jacques
creator:
Community children.
creator:
Salas, Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
This series of slides documents a collaborative project to beautify Chicano Park freeway overpasses with painted enamel panels.
1-2. Chicano Park freeway overpass on I-5. Painting of a bat with words reading "Bat Vato". "This project was a suggestion
by the architect, Rob Quigley, proposing a "North Gate, East Gate, and West Gate. Mr. Quigley's goal was to create an image
for each location that will identify that community. A public meeting was held to express public opinion. Salvador and Gloria
Torres attend. Salvador Torres states that out Barrio Logan community has an image created by our monumental murals since
1973. Mr. Quigley confesses publicly that he got his idea from our mural environment in hopes that other communities can create
their own image using the "Gate" program."--Salvador Torres. 3. Children's painting of a party. "The concept of Chicano Park
begins and continues to remain important to work the land as a park environment. The cleaning, planting and many issues that
pertain to the park land are still important. To continue to create projects with any sincere concerns for our park land is
not consistent with the original commitment of working the land painting and planting all the way to the bay. "The South Gate"
project is created away from the park an installed upon completion. This methodology of making public art away from Chicano
Park has been done on synthetic canvas, and even paper, and paste on the columns have demonstrated a reaction by vandals tearing
and scratching the canvas and paper."--Salvador Torres. 4. A children's painting of two boys-- one black, one white-- shaking
hands. 5. Chicano Park pedestrian overpass to I-5 freeway. Children's painting of unidentifiable beast/monster about to gobble
an object. 6-8. "These artists were commissioned to create this project after a competition held by SDAC in 1988. Monies for
this project are shifted to the Police Department and the "South Gate" is stalled until 1994. The pedestrian overpass becomes
a graffiti gallery with trash and filth. The overpass receives paint over patches attempting to cover graffiti making the
overpass a patch work of paintings with graffiti over the painting (see #10-660, #10-661.[)] [temp number] The enamel fired
panel are the first to be used in Chicano Park, and can prove to be a successful technique. See the remaining slide views."--Salvador
Torres. 9. A guitar and eighth-notes. 10. An enamel panel with cyclist and coyote or wolf.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 041
Pacific Beach San Diego (detail)
Undated
creator:
Bravo, Windy
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of a pink "wind" figure, blowing, and the top of a plant. "Windy Bravo is a woman muralist from Pacific Beach, California.
She has joined with many other muralists who have created murals in the California public schools."--Salvador Torres. The
second slide is a detail of a lizard.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 042
Chicano Park Logo
1976
creator:
Assistants.
creator:
Bueno, Rico
creator:
Hernandez, Charlotte Terry
Other Descriptive Information
"Graffiti attracts more graffiti. Mario Torero sprays at the bottom of the logo "Pura Raza", thus adding to the anarchist
attitude of graffiti on our murals. Note "Logan" and other destructive graffiti begins to appear."--Salvador Torres. This
mural has been restored numerous times as a result of vandalism associated with hatred.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 043
Mount Palomar Observatory
May-June 1990
creator:
Casares, Esmael
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of the observatory (upper right) painted by Casares. "This view is from Ash looking east. The front of Family Recovery
Center is near completion."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 044
Corazón de Aztlán
1996
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
Other Descriptive Information
Mural on #S-Abut featuring an elderly man and woman and an adult man and woman with geometric designs behind them. This mural
faces the kiva. "This wall contains six attempts at mural painting utilizing the collective methods vs. individual working
processes. This wall had been finished by the Chicano Park Arts Council Inc. Tomas Castaneda was invited many times to work
collectively. Tomas being an original Chicano Park Arts Council Inc. member suffers a paranoia attack of drugs & alcohol,
destroys the finished work of "pounced" drawing painted works. Tomas continues to suffer alcoholic binges. Salvador Torres
is attempting to work with this problem of his beloved friend, Tomas Castaneda, psychic attacks."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 045
Colossus
original 1974, restoration 1989
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Congreso de Artistas Chicanos En Aztlan CACA and San Diego Artists.
creator:
Lima, Mano
creator:
Mansano, Lauri
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
San Diego Artists.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A male figure with outspread arms holds up freeway on column #T-47, Chicano Park. "This restoration project was started by
Salvador Torres Chicano Park Arts Council Inc. and the intent was to
restore not
renovate. Salvador Torres make anatomical studies to strengthen the image of a colossus holding up the bridge. Salvador Torres attempts
to make planning meetings with Mario Torero unsuccessfully. Time runs out on the project that has city of San Diego funding.
Salvador Torres is chastised for becoming director of the restoration project Salvador Torres organizes in 1990-92 by the
Commission for Arts & Culture, a City of San Diego advisory agency. Mario Torero paints a different image, once again includes
his own face into the Colossus with his hair parted."--Salvador Torres.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 046
Corazón de Aztlan,
Sister City Yokohama, and
Allende
Undated
creator:
Benavides, Emiliano
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Satoshi, Rocco
creator:
Seja, Ruben
creator:
Studio 24.
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of three different murals in Chicano Park.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 047
Memorial Junior High Historical Mural
1986
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mural by Guillermo Rosete, Mario Torero, Salvador Torres, Gloria Torres, and Jose Cervantes in Nova acrylic colors on Gesso
base. 1. Slide is of a newspaper clipping of spectators admiring the mural at its unveiling. "Salvador and Gloria Torres create
a mural at Salvador Torres' junior high school. This work is well over the pay received by the mural team. Salvador Torres
adds the work to his dossier as proof of work in his community that can be credited to his National Defense Loan activity.
Salvador Torres has a collection of letters describing Salvador Torres' volunteer services and lectures that were never paid
to Salvador Torres, but prove that Salvador Torres has served his community in its national defense against blight, deterioration,
visual and audio pollutions assaulting his community. Salvador Torres has used the visual arts as a creative defense. See
Salvador Torres collection of San Diego Magazine December 1973 regarding this statement."--Salvador Torres. 2. Detail depicting
students studying, playing sports, and graduating. 3. Detail of Sports, Arts, and Crafts portion. Students swim, run track,
play basketball and soccer, paint, and spin ceramics. They represent diverse ethnic backgrounds. Memorial Junior High is in
the background. Mural created using pounce drawings. 4. Entire mural. 5. Detail of vandalism on a girl's face. Detail of several
faces.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 048
Preserve our Heritage
1977
creator:
Craig, Eva C.
creator:
de la Torre, Rosa
creator:
Garcia-Torres, Julietta A.
creator:
Lopez, Yolanda M., 1942-
creator:
Mujeres Muralistas de San Diego.
creator:
Torre, Cecilia de la
Other Descriptive Information
A mural on columns #G-44 with a statement on a book in front of an eagle in front of a rainbow. Children grow from cornstalks.
"The mural states: ‘Ya Basta! The schools are not teaching us. Over 50% of us Chicanos are pushed out of school. If we want
to make it, we have to surrender our language. They want to make us coconuts, brown on the outside and white on the inside.’
See the video Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. Restored with Nova color in the film Chicano Park due to smoke damage from
homeless campfires. The second slide, although post-restoration, has been vandalized with white spraypaint.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 049
Chicano Pinto Union
1978
creator:
Vargas, Tony de
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media depicts an eagle in the indigenous style. On either side of it are United Farm Workers huelga eagle
wings. Text reads, "Chicano Pinto Union Justicia Para Los Pobres".
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 050
Voz Libre: The Life of Pedro J. Gonzalez
1984
creator:
Doudera, Yasue
creator:
Esparza, Carlos
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Schnorr, Michael, 1945-2012
Other Descriptive Information
Column #H-45 of Chicano Park, Logan Avenue. A visual biography of radio broadcaster and local hero Pedro J. Gonzales. 1-2.
The entire mural. 3-4. The entire mural. Luis Espinoza holds an infant in front of the mural. 5. As seen from a distance.
6. Detail is of upper 3/4 of mural and features symbols associated with radio broadcasting, writing and music. The edges of
the square panels are visible. "Painted at the artist studio and Centro Cultural, then taken to the Chicano Park site where
they are glued on to the column H-46. This technique is introduced by Michael Schnorr, influenced by a "French" muralist has
not fared well, the community is tearing and scratching at the surfaces. A metal flashing was used to contain the sides in
coming off, creating a danger to the public. Manuel Parsons referred to this approach as "Stickies", because of the method
used. This experiment of working in the artist studio, away from Chicano Park is akin to "Plop Art", no one knows when or
what the art piece is until it is installed. There is no community interaction as the work progresses. This approach seems
to be very successful in Europe. Not so in Chicano Park until a better solution is found where the art is not easily torn
or desecrated."--Salvador Torres 7. Detail of the central portion. 8. Very bottom portion of Pedro Gonzalez mural, showing
him operating a Morse code telegraph transmitter, as well as a biographical statement. This portion of the mural has suffered
vandalism in the form of graffiti, which perhaps is the purpose of the detail photo.
Album 2, Slide Cat. 8 051
Filling Up on Ancient Energy (detail)
1980
creator:
East Los Streetscapers.
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic mural on an exterior cinderblock wall depicts the face of four women.
Album 2-3, Slide Cat. 8 052
King Mural
Undated
creator:
Edwards, Eddie
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of a building of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School depicts the large face
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the background, a rainbow is in the sky above people demonstrating in front of the Washington
Memorial reflecting pool.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 053
Mexico's History
1978
creator:
Assistants.
creator:
Espinoza, Raul
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Schnorr, Michael, 1945-2012
creator:
Students.
Other Descriptive Information
Two snakes wrapped around a tree, heads at top. A soaring eagle at very top of column. On either side of the tree are figures
of Mexican and Chicano heroes, including Cesar Chavez, Emiliano Zapata, a
farmworker
, Benito Juarez, Miguel Hidalgo, and a scene of the conquest with a mission. "In the original mural Raul Espinoza is the first
to use airbrush techniques. Salvador Torres experimented with spray can paint, but stops due to inferior paint durabilities.
1991, restoration by Raul Espinoza, and Victor Ochoa."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 054
Mujer Cósmica/Cosmic Woman
1975
creator:
Favela, Ricardo
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
San Diego Artists.
creator:
Villa, Esteban
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a rubber-treated Chicano Park freeway support column depicts a woman with names and symbols written and drawn
on her body. The names are of Marxist fighters and thinkers. The background is red, yellow, and green. 1. A view of the greater
portion of the mural. "1975, Royal Chicano Air Force from Sacramento, California are invited to Chicano Park, San Diego to
create their idea of mural work on the columns of Chicano Park. This slide view is of "Mujer Cósmica" was designed by Esteban
Villa, assisted by Ricardo Favela, Royal Chicano Air Force and San Diego artists. See Salvador Torres collection, and Video
Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. 2-3. Detail is a close up of the center of the upper portion of the mural. It is highly angled.
Only part of each of the symbols on the cross part of the "T" is visible. Photo accentuates the woman from head to upper leg.
Words on her arms and body include: Chicano, Mona, C/S, Antonio, Amour, RCNF, Sí, Paloma, Ombligo de Aztlan, and Tio Ho. Symbols
include: the owl, letters, crosses, and a sickle.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 055
Niños del Mundo
1976
creator:
Gato, Charles
creator:
Los Ninos del Mundo.
creator:
San Diego Artists.
Other Descriptive Information
Top to bottom mural features: two Quetzalcoatl heads, open books, a human figure climbing out of a book, abstract color fields,
and mushrooms. 1. "Mural was created in 1974, photo documentation 1976. 1980 mural vandalized by Junk Yard workers upset with
community wishes for a clean neighborhood. Also continuous graffiti."--Salvador Torres. 2. "'Ninos del Mundo' are invited
by Abran Quevedo, ‘Gato Felix’ is engaged in creating murals for La Estrada Courts, [he was director of their mural projects]
Los Angeles, California. This is the first of the most successful use of a column, all four sides are one, corners of the
four-sided structure are made use of. The entire Cap Beam is designed as the head of the feathered serpent ‘Quetzalcóatl’."--Salvador
Torres. This mural was destroyed in 1980 by "Racist attacks by the junk yard dealers. Paint bombs (soda bottles filled with
white paint are thrown at the murals.) No restoration to date."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 056
Muralistas Mexicanos
1978
creator:
assistants: Mural Marathon Team.
creator:
Garcia, Rupert, 1941-
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a rubber-treated Chicano Park freeway support column depicts the faces of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco,
and David Alfaro Siqueiros across the top. In the center is the face of Frida Kahlo.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 057
Codex
1978
creator:
Gonzalez, Octavio
Other Descriptive Information
A mural on unidentified T-Abut, Chicano Park, contains much indigenous imagery, including a deer, a priest, and plants, meant
to evoke the Aztec or Mayan codices. "'OG' creates his theme as a codex, over the past 33 years he has made many changes to
his imagery, he has experienced the effects of his materials changing them and rearranging his composition. Note in this slide
photo the lid of the bridge drain flipped up. Once again a San Diego Park & Recreation and Caltrans negligence."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 058
Human Hand
1978
creator:
Gonzalez, Octavio
creator:
Lopez, Yolanda M., 1942-
Other Descriptive Information
"Image shows 'OG's' interpretation of the 'Human Hand', at the lower column reads the dedication of Mujeres Muralistas, directed
by Yolanda Lopez (See Chicano Park Video in Salvador Torres collection.)"--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 059
Che
Undated
creator:
Gonzalez, Placencio
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts the face of Ernesto "Che" Guevara from three different angles. 1. The
main portion of the mural. 2. Detail features Ernesto "Che" Guevara's quote: "Decirle a riesgo de parecer ridículo, que el
revolucionario verdadero está guiado por grandes sentimientos de amor" in Spanish and English. This mural was finished in
1980 by Victor Ochoa when Placencio Gonzales did not finish his work. "This slide photo is of a series documenting how the
San Diego Parks & Recreation, and Caltrans water sprinklers damage our murals with their direct water blasts. Salvador Torres
continues to argue this damaging process. Finally Caltrans shuts off the water at several of their sites. San Diego Parks
& Recreation also follows. This is an example of the many challenges the Chicano Park endures without the support of guest
artists and the members of the Chicano Park Steering Committee that do not live in Barrio Logan."--Salvador Torres. 3. Detail
of vandalism.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 060
La Raza Cosmica and
Los Niños del Mundo
1979-1980
creator:
Grupo de Santana Los Niños del Mundo and San Diego Artists.
Other Descriptive Information
"The viewer will observe the chain link fence in the foreground. This fence was finally removed to open more space for the
Chicano Park."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 061
Point Loma Mural of the History of San Diego
1999
creator:
Imana, Jorge
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of an unknown building depicts the history of San Diego: the arrival of Franciscan
missionaries, a mission, early colonial life with a tall ship, the early days of commercial development under American rule,
and the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. 1. A view of the entire mural. "This is one of the earliest murals painted in San Diego
by Jorge Imana."--Salvador Torres. 1. Detail of a fisherman holding nets. 2. Detail of a surfer in the water near the San
Diego Coronado Bay Bridge.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 062
National City Mural (detail)
1996
creator:
Juarez, Edwardo
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of children at play in a barrio. "Edwardo ‘Eddie’ Juarez, muralist of National City, California creates the mural
a neighborhood grocery store. This is a detail of his unique composition."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 063
Dedicated to the People Who Died During Operation Gatekeeper
Undated
creator:
Kalo Linares, Carmen
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column (the back of the No Retrofitting mural) depicts an EZLN Zapatista
with arms outstretched giving dual peace signs. He or she wears a cap with the word "Raza" and appears to emerge from above
two hummingbirds. Text between his or her hands reads, "Todo el Poder al Pueblo y Todo el Pueblo al Poder". A dedication beneath
the Zapatista reads, "Dedicated to The People Who Died During Operation Gatekeeper". Beneath the dedication is a stylized
calavera. 1. The entire mural. 2. Detail of the upper portion of the mural. 3. Detail of the calavera at the bottom and the
text, "Dedicated to the People That Died During Operation Gatekeeper".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 064
All the Way to the Bay
1978
creator:
Lucero, Roger
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Olga, Rosa
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on two concrete freeway support and the cap connecting them depicts the back of a man who holds a pole of a banner
reading "All the Way to the Bay". The background is red and green. 1-2."'Hasta La Bahia', (1978) the rallying call to move
masses to preserve public access on our coastal fronts. Victor uses Salvador Torres and Manuel Parsons banner slogan 'ALL
THE WAY TO THE BAY'. Mural remains unfinished adding to more unfinished motley appearance."--Salvador Torres. 2. This photo
is of the other side of the columns, where the completed mural shows the front of the man and a woman holding the poles of
a banner. Text on the banner reads, "Hasta la Bahia!!".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 065
Toltecas en Aztlan
late 1990s
creator:
Carlos, Rosa Olga
creator:
Milan, Alvaro
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Column #S-47, Chicano Park. Upper portion depicts (L-R): a boy in front of a three-paneled object, possibly painting, an indigenous
ceremony with drums, an eagle, several views of the feathered serpent, a Tolteca symbol with a heart, and three Pre-Columbian
telamones. Bottom portion (Young Mother Earth by Salvador and Gloria Torres, the rest is by the other artists) has a face
that is split across two sides of the column. 1. The entire mural. "This is a good example of how monumental imagery contrasts
small figures. The lower portion of the column attempts to encompass the corner of the columns in order to make full use of
the space available. Salvador Torres has discovered the more time given to the study of the columns' and abutments' challenging
surfaces, the more complete a design can evolve making full use of a surface that can contain monumental imagery creatively,
that can be viewed from a greater distance."--Salvador Torres. 2. Detail is of the telamones.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 066
Farmworker
Family
October 1975
creator:
assistants: Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Montoya, José, 1932-2013
Other Descriptive Information
The Royal Chicano Air Force's mural The
Farmworker
Family depicts a shirtless man with his arms spread Christ-like across the cap of the support column. In front of him are
a woman and a child holding a book bearing the word "Leyes". The UFW huelga eagle forms the backdrop, and a stalk grows in
the lower portion of the mural. This mural is alternately known as Leyes or simply La Familia.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 067
Mujer Cósmica and
The Women Hold Up Half The Universe
1975
creator:
Montoya, José, 1932-2013
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
San Diego Artists.
creator:
Villa, Esteban
Other Descriptive Information
Columns #T45 and #S45 of Chicano Park. Left is a standing Mujer Cósmica, a female figure with words and symbols on her body:
a cross, "Hecho in Aztlan" with a pyramid, "C/S" with chile pepper as slash, and a United Farm Workers eagle. Right is The
Women Hold Up Half The Universe, (also known as Female Inteligencia) depicting nine cosmic female figures, one of which holds
an infant. "Royal Chicano Air Force and San Diego Artists collaborate, San Diego artists prepare the columns and Royal Chicano
Air Force are free to execute their own designs. Work is accomplished in approx. 3 1/2 weeks. 12 kamikaze pilots and 2 colonels,
Armando Cid, Esteban Villa, Jose Felix, Juan "Ishi", Favela, Arturo Singh, Jose Montoya, Celia Rodriguez, the rest of the
RCAF women participants are being researched."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 068
Aztec Brewery Mural 1934 (detail)
1934
creator:
Moya de Pino, Jose
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of a hand. "Jose Moya de Pino, was a Spanish born artist that is the Spanish connection between the Mexican and
Chicano mural artists. Mural was removed, mural artworks/ensemble stored at the Balboa Park Art Conservation Center, and other
art works stored by San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. San Diego, California."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 069
La Raza Cósmica
1974
creator:
Grupo de Santana (5 young ladies from Santa Ana, CA).
creator:
Los Ninos del Mundo.
Other Descriptive Information
Photo of the unfinished La Raza Cosmica, a Chicano Park mural depicting the unborn child that is yet to come to our earth.
#T47 columns 1 and 2 shown, 3 not visible. A woman's face is the dominant image of this slide. "No assistance is offered by
the Chicano Park Steering [Committee] due to their lack of understanding of art & mural work. At this time of 1974, Jose Gomez
is Chairman of the CPSC, Abran Quevedo serves as an excellent mural team coordinator, he contacts NASSCO, & SDG&E as well
as fundraisers. He uses the Esquela [sic] Del Barrio as our headquarters."--Salvador Torres. (Later, Proline proves not to
be of good quality mural paint. This mural was restored in 1990 due to fading, graffiti, and sprinkler damage.).
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 070
The Master Plan (detail)
Undated
creator:
Noriega, Ramses
Other Descriptive Information
Detail shows "The Pueblo Community Circle", a portion of the Master Plan mural depicting a group of people forming a circle
in front of New Mexico-style adobe houses.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 071
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Nuñez, A.
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media (possibly pastels) appears to have been executed on a wall. It is abstract, with a green box surrounding
designs. The remainder of the work is blue and purple.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 072
La Revolución Mexicana
1981
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts Mexican revolutionaries in black and white.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 073
Wall of Heroes and Martyr (detail)
August 1973
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
Other Descriptive Information
The words "La Logan C/S" in the center of an Aztec calendar-like mandala. "Center composition of the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs,
Victor Ochoa paints "La Logan" using a similar graffiti to relate to Logan graffiti."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 074
Chicano Park Children's Mural
Undated
creator:
Barrio Logan Children.
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on a Chicano Park wall under a freeway overpass depicts names and symbols in the style of children's art. 1-2.
Views of the entire mural. 3. Detail of the central portion. 4. Detail of the left side, yet in progress. "Remains incomplete
until 1984, Ramses Noriega, Salvador Torres, Ivan Navarro, and other children finish the wall. Note: names on murals stimulate
graffiti that eventually destroys the purpose of mural painting. Names make a better statement in a designated location of
a mural for names, logos, sponsors and dates and artists' statements. Shows the enthusiasm and impetuousness of individual
creative exploration in mural painting. No wall preparations, (washing, cleaning, rinse, base coat for mural paint.) Proline
painted directly on raw concrete. This process has resulted in the paint peeling, flaking, and colors dulling due to a lack
of base color. This creative impetus of individual initiative, contrasts the collective mural preparations, logistics that
included the San Diego Parks & Recreation, and Caltrans property jurisdictions, day and night lighting, relevant themes that
can be related in color, movement, and unity with all other potential mural/sculpture/landscape sites within the 7.4 acre
park and the Cesar E. Chavez 5.4-acre waterfront park."--Salvador Torres. 5. Detail of a UFW huelga eagle with a white heart.
"This mural is restored and finished by the CPAC INC. along with children. This image is of the Farm Workers' huelga eagle.
A creative happening occurs as half of the image develops down the middle. San Diego and Barrio Logan support Cesar E. Chavez,
with many picket demonstrations, and especially our murals speak of this struggle and inspire greater support until the Union
becomes a reality."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 075
Los Niños Son El Tesoro Del Barrio
August 1975
creator:
assistants: Parks and Recreation volunteers.
creator:
Navarro, Rosa Olga
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
Other Descriptive Information
Mural on Chicano Park bathroom wall has a luminous child on a colorful triangular background. Circles depict four different
scenes. L-R: A family, a pen, paintbrush, and book, a child doing pull-ups on a tree branch, a rabbit and a cornstalk on a
landscape. "The bathrooms in Chicano Park have suffered graffiti, filth and neglect. The bathrooms were designed: one toilet,
one urinal, one wash basin, for the men's restroom, the women's restroom has two toilets, one wash basin. Sadly, this neglect
has encouraged drug use, and filth that has not been managed properly. By painting the Chicano Bathrooms this has curtailed
graffiti. The filth is still a challenge, not like other Parks & Recreation bathrooms that receive a more careful attention.
Why?"--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 076
Itzcalli
Undated
creator:
Itzacali
creator:
Kalo Linares, Carmen
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a freeway overpass depicts a feathered serpent behind the word "Itzcalli".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 077
Varrio [sic] Logan
1978
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Renovation team: Alvaro Milan, Spider, Eddie, Falco, Sapa, Salvador Torres, and others.
Other Descriptive Information
Photo of column R-45, Logan Avenue, Chicano Park, San Diego, California. In addition to symbols in Torres' description, there
is a nopal cactus and an 'Atlas' figure, like the one on the 'Mundo' card from Lotería. The Che mural is in the background.
"The symbol of a peacock, (prison tattoo) imagery is combined with the Huelga eagle wings and contrasts the passive imagery
of a peacock holding a rattle snake in its beak. Note the rattle is red, white and blue. The word Barrio is spelled with a
"V", deliberately, including a small "B" at the base of the "V", to show the deliberate change."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 078
Mandala
October 1975
creator:
Orosco, Juanishi Valle
Other Descriptive Information
Royal Chicano Air Force mural features two interlocked nude bodies, one male, the other female, to form a variation of the
ollin symbol. From their nexus arises a beam of light up to a central star composed of United Farm Workers huelga eagles.
Between the nude figures is an ojo de Dios and beneath them is the stalk of a grapevine. Agricultural fields fill the background.
This mural is also known as Imlakesh ("I am the other you" in Mayan). Cross-reference with Non-center Programs and Activities.
1-3. The entire mural. 4. Detail of upper portion. 5. Detail of the lower portion and a side panel, which bears a poem.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 079
Progress for Peace and El Ojo del Maguey
1997-present
creator:
Parsons, Manuel
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Column S-47 of Chicano Park. Progress for Peace in red on East wall by Manuel Parsons, El Ojo del Maguey by Salvador and Gloria
Torres. "This mural is a work in progress."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 080
Master Plan Mural
Undated
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
Other Descriptive Information
An early version of the Master Plan mural.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 081
Read
1976
creator:
Quezada, Josefina
Other Descriptive Information
Black-and-white photo of a mural. "Salvador Torres includes Josefina Quesada's mural, "Read" to show children the importance
of our mural movement, and that reading is a positive activity for success in education."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 081
Preliminary Design
October 1975
creator:
Rodriguez, Celia Herrera
Other Descriptive Information
Royal Chicano Air Force muralist Celia Rodriguez designed this portion of the Chicano Park mural, here in its preliminary
stages
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 083
Female Intelegencia
1975
creator:
assistants: Community Workers.
creator:
Balaciosos, Rosalina
creator:
Desmangles, Barbara
creator:
Lerma Barbosa, Irma C.
creator:
Mendoza, Antonia
creator:
Rodriguez, Celia Herrera
Other Descriptive Information
Five women across the horizontal portion of column #T-45 hold their arms up to support sky, represented by yellow clouds.
At the "T" juncture, a woman cradles a half-globe in her arms; a baby rests therein. The sun rises behind her head. Below
an abstract feminine figure holds a yin-and-yang symbol, an indigenously-stylized bird, and stars. She rests on a rainbow
created by the music of two nude female flautists. These hover on choppy water. Musical notes fill in the arch beneath the
rainbow. The background for entire mural is blue. This mural is also known as The Women Hold Up Half the Universe. 1. The
entire mural. 2. The upper portion of the mural. 3. Detail is of a woman's eyes and nose.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 084
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Roman, Arturo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media in Chicano Park depicts female revolutionary soldiers.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 085
The Wall of Heroes and Martyrs (detail)-
La Virgen de Guadalupe
1973
creator:
Roman, Arturo
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is an icon of La Virgen de Guadalupe from the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs. 1. There is a man next to her whose shirt
reads "Logan x--H--x" in graffiti-style writing. "Arturo Roman is also an excellent print maker. Arturo Roman left San Diego
about 1974."--Salvador Torres. 2-3. Detail shows La Virgen de Guadalupe framed by a red rectangle. At her feet, instead of
a cherub, is a "Vato"{note: the angel’s head is that of Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez} "Since the establishment of Chicano Park and
the evolution of its Monumental Public Mural concept, the public has responded their approval by having photos taken of themselves
and family standing in front of our murals. This photo activity extends into many professionals using our murals to advertise
their products and cars. Many amateur student filmmakers as well as big film companies have made their films in Chicano Park.
One such film with Chuck Norris, "The Force is One", uses the park and the murals in a negative stereotype manner. See attachment
of Carlos Santana promoting himself for the Life Magazine, Story of Wood Stock Remembered, 1994."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 086
Liberacion (detail)
creator:
Romo, Maricela
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column. Detail is of the upper portion of the column, which depicts a woman
breaking loose from chains and looking upward at a banner reading "Liberacion".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 087
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Antonia, Barbara
creator:
Axtito
creator:
Becky
creator:
Cuellar, Rodolfo
creator:
Favela, Ricardo
creator:
Gloria
creator:
Gonzalez, Luis C.
creator:
Lerma Barbosa, Irma C.
creator:
Luá, Jose
creator:
Maria
creator:
Montoya, José, 1932-2013
creator:
Olivia
creator:
Orosco, Juanishi Valle
creator:
Rodriguez, Celia Herrera
creator:
Rosalinda
creator:
Villa, Esteban
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo is of a Royal Chicano Air Force mural in Chicano Park, possibly on the temporary storage building used to house
their supplies.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 088
Multicultural Center USD Mural
1990s
creator:
Salas, Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in an office is non-representational. "Salvador Torres is invited to create a mural for the Multicultural center at
the University of San Diego. Salvador Torres documents the space and Roberto Salas' mural panel for color combinations that
can harmonize or contrast. The theme requested is the farm workers' issues. The University of San Diego does not comply."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 089
Murals of San Francisco
Undated
creator:
San Francisco Artists.
Other Descriptive Information
This series of slides documents the murals of San Francisco, most from the Mission District. 1-6. The Minipark Mural (24th
Street). Work in unknown media on an exterior wall facing the Mission District Minipark depicts faces looking at a Chicana
Statue of Liberty. 2. Detail of a row of brown faces, one of which holds a liberty torch. 3. Detail of a natural scene with
volcano, waterfall, animals, plants, and people. 4. Detail of an abstract pyramid and its builders. 5. Detail of brown hands
reaching up to a stylized quetzal within a bordered circle. 6. Detail depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle in a red
circle traversed by a yellow stripe. 7-8. Mural on the exterior front wall of China Books and Periodicals is an elaborate
agricultural landscape. 9. View is of a mural on an exterior wall of the Mission District's BART station. "These slide films
were brought to Salvador Torres by "Red Bird Films", the production Film makers that Salvador Torres assisted in producing
"Chicano Park" a one-hour documentation. See Salvador Torres collection. Their intention was to show Salvador Torres that
other murals existed in San Francisco and that they wanted to make the story of Chicano Park and its murals. Salvador Torres
has used these slides to assist in educating children and others who have been interested in our mural movement."--Salvador
Torres. 10. Mural is a Mexican agricultural scene from the Mission District's Cultural Center. 11. Mural is of a
farmworker
woman from the International Hotel, Chinatown, San Francisco. 12. Mural is of an angry man's face wearing a sombrero, and
his hands. From the International Hotel, Chinatown, San Francisco. 13. Three-dimensional mural in unknown media on an exterior
wall of La Peña Cultural Center Berkeley, depicts musicians. 14. Mural in unknown media on an exterior wall of the La Palma
Mexicatessen in San Francisco's Mission District depicts a woman kneeling in an agricultural field. Two palm trees grow on
the bank of a river running beside a cornfield. Two houses are in the background in front of a mountain. 15. A child eats
a pear in front of a mural of children playing in a corn field. From the Health Food Store in the Mission District, San Francisco.
16. A personified sun. 17-18 Murals from Mission District alleys. 18. Indigenous iconography.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 090
Sister City Yokohama
March 4, 1990
creator:
Satoshi, Rocco
creator:
Seja, Ruben
creator:
Studio 24.
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Day-Glo mural on a freeway overpass and adjoining wall features stars, spirals, lightning bolts, and some bestial figure,
possibly a dragon. Cross-reference with Non-center Programs and Activities. 1. A view of the overpass. 2. A closeup of the
overpass. 3. A view of the underside of the overpass. 4. A view of the adjoining wall.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 091
Undocumented Worker
1980
creator:
Schnorr, Michael, 1945-2012
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural on an acid-etched and rubber-treated Chicano Park freeway column a woman with a hammer in the upper panel. Lower
panels are more abstract. The mural shows signs of deterioration.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 092
Death of Farm Worker
1979
creator:
Schnorr, Michael, 1945-2012
creator:
Yamagata, Susan
Other Descriptive Information
Mural on column #G-46, Chicano Park depicting a human hand, left, and an agricultural tool, right, both grabbing onto either
teeth of a gear or the rays of the sun. All this is at the very top. Beneath, a mountain, and a produce truck drives toward
the vanishing point on a field. Just under this is a strike scene that has resulted in the death of a striker. Under this
scene is a seemingly peaceful scene of cultivation. "Seemingly" because the harvesters are chained to boxes containing produce.
The lower portion of the mural is not visible. This mural shows deterioration and vandalism. "Rufino Contreras, a farm worker
from the valley is shot in the lettuce fields during a strike by the United Farm Workers, led by Cesar E. Chavez. Michael
Schnorr, attempts a dramatic and emotionally tense scene, taken from Francisco Goya's period of the Disasters of War, series.
"Execution of the Citizens of Madrid, May 3, 1808." Michael Schnorr, like many other artists paints themes of social commentary,
inspired by the Chicano Movements' Labor Struggles and immigration issues of abuse. This dramatic column included a small
fenced area at the column base. Michael made a fiberglass cast of his body, simulating a figure prone on the ground. He planted
squash and flowers. This addition was destroyed by community vandals that rejected his final statement."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 093
Nacimento del Parque Chicano and Chicano Park Astrological Mural
Undated
creator:
Serrano-Velez, Dolores
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic mural on a Chicano Park freeway support column depicts a bare-breasted indigenous woman in a large feather headdress.
Below her is a four-headed serpent, with one head in the place of each of the cardinal points. The woman is surrounded by
concentric circles painted the consecutive colors of the rainbow. Above the words "Nacimiento del Parque" and "Chicano 22
abril 1970", which appear on either side of the woman, fly green quetzals. The area in front of the mural is a garden. 1-3.
The entire mural. 4. Detail is of the left side of the mural. 5. Detail is of the right side of the mural. 6. Detail of the
Nacimiento del Parque Chicano mural depicts a bare-breasted woman in a large feather headdress. Her bones are visible through
her skin, as remnants of the preliminary process. 7. Detail is of the curandera's leg. 8. Detail of the curandera's face.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 094
La Marcha de la Humanidad (detail)
Undated
creator:
Siqueiros, David Alfaro
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photos are details of Siqueiros' last mural, painted on the walls and ceiling of the Siqueiros Polyforum. 2. Detail
depicts two stylized women, one of whom holds a child. 4. A man stands before the mural, giving an indication of the scale
of the work.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 095
First Attempts at Mural
1973
creator:
Toltecas en Aztlán.
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo depicts an early version of the
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 096
The Wall of Heroes and Martyrs
Undated
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Aztleca, -2012
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Gomez, Lupe
creator:
Llamas, Bebe
creator:
Llamas, Samuel
creator:
Luna, Benny
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Roman, Arturo
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Toltecas en Aztlán.
Other Descriptive Information
The Wall of Heroes and Martyrs , also called Historical Mural or simply Ramp 1A depicts the faces of the heroes of Mexican
independence, the Chicano movement, and artists that strongly influenced the Chicano Art Movement. There are also other images
of import to Chicano identity and to the movement, including the Virgin of Guadalupe, a can of Coors beer, anonymous revolutionary
soldiers, a UFW march, and a Brown Beret. 1-2. The right side of the mural. "Restoration in 1984, Chicano Arts Council Inc.
San Diego artists. Ramses Noriega, Tomas Castaneda, Gloria and Salvador Torres and other volunteers. Note nude figure above
Ruben Salazar and Ortiz. This complementary orange color to the titanium blue center span changes. The mural becomes vandalized
several times, paint bombs, graffiti, fading and peeling. Proline paints fade, Nova color is introduced by the Chicano Park
Arts Council, paints run out, and artist need to work to keep family units supported, "cool blues" replace the warm yellow
oranges. The names of the heroes and martyrs are not complete. Some figures were destroyed by graffiti, and vandalism, some
were voted {some figures replace others. Some are censored for racial reasons. Dr. Martin Luther King is painted out. Salvador
Torres documents these changes as they occur.} to be replaced as larger figures in other column spaces. Carlos Santana for
one."--Salvador Torres. 3. Detail is of the faces of José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Carlos Santana, Ernesto
"Che" Guevara, a calavera, a United Farm Workers march, and a circular mandala reading "La Logan C/S" above the Virgin of
Guadalupe. 4. Detail of severe deterioration of mural. 5. Detail of the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs depicts the faces of David
Alfaro Siqueiros, Carlos Santana, and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. 6-7. Detail from the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs depicts the faces
of three men. They are Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an unidentified man, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 8. Detail
of the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs depicts the faces of Pablo Picasso and José Clemente Orozco. 9. Slide photo of a detail
of the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs depicts Pablo Picasso. 10. Detail is of a circular mandala reading "La Logan C/S" above
la Virgen de Guadalupe. The cherub at her feet has the face of Ramón "Chunky" Sanchez, a Barrio Logan musician. 11. Detail
depicts a family at a UFW march, an Olmec head, and two Adelitas (female Mexican revolutionaries). 12. Detail is of a mandala
with the words "La Logan C/S" in the center. This portion was painted by Victor Ochoa. 13. Detail is of the portion of the
mural depicting a can of Coors beer beneath the words "Chale Con", a reference to the long-time boycott of Coors by Chicanos.
14. Detail is of the portion of the mural depicting soldiers of the Mexican Revolution.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 097
Colossus (renovation in progress)
1989
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media depicts a man holding up the freeway. The restoration is nearly complete.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 098
Cosmic Train
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in acrylic paint on the exterior walls of an unknown building depicts a train. Various images common to the Chicano
Art Movement are incorporated into the design.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 099
Elders
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a low exterior wall of at the Paradise Senior Center depicts the faces of many elderly people and
folklórico dancers. 1. A view of the entire mural, which appears to be undergoing restoration. 2. Detail of the faces of the
elderly. 3. Detail of women dancing folklórico.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 100
La Tierra Mia
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts a worker swinging a hammer beneath the words "La Tierra Mia".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 101
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media in a San Francisco Mission District alley depicts a fetus surrounded by rings like those used to represent
planetary orbits. The fetus seems to be emerging from a woman's vagina. Text on the legs reads, "Congresso [sic] De Artistas
Chicanos En Aztlan S.D. Nov.4". Three faces occupy the upper portion of the mural.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 102
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a wall bordering a freeway depicts two heads of feathered serpents, a crucified Christ, a circle
with designs reminiscent of the Aztec sun calendar, the Earth, and a pyramid. Text around the earth reads, "Tierra Liberación
Revolución".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 103
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts the faces of a female Brown Beret and a man in a bandanna.
The second slide depicts a man in a brown beret.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 104
No Retrofitting
Undated
creator:
Kalo, Karmen
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column reads "No Retrofitting Saturday March 23, 1996 9AM Save Chicano Park".
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 105
Tribute to Laura Rodriguez
Undated
creator:
assistants: Community Youth.
creator:
Kalo, Karmen
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts the face of Barrio Logan health activist Laura Rodriguez in
between two hands. Beneath her is a danzante Azteca. 1. A view of the whole mural. 2. Detail of the fingers of the upper left
corner of the mural. "This detail view shows the problem the Chicano Park Monumental Public Mural work process in confronting
pigeons roosting at the joint of the cap beam. Salvador Torres made a research on pigeon guano, spores germinate eleven types
of airborne diseases, Valley Fever is one. Salvador Torres has had a struggle from the first pigeons to arrive at the "Frijol".
See #1-28 [temp number], to the recent damages by the Caltrans Retrofit process that strips the metal at the column joint
of the cap beam, causing a ripped, crackled top edge of 25 murals designated historical murals. Salvador Torres presses Caltrans
Marty Rosen (see Salvador Torres collection) to develop a proposal to restore our work that is unfinished, flaking, and graffiti
destroyed. 2002 Salvador Torres gets a call from San Diego Tribune/Union paper that a 1.6 Million dollar proposal had been
approved by the State of California. Mario Torero, like many other invited guest artists that do not live in Barrio Logan,
do not concern themselves with this issue, yet pigeons are shitting on their mural work."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 106
Sherman and Logan
1998
creator:
assistants: Lomas Doradas Mural Gang.
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Deteriorated mural on the front of the Square Deal Market. "This mural has been removed and no other replaced. The mural began
to peel and flake off."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 107
La Virgen de las Americas
1974
creator:
assistants: Lomas Doradas Mural Gang.
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Pro-line vinyl mural on a Chicano Park freeway column depicts the Virgin of Guadalupe above a globe. In lieu of her traditional
attitude, her eyes are lifted and hands unfolded, instead performing a blessing.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 108
Baja Lobster Mural
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
This series of slides depicts the murals of the Baja Lobster Restaurant. 1. Mural in unknown media on an interior wall depicts
lobsters and human and animal figures in a style reminiscent of Native American rock paintings. 2. Mural on an interior wall
depicts a fish. Text beneath the fish reads, "Cortez Rainbow Wrasse". 3. Mural on an exterior wall just above a doorway depicts
a two California lobsters.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 109
The Solar Pilot
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Note: "La Tierra Mia" graffiti finally is included from #T-46 to #S-46 in the Chicano Park Logo on #S-46. Salvador Torres
begins experiments using mirrors to capture solar light to create solar sculpture using solar holograms projected as beams
of sunlight. Salvador Torres uses this method as a drawing technique. Salvador Torres creates movements and begins to experiment
using mirrors to measure and distort images. Salvador Torres begins using glass beads implanted into the Proline Rubber Base,
and spray can gold, silver, bronze colors to animate the figures in the mural. This process is so controversial, the San Diego
police confiscate Salvador Torres' mirrors, (See San Diego Police Department Memo in Salvador Torres collection). The arrest
of the mirrors result in many harassments and the confiscation of Salvador Torres' mirrors twice, Salvador Torres continued
to experiment in his studio and away from San Diego Police Department."--Salvador Torres.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 110
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a low wall depicts the faces of children.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 111
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail appears to be from an indeterminate mural. It depicts a woman kissing a child, who points to the viewer's left. Support
columns for the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge form the background.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 112
(title unknown) (detail)
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of a mural in unknown media depicts a man whose bones are visible through his skin. Just above him, a woman listens
with her hand to her ear.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 113
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail of a mural in unknown media depicts the face of a horned man.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 114
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a detail of a mural. Detail depicts two women and two children.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 115
(title unknown) (detail)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a detail of a mural. Detail depicts two women and two children.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 116
Audobon Elementary School Mural
1992
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic mural on exterior walls of Audubon Elementary School depicts a roadrunner, children holding hands around a globe,
and the faces of parents and children. The mural was later vandalized, with images of black students being targeted. 1. A
view of the central portion of the mural. 2. Detail of the left side of the mural depicts the faces of two elderly people
and two children. In the center, there is a bird in a nest above a door. To the right of the door is a bird flying in a yellow
sky. 3. "Salvador and Gloria Torres are commissioned to create a mural at Audubon Elementary School. The theme is multicultural
representing the students, parents and teachers. This slide view shows, "We Show Our Teachers and Parents Love and Respect"
and "I Am Smart, Capable & A Success." The children model for Salvador Torres."--Salvador Torres. 4-5. Detail is of a red
bird. 6. Detail depicts a child, a man, and a woman holding a child. The background is yellow. 7. Detail shows the vandalism
to a young girl's face, which has an "X" spraypainted over it. 8. Detail shows the vandalism to a young girl's face, which
has an "X" spraypainted over it. The vandalism reads "Fuck the Niger" [sic]. 9. Detail depicts four children from diverse
heritages, one of which is in a wheelchair, and part of a globe and its surrounding message. "The Audubon Mural was dedicated
to the parents, students, and teachers. Frances Perez contacted Salvador and Gloria Torres to be considered as muralists for
the school. Frances was a club member of the "Drifters", a young woman's club of the 1950's (see Los Gallos club album of
the 1950's)."--Salvador Torres. This mural was afflicted with vandalism over the faces of the African-American students in
1992. The graffiti was removed and an anti-graffiti sacrificial coat was applied for protection.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 117
Barrio Senior Villas Poster
1998
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
1. "This electrical anchor pole was badly burned in a previous fire in the business that was once located at this site, Industrial
Cleaning bus. [2322 Newton Avenue, in front of Barrio Senior Villas complex.] Salvador and Gloria Torres became the resident
managers (See Salvador Torres collection). Salvador Torres acquires permission from SDG&E to execute this Pole Mural. At the
top of the pole is a model of a water fountain [invisible] that Salvador Torres made for Chicano Park in 1980."--Salvador
Torres. 2. A view of the upper portion of the pole mural. 3. A view from the top looking down. 4. Slide photo of the lower
portion of the Barrio Senior Villas Poste mural.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 118
Fall, Spring, Summer
1991
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on a wall at the San Diego State University College of Education depicts students and teachers beside
a large hand with faceless children. The second slide is a detail of the hands.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 119
Kelco Historical Community Mural
1992-1993
creator:
Espinoza assistant, Louis
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic mural on the exterior of the Kelco building, located at Cesar E. Chavez Parkway and Harbor Drive, San Diego, depicts
animal and vegetable marine life, community scenes, and images of local industries. Cross reference with non-center programs
and activities. 1. A view the entire mural as seen from across the street and down the way. From this angle, the kelp forest
is dominant. 2. Detail is of two harbor seals, a large one in the foreground and a small one in the background. 3. Detail
is of red and black sheephead. 4-5. Detail is of SCUBA photographer and a white shark. 6-7. Detail is of two blue fish. 8-9.
Detail features a seahorse, a sea star (starfish), and a jellyfish. 10. Detail shows the Sea Otter and cloud formation section
of the mural. 11. Detail is of a mother sea otter and her pup. 12. Detail is of a sea otter floating on its back. It balances
a stone on its abdomen and holds a sea urchin, as if about to open and eat it. 13. Detail depicts three faces: an Asian woman,
an elderly woman, and a Hispanic man. 14. Detail is of elderly bus passenger. 15. Detail depicts a person speaking into someone's
ear, an African-American girl's face, and an elderly bus passenger. 16. Slide photo is a view of the central portion of the
Kelco Mural. "This mural represents the history and future of the people, ocean and waterfront industries of our community.
The sea life represented at the south end of the mural and ending on the west side of the loading dock of the Goldy building
are as follows: Harbor Seals, Sheep Head Fish, Sea Urchins, White Shark, Kelp Bass, Sea Otters, Porpoise, Blue Fin Tuna, Green
Sea Turtle, Marlin, Emperor Angle Fish, Kelp Crab, Octopus, Sea Horse, Star Fish, Kelp, and Barnacles. Representing the waterfront
industries on the main mural wall are: the fishermen and cannery workers, the longshoremen, the shipping industries of NASSCO,
South West Marine, Continental Maritime, the U.S. Navy, the trolley system of the 1940's and Kelco Division of Merck & Co
Inc. Our community cultural diversity is represented in the image of a Mestizo Aztec dancer blowing the Queen Conch, blessing
the heavens and earth. From the left and right of the Chicano Park Mayan kiosco design, are cloud images of the mythical cranes
of Aztlan, and the rare Peregrine Falcons currently residing on the columns under the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge today.
The great Quetzalcoatl of the Maya, Nahuatl, and Aztec civilizations is the god of life and fertility. The snake represents
the earth, matter, fertility; the feathers of the quetzal bird, matter transformed into spirit, the synthesis of life. This
unique transformation of creating matter into spirit parallels the harvested kelp process of creating algin products and specialty
chemicals from kelp to serve the needs, health and spirit of mankind. The ancient maguey land plant, located on the roll up
metal door of the building, is the contrasting comparable to the giant kelp marine plant. The maguey plant has been harvested
for its fiber products which can be woven and sap is made into candy, pulque and tequila - a fermented drink. In the Pre-Columbian
periods this plant also served the needs, health, and spirit of our native civilizations. In the fifth panel of the south
end of the mural wall on Harbor Drive, is the image of a group of adults of diverse ethnic character and backgrounds communicating
in silent harmony. To the left of the group is the multifaceted symbol of the "conversation," it contains the tongue, the
symbol of languages, the ear, enlightenment and understanding, the nose smelling and tasting. The symbol of the eye is a spiritual
vision. The colorful bridge column symbolizes the Chicano Park Monumental Public Mural concept. A mother cradles a sleeping
infant, the symbol of family love. The Sea Otters also represent the symbol of the family. Above the Sea Otters are whimsical
cloud formations of fantasy animals, created to amuse and stimulate the public imagination. The shark near the kelp diver
represents the imminent powers of our prehistoric oceans."--Salvador Torres. 17. Detail shows a maguey cactus on a rolling
door as well as dock above it. 18. Detail is of the bus portion of mural. 19. Detail of the bus portion of mural that covers
the building's windows. The passengers and driver represent the ethnic diversity of San Diego. 20. Detail is of the conchero
(danzante Azteca). He wears a feathered headdress and a United Farm Workers headband and blows into a conch shell. 21. Mural
is in progress. Detail is of the Chicano Park kiosco without musicians or dancers. 22. Detail is of the "History of Our Community"
portion of mural, featuring an elderly woman surrounded by children and a three-piece band (accordion, guitar, and stand-up
bass) and dancers on the stage of Chicano Park's kiosco. The dancers sing "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido". The shell
of the conchero is also visible. The image is partially obscured by a telephone pole. 23. Detail features "History of Our
Community" portion of mural, including the abuela. A tuna fisherman is to the right. This slide is traversed by a white streak,
possibly light or film damage. 24. Detail is of the "History of Our Community" portion of mural. The abuela has not yet been
painted in. 25. Detail is of cannery worker holding a tuna. He wears a union pin. 26. Detail is of male and female cannery
workers and a ship. 27. Detail of the Kelco mural portrays swimming tuna. 28. Detail features a green sea turtle. 29. Detail
of a fish on round corner of Kelco building next to loading dock. 30. Detail depicts an orange fish occupying a corner. 31-32.
Detail is of a crab near the top of the building. Wires protruding from the building have been painted as the crab's eyes.
33. Detail of the portion of the Kelco mural painted on the loading dock depicting an octopus.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 120
Perkins Elementary School Mural
1997
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador and Gloria Torres selected ‘James Russel Lowell School’, Salvador Torres' grammar school. The name is changed to
Perkins after a dedicated teacher that taught there. Salvador Torres makes an extensive survey for developing color murals
on the bungalows and the school play areas. The school undergoes some redevelopment and the project reverts to the wall surrounding
the school. The idea is to introduce color into our industrially sterile environment."--Salvador Torres. The second slide
is a broad view of Perkins Elementary's perimeter wall.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 121
Santa Fe A New Generation of Youth
1994
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
The left side of the Santa Fe Mural is called A New Generation of Youth and depicts five children and a dog reading a book.
On the pages of the book are personified fruits and vegetables in a beach scene. At the top of the mural is the Torres' signature
and the text "Salvador R. Torres & Gloria R.Torres (copyright) 1994 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co." 1. A view of
the children and one page of the book. 2. Detail is of a young girl's eye. 3. Detail is of an ear. 4. Detail is of a personified
carrot surfing on a banana, an image from the book. 5. Detail is of a pear guitarist, an image from the book the children
read. 6. "Salvador and Gloria Torres were invited to create a mural for the children of Barrio Logan. Salvador and Gloria
Torres design this mural as a storybook of the bay front park that is now known as the Cesar E. Chavez Water front Park. In
this slide view Salvador Torres creates "Don Cacawate", a funny character from his childhood stories heard in the labor fruit
and grape camps of California. Salvador Torres finds an image from a peanut butter label that inspires Salvador Torres' recollections
of "Don Cacawate". There are many funny stories about the adventures of "Don Cacawate". The strawberry is inspired from a
character that walked by Salvador and Gloria Torres' mural site on his lunch hour walks."--Salvador Torres. 7. Detail is of
a personified happy sun from a page of the book.
Album 3, Slide Cat. 8 122
Santa Fe Railroad and Waterfront Industry
1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photos of the Waterfront Industry portion of the Santa Fe Mural, depicting shorebirds, a futuristic train, and industrial
buildings. 1. The entire mural. 2. Detail is of an egret in flight that serves as transition point between the New Generation
of Youth and the Santa Fe Railroad and Waterfront Industry murals. 3. Detail is of the California Poppy and an Egret taking
wing. 4. Detail of two California Poppies, one blooming and the other closed. 5. "Slide by Salvador Torres of the California
Poppies. Salvador Torres recalls when Salvador Torres' family drove up into the hills near Facett Ranch in Los Banos, California.
Salvador Torres includes the Facett Ranch, fields and the hills covered with California Poppies. Salvador and Gloria Torres
place the California Poppy on each end of the building mural, as a design element that includes the symbol of the "Scenic
Route" of California highways. Also see #6-409[temp number]."--Salvador Torres. 6. Detail is of an Egret's head. 7. Detail
is an Egret's blue foot. 8. Detail is of an Egret's wing. 9. Detail is of transitional corner. 10. "Slide photo by Salvador
Torres shows a modern version of the bullet train, passing a wetlands scene. This slide image shows the train before the inclusion
of mirrored stainless steel place in the gray areas of the train sides. The effect of the mirrored stainless steel sections
reflect passing cars and the MTD red trolley that passes north and south across the Harbor Drive. This effect gives the illusion
that the train in the mural is moving, instead the reflected images are the ones moving."--Salvador Torres. 11-12. The entire
mural, photographed from the left side. 13. Detail is of a wading egret, a swimming duck, and a stork's head in front of a
futuristic train. 14-15. Detail is of three swimming ducks and the front of the futuristic train. 16. Detail shows wading
egret before a modern train. Stainless steel panels do not appear to have been affixed yet. 17. Detail is of a wading egret
in front of a futuristic train. 18. Detail depicts a wading Egret facing the viewer's right. 19. Detail shows mallards and
other ducks near the bottom of mural. This photo was taken at an angle. 20. Detail is of a duck. 21. Detail depicts a floating
mallard. 22. Detail of the north wall featuring a polychromatic wading egret. The futuristic train is visible in the rear.
"A futuristic train represents the railroad industry. Representing the tourist industry is the San Diego Convention Center,
and the major hotels surrounding it. The great blue and green egrets wade peacefully in the wetlands of our coastline. This
scenario depicts the ideal of coexistence of education and imagination, community history, industry and the environment."--Salvador
and Gloria Torres. 23. Detail is of a wading egret in front of a futuristic train. 24-25. Detail is of a wading Egret; the
train is not visible in background. 26. Detail of a wading Egret with a long neck. 27-28. Detail is of a flying egret in front
of a futuristic train and a partial San Diego cityscape. 29-30. Detail is of a wading egret in front of a partial San Diego
cityscape. 31. Detail is of the head and beak of an Egret. 32. Detail is of the portion of the mural that spans the corner.
Two egrets (one on each wall) share a body that splits the corner. In the center of the body is a cross-section of an egg
containing an embryonic egret. The body forms the shape of a heart. This portion of the mural is entitled The Heart & Life
of an Egret. 33. Detail of the bottom right corner of the north wall depicting three crabs. 34-35. "Slides by Salvador Torres
of Santa Fe mural show the shell life that was dug up in making the sidewalk. Salvador and Gloria Torres include these shells
amongst the crabs and pickle weed. They are attached with Nova Super Gel."--Salvador Torres. 36. Detail is of bottom corner
and shows how 3-D obstacles are tackled. Crabs wrap around the corner.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 123
Santa Fe Wetlands Mural
1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
1. "Slide shows the "Santa Fe Wet Lands Mural" finished, note, the 67 sculpted Sandpipers are carved from the walls step fret
design. This process took Salvador and Gloria Torres two weeks of sculpting. In the background are the 10th Avenue terminal
silos. Salvador Torres proposed that these 14 structures employ a color design that would be complementary. (see Salvador
Torres collection copy of the Continental Maritime Proposal)."--Salvador Torres. 2. The entire mural, photographed from the
left side, across the street, and down the way. 3. View of entire mural wall. "2nd North Wall painting contains 67 chiseled
flying sea birds. This motif contrasts the other murals on Harbor Drive, that contain mirrored stainless steel, glass mirrors
and the integrated use of windows, doors, electrical conduits and mosaics. In this 2nd North wall painting, the practical
use of the concrete black saved and enriched the original motif design of this wall space of the Santa Fe pacific Pipeline
Facility. This wall mural represents several endangered sea shorebirds that exist along the San Diego, coastal wetlands. The
mural painting reads from left to right, and portrays the following shorebirds: the Plover, a small shorebird of mudflats
and beaches; the Marbled Godwit, a large brown shorebird with a very long thin upturned bill; the Long-billed Curfew, a large
sandpiper with a long down-curved bill and slender long legs; the American Avocet, a large long-legged wader with a long thin
upturned bill, black and white, with a cinnamon head; sanderlings, a tiny sandpiper of sandy beaches; the Black-Necked Stilt,
this tall slender wading bird has long red and pink legs, body is black above, white below with a black bill; finally at the
far right side of the mural are the Dowitchers, a plump medium-size sandpiper with bills much longer than heads. Dowitchers
are known for their "sewing machine" feeding action. All of these beautiful shorebirds were sketched, photographed and studied
by Gloria and Salvador on the tidelands and at the San Diego River. The Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline wall mural is the most colorful
of the three murals on Harbor Drive. This mural's sunset colors seem to explode and transform the wading birds into mystical
avian icons of our California historical and prehistorical resources that need to be protected from destruction and abuse.
The Harbor Drive murals are a major contribution to the historical art treasures of the community. The creation of these murals
were witnessed by thousands of commuters from both cars and the MTDB Trolley. A unique example and asset to any community
seeking to redevelop authentically, imaginatively and creatively. The Torres' stated, 'Our vision is to continue to include
industry, commercial, and recreational businesses to unify its gateways to knit together our neighborhoods and its major waterfront
industries.'"--Salvador and Gloria Torres. 4. Detail is of a chiseled bird in the upper left corner. 5. Detail is of two Plovers.
6. Detail is of Plovers and a Marbled Godwit. 7. Detail is of Plovers. 8. Detail is of Marbled Godwit. 9. Detail is of Marbled
Godwit. 10. Detail is of shore plants. 11. Left 3/4 of mural, photographed from the right side. 12. Detail is of two Long-Billed
Curlews, each facing opposite directions. 13. Detail is of a Long-Billed Curlew. 14. Detail of three chiseled birds. "Wetlands
mural detail, crack brick sculpture relief. Hammers and chisels, acrylic Nova color and Gesso base. Painting influences: impressionists,
Audubon, Pre-Columbian sculpture, Baja Ca, mural iconography, rock art of the Southwest, color field painting."--Salvador
Torres. 15. Detail is of three chiseled birds. 16. Detail is of two American Avocets beneath a row of chiseled birds. 17-18.
Detail is of American Avocets. 19. Detail is of American Avocet and four chiseled birds. "These slide photos express how the
mural painting process Salvador and Gloria Torres develop from life sketches, photos, of the San Diego wetland birds. Particularly
the fact that in this very area our community of Logan Heights had, like Salvador Torres, the opportunity to marvel and appreciate
these wetland sea life. With the waterfront development by major industry begins the decline of wetland bird life in Logan
Heights waterfront, and our blocking off our public access to the water. This is unlike all other waterfront communities of
the seven sister cities of the Unified Port District jurisdictions. The serious neglect of these public privileges cause the
state of California to form the California Coastal Commission. Salvador Torres and others support Prop 20 and attend many
coastal and Port meetings. A demand is made that affects all the coastline of California. PUBLIC ACCESS & SAVE THE WETLANDS,
VERNAL POOLS & WETLAND SEA LIFE & ALL BIRDS & ENDANGERED MAMMALS."--Salvador Torres. 20. Detail is of preliminary stages of
painting of Sanderlings. 21. Detail shows Sanderlings and three chiseled birds. 22. Detail is of Sanderlings. 23. Detail is
of three Sanderlings. 24. Detail is of two Black-necked Stilts. 25. Detail is of early version of Dowitchers. 26. One chiseled
bird, no paint applied. 27. Detail is of one chiseled bird. "Details Nova wash technique surrounding the Sandpipers images."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 124
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photos of a three-dimensional mixed media mural. A carved and painted wooden frame surrounds the painted portion of
the mural on three sides (all except the bottom). The painted portion of the mural depicts three women. One holds grain in
her arms, one holds a jar on her head, and one holds a child in her arms. In front of and below the painted portion of the
mural is a wooden sculpture of a Mexican revolutionary. 1. The entire mural. 2. A woman holding a child. 3. Detail depicts
the face of a woman. Her braided hair is visible beneath a head covering. 4. Detail depicts the face of a woman from her eye
to her chin. The remainder of her face is cropped. 5. Detail depicts three women: one holding grain, one balancing a jar on
her head, the third holding a child. 6. Photo is of the interior of a building containing a chandelier, a stained glass window,
a mural within a large wooden frame, and two panels of wood painted with Aztec figures. The mural depicts three indigenous
women. The photo gives the mural some context.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 125
Wilson Academy Fountain Mural
1989
creator:
Student assistants.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photos of a three-dimensional mixed media mural. A carved and painted wooden frame surrounds the painted portion of
the mural on three sides (all except the bottom). The painted portion of the mural depicts three women. One holds grain in
her arms, one holds a jar on her head, and one holds a child in her arms. In front of and below the painted portion of the
mural is a wooden sculpture of a Mexican revolutionary. 1. The entire mural. 2. A woman holding a child. 3. Detail depicts
the face of a woman. Her braided hair is visible beneath a head covering. 4. Detail depicts the face of a woman from her eye
to her chin. The remainder of her face is cropped. 5. Detail depicts three women: one holding grain, one balancing a jar on
her head, the third holding a child. 6. Photo is of the interior of a building containing a chandelier, a stained glass window,
a mural within a large wooden frame, and two panels of wood painted with Aztec figures. The mural depicts three indigenous
women. The photo gives the mural some context.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 126
Young Mother Earth
February 22, 1990
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This work originally began in 1974, with the preparation of the column with Proline paints & rubber base. The column remained
into the 1980's. During the Young At Art program, these students were brought in to assist. The upper cap of the column is
yet to be painted by Rosa Olga, Carlos Garcia, Alvaro Milan."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 127
Viva La Huelga!
1973
creator:
Toltecas en Aztlán.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A painting of La Virgen de Guadalupe among a crowd of people with huelga flags above. "The center figure with the mustache
is Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez. July 13, 2002 this wall is deteriorated badly, some figures are now lost, due to peeling. Caltrans,
The San Diego Commission for the Arts & Culture have made no effort to restore. Salvador Torres calls meetings with Caltrans,
City, and Chicano Park Steering Committee."--Salvador Torres. The mural was restored in 1984 due to fading and peeling.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 128
April 22, 1970
1989
creator:
Lagler, assistant: Matthew
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Protesters protest and farmers till, a skeleton, and a woman's face are depicted on Chicano Park #T-Abut. "The Abutments #T
& #S have been traditionally planted with ivy and ice plants. This is ivy, ice plant mentality has been used throughout California's
highways. Possibly this landscape design is promoted not for its aesthetic but for its economic values. Taking under consideration
that public art was not part of California's highway designs until the Chicano Park Monumental Mural Concept evolves. Salvador
Torres observes that since April 22, 1970, Caltrans now introduces concrete low relief designs on their abutments."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 129
Perkins Burn Institute Mural
March 1997
creator:
Students.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"The creation of an educational color mural at Perkins Elementary, to educate and enrich the lives of students, parents, teachers
and visitors, about reducing and eliminating the incidence of burn injuries caused by hot liquid scalds. This program will
help students and teachers to explore abstract shapes, patterns, lines, movements, textures, and colors as complimentary harmonious
art forms. The composition will be composed of imaginary geometric and amorphous free forms. All figurative subjects will
be stylized."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 130
Master Plan (detail)
1973
creator:
Chicano Park Arts Council Inc..
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"This section of The Master Plan illustrates the four directions in red. Restoration funds by COMBO, a nonprofit organization,
delegated to disperse City of San Diego funds to art organizations. Ramses Noriega assists Salvador Torres in organizing the
San Diego artists into 1. The Chicano Arts Committee, 2. Chicano Park Arts Council, and finally, 3. The Chicano Park Arts
Council Inc. This responsibility can not be maintained by the other San Diego artists. Salvador Torres can not sustain CPAC
Inc. by himself. CPAC Inc. becomes inactive." Salvador Torres. The mural was restored in 1984 due to fading and damage from
rock-throwing.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 131
The Tree of Life (in progress)
1991
creator:
SDSU professors and students.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"The mural is in its working process, Note, the pounce drawing has now taken on the brush drawing over the pounce dots making
a singular linear stable flow open for the mural painting within the outline forms. Salvador Torres experiments with this
traditional process making several other murals in this technique. In contrast Salvador Torres also creates free hand imagery
free from strict methodologies in other future murals. (See other examples: Kelco, Santa Fe, etc.)."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 132
Homage to the Young Father (detail)
Undated
creator:
Bryant, Danny
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Diaz, J
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Detail is of a father and young children. "This detail of the Homage to the Young Father is an important symbol to our young
families struggling to keep together, respecting our mothers, and fathers, and especially our young children. These two, the
mother and father were developed by the use of the pounce cartoon technique of the past mural work process of Old World Mural
technology. Salvador Torres/CPAC Inc. experiments for success. To date there are six mural works painted on top of each other
in a fantastic struggle in attempting to mural paint at the monumental scale. Individual vs. collective group effort."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 133
Young Mother Earth and
Toltecas en Aztlán
1990
creator:
Garcia, Carlos
creator:
Milan, Alvaro
creator:
Olga, Rosa
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic mural on the lower portion of a Chicano Park freeway column depicts a feminine face spanning a corner. The upper portion
of the mural depicts three indigenous statues, a freeway, and the symbol of the Centro Cultural de la Raza.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 134
Los Angeles Performing Arts Center
Undated
creator:
Twitchell, Kent
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo of murals on three different surfaces of a parking garage depicting members of the Los Angeles chamber orchestra.
1. A view of all three. 2. "Salvador and Gloria Torres go to Los Angeles to the Self-Help Graphics, and are impressed by the
Kent Twitchell's monumental scale mural works of 6 to 8 floors high. This view of the figure looks as though it's a traditional
photo. The gesture appears static with the feeling of a dynamic poster billboard image. The technical process is outstanding
in its realism, size and logistics in accomplishing monumental scale mural works."--Salvador Torres. 3. A detail of the violinist
on the right-most wall.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 135
Mano a Mano (detail)
1992
creator:
Villa, Esteban
Other Descriptive Information
Mural in unknown media on an unknown wall depicts a stylized Aztec Eagle knight
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 136
Mujer Cósmica/Cosmic Woman (side panel)
October 1975
creator:
Villa, Esteban
Other Descriptive Information
Side panel maintains color scheme of primary face but features scorpions in white with black outline.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 137
Coatlicue
1980
creator:
Schnorr, Michael, 1945-2012
creator:
Yamagata, Susan
Other Descriptive Information
Vinyl mural depicts the goddess Coatlicue, our mother and destroyer. She holds the sun in one hand and the earth (turtle island)
in the other. The moon is behind her. She is multi-colored, but green and purple dominate. The background is a fiery red.
Beneath her feet are indigenously-stylized snakes or dragons. Text reads: "Coatlicue Diosa De La Tierra Earth Goddess". 1.
A view of the whole mural. 2. In this slide, the vandalism of paint bombs has been incorporated into the mural design, taking
the form of fierce serpentine faces. 3. "Vandalized by junkyard employees in the 1980's. Paint bombs, in soda bottles thrown
at many Chicano Park murals in protest of the "Varrio Si, Yonkes No" campaign to clean up the neighborhood. Michael Schnorr
repairs and integrates the splashes, see upper right hand side of the figure's head. Other areas were re-painted. Salvador
Torres suggests to Michael S. to take advantage of the expressive power of the paint bomb explosions. Michael paints them
in color and adds a dog's head at the mid lower left hand side. The dog "roach" was immortalized in the mural. The dog belonged
to one of the gang members of Varrio Logan. The dog was named "Roach" because he loved to eat marihuana butts known as a 'Roach'."--Salvador
Torres. Vistor Ochoa assisted. 4. Column S-45 or Coatlicue side panel. "Note the lower portion of the column makes good use
of the lower side of the column, while the upper half employs a green and purple color, similar to the Ochoa and Garcia mural
(see #5-321) example of poor use of prime valuable space. Manuel Garcia, Salvador Torres, and Arturo Singh dig up lawn sod
and Manuel and Carmen plant flowers and cactus, much later as shown."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 8 138
Hands-On Mural Works
1973
creator:
Young At Art Children.
Other Descriptive Information
Mural on side panel of freeway support column features the United Farm Workers eagle, the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, a
beach, and a Chicano Park playground. "(See Salvador Torres collection, San Diego Magazine, Dec. 1973.) The importance of
a progressive art curriculum for all grade levels, begins with efforts by Salvador Torres and Victor Ochoa hands on (see Salvador
and Gloria Torres Young At Art Program) mural works. There is a serious deficiency in teaching the visual arts, resulting
in visual expressions in public and private properties. Children as well as adults can benefit from creative and imaginary
activity that drawing, painting, ceramics and sculpture can provide."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 001
Cuauhtémoc
1970
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
Other Descriptive Information
Cuauhtémoc, the last Emperor of Mexico, sheds a tear. "1969-1970 Salvador Torres captures the use of the Ford Building in
Balboa Park. (Now the Space Center). Guillermo Aranda designs and paints the first flag of Aztlan, (See the Wall of Heroes
and Martyrs, CP on Logan Avenue #T-Abut). Flag is used for the first time in the Chicano Movement in San Diego in the first
march {Dia De Las Madres May 10, 1970} from Barrio Logan to the city administration C Street down town San Diego. The flag
is later hung in the Ford Building (See far right image in attachment). With the capture of the Ford building the flag is
hung on a light pole during the take-over of the land under the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge to create Chicano Park. Salvador
Torres, Mario Torero, and Aranda create images to hang on exterior of the take-over of the Neighborhood House along with the
flag of Aztlan. Guillermo Aranda creates the image of Cuauhtémoc."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 002
C/S Chicano Parque
July 1974
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
A green panel with Pollock-style direct painting in red. Red heart in center and words in yellow (probably spraypaint) read
"C/S Chicano Parque". It is unclear where this panel is located.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 003
Si Se Puede
August 1973
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
A no-parking sign has been painted dark blue, with the text "Si Se Puede" in light blue and white. Possibly an example of
the reclamation of local materials and facilities reconfigured by and for the Chicano community.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 004
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo appears to be a paper portable mural of an underwater scene, probably created as part of a Young At Art workshop.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 005
(title unknown)
1969
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown medium depicts the bust of a man wearing a large turban or headdress. Colors are black and white.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 006
(title unknown)
1998
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". This mixed media painting is on
a textured surface, possibly cardboard. A yellow face in the upper middle is framed by painted red flames at the bottom and
burned matches that have been adhered up and down the sides of the work. "These slide photos are of artwork in the University
of California San Bernardino, Gallery. Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists Unknown). Joe Moran, Print Making
instructor and 2002 Chairman of the Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to the show. See Salvador Torres collection
for information on catalogue."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 007
(title unknown)
1998
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". This painting mimics the collage
technique of overlapping images. The primary image is of an adobe house with a nopal in front of it. The bottom lower corner
has a Maguey framed by semicircular bands of design, including some sort of livestock (either pig or sheep). This Maguey image
overlaps the adobe abode. The entire work is cut by a three-dimensional strip (it appears to stick up off the canvas) of pink
with floral designs and handprints that goes from the upper right corner to the bottom center. Bottom right corner is green
with a river flowing to the corner. The work is mostly framed by an indigenous style border. "These slide photos are of artwork
in the University of California San Bernardino, Gallery. Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists Unknown). Joe
Moran, Print Making instructor and 2002 Chairman of the Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to the show. See Salvador
Torres collection for information on catalogue."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 008
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle. The background is primarily pink.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 009
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts migrant Aztecs witnessing their unique sign from Huitzilopochtli - an eagle atop a nopal
cactus devouring a serpent.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 010
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts an indigenous man bound to a stone. His feet are above a small container holding a fire.
Beside him stands a conquistador. The painting apparently relates the semi-mythic story of the torture of Cuauhtémoc, who
refused to reveal the location of the gold of the Aztec empire. The frame of this painting is wooden and features ornate carvings
on the right and left sides. The carvings are in a style typical of Mayan art.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 011
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts people paying tribute to Mesoamerican dignitary.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 012
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media features numerous graffiti-style tags and messages. Text at the bottom reads, "La Logan".
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 013
El Coyote
1973
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mixed media painting depicts a woman holding her hand out to a coyote. The coyote, who stands on two legs and has an erection,
holds out a bowl to the woman. 1. The entire painting. "This painting was created with the intention of team-work with Tomas
Castañeda, that we could later work in harmony as mural team workers."--Salvador Torres. 2. Detail of the head of the coyote.
3. Detail is of the coyote's male genitalia in red. 4. Detail depicts three women's faces.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 014
Campesino
1976
creator:
DeSiga, Daniel
Other Descriptive Information
Painting depicts a
farmworker
bending over amid rows of sprouted greens. His hat and position obscure his face and he holds a short hoe in one hand and
a plant in the other. "Salvador Torres has used the CARA [Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation] catalogue as a reference
in lecturing to children of the struggle and victories of our Chicano Movement. Salvador Torres relates to this image as a
child working along side his mother with the short-handled hoe (now outlawed by the farm workers union) "chopping cotton".
This is the farm work that thins out the rows of young cotton plants. Later, Salvador Torres works in the lettuce fields thinning
out lettuce plants."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 015
(title unknown)
1998
creator:
Garcia, Linda L.
Other Descriptive Information
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". This painting depicts the face
of a young woman, central, in yellow. Above her is an angel, also in yellow. Below her is a devil, in red. Behind her is a
spatial field of dark-red hearts. Upper right corner has the face of a cat, possibly Felix? "These slide photos are of artwork
in the University of California San Bernardino, Gallery. Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists Unknown). Joe
Moran, Print Making instructor and 2002 Chairman of the Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to the show. See Salvador
Torres collection for information on catalogue."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 016
(title unknown)
1988
creator:
Lagler, Matthew
Other Descriptive Information
Painting is of a boy. Part of Barrio Art Class.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 017
(title unknown)
1988
creator:
Lagler, Matthew
Other Descriptive Information
Painting is of a cat. Background is filled in with fields of color. Part of Barrio Art Class.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 018
(title unknown)
1988
creator:
Lagler, Matthew
Other Descriptive Information
Landscape features large arch, street, and trees. Part of Barrio Art Class.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 019
Our Lady of Guadalupe and
Our Lady of Guadalupe
1978
creator:
Lopez, Yolanda M., 1942-
Other Descriptive Information
Left is the artist's grandmother, seated, in Virgen motif. Right is the artist's mother, ironing, in Virgen motif. "Salvador
Torres copies from the CARA catalogue Yolanda Lopez work based on the Chicana's perspective of feminist visions. See CARA
catalogue pages 332-331."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 020
Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe
1978
creator:
Lopez, Yolanda M., 1942-
Other Descriptive Information
"See the ‘Chicano Park’, 1hr. video for a complete understanding of Yolanda Lopez explanations to this work and her attitudes
of this period of 1978. Yolanda's misunderstanding of the first efforts at mural painting in Chicano Park are ‘I was never
invited to paint a mural...’. During this period the impetus of attacking the wall of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge was
so great that even Salvador Torres was unprepared for this particular days event. Guillermo Aranda, based at the newly created
Centro Cultural de La Raza, secured Proline Paints & Rubber Base, and the scaffold at based at the Centro. By 1978 Yolanda
assists and directs La Mujeres Muralista of San Diego, with their mural. In the video as the young ladies speak of their intentions
while being filmed, Salvador Torres had provided Nova Color for their restoration. Salvador Torres had not met Yolanda who
was at this time active for the Centro, along with David Avalos. (see Gloria Torres in the video preparing restoration work
on #S-Abut in this film.)"--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 021
Barrio Logan
1997
creator:
Mujeres Muralistas.
Other Descriptive Information
"This is one of two paintings that were located in the auditorium of Lowell [Perkins] School. During the renovation these
paintings were lost or thrown away? This has become a typical consideration of disposing of our communities' cultural arts.
This occurred to Memorial Junior High School auditorium paintings that were commissioned by WPA in the 1930's. Currently the
Memorial Junior High artworks are in the possession of the San Diego Historical Society. Salvador Torres is striving to have
them returned. They were removed in 1975."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 022
Seated Nude
1960's-1970's
creator:
Nessley, Maria
Other Descriptive Information
The nude wears a hat and the style is reminiscent of Van Gogh. "Maria Nessley was one of the first Professors to teach Mexican
American Art at San Diego State University, Salvador Torres was her assistant for the semester, but was not called upon to
speak on Chicano Art?"--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 023
The Labor Movement Banner
1978
creator:
Parsons, Manuel
Other Descriptive Information
Background is white, splatters are in black. Text in capital red letters reads: "LABOR MOVEMENT". "This banner was displayed
at various exhibitions in Union halls, and demonstrations organizing labor. Manuel uses the ‘Jackson Pollack’ style of drip
paint, with hard edge lettering, this slide is somewhat light in development."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 024
Series of Circus Contortionists
1997
creator:
Ramirez, Gilberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Gilberto Ramirez, was invited to paint triptych mural panels at San Diego State University. Gilberto is one of the first
Mexican Mural artists to create a mural in San Diego. Guillermo Aranda assisted him acquiring much needed mural work process
experience. Approximately in 1997 Gilberto returns to San Diego to restore his mural at San Diego State University in Montezuma
center. He has as exhibition of his paintings of contortionists at the mural rededication, (hear Salvador Torres cassette
Tape interview with Gilberto Ramirez in Salvador Torres collection.)"--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 025
Carro de Muerte
1998
creator:
Romero, Frank E.
Other Descriptive Information
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". Indeterminate media used to create
a 40's style car. A skeleton rides crouched on the hood pointing a bow and arrow. Metallic base or metallic paints have been
used to give a lustrous quality. "These slide photos are of artwork in the University of California San Bernardino, Gallery.
Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists Unknown). Joe Moran, Print Making instructor and 2002 Chairman of the
Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to the show. See Salvador Torres collection for information on catalogue."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 026
Chicano Art Toltecas Poster
Undated
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Red lettering at top reads "Chicano Art". Beneath is an abstract design with an eye central, skeletal hands seem to reach
out to viewer. Text under image reads: "Join Toltecas at 1 P.M. for your own good Sunday Feb. 21 at the Newman Center People's
Art Dig It!! If you don't come you're lost". "Mario Torero creates a hand-made poster to promote Toltecas recruitment."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 027
Drummer
March 1984
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
"The Chicano Park Arts Council fund-raiser event. Each member displayed art works for sale at a supporter's home."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 028
Toltecas Chicano Art Exhibition
1970s
creator:
Torero, Mario Acevedo
Other Descriptive Information
Poster features a bearded man's face in profile. He has long hair and exaggerated eyes. Two antennae protrude from his forehead.
Text reads: "Sunday Feb. 21 1p.m. Newman Center 585 Hardy by State College Toltecas Chicano Art You Better Dig It!!!!!" "Mario
Torero creates hand painted posters to promote Toltecas art exhibition."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 029
Abstract
1979
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown media features large swaths of white, orange, and red. The border is made up of light blue stripes.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 030
Abstract Series of Columns in Chicano Park
1976
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador Torres experiments with OP Art in 1965. The colonnades of the bridge structure provide Salvador Torres with a variety
of views that Salvador Torres relates to optical experiences of shape, linear, and light and dark rhythmic patterns that make
up Salvador Torres' visions of this orthotropic bridge structure. In order for Salvador Torres to understand the Monumental
Mural concept of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, Salvador Torres has had to dissect, abstract, and visualize its unique
three-dimensional properties. One has to see the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge at night! An outstanding image of waterfront
silhouettes, bridge lights sparkling off the bay ocean, and images of ghostly dark images of cavernous arches. Salvador Torres
visualizes these monumental columns with artificial lighting powered by solar and wind power energy to light the mural designs
on the columns sites."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 031
El Barrio de West Oakland
1960
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts industrial buildings and cranes beside train tracks.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 032
Bendicíon Blessing
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts two stylized human figures blessing a United Farm Workers huelga eagle. 2-4. Details.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 033
Boy and Bird
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watecolor painting depicts a line outline of a boy chasing a bird.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 034
C.A.C.A.
1970
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Stencils have been used to apply images of United Farm Workers huelga eagles and swastikas to a chart explaining the use of
explosives. This series of paintings done on explosives charts found in the Ford building in the early days of the takeover.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 035
Cabaña en East Oakland
1967
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a shack with a corrugated metal roof. Wires criss-cross the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 036
El Cabezón
1970
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic painting depicts a stylized huelga eagle with a large head in blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 037
The California Flag Series
November 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
"Salvador Torres occupies the Ford Building in Balboa Park to create the Centro Cultural De La Raza. During this time Salvador
Torres creates series of California flag bears."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 038
La Canneria
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a cannery.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 039
Los Catolicos I
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
A woman in a blue shawl holding a rosary hunches over. Behind her is a red creature with what resembles a beak.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 040
Los Catolicos II
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts a human figure with attributes of a clergyman, a devil, and a woman. Predominant colors
are red and blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 041
Chicano Park
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting is a montage of images associated with Chicano Park.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 042
El Chicano Rainbow
1964
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract oil painting features large blocks of solid color and other blocks of blended color. The red blocks form an image
reminiscent of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 043
Chivo
1978
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink drawing colored with watercolor paints depicts a goat walking upright and a woman with a United Farm Workers huelga eagle
on her coat. A small bald man holds a large ojo de Dios in the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 044
Church Icons
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photo features two acrylic paintings, possibly a diptych, on display at an exhibition. The one on the left depicts a
bestial figure behind a hunched-over woman carrying a rosary. The one on the right depicts a horned figure and a man. A sculpture
is visible on a stand before the paintings.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 045
Comedia Comedy
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts human-like figures with oddly-shaped bodies.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 046
El Cuento de los...
1989
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic painting depicts a seated child reading a book. Text on the page of the book reads, "El Cuento de los..." in Gothic
script. The facing page features an image of a duck. The background is filled with animals, including dolphins, a giraffe,
a rhinoceros, a lion, a monkey, a bird, an elephant, a pig, a rooster, a goat, a rabbit, a sheep and a turtle.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 047
Diana and the Serpent
1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink and watercolor painting on brown paper depicts a nude woman spearing a serpent in its mouth.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 048
East Oakland Foundery [sic]
1967
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a foundry.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 049
Embarcadero East Oakland
1960
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a ship.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 050
Eye
1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Study for Santa Fe mural, Yvonne Firks (Gloria Torres' daughter) modeled.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 051
Flaco
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Oil painting on paper depicts a man in profile. He wears an orange beanie and jacket. The background is blue. “‘Flaco’, a
dynamic character that frequented Chicano Park during the 80's. Salvador Torres created short stories about ‘Flaco’. ‘Flaco’
is a member of the Barrio Logan Renovation Team, creators of five monumental murals in Chicano Park. The renovation team also
is responsible for building a soccer field and goal rackets in Chicano Park. 1980's in a period when soccer was not popular
in San Diego, California. Our ‘bay front’ park now has a soccer field. ‘Flaco’ posed for Salvador Torres studio at 2135 1/2
Logan Avenue.”--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 052
Flaco
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Oil painting on paper decpicts a man in a yellow raincoat and hat. The background is bluish-green.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 053
The Grape Boycott
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstracted huelga eagle. This image was on display at the Metro Art Gallery.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 054
The Grape Boycott
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Image appears to be an abstracted, personified pot on a fire. It is red, bears an angry expression, and is steaming.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 055
The Grape Boycott
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Image consists of two symmetrical human figures, their bodies abstracted to forms of crosses and their faces suggested with
smiles. Both of their heads are interrupted by white arcs, which converge in the upper center of the image plane in a set
of eyes. These eyes have wings and raindrops fall on them.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 056
Grape Strike
1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Images from top down: A bunch of grapes between two "four directions" symbols, orange huelga eagle, three radiant red circles,
and a striped animal of some sort. Everything is abstracted, and the entire work is framed by a border. "The grape boycott
by Cesar Chavez begins a series of pickets and demonstrations in San Diego, California. These pickets and demonstrations inspire
Salvador Torres to create a series of "Huelga" (Strike) images, that Salvador Torres uses to express the times of the capture
of the Ford Building in Balboa Park, Chicano Park, and the Neighborhood house in San Diego, California. The struggle for Human
Rights sparks the Civil Rights movements of the Black & Chicano causa are the nucleuses for Salvador Torres expressive works
in contrast to the "Minimal Art", "Earthworks", "Conceptual & POP Art". The struggle for the survival of Logan Heights, Barrio
Logan disastrous impact by the San Diego Bay Bridge & the construction of I-5 freeway was the tyranny Salvador Torres violently
opposed. See attachment of San Diego Union 4/24/70."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 057
La Huelga I
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Oil painting on canvas depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle in red. Its outer portions are in yellow and the base is
brown. The background is black and blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 058
La Huelga II
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Oil painting features a red United Farm Workers huelga eagle on an abstract background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 059
Huelguista
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mixed media watercolor and acrylic painting depicts a personified United Farm Workers flag.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 060
Love on a Horse of a Different Color
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic painting depicts a girl on horseback. She embraces the horse around its neck. A landscape forms the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 061
Masks
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mixed media painting depicts a nude woman on a stage in front of an audience of grotesque faces or masks.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 062
Mexi-R&B
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint features a red rectangle with a blue circle in its center in the center of the painting. Surrounding
the rectangle are several rectangles of various colors.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 063
Moon Birds Pajaritos de Luna
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts three small birds on the ground beneath a personified crescent moon. The sky is filled with multicolored
brushstrokes that seem to radiate from the moon.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 064
Multicultural Education
1989
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Children of various ethnicities surround a globe. "Salvador Torres was commissioned to create a multicultural image poster
for a special event. The design was not selected."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 065
Mythical Gallo
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle with a cock's comb and a long tongue protruding from its beak.
Its wings are outstretched and they have the staggering characteristic of the traditional UFW eagle. It stands on something
long and curved, creating the impression of a serpent, like the one from the Mexican National Seal.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 066
Opera
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a masked human figure facing an abstract figure with two eyes and two legs.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 067
Otay Dam Landscape
1979
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor landscape portrays a lake, mountains, and a dam.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 068
Otay Lake
1979
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor landscape featuring a lake, a mountain, and the sky. "Salvador Torres and Ramses Noriega traveled to several locations
in San Diego County to paint. Otay Lake was a location selected by Ramses. Salvador Torres and Ramses collaborated since Salvador
Torres visited Ramses to interview him about Chicano Art in Los Angeles. (See Salvador Torres tape recording on Ramses Noriega
interview) Ramses Noriega comes to live in San Diego, California. He joins Salvador Torres in forming "CAUSA" Chicano Artist
Union, in efforts to make our mural working conditions safe, and properly paid. Salvador Torres and Ramses Noriega exhibit
works under CAUSA. See Salvador Torres collection on CAUSA activities."--Salvador Torres.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 069
Otay Lakes
1979
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor landscape painting features three boulders in the foreground.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 070
Las Palmitas de Banana
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting portrays palm trees in front of a building with a red tiled ceiling.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 071
La Plazita en San Diego
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a fountain in the plaza with a theater in the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 072
Popis
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor spray painting depicts a red dog standing on its hind legs. Other dogs scamper about. The sky is dark blue and
the ground is dark green.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 073
Qual Frente?
1975
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Spraypaint on a diagram for some sort of explosive device depicts a calavera. The rest of the painting is filled in with acrylic
paint. This series of paintings done on explosives charts found in the Ford building in the early days of the takeover.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 074
San Diego Marine
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts the San Diego marina.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 075
Spirit Childhood
1986
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Acrylic painting depicts the faces of an indigenous family. They are surrounded by ethereal swirls. In the upper right corner
is some sort of beast, likely a goat.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 076
Teatro Mascarón
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a performer in a calavera costume on a stage. The calavera has just lit the fuse for a rocket
or a missile which has a two-headed bird at its top.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 077
Teatro Mono
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink painting depicts a calavera performer in a cape and an avian figure on a small stage.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 078
Teatro Mono
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a clown on a stage. Beside it is an aquarium on a stand with the huelga eagle on it. Five fish
are jumping from the aquarium.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 079
Tejaban el Barrio de East Oakland
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a building.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 080
(title unknown)
early 1970's
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Work in mixed media depicts a calavera delineated with spraypaint. The background is an instructional chart on explosives.
The background has been filled in with another type of paint, possibly tempera. This work was created in the Ford building
in the early 1970's.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 081
(title unknown)
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a chicken on the shore of a body of water. Off the shore a boat with several masts floats.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 082
(title unknown)
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watecolor painting depicts four stylized female figures in traditional Mexican dress.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 083
(title unknown)
1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting features a stylized human figure in white emerging from a golden chalice. The background is made up of
individual strokes of multiple colors that seem to radiate from the center of the work.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 084
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in poster paint is abstract. It features geometric shapes in primary colors.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 085
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Non representational painting in a Rothkoesque style features differently-colored concentric circles.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 086
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Work executed with poster paint is divided in two halves. It is surrounded by a blue-and-red border.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 087
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Non-representational painting executed in poster paint is composed primarily of vertical brushstrokes of alternating colors.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 088
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint depicts concentric circles in a red square. The border is black and yellow.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 089
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint depicts a blue rectangle surrounded by yellow and red squares. The border is blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 090
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint is a series of concentric rectangles.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 091
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint features four concentric circles in a green rectangle. The border is made of black, red, and
gray streaks.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 092
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint features rectangular fields of dark colors.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 093
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in black ink features curved lines on a white background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 094
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in black ink features curved lines, straight lines, and other forms on a white background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 095
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in black ink inside a black rectangle features a wavy blob and a black line on a white background. There is
also a shape resembling a leaf.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 096
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint features a central rectangle in dark brown and amber surrounded by brown and blue rectangles.
Spots of yellow, blue, green and pink fill the remainder of the canvas.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 097
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting executed in poster paint is composed of a series of concentric rectangles. The innermost rectangle is divided
in two diagonally and filled with fields of color (greens, purple, and blue) and dots. The border is made up of stripes in
red and green, black and pink, and red and yellow.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 098
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown media features a column of gray squares running down a central yellow strip. Short diagonal brushstrokes
fill the remainder of the plane. On the left side they are yellow, and on the right they are brown. A blue and black border
surrounds the work.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 099
(title unknown)
1966
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in poster paint features a small pink markings on a background of fields of blue and yellow. They are surrounded
by a rectangular ring of black squares. A border framing the design is magenta on the top and yellow on the bottom.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 100
(title unknown)
1968
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor of harbor scene.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 101
(title unknown)
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watecolor painting appears to depict a ship.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 102
(title unknown)
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a grounded ship.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 103
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Ink painting depicts three stylized birds.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 104
(title unknown)
April 1972
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Mixed media (?) painting depicts a bird with spread wings on the back of a horned beast. The ground is yellow and the sun
rises (or sets) in the distance.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 105
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts two stylized birds in red on a blue background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 106
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting features two abstract figures in red and orange on a blue and gray background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 107
(title unknown)
1977
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts figures reminiscent of kachinas on a stage. 11" x 14"
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 108
(title unknown)
1978
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown media with red st rokes toward the top. This photo is out of focus.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 109
(title unknown)
1978
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a young woman with a purse over her shoulder. 8 1/2" X 11"
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 110
(title unknown)
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media (possibly color pencils) depicts a nude woman standing next to a rooster on a perch. The rooster is
crowing, as indicated by the emergence of the Aztec symbols for speech from its beak.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 111 (1-2)
(title unknown)
1995
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts the faces of three children in front of a mountainous landscape.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 112 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown media depicts a stylized freeway support column with the words "Chicano Park". To the right of
this is a face in black.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 113
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Pen drawing filled in with watercolor depicts a man holding a parrot in one hand and a wand in the other. Many flecks of color
radiate from the end of the wand.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 114
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown medium is in dark green, red, and brown.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 115
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts several bushes in front of a hill.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 116 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a reclining nude female outlined in blue. Her back is toward the viewer. The San Diego Coronado
Bay Bridge is visible in the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 117
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media is a landscape of San Diego Bay. Sailboats sail in the Bay, and buildings are visible on the shore.
The San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge is in the background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 118 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in poster paint features red-and-green stripes down the center with a yellow and brown border. 18" x 24"
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 119
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract work in unknown media features black circles, lines, and other forms in a black rectangle on a white background.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 120
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media is non-representational. It features a large red oval with a brown circle.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 121
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media is a nude portrait of a man. The background is green.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 122
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador--et. al.
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media is a rectangle bisected along the diagonal. The principal color is pink.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 123 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting features irregularly-edged fields of solid color, as well as vertical, horizontal, and curved stripes. Predominant
color is green.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 124
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a seated woman in profile. Her pants are red and the background is blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 125
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Work in unknown media (possibly pastels) depicts a woman's body. Her facial features are not delineated. Each part of her
body is painted a different color. The background is made of rows of color.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 126
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador--et. al.
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting is of a seated woman in profile. Her skin is painted in blue. There are female faces to the right of her.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 127
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a huelga eagle with horns with its wings outstretched. It stands on the ground next to another,
smaller, stylized avian figure stands next to it. The predominant color is dark blue.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 128
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media depicts a man in a white garment. His facial features are not elaborated and the background is predominantly
yellow.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 129
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Watercolor painting depicts a white bird with rectangular wings perched on the back of an indeterminate four-legged beast.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 130
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media (possibly pastels) depicts a seated nude woman with her hand on her hip. The background is filled
with fields of color.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 131
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media is abstract. It is dominated by the stripes and geometric shapes in blue and red.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 132
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Abstract painting in unknown media features fields of color with angled curves. The primary color is pink, although one of
the largest fields of color is green.
Album 4, Slide Cat. 9 133
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Painting in unknown media represents an abstracted face. The features are formed by blue stripes on a red background. An eye
and mouth are distinguishable.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 134 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts a windmill.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 135
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting on a three-paned glass case forms a triptych. The central panel depicts a dove within a wreath tied with a red bow.
Snowflakes surround the image. The side panels depict lit candles, also surrounded by snowflakes. The case contains Christmas
lights and a small figurine of Santa Claus.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 136
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media depicts a person reclining on a bed with their feet on a table. The predominant color is blue.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 138
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts the kiosco at the Cesar E. Chávez waterfront park.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 139
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media is abstract. One distinguishable image is the United Farm Workers huelga eagle, in white in the
lower left corner. The predomina
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 139
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media is abstract. One distinguishable image is the United Farm Workers huelga eagle, in white in the
lower left corner. The predomina
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 140
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts a crane on a barge in a harbor. Other ships fill the background.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 141
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Work composed of painted or fire-glazed tiles depicts Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Red stars frame the portrait. The lower half
of the portrait lies in shadow.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 142
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Work composed of painted or fire-glazed tiles depicts Emiliano Zapata. Black huelga eagles frame the portrait.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 143
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Work in mixed media depicts a calavera above a red area. The ground is a diagram for the operation of explosives. The background
is painted in spraypaint and another type of paint. This series of paintings was executed on explosives safety diagrams discovered
in the Ford building in the early days of the occupation.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 144
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Four calavera images are spraypainted on an instructional diagram of explosives. The background is painted green. This series
of paintings was executed on explosives safety diagrams discovered in the Ford building in the early days of the occupation.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 145
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media depicts a seated woman with a cubic object.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 146
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Abstract painting in unknown media features a rectangle bisected diagonally.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 147
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media depicts a man with a white object draped around his shoulders.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 148
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media is abstract. Several images resemble eyes; one resembles a cloverleaf in orange. The background
is predominantly dark blue.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 149
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor (?) painting depicts a lizard in the foreground of a landscape. The sun is personified.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 150
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media depicts a United Farm Workers huelga eagle in red. The background is in dark red and dark blue.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 151
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Abstract painting is in unknown media. The left side features circles and the right side features vertical stripes. The predominant
color is yellow.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 152
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a pen drawing of an elderly man and a woman with a child on her lap painted with watercolors. Beside it
is a photocopy of the same painting.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 153
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a pen drawing of an elderly man and woman and a man with sunglasses painted with watercolors. Beside it
is a photocopy of the same painting.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 155
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts a plant with a mountain in the background.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 154
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a pen drawing of a woman in a sun hat seated on a bus painted with watercolors. Beside it is a photocopy
of the same painting.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 156
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Ink and ink wash painting depicts two figures in silhouette, one of which resembles a United Farm Workers huelga eagle, on
the background of a night sky.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 157
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting is of an blue owl with wings like the United Farm Workers huelga eagle. The moon is behind its head.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 158
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media depicts a child playing with a watering can.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 159
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media (possibly acrylic?) depicts a Chicano park freeway pylon.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 160
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media (possibly oil paints?) is abstract and highly textured.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 161
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media (possibly oil paints?) is abstract and features fields of blue, red, yellow, and green.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 162
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Painting in unknown media (possibly oil paints?) is abstract, highly textured and features amorphous blobs of blue.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 163 (1-3)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts an owl perched atop what appears to be a painting of a flower. It holds a staff that radiates
at one end in one of its feet.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 164
Tragicomedia Tragi-Comedy
circa 1970-1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts a four-legged beast in the form of a United Farm Workers huelga eagle atop a large rock. Another
animal, this one drawn as a stick figure, follows behind it. On the ground before the rock are several small items resembling
toys. The background is painted gray-blue. 10 3/4 " x 14"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 165 (1-2)
UC Hospital
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Watercolor painting depicts a bald man in a white hospital gown seated on the edge of a bed. 18" x 24"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 166 (1-2)
Viva la Raza! Long Live Humanity
1969
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Oil painting depicts a red huelga eagle on a white background. Above it is the word "Viva" in black on an olive green background.
Below the eagle are the words "la Raza" on a black background. "Viva La Raza was painted during the time San Diego Gas & Electric
was promoting a derogatory ad stereotyping Mexicans in Life magazine. (See Salvador Torres collection on Salvador Torres thesis.)"--
Salvador Torres. 3’ 1/2" x 2' 9 1/4"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 167
Woman & Dragon
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Ink and watercolor painting depicts a nude woman holding a spear that goes through an agonizing dragon. 30" x 22"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 168
El Zorro in the Ford Building
1970
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Spray painted work on unknown support features a Native American-style design in blue and red. 23 1/4" x 29"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 169
Kelco Mural Study
circa 1963-1997
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Mixed media work is a study for the Kelco Mural. It depicts a seated elderly woman.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 9 170
Hot Menudo
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
creator:
Villa, Esteban
General note
Acrylic painting on canvas depicts a man in glasses in blue. Before him on a table is a bowl of hot menudo and a wineglass.
The background is red. 24" x 30", Torres is slide photographer.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 001
Carlos Santana
August 1994
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Other Descriptive Information
Slide photograph of a Life magazine photograph of Carlos Santana standing in front of a Chicano Park mural. The San Diego
artists of the mural were not credited, causing Torres some resentment.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 002
(title unknown)
November 1989
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is a distorted image of a man in sunglasses and a photographer. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 003
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a hand reaching out from behind the camera and appearing to grab the Chicano Park freeway column bearing
the Niños del Mundo mural Quetzalcoatl. The shot has been taken from near the top of a facing column. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 004
Etched Slide
1975
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A dark slide has been etched with the text "By Salvador Roberto Torres". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 005
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etching reads, "Joses Moya de Piño". This slide was probably used as means to introduce a slide lecture of a portion thereof.
35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 006
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide reads "Por El Fuchi "Queso"". There is also a design. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 007
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide reads "El Queso". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 008
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide photo of a map reads "¡Chicano Park¡ C/S". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 009
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etched into a dark slide are images of a nude woman and a goat. There are also two other figures. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 010
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etched into a dark slide is the image of a nude woman, horizontal lines, and two designs. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 011
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide photo of a drawing reads "Viva la Huelga" and is accompanied by a partial United Farm Workers
huelga eagle with crosshatching. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 012
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide photo of a sunset reads "Fin". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 013
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A dark slide has been etched with the images of an owl and a man with a long mustache. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 014
Etched Slide
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A dark slide has been etched with the text "La Raza Con Voluntad Tendra Poder". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 015
Etched Slides
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etching reads: "Chicano Mural Art Movement". "Salvador Torres discovers how to etch slides by scratching the emulsion side
of the slide. Salvador Torres uses these techniques as titles for slide programs. Salvador Torres experiments creating slide
art-works from these techniques. This new technique has not been fully realized in its potentials."--Salvador Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 016
Etched Slides
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etching reads: "Los Toltecas en Aztlan" and features a United Farm Workers eagle. "Salvador Torres discovers how to etch slides
by scratching the emulsion side of the slide. Salvador Torres uses these techniques as titles for slide programs. Salvador
Torres experiments creating slide art-works from these techniques. This new technique has not been fully realized in its potentials."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 017
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"The Harbor 101 Barrio Planning Association" etched onto a photo of the harbor.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 018
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text over darkened slide reads: "La Ciudad Ofrece Muy Poco". "These etched slides were an experiment by Salvador Torres to
create titles for Salvador Torres slide lectures and to make creative use of dark slides as art works. This experiment is
still under way by Salvador Torres in other ways not used before."--Salvador Torres
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 019
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text reads: "Escusados [sic] Limatados [sic]" etched into slide photo of a rooster.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 020
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Queren [sic] este terreno para Parking Lot" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 021
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Para Nuestros Ancianos" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 022
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"La Tierra y Centro Adecuado" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 023
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
The face of an "anciano" is etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 024
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"La Raza en General" etched into slide photo of Pancho Villa and La División del Norte.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 025
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Barrio Logan Planners" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 025
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Barrio Logan Planners" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 026
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"El Pinchi [sic] Fuchi Queso" etched into a dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 027
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Presenta" etched into dark slide.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 028
Los Paseos De Mi Barrio Logan
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etched onto slide photo of the ground (with a hole in the sidewalk) are the words "Los Paseos de mi Barrio Logan".
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 029
El Royal Chicano Air Force
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into the emulsion side of a dark slide reads, "El Royal Chicano Air Force".
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 030
Seismic Retrofit Project 168
September 1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Etching on a slide photo of a charcoal drawing of a child on a scooter with a large object on his head reads, "Seismic Retrofit
168". A sign before the child reads, "La Vida". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 031
Seismic Retrofit Project 618
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark slide photo of a brick building reads "Seismic Retrofit Project 618". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 032
Solar Art
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark area of a slide photo of a stained glass window reads, "Solar Art". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 032
Solar Art
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Text etched into a dark area of a slide photo of a stained glass window reads, "Solar Art". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 033
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts a number of sculptures, arranged with dried leaves for a pleasing scenario. The central sculpture is a
ceramic vase. Other sculptures include Mayan-style human figures in stone and metal. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 034
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Dark slide has been etched with a design of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle, a sun, and a partial landscape. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 035
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Dark slide has been etched with a design of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle and the words "Viva la Causa". 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 036
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Dark slide photo of bananas has been etched with a design of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle and the words "Viva la Raza"
35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 036
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Dark slide photo of bananas has been etched with a design of the United Farm Workers huelga eagle and the words "Viva la Raza".
35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 037
Young Chicana in Golden Hill Park
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Manuel Parsons, Georgina Lavandera, and Salvador Torres engage El Museo Del Pueblo in an educational campaign exhibiting original
photos by Manuel Zaragoza of the Chicano Park takeover of April 22, 1970 and wood block prints from the Taller Grafica of
Mexico. Georgina creates a labor and culture theme. This exhibit travels to schools, colleges, universities, and local parks,
#5-317 [temp #] is a photo by Salvador Torres of "Young Chicana in Golden Hill Park"."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Golden
Hill Park; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 11 038
Young Chicana in Golden Hill Park
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is a close up of a Chicana wearing heavy makeup, including a teardrop beneath her eye. Site Location: Golden Hill
Park; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 001
Aztlan
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is a close up of a Chicana wearing heavy makeup, including a teardrop beneath her eye. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 002 (1-2)
Chicano Park Foundation Sculpture
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Sculpture in a fountain in Chicano Park depicts two calaveras holding an eagle and an ollin symbol. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 003
Clay Dinosaur
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a clay stegosaurus, probably created as a part of a Young At Art workshop. Site Location: Torres home/studio,
Logan Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 004
Clay Dolphin
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a clay dolphin, probably the result of a Young At Art clay workshop. Site Location: Torres home/studio, Logan
Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 005
Clay Unicorn
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a clay unicorn, probably created as a part of a Young At Art workshop. Site Location: Torres home/studio, Logan
Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 006
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Sculpture in unknown media is a calavera in a feather headdress.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 017
Animal Pot
1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts a round ceramic pot with a lid. It is raised on four legs. A neck and deer's head protrude from the side
of the pot. 12" x 10"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 007
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Sculpture in unknown media is a calavera in a feather headdress.Slide photo of a large piece of wood with intricate relief
carvings. The wood has been painted in red, green, and yellow.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 008
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a large piece of wood with intricate relief carvings. The wood has been painted in red, green, and yellow.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 009 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is a closeup of a carved and painted face. The predominant color is gold.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 010
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Sculpture is composed of three rectangular pieces of foam rubber tied together with plastic ribbon. The ribbon is also tied
to a bottle labeled "CPR", a vitamin C supplement.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 011 (1-4)
In Honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America
1992
creator:
Children of Chula Vista City Schools.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
51 tiles painted by children, arranged into three rows and placed into stone display mount. 1. The title plaque. 2. A view
of the entire monument. 3-4. Detail of Commemoration monument. "These photos are good examples of children's art in tile that
serve as a good example of this type of tile work."-- Salvador Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 012
(title unknown)
circa 1998
creator:
González
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". This abstract sculpture looks
to be of brown clay that has been textured. "These slide photos are of Art works in the University of California San Bernardino,
Gallery. Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists Unknown). Joe Moran, Print Making instructor and 2002 Chairman
of the Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to the show. See Salvador Torres collection for information on catalogue."--Salvador
Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 013 (1-2)
Eagle
1980 (?)
creator:
Jaquez, Raul
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Steel 'sculpture' of an eagle with a large heart in its center is mounted on a tall concrete pole. The pole has been painted
with indigenous-influenced designs. 2. "This view of the rear of the sculpture shows the viewer a sculpture that has a flat
view from the front facing Logan Avenue. A major viewing is seen from I-5. Millions of viewers see the rear of this sculptures
structures cross-angle. This sculpture was made away from Chicano Park and placed in the sculpture garden. Guillermo Rosete
painted the base. Red represents water, the blood life of the earth. Green represents the plants of the earth that need this
life blood."--Salvador Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 014
Eagle & Heart
circa late 1970's-early 1980's
creator:
Jaquez, Raul
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"This photo shows the Young At Art tour of children to Chicano Park by Salvador and Gloria Torres (see Salvador Torres collection
about Young at Art program, a program sponsored by the San Diego Unified Schools and the Muriel Gluck Foundation.) This photo
shows that this sculpture is a one-sided piece, similar to wall relief, not a 3-D form as most true sculptures assume. Here
the viewer sees what most of the millions of viewers see as they travel south or north on I-5 freeway. You can see the cross
piece that supports the Eagle. Guillermo Rosete painted the base. Depicting the red as the precious blood of the earth, water,
and the green that represents the earth and its plants that give us nourishment. Raul J. creates another sculpture for the
fountain in the Chicano Park Plaza; this piece is also made from flat steel sheets. In this work there is a little more sense
for the 3-D space; however, still retaining its flatness as its visual dominant features as flat cut-out silhouetted forms
that Raul enjoys, and shares for all."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park cactus garden, San Diego, CA; Jaquez,
Raul--Guillermo Rosete, cactus gardeners, and artists credited
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 015
Ceramic Pumpkin
1988
creator:
Lagler, Matthew
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Pumpkin appears to be a container with stem and surrounding area as lid. "For Mathew's regular school work. Salvador Torres
attempts to acquire a California Arts Grant for Mathew Lagler as an apprentice muralist; grant not approved."--Salvador Torres.
Site Location: Torres home/studio, Logan Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 016
Ceramic Examples
Undated
creator:
San Diego City College Students.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Ceramic examples made by San Diego City College students, Salvador Torres uses this imagery to stimulate interest in high
fire Cone 10, sgraffito techniques, scratching, carving and adding ceramic coil works into the ceramic vessel. Salvador Torres
enrolls at San Diego City College with the intent of pursuing understanding of ceramic techniques to be employed into the
Chicano Park Monumental Public Mural Art Program."--Salvador Torres.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 017
Animal Pot
1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts a round ceramic pot with a lid. It is raised on four legs. A neck and deer's head protrude from the side
of the pot. 12" x 10"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 018
Animal Pot
1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts a round ceramic pot with a lid. It is raised on four legs. A neck and deer's head protrude from the side
of the pot. This photo is from before the pot was glazed. 12" x 10"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 019
Ceramic Vase
March 1983
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a vase on a display table with an electric guitar and two people in the background. "This ceramic vase was
destroyed in a San Diego earthquake."--Salvador Torres. Approximately y 10" high, 7" circumference; cone 10 ceramic, buff
color, with three glazes and gold luster
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 020
Elephant
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Glazed ceramic pot has the form of an elephant. Glazed ceramic
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 021
Owls
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of two ceramic owls on grass.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 022
Oxides for Color
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of two ceramic jars. The glazes have been applied in horizontal stripes.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 023 (1-2)
(title unknown)
1981
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos of a ceramic vase glazed in brown with some blue. 8 1/2" x 7"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 024 (1-2)
(title unknown)
1981
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos of a ceramic vase glazed in brown with some blue. 8 1/2" x 7"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 025
(title unknown)
1982
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a Salvador Torres ceramic vase. The glaze is brown with some blue. 8" x 3"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 026
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A fish of carved, polished wood is embedded in ceramic seaweed. It appears to be swimming through it.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 027 (1-2)
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Ceramic vase with a narrow neck and a round body is glazed light blue at the top and the bottom and clear in the middle. The
middle portion features black markings reminiscent of cave paintings.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 028
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of three ceramic works. One is a plate, one is a jar with a lid, and the third appears to be an ashtray.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 029
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Sculpture in unknown media (possibly plaster?) is an indigenous-style face. There is chipping on the extremities.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 030
(title unknown)
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a multi-tiered ceramic work. The glaze in hues of blue.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 031 (1-2)
White Snow
1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos of a tall ceramic urn with a narrow neck. The glaze is white and the interior appears to be blue. "Salvador Torres
studies ceramics as a technique that can be included into the Monumental Public Mural Concept of the Chicano Park. The many
ceramic techniques provide a more permanent art process that can be used that can require less maintenance on tiles, or other
ceramic art works that can be included into this bridge concept."--Salvador Torres. 9"
Album 5, Slide Cat. 12 032
Studio Work
Undated
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts several works of glazed ceramic.
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 001
1974 Mural Preparation Work
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Three unidentified workers prepare T-46 in Chicano Park. "NASSCO volunteered scaffolding & manpower to set them up."--Salvador
Torres. Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 002 (1-4)
7-11 Mural Restoration
circa 1990-1991
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the restoration of a mural on an exterior wall of a 7-11 in Carlsbad. The mural depicts an
indigenous family, farmworkers, a conquistador, a pyramid, a calavera, the face of Zapata, and a banner reading "Carlsbad"
in Gothic script. The vandalism has primarily affected the central portion of the mural. "Restore 7-11 mural [Carlsbad] vandalism
causing gang violence. El Museo Del Pueblo borrows a portable tent from the Centro Cultural De la Raza, and tables. EMDP provides
display cardboards from its collection from the Cuban Traveling Art Exhibition. Open air art classes under the tent (See ‘A
Sunday in Barrio Carlo’ & Voice of Oceanside: Barrio Arts Project Video 1:15 minutes. Chicano murals are being attacked with
‘white paint’ (See Salvador and Gloria Torres Escondido Historical Mural, slides, video) in Salvador Torres' collection of
similar ‘white paint’ attacks to Chicano Park Murals, Escondido Mural. These were all white racists attacks on our mural art
and culture. Salvador and Gloria Torres receive a request for assistance, Oceanside Barrio, and Carlsbad Barrio engaged in
feud over mural vandalism each accusing each other, violence flares, shootings occur. Gloria Torres, Salvador Torres, and
Manuel Alva Parsons set up a restoration program (See video)."--Salvador Torres. 2. "Restore the Carlsbad 7-11 mural created
by students of Victor Ochoa mural team. Restoration, painting, drawing, clay work, and art exhibition. See ‘Racist Attacks’
video KOCT the Oceanside Channel. ‘A Sunday in Barrio Carlos’, and ‘Voice of Oceanside Barrio Arts Project’ 1hr 15 min. Salvador
Torres collection."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: 7-11, Carlsbad, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 003 (1-4)
Activity Unknown
Undated
creator:
[Artist Unknown]
General note
Slide photo s of six men participating in an unknown activity in Chicano Park. 1. From left to right: Salvador Torres, unknown,
unknown, and Aztleca. 2. Slide photo of three men in discussion. Behind them is Rico Bueno and Carlotta Hernandez's mural
Chicano Park: La Tierra Mía. The man on the right is Salvador Torres. 3. Slide photo is of six men, including Salvador Torres,
in Chicano Park. One man is dressed in danza Azteca gear. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 004 (1-2)
Aerial Perspectives
March 1984
creator:
Lockcrane Architects.
General note
1. "Aerial perspective of Logan Heights, Barrio Logan, San Diego Bay, San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, Coronado, the waterfront
industries and the Silver Strand seen in the upper photo on the Pacific Ocean. The Navy Seals Headquarters and beach/bay training
sites are seen at the left of the curving bridge wing. See Salvador Torres Chicano Park and Monumental Public Mural Concept,
#3-173-A [temp number]."--Salvador Torres. 2. "Salvador Torres liberates aerial perspectives from Lockcrane Architects. This
photo shows an aerial perspective of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge's characteristics of the colonnades marching to the
bay. This view shows the viewer the potential of how to make use of the columns as a unified design that can complement the
totality of the whole bridge's concrete columns. To date my contemporary Chicana artists plan for one column at a time, with
no relationships in color, movements, or related themes {to each other}. Due to the lack of understanding of this concept,
and the lack of funds, columns are approached as flat designs with many sides unfinished creating a motley effect of poor
design considerations."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 005 (1-5)
All the Way to the Bay
circa 1979-1980
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "The concept begins with the 4/22/1970 takeover of land under the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge to create the park all
the way to the bay. J Diaz, Chipac Inc. joins in our occupation and clean up of the waterfront. Several clean up events and
one overnight occupation causes the San Diego Unified Port to cooperate with our demands for a "5.4 & More" land for our waterfront
park, that today is a beautiful land mark with a pier as shown in #10-637, [temp number] for our families and public to enjoy
and study our sea life environment that was once sealed off to our Barrio Logan Community."--Salvador Torres. 2. Accumulation
of debris along the coast, in background a pier approaches the horizon. "'All the way to the bay' the rallying call to push
Chicano Park all the way to the bay was coined by Manuel Alba Parsons (see Manuel Alba Parsons collection). This struggle
involves many meetings with the Coastal Commission, the San Diego Unified Port District, The San Diego Planning Commission,
the Harbor Community Council, (see Salvador Torres collection). Waterfront clean up and art and performance created on this
land site. A park and a pier are built on the waterfront after many marches and many demonstrations."--Salvador Torres. 3.
"[Alfonso] "Pelon" [Johnston] is being interviewed by TV reporter."--Salvador Torres. 4. "View of palm tree planted on the
clean up site of what today is the Cesar E. Chavez waterfront park, L-R: Aztleca, Guillermo Rosete, and Yolanda Tiemori. This
battle lasted 33 years and our waterfront park is still being developed. This concept has become a reality with the help of
many who dedicated time, energy, and political maneuvering. From conceptual to reality challenges the non-permanent concepts
of Salvador Torres' contemporaries who create performances that are soon forgotten."--Salvador Torres. 5. Slide photo depicts
a young girl cleaning the area near the beach. Site Location: Barrio Logan waterfront, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 006
Artists Display Work
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Eight women, three children, and a San Diego artist hold up a collaborative temporary mural. They are probably San Diego State
University student teachers. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 007
Arturo Roman y La Huelga of 1974
May 1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Arturo Roman is captured mid-air with a gleeful expression and La Raza Cosmica in the background. Did he jump off the scaffolding?
"Salvador Barajas directs a photo shoot by Salvador Torres in an effort to present an unusual image of the mural artists of
Chicano Park. Look for Salvador Torres creative visions on Chicano Park Artists' series."--Salvador Torres. Site Location:
Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 008 (1-3)
Baptism & Wedding Ceremony
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1-2. Tomas Castaneda and Carlos, both shirtless, play drums for sacred ceremony. One drum has the form of Quetzalcoatl. A
red flag with the Toltecas en Aztlán symbol flies in the air above them. "Abran Quevedo's son is baptized, Abran proclaims
niños and niñas to Camarin Quevedo. (See Salvador Torres collection video)."--Salvador Torres. 3. A red flag with the Toltecas
en Aztlán symbol obscures a view of a danza ceremony in the Chicano Park kiva. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA;
35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 009 (1-12)
The Barrio Art Class
1988
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents Salvador Torres giving Barrio Art lessons to Mathew Lagler. 1. Mathew Lagler holds a paintbrush
in one hand and a hand puppet in his other. "See Salvador Torres collection video, "A Tradition of the Masters, The Chicano
Mural Story", San Diego State University 1988. Salvador Torres volunteer teaching, seeks to teach Mathew Lagler, how to draw
and paint."--Salvador Torres. 2. Matthew Lagler uses acrylic paints to design his composition. Salvador Torres supervises
and guides him. 3. Mathew Lagler hold brush in front of easel holding nearly-complete painting. 4. Both Salvador Torres and
Mathew Lagler fashion clay, Lagler by hand and Torres on the wheel. Spectators watch. 5. Salvador Torres, still at the pottery
wheel. Two ceramic heads are displayed before him. 6. "Salvador Torres and Mathew Lagler on the roof top of Salvador Torres
workshop over-looking the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. Salvador Torres foresees the idea of the need to develop a young
mural apprenticeship program. 1973, Salvador Torres expresses this idea to Beth Coffelt, art critic (see San Diego Magazine,
December issue.) Salvador Torres' curriculum centered around the Chicano Park Murals. The idea is to start the young artists
drawing and painting the columns of Chicano Park to familiarize them with the artistic problems of compositional problems
of 3-D surfaces, sizes, lights sources, and simple drawing and painting techniques. The idea of this apprenticeship begins
in the elementary and secondary, college and university levels. Drawing, painting, sculpture, directed to monumental public
art. This idea is partially understood and practiced by Victor Ochoa, with classes he is hired to conduct, (See children's
mural in Chicano Park in Victor Ochoa collection)."--Salvador Torres. 7. Salvador Torres gives volunteer art classes to Mathew
Lagler at the Torres home/studio/gallery. "Please see "A Tradition of Masters - The Chicano Mural Story" video (18 minutes).
This video story tells the story of Chicano Park. Salvador and Gloria Torres and Mathew working on a portion of the Chicano
Park mural on T-Abut offramp to National Avenue. The video is in the Salvador Torres collection."--Salvador Torres. 8. Slide
photo of Salvador Torres molding clay before putting it on a potter's wheel. His painting Chicano Rainbow is behind him. 9-
12. Salvador Torres demonstrates pottery techniques. 10. "Photo of Salvador Torres during video work for 'A Tradition of the
Masters'."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Torres home/studio, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 010 (1-23)
Barrio Logan Residential Survey
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the residences and businesses of Barrio Logan, as well as the unsanitary and unsightly conditions
caused by junk dealers, absentee landlords, and municipal neglect. Some of the slides were also used in Torres' slide show
"Los Paseos de Mi Barrio Logan", which was presented to city officials as proof of their dereliction and the discrimination
of environmental racism. It was also intended to prove that Barrio residents are responsible property owners and renters.
1. "On Evans St. between National and Newton, there are 10 homes identical in design. These homes were owned by Leo Gaspar,
and Italian immigrant. Leo came to San Diego, and worked as a baggage handler at the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego. He later
demolished buildings for a living. He made his own wine that he would share with "Pelon" & "Queso"."-- Salvador Torres. 2.
"El Carrito, created by Al Johnston "El Pelon", a senior leader of our community. El Carrito was an old street car made into
a restaurant. El Carrito was our old meeting place for "Los Gallos" club. A favorite afterhours place."--Salvador Torres.
3. Part of the "Los Paseos de mi Barrio Logan" series, this slide photo depicts El Carrito, the junk repair shop and Mr. Glen's
home. 4. La Central Market, severely afflicted by graffiti. 5. "Documentation of San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge surroundings.
Charlie Barrels polluted bridge drainage with toxins of chemicals from washing out barrels he collected from local industry
and sold them to the public at the risk of polluting our environment."--Salvador Torres. 6. Photo is of a house next to a
junkyard. A sign associated with the house reads "Elmer's Bug Farm". 7. The Hayashi home on Lincoln Avenue. "The Hayashi's
were a Japanese family that once owned a market at the corner of Evans and Logan. The market mysteriously burned down. Salvador
Torres went to Memorial Junior High with George Hayashi, and knew his brother Ken."--Salvador Torres. 8. This shot is split
down the center by a wall that divides property lines. On the left is a lush backyard, while the right features a dry lot
with debris. "Absentee landlords exploit our poor families and raise their rents if they speak out. Property homeowners seem
to care more for a clean health environment. 2002 the Barrio is under heavy attack by chromium and an assortment of toxins
in both air and water. (see articles in archival)."--Salvador Torres. 9. A man gives the peace symbol from his front porch.
In the background, large boxes and moving trucks indicate industrial encroachment on a residential zone. "Se ñor Frousto was
a member of the Community Action Council of Harbor B. Mr. Frousto was outspoken at all our meetings. He spoke Spanish only.
His talent was that he could verbally attack our opponents, but in a humorous way making our meetings pleasant but serious."--Salvador
Torres. 10. "Documentation of junk yard repair shops that were unsightly on our Logan Avenue commercial strip. Photo was made
from Salvador Torres' Studio 2153 1/2 Logan. Junkyard was next to El Carrito. Icons painted by Guillermo Rosete, and possibly
Victor Ochoa?"--Salvador Torres.11. "Detail of junkyard repair."--Salvador Torres. 12. Slide photo of a child on a front porch.
"Eduardo Johnston's son "Eddie" is Al Johnston's grandson. Picture taken next to junk repair yard. The home is behind El Carrito."--Salvador
Torres. 13. Slide photo of a lot on National Avenue across from Chicano Park, from the 'Los Paseos de Mi Barrio Logan' slide
show. "Documentation of Barrio Logan environmental neglect and deterioration."-- Salvador Torres. Margarito retires, after
[being] arrested for fencing stolen goods. Salvador Torres writes a letter of recommendation to assist Margarito's freedom.
The letter is a success."--Salvador Torres. 15. Tall weeds encroach upon a sidewalk where debris has accumulated. "'Paseos'
is a collection of the environmental decay of Barrio Logan sidewalks, industrial pollution, and weed abatement negligence
by the City of San Diego's civic leadership."--Salvador Torres. 16. Slide photo (from 1973) of a crumbled curb. 17. In this
1973 slide photo, weeds grow from the middle of the sidewalk. 18. Slide photo of air pollution. 19. Slide photo of a clean
and proper home. 20. A crumbling sidewalk, scattered debris, and decrepit buildings. "This is a series of slide photos documenting
the city of San Diego's neglect of Barrio Logan's sidewalks and weeds. Barrio Logan has the highest tax revenues from the
waterfront industry, US Navy, and The Unified Port of San Diego. Yet we are the most neglected for street and sidewalk maintenance."--Salvador
Torres. 21. 1973 slide photo of Thelma & Georgie's home on 2200 block of Logan Avenue. "A series of photos are taken to document
homes and sidewalks to prove that Barrio Logan is and was an old neighborhood neglected by the City of San Diego. Well-kept
homes prove Barrio residents are well clean homes. Barrio Logan residents force the City of San Diego to begin the Barrio
Logan harbor 101 community planning process."--Salvador Torres. 22. A residence with a welding shop next door. "This location
as well as [temp number] #62 are located on Newton Avenue 1800 block two blocks away from Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres.
23. 1974 shot of a home on Evans Avenue. "Many homes and businesses, sidewalks and neglected weed areas are documented to
prove the need for a community plan and to stop the City of San Diego's neglect of our needs. This condition remains the same
with some changes."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 011
Barrio Senior Villas Poste in Progress; 1988; 35mm
1998
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Gloria Torres works on "Poste". Site Location: Senior Villas Retirement Home, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 012
Los Boladores [sic]
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Slide photo of ‘Los Boladores’ [sic] dedicated to the ancient rain dance ceremony. SD[G]&E donate a tall pole, that is used
to "fly" off of tied to ropes. The captain falls in Mexico, and is killed. This group has not returned since. The pole remains
as a sculpture piece in the center of ‘El Frijole’ as proof of our ancient cultures."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 013 (1-2)
Boycott Coors
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Slide photo of Salvador Torres at the first mural site in Chicano Park. The Coors boycott was called to protest the Coors
Co. discrimination of women, Blacks, and Chicanos in their company hierarchy. The Boycott is called. Budweiser beer prospers
millions of dollars on the boycott of Coors. Budweiser consorts with Budweiser salesman to become a sponsor of Chicano Park
celebrations until the Barrio Logan community protests the abuse of alcohol companies exploiting our culture. This practice
by the CPSC is stopped, as other Chicano organizations assist."--Salvador Torres. According to workform, Torres took this
photo himself(?).
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 014 (1-2)
Brown Beret
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo is a facial portrait of a Brown Beret. 2. Gloria Torres poses with a Brown Beret, possibly at a Chicano Park
Day celebration. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 015
Calavera Mask
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of a laughing Salvador Torres holding a calavera mask. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 016
Centre City Trolley
circa 1992-1993
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Photo is of a San Diego trolley whose destination placard reads "Centre City". Passengers riding it pass the
Kelco mural. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 017
The Ceremonial Blessing
1986
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
An Aztec Dancer beats a drum and dances in the kiva in front of the mural Corazón de Aztlán. "This view is of the 5th mural
painted in the same space, Tomas Castaneda suffers a paranoia & emotional attack at the uprising of the Zapatista Revolution
in Chiapas, Mexico. He uses this drunken state of mind to destroy this work. (See Salvador Torres collection to see this same
location.) This challenge of individual artist vs. collective artist working, and making collective decisions. Tomas was invited
to work collectively. His poor inebriated mentality continued to disrupt the mural work process, and he is asked to work together
or leave the collective team workers alone. A harsh but revengeful result. Today mural #6 in the same space. See Salvador
Torres collection."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 018
Cesar Chavez Parkway
circa 1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Depicts what has become typical in all neighborhoods that are neglected requiring enforced trash and weed abatement laws.
Ghettoizing is a form of land speculation that allows graffiti, trash and weeds to discourage residents', and property owners'
morale. This method of neglect in our communities is a land speculator's choice to profit from the rise in land prices, and
no costs in maintenance."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Cesar Chavez Parkway, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 019
Cesar E. Chavez Parkway & Logan Avenue Redevelopment Phase I
2000
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Traffic pylons surround construction areas throughout the shot. "Looking South, the last remaining houses on National can
be seen, L-R red roof is the Pina family home to be destroyed to develop the Mercado Del Barrio. (Pina family, 7 sisters and
six brothers.) The Neighborhood Planners Inc. and the Resident Association concept to work to redevelop our community's infrastructure,
redevelop and reconstruct new street and sidewalks. Begin the Mercado redevelopment. Unfortunately money planning and value
planning overcomes human value planning. El Mercado Del Barrio concept is conceived as a concept that integrates the essence
of our market planning to revitalize our commercial economy, present our cultural and indigenous designs. The City of San
Diego City Council passes a resolution R-275257 proclaiming ‘That assuming that El Mercado del Barrio project is implemented
under the California Community Redevelopment Law, and that the project included a Culture Center, then the Cultural Center
shall receive the murals/art work ensemble, and shall incorporate them in an area which replicates the interior of the Aztec
Brewery Rathskeller; ...’. Currently the ‘Land Developers, Sam Morasco’, have decided not to include this important historical
artworks (See Salvador Torres collection Jose Moya del Pino, information center concept.)"--Salvador Torres. Site Location:
Cesar Chavez Parkway, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 020 (1-9)
Cesar E. Chávez Waterfront Park
circa 1996
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of photos documents the creation of the Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park and the finished park. 1. A shady canopy
that is still under construction. 2-3. "The results of the takeover of a one day event that leads to others on the waterfront
land."--Salvador Torres. 4. A view of a park building. 5-6. Slide photo depicts the restroom at the Cesar E. Chávez Waterfront
Park, with the United Farm Workers huelga eagle as an architectural motif. 7. Slide photo is of the kiosco at the Cesar E.
Chavez waterfront park. The harbor and the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge are visible in the background. 8. Slide photo is
of a shade canopy at the Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park. 9. "Slide photo taken by Salvador Torres, [ca. 1995] showing the
seacraft passing the Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park. View is from the head of our pier. Salvador Torres documents this of
many sailing crafts that pass under the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. This imagery is important to Salvador Torres in making
calculations and estimates of sailing craft viewers’ perspectives of spectator movement’s analysis. Oceanic environments provide
new and challenging aspects different from the Chicano Park environment. Materials and official jurisdictions such as the
San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture does not recognize our 'Master Plan' concept for the Monumental Public Mural Program,
started in 1968 to the present."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 021
Chale Con Eso
1990's
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"After the takeover of Chicano Park, the Chicano Park Steering Committee was formed. After 1970, the years that followed [there
was] no support until 1978, the Chicano Park Steering Committee [did not] have any true understanding of the mural work process
or how much the cost would be to pay artists their proper fees. As a result many of our murals were used as props for sales
and advertisement of beer and cigarette companies. In [temp. no] #6-360 the viewer can witness this insensitive approval of
exploitation of our years of labor in creating the Chicano Park Monumental Mural Open Air Museum, by allowing the salespeople
to use duct tape and other adhesives on the murals to sell their wares. Many other murals have been treated in this dastardly
way. Salvador Torres has complained to no avail."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 022 (1-2)
Chicano Park: An Historical Landmark
1996
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos of buses on Logan Avenue. 1. "Since the creation of Chicano Park, The City of San Diego uses Chicano Park as
a stopover for walking and running marathons over the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. The city of San Diego Commission for
Arts & Culture uses Chicano Park in brochures promoting tourism. Millions of dollars were collected for San Diego Coronado
Bay Bridge toll fees, and monies were sent to the 15 cities SANDAG serves, and not one cent for Barrio Logan or Chicano Park?"--Salvador
Torres. 2. A long line of buses parked along the curb. The first one is in front of the Wall of Heroes and Martyrs. "Slide
by Salvador Torres of example how Chicano Park is used at different city events as a land mark. San Diego Transit."--Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 023
Chicano Park Fountain - Dry
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of the Chicano Park fountain. It contains no water in its basin, and no water flows through its pipes. Site Location:
Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 024 (1-15)
Chicano Park Freeway Columns
1970-1999
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the columns supporting the 5 freeway and the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge before murals are
applied to them. 2. A Chicano Park freeway support column that has been acid-etched, rubber-conditioned, and has scaffolding
around it. It is ready for painting. 4. The Chicano Park Monumental Public Art Concept Program: Two workers or artists inspect
future mural sites. "Located just under the eastern approach ramps of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, just west of the
Barrio Logan community, San Diego, California."--Salvador Torres. 5. "This area will be embellished with sculpture, tiles,
and murals. This area was once empty space. 1970 to present, there is a water fountain at the center. This water fountain
was constructed after a proposal by Rachael Ortiz, Barrio Station seen from Dewy and National Ave. This is the beginning of
a production of unfinished murals in the Chicano Park Plaza. City of San Diego paves Plaza, plants Ficus trees, and a strip
of lawn on Dewy St., and some plants. Victor Ochoa and Mario Torero direct a team of artists to prepare 11 columns at the
base, on Dewy St. R A Z A is painted on four columns. This method of not finishing a mural leads to more unfinished murals
causing a motley look, and producing and giving the impression of amateur muralist work. Choice spaces are gobbled up using
this method. To this day the first wall that was started in 1973 is still unfinished. Salvador and Gloria Torres are attempting
to finish what we started collectively. Making the mural work as a whole and not as separate areas. Quite a challenge. (See
Salvador Torres proposals as project director in Salvador Torres Collection)."--Salvador Torres. 6. "Shows the Chicano Plaza
area H-41, R-41, F-41 columns. Note the lower portion of the bridge columns are painted battleship gray, supplied by San Diego
Parks & Recreation Southeastern Dept. The color gray has the effect of absorbing and creating a monotone, boring, psychologically
depressing effect. San Diego artists with the Chicano Park Steering Committee, follow the sequence established, the painting
of a quarter of the lower half of these columns as a false form of discouraging graffiti. Salvador Torres records this process
as part of the mural work process. In this slide photo the cap beams have not been retrofitted. ca. 1998"--Salvador Torres.
7. Slide photo is of Chicano Park, 1973, before any murals were applied to the concrete columns. 8. A Chicano Park two-columned
support, 1995. 9. A Chicano Park two-columned support, 1999. 10. 1972 slide photo of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. 11.
Slide photo is of the area between the two halves of the freeway bridge. 12. Slide photo is of one of the two-columned supports
of the freeway bridge. 13. 1973 slide photo of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge appears to have been taken from Coronado
Island, and shows the bridge adjoining the mainland. 14. An unidentified community member crosses Chicano Park with the bridge
in the background. "This [1974] view shows the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge and the unfinished portion of the first landscape
are the Al "Pelon" Johnston called "El Frijole". This image evolves as a bean shape extending its stalk out to the bay. (Image
is best seen on a map) Fence is seen in the background, later removed, to expand the park landscape."--Salvador Torres. 15.
1999 photo. "The San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge as seen from Salvador Torres' studio at 2135 1/2 Logan Ave. Study of summer
and winter solstices. Salvador Torres studies all day and artificial light sources that illuminate the column and abutments.
Salvador Torres began solar artworks (solar sculpture is a nonpermanent art form). Studies discover "Hologram Imagery" by
using mirrors. Salvador Torres discovers how to draw with light reflected off mirrors. Salvador Torres begins studying major
movements that encompasses many columns at once. This dramatic discovery causes the San Diego Police Dept. to confiscate Salvador
Torres' mirrors twice and many harassments. (See San Diego Police Department memo in Salvador Torres collection)."-- Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 025 (1-2)
Chicano Park Kiosco
circa 1977-1978, 2000
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slides of the Chicano Park kiosco. "The first kiosco was assembled by the participants of the takeover of Chicano Park (see
comments). The final structure was designed by an architect. Salvador Torres is researching his name to be determined. Architect,
design by Alfred Larin. Every Chicano Park Day, the kiosco is refurbished, painted and repaired if necessary. This is a permanent
structure. Currently the kiosco is experiencing skate-boarders jumping off the stage and damaging the stairs and floors. This
younger generation has no sense of history or value for our past generation's struggle. The city has posted a no skating or
bicycling sign; however, there is no enforcement. Salvador Torres believes this is occurring because the schools are not teaching
our Chicano History or the meaning of our park, murals, and kiosco. Today Chicano Park is widely known and historical, but,
ironically, not in San Diego. Why? April 22, 1970, the flag of Aztlan was raised on a light pole in this vicinity. It was
during this time that the grounds were raked around the light pole, and rocks were installed around the "flag pole". This
action and the sincere desire of the Chicano community to have a kiosco in the park made it possible. Community member came
to Salvador Torres and asked "Where do we put the kiosco?" Salvador Torres responded, "We put the kiosco where we hung the
flag of Aztlan." Before this, Salvador Torres journeyed to Mexico, with Louis Espinoza, to seek and study kioscos. A kiosco
is the center of a park, or community. The kiosco is where music, speakers, weddings, funerals, wakes, and any important information
is announced. Kiosco is designed in the style of a Mayan temple."--Salvador Torres. 2. Unidentified volunteers paint kiosco
trapezoids and stairs. "The center of Chicano Park, where the flag of Aztlan was raised on a light pole that was to light
up California Highway Patrol vehicle parking lot. The kiosco is cleaned and painted every year before the Chicano Park Day
celebrations. Volunteers help in making the kiosco presentable. Sorrowfully the kiosco is abused the rest of the year by not
keeping it swept, skateboarders jumping on the steps damaging the wood floor and concrete steps. The area is posted against
skateboarders and bicycling; however, no policing corrects some of these abuses. Salvador Torres believes the Kiosco is the
center jewel of Chicano Park and should be protected and cared for at all times."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 026 (1-3)
Chicano Park Monumental Public Art Concept Program
1968-present
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos Chicano Park murals. 1. La Raza Cosmica in the foreground and
Farmworker
Family and Inlakesh in the rear, with the side panels of all three visible (1976). 2. This 1976 photo features a view of
Chicano Park including the murals
Cosmic Clowns, Los Niños del Mundo, Tree of Life, and Colossus. 3. Five Chicano Park murals (1975). Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 027 (1-2)
The Chicano Park Underwater Gardens, Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park
1973-present
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"A series of photos studying the waterfront bridge location's logistics, size, dimensions, environmental characteristics.
Salvador Torres developed this concept with a theory that these columns out in the bay have evolved into a new habitat for
the bay sea life. Salvador Torres proves his theory by diving around six columns out from Coronado. Salvador Torres discovers
a rich abundance of small fishes, various sea creatures attached to the columns. Salvador Torres begins his Chicano Park Underwater
series of paintings. Salvador Torres also studies Palo Soleri, the architect who experiments with underground and underwater
concepts of architecture. Salvador Torres begins designing a tram and mono-rail that will serve the public in education and
transportation."--Salvador Torres. 2. Offshore view of pier, shore, and Coronado Bay Bridge in background. Site Location:
Cesar E. Chavez Waterfront Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 028
Child Painting
May 1975
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"View is of a child painting the children's play area in Chicano Park ‘El Frijole’. This action is what Salvador Torres is
proposing in his statements found in #3-173-A. [temp number]."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA;
35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 029
Children of Barrio Logan
circa 1997-1998
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Children participate in a Halloween mask and costume parade down National Avenue one block away from Chicano Park and two
blocks from Lowell Elementary. "Salvador Torres has created many images as whimsical as these figures. These images inspire
Salvador Torres ideas for a mural for children in Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: National Avenue, Barrio
Logan, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 030
Christmas Formal
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a young Salvador Roberto Torres in a tuxedo, date in arm, beside a Christmas tree. Slide photgrapher unknown;
35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 031 (1-3)
Chuco
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Chuco and Guillermo Aranda. “‘Chuco’ was a character from TJ who frequented Chicano Park. A denizen who also enjoyed ‘The
Two Roses’, ‘Logan Inn’ and Margarito's ‘La Mexicana’, his stories of La Mesa Prison were astonishing. He loved flowers, beer,
wine, and mota. He died sometime in the late 70's in TJ Mexico."--Salvador Torres. 2. 'El Mecanico' Chuco looks triumphant.
"Homage al Chuco y sus cuentos de la pinta 'La Mesa' prison. Gracias por tu cuchara bent and sharpened de aquias. Y tus cuentos
de 'Pancho' the trained cucaracha that would make the conetas for the vatos as he traveled form cell to cell. Y la muerte
de 'Pancho', and the killing of the prisoner that stepped on 'Pancho.' In La Mesa Prison, Baja California."--Salvador Torres.
3. Slide photo depicts Salvador Torres and Chuco holding paintbrushes. Site Location: Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 032
Chula Vista Library
1992
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"The new Chula Vista Library. A call was made for artists to compete for a mural in the Children's reading room. Salvador
and Gloria Torres are runners up. Salvador Torres proposes in Salvador and Gloria Torres' mural design a frame of tiles. The
competition was won by Victor Ochoa." Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chula Vista, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 033
Cleaning up Chicano Park
May 1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Three unidentified workers clean the space in from of the Master Plan mural. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 034 (1-2)
Colossus Restoration
1989
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. An unidentified artist (Mario Torero?) paints a base coat on the upper portion of #T-47. The ladder is balanced precariously.
2. The artist paints a base coat over the original 1974 mural with a long roller brush. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 035
Column G-44
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Shows an excellent example of graphic artists, and mural artists, Rupert Garcia, and Victor Ochoa's poor use of column G-44
sides, typical of most murals treated as panel painting vs. mural painting that encompasses total spatial relationships, pedestrian
and spectators perspectives, making use of every valuable space of the columns characteristics as three dimensional formats
for monumental public mural work."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 036
Column #T-47
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
At this point the column features only tagging and a few unfinished minor paintings. "Column T-47, where today the mural
The Four Decades of Chicano Art is started by Manuel Alva Parsons, see Salvador Torres and Manuel Parsons collection for more info. 1940, Spanish American,
Spanish colonialism. 1950, Mexican American, WWII veterans organize, becoming a voice of Mexican and American patriotism.
1960, Chicano, Native, Mexican, European, Mestizo, Brown Berets, Aztlan. 1970, Hispanic, Chicano Mural Movement begins. Era
of the disco degenerate period. Note colors of each decade: 1940 art black and white, 1950 art black and white, 1960 brown
consciousness, 1970, color is introduced into all Chicano Barrios as murals. At the base column see blue cross with Logan
and hypodermic needles make up the H. Many Chicanos fell victims of overdose to heroin, and devastating addiction." Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 037
Conference
1979
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Ed Hernandez, Esteban Villa, and José Montoya seated at tables behind microphones. Behind them is the mural
The Crystallization of the Chicano Myth. Site Location: Sacramento, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 038
Crazy Lion
April 1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Jose Cervantes paints #S-Abut, Chicano Park, San Diego. "Jose Cervantes was one of the Mechicano artists in Los Angeles. "--Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 039
Creating a Sketch
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of an artist sketching a line drawing of a gymnast on a balance beam. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 040 (1-4)
Crosby Street (Now Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy)
1994-1995, 1999
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "City of San Diego redevelopment of Crosby St. (now Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy) as proposed in our Barrio Logan Harbor 101 Community
plan (1978, 21 years later, a 10 year delay). [Organized by] California state law, City Planning Commission, City Council
and community activism through meetings and slide photos to prove our needs. Street and sidewalk improvement and expansion,
preparing for the Mercado Del Barrio, an ideal in our community Master Plan. Salvador and Gloria Torres Kelco Historical Mural
and the Santa Fe murals become the corner stones on Harbor Drive into Barrio Logan. This view shows the scale of the San Diego
Coronado Bay Bridge in relationship to the redevelopment area, and the Salvador and Gloria Torres first monumental scale mural
work independent of the Chicano Park but related in imagery (see Kiosco image). The color blue is repeated in the San Diego
Coronado Bay Bridge metal span "Titanium Blue", This mural is composed of many community imagery of waterfront industry especially
history of our tuna cannery period, along with ocean themes."--Salvador Torres. 2. Slide photo of the destruction opposite
the Kelco mural. 3-4. In these photos from 1994-1995, a backhoe digs next to scaffolding in front of the Waterfront Industry
portion of the Santa Fe mural. "Slide photos by Salvador Torres are of excavation for new sidewalks. This new sidewalk addition
makes the Santa Fe mural an outstanding "redevelopment"-project success suggested in the Barrio Logan Harbor 101 Community
plan. The Kelco and Santa Fe Murals both receive sidewalks at different times."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Crosby Street,
Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 041
A Cultural Center?
1996
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"L-R [Gloria Torres,] Victor Ochoa, unknown, Rich Juarez. The Mercado Del Barrio project was to include a cultural center
to house the Don Jose Moya De Pino mural/art ensemble. The developers reject the cultural center because it cannot create
revenues to pay for the Bank of America loan to execute this project. This photo shows moments before the building is broken
into to create a center for the San Diego artists. See Salvador Torres collection to review the Pino murals debate & proposal
by CPAC Inc."- -Salvador Torres. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 042
Danzantes, Aztlan Runners from LA
circa 1990's
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Far left: Gloria R. Torres. Second from right in blue with headband: Fox. Left of Fox: Aztleca San Diego danzante. "Photo
taken in front of Salvador Torres 2153 1/2 Logan Avenue art studio. Fox has run from Los Angeles to San Diego to show unity
between cities, and barrios. Fox is in the mural Salvador and Gloria Torres created on Harbor Dr. commissioned by Kelco."--Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Torres home/studio, 2153 1/2 Logan Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 043
Dinner
Undated
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Salvador Torres. He has a plate of food before him and a mural behind him. Slide photographer: Gloria Torres.
35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 044
Disabled American Veteran
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of an unidentified man in late middle age. He has a long white beard and wears glasses. His baseball cap reads,
"Disabled American Veteran Life Member" along with the seal of the organization. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 045 (1-3)
Esquela [sic]
Del Barrio
circa 1970's-1980's
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the "Esquela del Barrio" at various points in its history. 1. Photo from the 1980's. "L-site
of 'La Esquela Del Barrio', R - 'Esquelita Del Barrio'. This photo documents the past site of these school sites that Abran
Quevedo, and Erma Castro develop these alternative school sites. Abran Quevedo conducts many Neighborhood Planning and Resident
Association, and California Artists Coalition meetings."--Salvador Torres. 2. 1973 photo of the storefront of La Esquela Del
Barrio, a San Diego alternative school concept 2100 block (no street given) San Diego, California. "A school designed to teach
English (La esquela) and La Esquelita (child care while mothers study). Many important community meetings on the planning
process were held here. Photo shows the painting "Viva La Raza" hanging in La Esquela [sic] Del Barrio. This painting is selected
into the Chicano Art Resistance & Affirmation (CARA), an exhibition. Organized by the Wight Art Gallery, University of California
Los Angeles, Travels to 9 museums throughout America. (See CARA collection) "Viva La Raza" was shown in San Diego Community
before receiving national exposure."--Salvador Torres. 3. Slide photo of the storefront of the building occupied by the Escuela
(now spelled correctly) del Barrio. Site location: La Esquela del Barrio, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 046 (1-2)
Exhibition
circa 2002
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides are of an unknown exhibition. 1. A view of three three-dimensional sculptures with paintings on their
flat sides. All the works are in black and white. 2. Slide photo depicts Gloria Torres standing beside a large three-dimensional
work in black and white. The work depicts a face above two snakeheads. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 047 (1-2)
Exhibition
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo of a man, presumably the artist, standing before a large painting or silkscreen of a woman at an exhibition.
2. Slide photo of Salvador Torres and a photographer in a gallery. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 048 (1-2)
Exhibition
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
These slide photos are of unknown exhibitions. 1. Two paintings on display, possibly at an exhibition. The one on the left
is semi-abstract and features animals. The one on the right depicts a young girl feeding a young goat from a bottle. 2. Salvador
Torres' oil painting
Viva la Raza hangs on one wall. Rupert García's silkscreen
Frida Kahlo hangs on another. Several other works are displayed. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 048 (1-2)
Exhibition
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
These slide photos are of unknown exhibitions. 1. Two paintings on display, possibly at an exhibition. The one on the left
is semi-abstract and features animals. The one on the right depicts a young girl feeding a young goat from a bottle. 2. Salvador
Torres' oil painting
Viva la Raza hangs on one wall. Rupert García's silkscreen
Frida Kahlo hangs on another. Several other works are displayed. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 049
Father and Son Painting
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
An unidentified man paints with a brush while the toddler on his lap fingerpaints. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 050 (1-2)
Flag of Aztlán
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide depicts two children raising the flag while several others watch. "The symbol of the three face image, the Spanish
(European), the Native, and the child of both, the Mestizo, the child of both. The Chicana. Emanuel Martinez of Denver, Colorado
first brought this image to our Chicano Movement as seen in 1969 at the Denver, Colorado, Crusade for Justice, led by Rodolfo
‘Corky’ Gonzales. Noncomissioned, Salvador Torres recalls the first flag designed and made by Guillermo Aranda, second flag
by the San Diego Brown Berets, third flag by Gloria and Salvador Torres. Gloria and Salvador Torres' flag of Aztlan has seven
stars, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Utah. (Nevada and Wyoming are also considered part of ‘The
Creation of a Spiritual Nation’) see ‘Codex Tamuanchan On Becoming Human’, by Roberto Rodriguez, 1998. The concept of ‘El
Plan de Aztlan’ of 1969, as proclaimed at the Denver Colorado, Chicano Youth Conference, at the Crusade for Justice, and announced
at the Chicano Moratorium of the War in Vietnam, Los Angeles, California. 1970 was answered with a major riot and the death
of Ruben Salazar, death and injury to many others August 29, 1970. See Chicano history and film ‘Requiem 29’. Roberto Rodriguez
makes divine our freedom ‘to view ourselves as sovereign is uplifting and liberating and is even beyond the concepts of decolonization
and self determination. It is the antithesis of being conquered, colonized, and oppressed.’"--Salvador Torres. [Note: Emanuel
Martinez writes, “I did not create the flag of Aztlan that you are referring to. It was created by Yermo Vasquez, formerly
known as Bill Longley who married Henrieta Vasquez and changed his name. He was my mentor as a teenager. I did, however, inspire
him to do it after I created the new Mestizo head. Yermo is deceased now.” 2. Slide photo (ca. 1989) of the flag of Aztlan
flying in Chicano Park. Text painted on a freeway column reads "Nineteenth Anniversary" and features a heart. Site Location:
Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 051 (1-2)
Folklórico Presentation
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts children dancing folklórico on a temporary stage in front of the
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 052
El Frijole
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"This image depicts the fence around the landscape area and the need to continue landscaping seen just beyond the fence. Another
example of the City of San Diego piecemeal planning and budget curtailments typical to stalling on our community park need,
and no recognition of a Master Plan."-- Salvador Torres. Site Location: Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 053
Fundraiser in Defense of Police Harassment of Salvador Torres
1981
creator:
Parsons, Manuel
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a meeting between Salvador Torres and two women. Torres faced police harassment while investigating the possibilities
of creating 'solar art' in Chicano Park using mirror-generated holograms. "El Museo Del Pueblo Inc. grew out of efforts by
Albert Uscano, Manuel Parsons and Salvador Torres. El Museo Del Pueblo begins its displays and exhibitions from materials
for the Cuban government's traveling exhibition of photos of the history of the Cuban Revolution and the Taller Grafica of
Mexico '500 Years of History woodblock prints', and original photos of the takeover of Chicano Park 4/22/70. These materials
are displayed in schools, colleges, universities, and public parks."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: El Museo Del Pueblo,
San Diego, CA; 35 mm; slide photographer: Manuel Parsons
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 054
Gloria Sketching
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Gloria Torres sketching at a table. 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 055
Hands
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo depicts Salvador and Gloria Torres' paint-stained hands. 35 mm; slide photographer: unknown
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 056
Homeless in Chicano Park
1994
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"View of #F-Abut is ‘Viva La Huelga, Cesar Chavez fast 36 days’. See #9-614 [temp number] showing a new mural being started
in this location. To date the problem of the homeless continues in Chicano Park. The struggle to establish Chicano Park was
an enormous effort by many community members and people from outside Barrio Logan. Internal and external forces on a positive
level have over the years changed. This slide view shows how homeless have invaded our park, creating a destructive element.
In this view we can witness how external forces have become negative. There are several homeless shelters in San Diego; however,
they choose to make their shelters under the bridge and in shrubbery on the perimeters of Chicano Park. Alcohol and drugs
have scourged the homeless in Chicano Park. Efforts continue to remove the filth they create. Graffiti seems to encourage
anarchism."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 057
Jaime "Tupack" Enrique
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Jaime 'Tupack' Enrique, speaking on Aztlan."--Salvador Torres. 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 058 (1-2)
Kiva, the Holy Ring of The Earth
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "Gloria Torres digging out our sacred 'Kiva, the Holy Ring of The Earth'. This is the culmination of a series of 'Earth
Works' created by Salvador Torres in the Chicano Park cactus garden. The kiva becomes the location of blessing ceremonies
by local and international Native medicine men, Salvador and Gloria Torres marriage ceremony, Manuel Alba Parsons eulogy/ceremony,
baptism of Cameron Quevedo, traditional deer dance, marriage of Olga and Carlos Garcia, Dia de los Muertos, and other important
native ceremonies."--Salvador Torres. 2. Slide photo is of the Chicano Park kiva, a circular area dug out of the earth. In
the center of the kiva is a ring of stones. The mural
The Wall of Heroes and Martyrs is visible in the background, as well is the word "Aztlan", spelled out in stones. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 059
Lara
1992
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Slide by Salvador Torres of Lara, in Chicano Park, assisting in the restoration program assisted by the San Diego Commission
for Arts & Culture."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 060
Luis
1992
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Don Luis Hernandez Espinoza is one of the oldest of the artists of Logan Heights. Luis assisted Salvador Torres in the take-over
of the Ford Building in Balboa Park to create El Centro Cultural De la Raza. Luis is a sculptor, artist, craftsman."--Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 061
Manuel Garcia, Director of El Cuadro Cultural
1984
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Manuel Garcia in front of the
Master Plan mural on S-Abut, Chicano Park. The Quetzalcoatl head seen is the original by Guillermo Aranda, not Victor Ochoa's new one.
"Manuel Garcia and his wife have been instrumental in assisting to develop the Chicano Park cactus garden. Manuel has made
a series of découpage photos and prints of Chicano Park takeover scenes, cultural icon images. He has had many exhibitions
of his 'Cuadro Cultural' in Chicano Park and elsewhere. Manuel has volunteered in assisting in all mural work and landscaping
in Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 062
MEChA Central San Diego Chicano Park Mural Plan
1989
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Salvador and Gloria Torres are invited to make a presentation to the MEChA Central of San Diego on the Chicano Park takeover
and mural efforts. Salvador Torres proposes that MEChA create a mural on the history of MEChA in the Chicano Movement. Salvador
and Gloria Torres, Roger Lucero, and Steve Brask donate to MEChA paintings, prints, and rubbings, at a total value of $8,000.
These art works were donated to assist MEChA Central of San Diego to raise monies for the mural to be created on the #S- 44
for paints and scaffolding. The ideas for designs were to be created by the MEChA students. Salvador Torres and the students
in view create a model of column #S-44. The art works donated to MEChA Central of San Diego disappears after Salvador and
Gloria Torres give them this artwork??????? The MEChA Central Mural is never accomplished. (See Salvador Torres collection
for more information.)"--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 063
Mexico's History Restoration
1991
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This mural, originally painted in 1978 on column #R-44 of Chicano Park, is being restored due to fading, sprinkler damage,
and graffiti. "Photo shows the best use of scaffolding and planks. Danger exists if scaffolding is not posted in Spanish and
English to KEEP OFF DANGER, because scaffolding has to be left over nights."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park,
San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 064
Mural over Graffiti "Cesar Chavez Fast 36 Days" at #F-Abut
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Unknown young person working on mural site #F-Abut. There are many new young artists dedicated to this monumental art work;
Salvador Torres has yet to meet them all."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 065
Negligence of Lawn Care
2002
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 066
Palette
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a paint tray with various colors of paint. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 067
Pigeon Problem
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 068 (1-2)
Portable Mural in Progress
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos depict the execution of a portable mural. Three artists, one standing on a folding chair, paint. Salvador Torres
squats in the bottom center. The mural depicts a multitude of people wearing sashes and carrying banners that ask if a better
world is possible. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: unknown
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 069
Portrait of the Young Poet 'Alurista'
1970
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Alurista, in boots and professional attire, seated. "This photo was taken at a meeting with Toltecas En Aztlan and the City
of San Diego Parks & Recreation regarding the negotiations concerning the development of the Centro Cultural De La Raza, and
the Chicano Park. During this time period ‘Alurista’ was outspoken regarding these issues. (Hear tape cassettes on City of
San Diego, Chicano Park and the City of San Diego in Salvador Torres collection.)"--Salvador Torres. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 070
Printing
Undated
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Salvador Torres in a print studio. 35mm; slide photographer: Gloria Torres
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 071
Queso
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos of a smiling young Salvador Roberto Torres in a studio. In the second slide there is a mural behind him. 35mm;
slide photographer: unknown
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 072
The Ragsdale Funeral Home
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"George Semper, contacts Salvador and Gloria Torres that Mr. Ragsdale wishes to have a mural designed on his funeral home.
Salvador Torres discovers the Mr. Ragsdale wants to rent his old funeral parlor to a Mexican client and wants Salvador and
Gloria Torres to create a virgin Guadalupe to help him sell his rental. Salvador and Gloria Torres do not comply."--Salvador
Torres. Site Location: Ragsdale Funeral Home, 5050 Federal Blvd, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 073 (1-21)
Salvador Roberto Torres Portraits
circa 1970's-present
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 074
Salvador and Gloria
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Salvador and Gloria Torres on a basketball court. 35mm; slide photographer: unknown
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 075
Salvador Barajas
May 1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Salvador Barajas and Arturo Roman both were asked by Salvador Torres to be photographed in Chicano Park. Salvador Barajas's
idea was to be photographed jumping in the air as a creative statement."--Salvador Torres. Slide Location: Chicano Park, San
Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 076
Sculpting a Statue
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of a young man sculpting a statue of Emiliano Zapata. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 077
Senator James Mills
1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Senator Mills comes to Chicano Park to speak on the expansion plans and the murals project."--Salvador Torres. (The other
subject is unidentified.). Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 078
Signs
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo is of signs on sticks on the ground. One of the signs features an image of a toilet. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 079 (1-2)
South Gate
1988
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Pedestrian overpass covered with graffiti, before installation of enamel fired panels. Site Location: Barrio Logan, San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 080
Takeover Blessing
1973
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A rope delineates the boundary of a makeshift kiva. Within it, a drummer drums, flags fly, and participants arrange materials
such as masks. "Depicts the blessing at the takeover."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 081
Torres Has A Plan
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Salvador Torres in front of a wall bordering a freeway overpass. He holds a sketchbook with a plan for a potential
mural on the wall. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 082
Torres in Front of Corazon de Aztlan
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 083 (1-7)
Unknown Building
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the exterior of an unknown building. Some of its windows are boarded up. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 084
Urban Corps
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Urban Corps youth, names unknown." Salvador Torres. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 085
Victor Ochoa
2001
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Victor Ochoa and a group of students were in Chicano Park at this time of Salvador Torres' photo."--Salvador Torres. Site
Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 086
Washing Columns
May 1974
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
A man atop scaffolding sprays the column of a Chicano Park freeway support with water, or possibly acid. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: unknown
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 087
Young Artists
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of two young artists holding tools in front of an unidentified mural. Between them is a model of a two-columned
freeway support. 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 088 (1-12)
Master Plan - First Attempts
March-April 1973
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Mario, Torero
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Roman, Arturo
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 089 (1-7)
Restoration of the "Master Plan"
1984
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Mario, Torero
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Roman, Arturo
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 090 (1-3)
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs Painting and Restoration
1973
creator:
Aranda, Guillermo
creator:
Castañeda, Tomás
creator:
Cervantes, José
creator:
Mario, Torero
creator:
Quevedo, Abran
creator:
Roman, Arturo
creator:
Rosete-Chávez, Guillermo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 091 (1-2)
Audubon Elementary School Mural
1992
creator:
Audubon Elementary School.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "Mural work requires a special set up of painting palettes, paint cans, water, brushes, and drop cloths. In many cases
requiring kneeling and squatting for many hours. This photo depicts teaching about our galaxy."--Salvador Torres. 2. This
photo depicts the creation of the roadrunner, the school's mascot. "In this view Audubon students are seen observing how a
mural is created. Salvador Torres uses different sizes of bamboo canes with brush taped to the tip for distance viewing as
he brushes in the image depending on the mural scale. The purpose is that it is difficult to see monumental scales up close;
therefore, distance is needed to view correctly the imagery's proportions. Fifteen and twenty feet were used at the Kelco
and Santa Fe murals."--Salvador Torres. Cross-reference with murals. Site Location: Audubon Elementary, 8111 San Vicente Street,
San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: Gloria Torres
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 092 (1-3)
Burbank Elementary School Mural
1998
creator:
Burbank Elementary School.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. In this slide photo, a youngster paints. "The Burbank Elementary work process begins with Salvador and Gloria Torres working
with the students to clean up the campus areas where mural would be seen. Students assist with raking, sweeping, trash pick
up, and assist painting and modeling for Salvador Torres."--Salvador Torres. 2. Children paint the Burbank Elementary Mural
on a wall previously afflicted with graffiti. "Staff and teachers neglect the mural's preservation."--Salvador Torres. 3.
Slide photo of Gloria Torres painting. Site Location: Burbank Elementary School, 2146 Julian Avenue San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide
photographer: Salvador Torres
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 093
Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos
1990
creator:
California State University San Bernidino Museum.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
From California State University San Bernardino's exhibition "Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos". One painting, one assemblage,
a graphic poster, and two other works of indeterminate composition are all displayed at this exhibition. "These slide photos
are of art works in the University of California San Bernardino, Gallery. Salvador Torres did not take the names down (Artists
Unknown). Joe Moran, printmaking instructor & 2002 Chairman of the Art Dept. invited Salvador and Gloria Torres to show. See
Salvador Torres collection for information on catalogue." --Salvador Torres. Site Location: California State University San
Bernardino, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 094
Historic Resource Evaluation Report For The San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge, Chicano Park And The Chicano Park Murals San Diego
County
1996
creator:
Caltrans.
General note
"L-R Marty Rosen, (district 11 archeologist) works as a team member of Caltrans conducting a survey of the San Diego-Coronado
Bay Bridge, Chicano Park and the Chicano Park murals. Dr. Fisher conducts a second, more intensive field review of the bridge,
park and murals on February 27, 28, 29, 1996. He photographs the resources, interviews Barrio Logan community leaders and
artists. He conducts general and property-specific historical and archival research. (See Salvador Torres collection prepared
for: Chris White, Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch B, District 11, San Diego, California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) Prepared by: DR. Jim Fisher, Staff/Historian/Associate Environmental Planner, Environmental Program, California
Department of Transportation, Sacramento California). This booklet contains maps of Chicano Park column locations where the
monumental murals are found." A poem entitled "James Fisher Meets Chicano Park" by Phil Goldvarg accompanies this slide: "The
soul of James Fisher meets Chicano Park/ in a multicolored embrace/ known as abrazo/ los murales impacted his eyes,/ a ghetto
memory/ where communication was survival/ and vision lived on walls/ and the air of down home cooking,/ James could see that
brown/ was not so far from black/ and oppression was an obsession/ charished [sic] by a common enemy,/ Chicano Park colores
wrapped James/ in corazón heat,/ had his heart/ seriously talking to stone bridges/ and gardens of cement/ that sang cuentos
de la historia/ y suenos of strong eyed ancestors,/ the soul of James Fisher met Chicano Park/ y la alma de Chicano Park/
y la alma de Chicano Park met James Fisher/ and they both recognized each other."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 095 (1-4)
Retrofitting Process
circa 1999-2000
creator:
Caltrans.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1-2. Slides depict the retrofitting process. The lower portions of the murals are under the protection of plywood-constructed
barriers. The area surrounding the column is dug out and workers retrofit underground. 3. "This slide photo reveals the methodology
of scaffolding that can be used on all sides of the bridge columns to continue the concept of utilizing the San Diego Coronado
Bay Bridge columns as its creative format to continue Salvador Torres' concept of the Chicano Park Monumental Public Mural
Arts. The San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge (#57-857) [temp number] was completed in 1969. In 1970 the community of Barrio Logan
takes over the land to create Chicano Park and Salvador Torres' concept and it’s dynamic towers and sweeping curve earns it
the "Most Beautiful Bridge of Merit Award" from the American Institute of Steel Construction. The orthotropic design, developed
in Europe, is characterized by the placement of the bridge stiffeners and braces within the box-like girders and was first
applied on a major scale in the United States on the award-winning San Mateo-Hayward Bridge."-- Salvador Torres. 4. Slide
photo of a group of people walking in a street. They wear numbers like marathon runners, although they do not run. This photo
appears to have been taken during the retrofitting process. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 096 (1-2)
La Raza Cosmica Restoration
1974
creator:
Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.).
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 097 (1-3)
Chicano Park Arts Council Members
March 15, 1984
creator:
Chicano Park Arts Council Inc..
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 098 (1-15)
Chicano Park Day
April 22, 1972-present
creator:
Chicano Park Steering Committee.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 099 (1-4)
Demonstration to Save Murals from Destruction by "Retrofitting"
1996, 1999
creator:
Chicano Park Steering Committee.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the various Chicano Park Day (the anniversary of the 1970 takeover) celebrations over the
years. 1. This 1972 photo features two mimes behind a frame suggesting a window. Various props surround them. The picture
is from behind, so the audience is visible in background. "Note in the first Chicano Park celebrations only a few dedicated
individuals continued to organize and demand the expansion, see the back-ground chain link fence surrounds "El Frijole", note
the poor park planning land that logically should have been included just behind the fence. Today this area is now part of
the park space. The activity is entertainment by volunteer mime group especially for the children's pleasure. This clowning
later inspires Mario Torero's "Cosmic Clowns" in 1974 on column #S- 46. With community effort Dewey Street is closed to bring
"El Frijole" together with the land parcel where kiosco stands to day."--Salvador Torres. 2. 1973 photo of children dancing
folklórico. "R-L Art exhibition. Folk/Spanish Danza, Speakers. Logan Avenue Street Closed. Enrique Family Danza."-- Salvador
Torres. 3. Children from the Enrique Danza group dance folklórico on a temporary stage set up in front of the Wall of Heroes
and Martyrs. "Danza has flourished as Folk (as shown here) and Aztec danza. Logan Avenue was closed for this 1973 Chicano
Park Celebration."--Salvador Torres. 4. A photo of a juggling clown from 1973. "At different yearly events clowns, lowrider
cars, food, poster/book, T-shirt sales booths, danza, music, speakers, the raising of the flag of Aztlan, and the Chicano
Park flag. The first years were riotous, fighting, requiring police to announce publicly: "This is an unlawful assembly. Anyone
in the area will be subject to arrest!" As Salvador Torres recalls there has been one stabbing death in Chicano Park, compared
to many, many suicides off the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, including the tossing off the bridge an innocent dog found impaled
on a Kelco fence."--Salvador Torres. 5. Danza Azteca, Mayan, and Native American spiritual ceremonies. Three danzantes with
their arms up and their backs to the camera. A crowd watches. "This is the fourth anniversary of April 22, 1970 take over
of land to create Chicano Park and its Monumental Public Mural concept. Danza, speakers, low rider car shows, and musical
groups begin making the annual event colorful and culturally significant. Sculpture is not yet an important aspect, and yet
to happen as planned by Salvador Torres"--Salvador Torres. 6. In this 1974 photo, unidentified danzantes Aztecas in Chicano
Park. "This is the fourth annual Chicano Park Day. Danza ceremonies continue to be an important indigenous cultural influence
as a part of each Chicano Park Day. The public of San Diego, Barrio Logan is enlightened with the Concheros movement to recapture
our Raza cultural indigenous awareness."--Salvador Torres. 7. Also from 1974: Slide photo of the Chicano Park Day celebration
with La Raza Cosmica (column T-46) central. San Diego Low Rider Council, the Brown Berets, and volunteers all assisted. "Since
1971 after the 1970 land takeover, the Chicano Park Steering Committee has organized this event. There was a period when the
CPSC was accepting funds from Budweiser, and Camel companies. This became insulting to the Barrio Logan community when a large
plastic inflatable beer can was placed next to the kiosco in Chicano Park, and the camel advertisement banners were wrapped
around the Royal Chicano Air Force mural, and around Chicano Park fences. Since this time period the CPSC has changed their
fundraising tactics. The main activity the CPSC has engaged its members in is planning for each year's event. The CPSC was
formed during negotiations with the city of San Diego. The Mexican American Federation, who became the Chicano Federation,
became the umbrella organization to coordinate negotiations with the city of San Diego. Jessie Ramirez and Max Hernandez were
the leadership for this time for the Chicano Federation."--Salvador Torres. 8. Six dancers (probably the Enrique Family group)
dressed in traditional costumes (appear to be Veracruz). The four teenage girls face away from the camera, while the faces
of the two children, a boy and a girl, are visible. "The importance of Spanish, Mexican, and Native cultures begin a renaissance,
that also complement the mural themes of Chicano Park. 1970, Takeover of land, 1971 danza begins as a cultural tradition to
each Chicano Park day hence forth."--Salvador Torres. 9. Three danzantes Aztecas perform for a large crowd at Chicano Park
Day 1975. 10. Chicano Park Steering Committee, Tomie Camarillo, SD Car Club Council, Brown Berets, and many volunteers organize
the celebration in Chicano Park with lowriders. "After April 22, 1970 the Chicano Park Steering Committee has been responsible
for its yearly event. The CPSC begins its historical role at the first official meeting with mayor Frank Curren. (See and
hear cassette tape in Salvador Torres collection of 3 demands: 1. Chicano Park, 2. Centro Cultural De La Raza, 3. San Ysidro
Freeway issue.) The Chicano Federation assumes the [role of] umbrella organization at this meeting. Jessie Ramirez, and Max
Hernandez CF leadership, Jose Gomez CPSC chairman. Salvador Torres represents Centro Cultural De La Raza."--Salvador Torres.
11-15. From the 1990 20th Anniversary celebration: 11. Image is of a cake with the Chicano Park kiosco drawn on top in icing.
Text in icing reads: "Happy 20 Birthday Chicano Park". "The Chicano Park Steering Committee each year has taken the responsibility
to organize and set up the Chicano Park day event. The cake is symbolic of 20 years of struggle. It is laborious and time
consuming to make this event happen every year. At this writing it has now been 32 years Chicano Park has been celebrated,
(2002)."--Salvador Torres. 12. An unidentified woman. 13. Slide photo of red, white, and green balloons in the form of a "20".
14. Slide photo is of a concession stand. 15. A toddler stands amazed before a fierce-looking mask. "Vendors sell music and
Native dances are performed, speakers talk on Chicano political issues. Over the years the Chicano Park Celebration Days have
opened that day to vendors, thus raising money to cover expenses, space is rented for this day. Whatever day April 22 falls
on is the day is usually celebrated on a Saturday. Many of the Native dancers perform on Sunday, to avoid the venders and
assume a more serious atmosphere in the kiosco."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA;
35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 100 (1-3)
Chula Vista School of Performing Arts
1997
creator:
Chula Vista School of Performing Arts.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1-2. "The superintendent of the Chula Vista Schools asked Salvador Torres to redesign this mural and make a new one. Salvador
and Gloria Torres did not comply. This view of a school with mural work on its wall becomes fashionable influence from our
efforts in Chicano Park and other educational environments all over California."--Salvador Torres. 3. Torres makes measurements
atop a ladder. Site Location: Chula Vista School of Performing Arts, Chula Vista, CA; 35 mm
Album 5, Slide Cat. 13 101 (1-2)
Promoting Self-Sufficiency and Participation
September 11, 1996
creator:
Council on Foundations.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1-2. "The superintendent of the Chula Vista Schools asked Salvador Torres to redesign this mural and make a new one. Salvador
and Gloria Torres did not comply. This view of a school with mural work on its wall becomes fashionable influence from our
efforts in Chicano Park and other educational environments all over California."--Salvador Torres. 3. Torres makes measurements
atop a ladder. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm; slide photographer: Gloria Torres
Album 5, 6, Slide Cat. 13 102 (1-14)
Escondido Family Recovery Center Mural
April-May 1990
creator:
Escondido Family Recovery Center.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 103 (1-21)
Trip to Las Penitas, Mexico
January 1972
creator:
Espinoza assistant, Louis
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides depicts the creation of the Escondido Family Recovery Center Mural, also known as the Escondido Historical
Mural. The mural was later criticized and vandalized. Cross-reference with Murals. 1. An Escondido student before a blank
wall. The beginning of the mural process, April 22, 1990. "As part of the mural work process Salvador Torres documents the
mural wall spaces in order to study the surfaces, and human scale and its architectural features, defects, and perspectives.
Often other surrounding buildings and particular features are also documented for a better understanding of the environment
the mural will be affecting. Also this documentation serves as a record of how the transformation takes place, checking for
errors, mistakes, and failures, as well as successes."--Salvador Torres. 2. "Imagery depicts Salvador Torres and Guillermo
Rosete applying the first coats of Gesso base paint. Two coats were applied."--Salvador Torres. 3. Three 'Mujeres Muralistas'
seated against a wall destined for the Escondido mural. They laugh. Left to right: Guadalupe Martinez, Gloria Torres, and
Maria. "Guadalupe, Gloria, and Maria on a lunch break for the mural painting process. Gloria was these students' mentor and
teacher. These two 'at risk' students suffered the worst of the trauma of the Racist vandalism of what the students felt was
six months hard work destroyed in seconds (see vandalism photos in archive)."--Salvador Torres. 4. Two artists paint mural
by Salvador Torres, Gloria Torres, Guillermo Rosete (right), and student assistants at the Escondido Family Recovery Center.
"This Family Center's perimeter was raked, swept, weeds and trash removed, while mural grid was being prepared. The students
and volunteers assisted in the preparations of this mural work process, washing side-walks and picking up trash daily."--Salvador
Torres. 5. Rosete, on a ladder, paints the Escondido Historical Mural. This photo is from May 1990. "Guillermo Rosete, one
of the original mural artists of Chicano Park. Rosete is a dedicated danzante of the Aztec tradition. He also has been a participant
many times in the Sun Dance Piercing Ceremony. Guillermo, lives in Taos, New Mexico, He also is skilled in painting and ceramics.
He has been making a living as a drum maker in Taos, New Mexico. Guillermo was active in the Centro Cultural de la Raza. (See
Centro Cultural De La Raza, archives)."--Salvador Torres. 6. "View of detail of Escondido Historical Mural multicultural figures.
Scaffolding and paint and water containers depict painting set up of palette arrangements during the mural work process."--Salvador
Torres. 7. "Gloria in painting pants. Gloria is Salvador's inspiration, and encouraging partner and teammate during this trying
and challenging mural work."--Salvador Torres. 8. Slide photo of Gloria Torres wearing a straw hat and paint-splattered clothes.
She wears a United Farm Workers pin. "Gloria continues to work as a mural team with Salvador Torres very successfully. Gloria
Torres, works, advises, and encourages the young female "at risk" youth to work harmoniously in this project up to their shocking
experience of the destruction of their mural June 6, 1990 due to racist vandalism."--Salvador Torres. 9. "Salvador and Gloria
with sun hats, Gloria cleaning the paint gallon lids. The lion seen at the R-hand corner is one of the smiling animals despised
by opposing Escondido community members. (See City of Escondido City Council meeting in Salvador Torres archive). Daily passengers
in cars would pass the mural site and shout their approval and disapproval - "Great", "Good Work", thumbs up, and "Go Back
To Chicano Park!" Being that this was the first public mural in Escondido this experience created much public reaction of
good and bad feelings, the bad feelings led to its racist vandalism."--Salvador Torres. 10. A young woman paints. 11.Gloria
Torres and another artist work on the butterfly portion of the mural. 12. In this photo from May 1990, three artists take
a break from the Escondido Mural project. Left to right: Esmael Casares, Salvador Torres, and Guillermo Rosete. "Esmael Casares,
Salvador Torres, & Guillermo Rosete taking a musical break at the mural. It is often Salvador Torres' habit of playing the
guitar, flute, harmonica or drum during or after the mural work process. Music and painting inspire and keep high morale."--Salvador
Torres. 13. Slide photo of Gloria Torres and Guillermo Rosete painting atop scaffolding. 14. "Steve Esquibel, a native poet
of Escondido, composed a statement in this space reserved for Native American thought. Steve felt persecuted and moved away
from Escondido shortly after this project. Steve Esquibel was the representative of the "Advisor to the Senior Native American
Council" of this area. Steve later composes a mural statement in the Kelco Mural completed in 1993. His animal symbol is the
hummingbird."-- 1. "Slide photo of 'Puesto' in Las Penitas, Mexico. Salvador Torres and Luis Espinoza go to Mexico. Salvador
Torres uses this trip to seek out kioscos. This is the period when the community of Barrio Logan begins wanting a Kiosco.
No one knew what a kiosco was, or what they looked like, or how they are used in the average community. Salvador Torres discovers
that kioscos are the centerpiece of any community park. They are used as public speaker's platforms, music bandstands, weddings,
funerals, & eulogies are also one of the activities. Political speeches & in case of emergencies, the kiosco is the center
for the communities directions. In 1977-78 the Chicano Park kiosco is built making our planning concept a reality."--Salvador
Torres. 2. Photo is of a young boy. "Louis and Salvador Torres go to Mexico on a trip. Salvador Torres searches for Kiosks
and to study the life of a small village town."--Salvador Torres. 3. Slide photo of an elderly man framed by a doorway. 4.
Slide photo of thatched-roof dwellings and clotheslines near a stream with a mountain in the background. 5. Slide photo of
thatched-roof dwellings and clotheslines. 6. Slide photo of a palm-frond shelter. 7. A child reads a comic book. 8. "Photos
of 'Alma Grande', a Yaqui native, and his son. In 1972 it was rare to see a man wearing a golden earring for Salvador Torres.
This area had a lush tropical environment with iguanas, egrets, and the common use of horses and machetes. Salvador Torres
documents the children and the homes of this area next to the ocean. This environment although rural gave Salvador Torres
the experience of a community Salvador Torres could relate to in Barrio Logan's seniors citizens who stand on corners, and
children play and study."-- Salvador Torres. 9. In this slide photo, a child nibbles on a toy. 10. A view of a stream in Las
Penitas, Mexico. 11. A young girl. 12. Alma Grande, a Yaqui native. 13-14. An iguana. 15. An Egret in a stream. 16. Girls
walking with baskets on their heads. 17. A boy reading comic books. 18. Bananas or plantains. 19. Boats docked at a harbor.
20. A young girl holds what appears to be part of a piñata. 21. Ducks in a stream in front of a house. Site Location: Las
Penitas, Mexico; 35 mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 104 (1-13)
Kelco Historical Mural
1992
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kelco.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 105
Television Interview
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 106
Lunch Hour in Front of Memorial Mural
circa 1999
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of students enjoying lunch with the Memorial Academy mural in the background. (The school is Torres' alma mater
(1950-1952))."Human Scale relationships of mural environment to student body activities."--Salvador Torres. Site Location:
Memorial Academy, 2850 Logan Avenue, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Memorial Academy.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 107
National Steel Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) Workers Setting the Scaffolding and Safety Precautions
May 1974
creator:
National Steel Shipbuilding Company.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Two workers on scaffolding before freeway pillar (T46 center column). "NASSCO, San Diego Gas & Electric, The Center Cultural
De la Raza work together with the Chicano Park Mural concept. This is the first time NASSCO assists Barrio Logan Chicano Park
Murals with proper scaffolding. 1974 and 1975 are the only years to date with assistance from NASSCO, & SDG&E. Assistance
has been halted since 1975."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 108 (1-2)
Painting Los Niños del Mundo
1973-1974
creator:
Niños Del Mundo-- Grupo de Santana and San Diego artists.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Two artists, one on the ladder and one on the scaffold, work on a Chicano Park mural (T46 center column). Three teams of artists
and assistants are responsible for this mural: San Diego artists, "Niños Del Mundo" from Los Angeles, and el Grupo de Santana.
This mural was restored in the 1990's as a result of damage from Parks and Recreation sprinklers. 1. Photo from 1974. "This
is the second year of the beginning of the Monumental Mural Program. This column is finished by Charles ‘Gato’ Felix, Niños
del Mundo. The first designs were made by San Diego artists. ‘Gato Felix’ had been working at the Estrada Courts Mural Program.
*Tier #46 on map site."--Salvador Torres. 2. Photo from 1973. "View of the column that was composed successfully by Charlie
‘Gato’ Felix & Ninos Del Mundo, a mural team from Los Angeles in 1974. The concept of painting, planting, and sculpting all
the way to the bay has meritoriously been struggling with great pains, errors, and some successes. Each column poses a challenge
to the artists that are strong easel painters, who see flat surfaces as panels instead of 3-D volumetric spatial relationships,
one related to the other connecting each column and wall abutments to each other in some uniting compositional order. To date
the Chicano Park appears motley and unprofessional. Lack of collective mural work and competition spurned by the City of San
Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, the Chicano Park Steering Committee, and individual artists that do not work the park
land or concern themselves with the Chicano Park, or the Barrio Logan needs. Salvador Torres is working to overcome these
poor but helping efforts by all involved. Since April 22, 1970 the Chicano Park has taken on a life of its own, like a growing
creature it needs proper nourishment, it needs love, and understanding."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San
Diego, CA; 35 mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 109
Mural Renovation
Undated
creator:
Ochoa, Victor
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 110 (1-6)
Parade March for Cesar E. Chavez
1996
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides document a parade. 1. Leading is a group with a rainbow banner reading "Gay & Lesbian Latinos Con Orgullo
San Diego". Following them are individuals, each holding the flag of a different Latin American nation. "Rachael Ortiz, Director
of The Barrio Youth Center, promoted and lobbied in assisting to make Cesar E. Chavez holiday, and recognition For Cesar's
dedication. We now have the Cesar E. Chavez Parkway in Barrio Logan."--Salvador Torres. 2. A young man drives what appears
to be an all-terrain vehicle or a small electric car. He has a child on his lap and a businessman as his passenger. The back
of the vehicle is a truck bed that appears to have a display mounted. Following the vehicle are young people who are S.E.A.,
Siempre en Accion. 3. Unidentified women hold paintings up on sticks. They are done with acrylics by Mario Torero. Left to
right they depict: La Virgen de Guadalupe, Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez, Chavez/Virgen collage, and the Virgen de Guadalupe.
The length of the procession is visible in this shot. 4. A uniformed authority looms ominously in the shadows as the United
Farm Workers contingent passes by. 5. Slide photo of a vintage automobile with an unidentified driver. 6. The Memorial Academy
marching band. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ortiz, Rachel
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 110 (1-6)
Parade March for Cesar E. Chavez
1996
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides document a parade. 1. Leading is a group with a rainbow banner reading "Gay & Lesbian Latinos Con Orgullo
San Diego". Following them are individuals, each holding the flag of a different Latin American nation. "Rachael Ortiz, Director
of The Barrio Youth Center, promoted and lobbied in assisting to make Cesar E. Chavez holiday, and recognition For Cesar's
dedication. We now have the Cesar E. Chavez Parkway in Barrio Logan."--Salvador Torres. 2. A young man drives what appears
to be an all-terrain vehicle or a small electric car. He has a child on his lap and a businessman as his passenger. The back
of the vehicle is a truck bed that appears to have a display mounted. Following the vehicle are young people who are S.E.A.,
Siempre en Accion. 3. Unidentified women hold paintings up on sticks. They are done with acrylics by Mario Torero. Left to
right they depict: La Virgen de Guadalupe, Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez, Chavez/Virgen collage, and the Virgen de Guadalupe.
The length of the procession is visible in this shot. 4. A uniformed authority looms ominously in the shadows as the United
Farm Workers contingent passes by. 5. Slide photo of a vintage automobile with an unidentified driver. 6. The Memorial Academy
marching band. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35 mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ortiz, Rachel
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 111 (1-4)
Ernie Palomino's Film "San Coronado Bay Bridge 'Earth Quake'"
1974
creator:
Palomino, Ernesto R. (Ernesto Ramirez), 1933-
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "Ernie Palomino from Fresno, California comes to Barrio Logan to make a film of Chicano Park with Salvador Torres. This
scene is in Coronado turning to exit back to San Diego."--Salvador Torres. 2. "Slide photo of film crew, film camera, flat
bed truck with rails, recording equipment."--Salvador Torres. 3. Salvador Torres plays guitar in back of Ernesto Palomino's
pickup. This slide photo documents the filmmaking process. 4. Three unidentified youths (film crew?) on bed of truck, Salvador
Torres (playing guitar) and Ernie Palomino (bearded). "Ernie Palomino comes to San Diego to film the Chicano Park and the
San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. Salvador provides his guitar music. Ernie brings a flat bed truck to film going over the San
Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. The imagery is rocked by vibrations that are created by the flat bed truck bouncing. Ernie says
it's a "Giant Earth Quake" shaking the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge and Salvador playing his guitar."--Salvador Torres. Site
Location: Coronado, San Diego, CA; 35 mm; slide photographer: unknown on Salvador Torres' camera
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 112 (1-15)
Perkins Elementary School Mural
April 1989
creator:
Perkins Elementary School (San Diego, Calif.).
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 113 (1-5)
Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros Inauguration
December 1971
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 114 (1-14)
Royal Chicano Air Force in Chicano Park
August 1975
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. An unidentified RCAF muralist coddles an infant on the ground before an unpainted (except in graffiti) freeway support
column in Chicano Park. "The view is from the scaffolding set by NASSCO Co. Ship building co., for the Royal Chicano Air Force
1975. The view gives the viewers a sense of the many monumental columns still to be used creatively as monumental works of
Public Arte related to the genuine Chicano Movement's original goals, and our Chicano community's histories, accomplishments
and futuristic visions."--Salvador Torres. 2. Slide photo of scaffolding in front of the acid-etched and rubber-conditioned
Chicano Park freeway support columns intended for murals by the Royal Chicano Air Force. 3. Slide photo of scaffolding set
up around a prepped freeway support column. 4. Scaffolding surrounds the two columns (#T-45 and #S-45) destined for Royal
Chicano Air Force murals. 5. An artist paints the 4Royal Chicano Air Force emblem on the flight shack. 6. In this photo taken
from scaffolding of the Royal Chicano Air Force flight shack, someone waves. 7. A child, Salvador Torres, Celia Rodriguez,
Antonia Perez, and an unidentified man are all photographed in front of a Chicano Park freeway column. The photo is taken
from atop scaffolding. 8. "L-R top row: Unknown, Rudy [Cuellar], unknown, Rosalina Balaciosos, Juanishi Orosco. L-R bottom
row: José Montoya, Arturo Singh, Celia Rodriguez, unknown, Celia Rodriguez's two children, Esteban Villa."--Salvador Torres.
9. Royal Chicano Air Force muralists prepare to paint. 10. "L-R Geronimo Blanco, Felipe Adame, Salvador Torres."--Salvador
Torres. 11. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist takes a break in Chicano Park. 12-13. Slide photos of Salvador Torres with
several of the members of the Royal Chicano Air Force on and under scaffolding in Chicano Park. L-R top row: Esteban Villa
(with the garrison cap and sunglasses), Arturo Singh, Rodolfo "Rudy" Cuellar, Celia Rodriguez (holding child), unknown, unknown,
Queso (in overalls), José Montoya (in the hard hat, blowing whistle), and Rosalina Balaciosos. The people in the bottom row
are unidentified. 14. A young Salvador Torres in front of the flight shack. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35
mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Royal Chicano Air Force.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 116
Royal Chicano Air Force Performance
Undated
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of José Montoya, Esteban Villa, and two other men on stage with guitars at Southside Park, Sacramento. The Southside
Park mural is behind them. Site/Location: Southside Park, Sacramento, CA; 35mm; slide photographer Salvador Torres (?)
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 116 (1-7)
A Surprise Visit From the RCAF
1998
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
In 1998 members of the Royal Chicano Air Force made a surprise visit to San Diego and Salvador Torres' Metro Gallery. 1-2.
Slide photo of the two 'godfathers' of Chicano Art in California. "Salvador Torres and Jose Montoya, Salvador Torres' compadre."--Salvador
Torres. 3. Slide photo is of José Montoya. "Salvador and Gloria Torres open a gallery on Logan Avenue in the old Metro Theater,
a Spanish-speaking movie theater. This is the second gallery Salvador Torres attempts on Logan Ave 25 years later."--Salvador
Torres. 4. "L-R: David Avalos, José Montoya, and Abran Quevedo."--Salvador Torres. 5. "Jose Montoya, Salvador Torres, Esteban
Villa, Ricardo Favela. Photo in front of "El Carrito" restaurant, across the street of Salvador Torres 2153 1/2 Logan Ave.
studio/gallery/workshop."--Salvador Torres. 6. Royal Chicano Air Force artist Ricardo Favela. 7. José Montoya, Ricardo Favela,
and Esteban Villa. Site/Location: Metro Gallery, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: unknown
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 117 (1-5)
Painting Mujer Cósmica
Undated
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo is of Esteban Villa painting the Chicano Park mural
Mujer Cósmica atop scaffolding. 2. Slide photo of Royal Chicano Air Force muralists working on Chicano Park's
Mujer Cosmica. 3. Guillermo Aranda and his daughters watch as Esteban Villa puts finishing touches on the Royal Chicano Air Force's
La Mujer Cosmica. 4. Slide photo of Esteban Villa. 5. Slide photo of two of the Royal Chicano Air Force's Chicano Park murals. Site Location:
Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 118 (1-4)
Painting
Farmworker
Family
Undated
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo is of José Montoya painting the
Farmworker
Family
mural, also known as
Leyes. 2. Detail is of the progress of the
Leyes mural, depicting the head of the father and José Montoya's hand and brush painting it. 3. Detail of an ear from the
Farmworker
Family
mural. 4. José Montoya works on the
Leyes mural. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 119
Painting Inlackesh
October 1975
creator:
Orosco, Juanishi Valle
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
The feet of a Royal Chicano Air Force muralist dangle from the scaffolding in front of the
Mandala mural, also known as
Inlackesh. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: Manuel Cavada
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 120 (1-45)
Preparation and Painting of Female Intelligencia
October 1975
creator:
Balaciosos, Rosalina
creator:
Barajas, Salvador
creator:
Mujeres Muralistas.
creator:
Rodriguez, Celia Herrera
creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the creation of the Chicano Park mural
Female Intelligencia, also known as
The Women Hold Up Half the Universe by the Mujeres Muralistas of the RCAF. 1. Five San Diego artists apply rubber base and Proline paints to columns T-45 and
S-45, Chicano Park, destined for Royal Chicano Air Force mural
La Mujer. "Manuel Cavada volunteers to photograph all of the Royal Chicano Air Force work in San Diego one set of copies is given to
the Royal Chicano Air Force, a second to NPI, Salvador Torres."--Salvador Torres. 2. Mujeres muralistas on scaffolding paint
a mural on Chicano Park freeway support column. 3. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist. 4. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist
at the top of a column does preliminary design. 5. A female Royal Chicano Air Force muralist. 6. Antonia Perez. 7-8. Salvador
Barajas paints the side panel of the pylon with the poem
I Am Somebody by Joan Little, a North Carolina African-American woman who was put on trial for murdering a prison guard who had raped her.
9-10. Arturo Roman paints a portrait of Joan Little on the side panel of the support pillar. 11. "L-R Arturo Singh, Celia
Rodriguez."--Salvador Torres. 12. Antonia Perez. 13-14. Celia Rodriguez at work in Chicano Park. 15. Celia Rodriguez and her
son. 16. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist at work. 17. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist on a ladder. 18. A rinse bucket
on scaffolding. 19. Slide photo of a Royal Chicano Air Force muralist and a child on scaffolding. 20. Celia Rodriguez works
on a Royal Chicano Air Force mural in Chicano Park. 21. Antonia Perez holds a camera on the scaffolding before the pillar.
22. Two Royal Chicano Air Force women artists painting a Chicano Park mural. 23. A Chicano Park freeway column with only preliminary
designs. 24. The unfinished lower portion of the mural and an artist's feet on scaffolding. 25-26. Celia Rodriguez at work.
27. A Royal Chicano Air Force muralist on scaffolding in front of freeway support column. 28. Celia Rodriguez's hands. 29.
Celia Rodriguez paints the rainbow near the bottom of the mural. 30. Some of these designs were changed. 31. Four artists
work on the top of a column. 32-33. Royal Chicano Air Force muralist Celia Rodriguez. 34. Celia Rodriguez and another artist.
35. Two female artists. The column is gridded. 36. Celia Rodriguez and another artist. 37. Celia Rodriguez paints the bottom
of the column. 38. Three muralists on scaffolding. 39. The mural has been designed but not painted. 40. Slide photo of two
artists, mural in progress. 41. Two artists, mural in progress. 42. Antonia Perez takes a photograph. 43. Slide photo of a
man holding a camera. 44-45. Mural in progress. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: Manuel
Cavada
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 121 (1-6)
Planning Meetings
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents meetings with the Unified Port District, the Harbor Community Council, and other official
entities. 1. Slide photo of H. B. "Bert" Thysell, manager of the Coronado Bay Bridge. 2-3. 1973 slide photo of the Crosby
Street Community Park and Marine Industrial Site. "Map outlining the Unified Port Districts plan and the Harbor Community
Council's rebuttal to the ports plan. See Salvador Torres collection for more information."--Salvador Torres. 4. A man in
a suit gives a presentation with maps and plans. "This planning presentation was made at Esquela [sic] Del Barrio. The City
of San Diego refuses to recognize the logic and need for a master plan. The city of San Diego adopts the sterile and static
planning process of "String Beads" piecemeal mediocre planning."-- Salvador Torres. 5. "This photo depicts the planning procedures
our community undertook to establish our Barrio Logan Harbor 101 Community Plan that is today in 2002 out of date. Many of
the alternatives proposed have not been practical or feasible. There is proof that industry cannot coexist. Barrio Logan is
under siege by toxins in the air, and noise pollution. Feb. 23 - March 7, 2002 1.90 (mg/ml) Hexavalent Chromium."--Salvador
Torres. 6. An unidentified municipal official (possibly from Planning Department?) at what appears to be the same presentation
as previous slide. "The city of San Diego continues to recognize its own interpretation of "Bay Bridge Park". This conflict
continues as a failure to accept the concept of our community "Master Plan", the creative use of all the land, abutments,
and pillars that make up San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge all the way across the bay to Coronado."--Salvador Torres. Site Location:
Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 122 (1-4)
San Diego Lowrider Council Mural
Undated
creator:
San Diego Lowrider Council.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents meetings with the Unified Port District, the Harbor Community Council, and other official
entities. 1. Slide photo of H. B. "Bert" Thysell, manager of the Coronado Bay Bridge. 2-3. 1973 slide photo of the Crosby
Street Community Park and Marine Industrial Site. "Map outlining the Unified Port Districts plan and the Harbor Community
Council's rebuttal to the ports plan. See Salvador Torres collection for more information."--Salvador Torres. 4. A man in
a suit gives a presentation with maps and plans. "This planning presentation was made at Esquela [sic] Del Barrio. The City
of San Diego refuses to recognize the logic and need for a master plan. The city of San Diego adopts the sterile and static
planning process of "String Beads" piecemeal mediocre planning."-- Salvador Torres. 5. "This photo depicts the planning procedures
our community undertook to establish our Barrio Logan Harbor 101 Community Plan that is today in 2002 out of date. Many of
the alternatives proposed have not been practical or feasible. There is proof that industry cannot coexist. Barrio Logan is
under siege by toxins in the air, and noise pollution. Feb. 23 - March 7, 2002 1.90 (mg/ml) Hexavalent Chromium."--Salvador
Torres. 6. An unidentified municipal official (possibly from Planning Department?) at what appears to be the same presentation
as previous slide. "The city of San Diego continues to recognize its own interpretation of "Bay Bridge Park". This conflict
continues as a failure to accept the concept of our community "Master Plan", the creative use of all the land, abutments,
and pillars that make up San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge all the way across the bay to Coronado."--Salvador Torres. Site Location:
Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 123 (1-2)
Police Harassment
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo is of police investigating the scene of a mural. An artist smiles and waves at the camera. 2. Slide photo depicts
the back of a sheriff in front of a mural. His head and feet are cropped, highlighting the arms on his belt. His arms appear
to be crossed. It is unclear whether he is protecting or persecuting the muralists, who are visible in the background. Site
Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego Police Department.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 124 (1-31)
Art Methods and Materials
1988-1990
creator:
San Diego State University College of Education.
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents Salvador Torres' involvement in the Art Methods and Materials class given by San Diego State
University's College of Education. He taught artistic methods and taught students about Chicano Park. 1. "Stencil cut printing
and portfolio."--Salvador Torres. 2. "Construction paper sculpture using glue and scissors."--Salvador Torres. 3-10. "Examples
of portfolios that contain the student teachers' projects."--Salvador Torres. 11. "Paper mache animals and wind sock project,
wheat paste, newspapers, color tissue papers."--Salvador Torres. 12. "Each student teacher creates a family tree, photos,
and family history."--Salvador Torres. 13-15. "Student/teacher assignment, create an ideal classroom floor plan."--Salvador
Torres. 16-19. "Paper mache mask making, create imaginary figures, newspapers, wheat paste, tempera color paints."--Salvador
Torres. 20. "Paper mache animals."-- Salvador Torres. 21. "Wind sock project."--Salvador Torres. 22. "Mobile project."--Salvador
Torres. 23. "Stained glass project using tracing paper and color markers, creation of shapes and color combinations."-- Salvador
Torres. 24-27. "Paper mache animals."--Salvador Torres. 28. Salvador and Gloria Torres, along with students from San Diego
State University, give the "power fist of victory" salute in front of Che mural, Chicano Park. "Teacher Education and Policy
in Language and Crosscultural Education [departments] at the College of Education hire Salvador Torres [as] assistant professor
at SDSU as Teacher Education and PLC instructor to tour Chicano Park to educate about stereotyping, racism, and the sincere
efforts by the community to create Chicano Park and its Monumental Public Murals. Salvador Torres also teaches "Method & Materials
in Art", for grades K-12 for student teacher candidates."--Salvador Torres. 29. Fourteen unidentified teachers and student
teachers tour Chicano Park. "Student teachers are asked to provide experimental papers with photos of murals and student's
interpretations of Chicano Park and the mural. (See Salvador Torres copies of papers written in Salvador Torres collection).
Salvador Torres establishes Chicano Park as a community available to teachers to learn about our Chicano art history, and
a community's commitments to establish the "Master Plan". (See 1 hr video Chicano Park)"--Salvador Torres. 30. Slide photo
of a Chicano Park tour. Salvador Torres gives a lecture on
The Homage to the Young Mother & Father. 31. Twenty-six prospective teachers and one child sit in the Chicano Park Kiosco. "Tour prospective teachers the Chicano
Park and Gloria and Salvador Torres' home, studio/gallery/workshop. Dispel stereotyping of Barrio Logan, and Chicano Park.
Teach teachers the importance of our culture, murals and community efforts to create a decent park."--Salvador Torres. Site
Location: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 125 (1-6)
Tree of Life Mural
1991
creator:
San Diego State University College of Education.
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the creation of the Tree of Life mural for San Diego State University's College of Education.
1. Artists posing for a photo. Behind them the mural is in progress. 2. Slide photo depicts two people unrolling a sketch,
possibly a pounce drawing, on a wall in preparation for the creation of the mural. 3. Salvador Torres stands before a charcoal
study for the San Diego State University mural. "Salvador and Gloria Torres are invited to create a mural with students and
professors. This view is a planning meeting to discover what collective ideas we can develop and what imagery would best be
our themes and statements. Ideas for imagery are suggested and Salvador Torres draws the image for critique, changes, or acceptance
for the mural's design. Contrasting this approach with the Chicano Park early mural work process the collective experience
is successful, no surprises of unexpected nature, good discussions and collective decisions make the process educative vs.
competitive."--Salvador Torres. 4. Salvador Torres paints out pounce lines. 5. Slide photo depicts two artists standing on
chairs making preliminary outlines. 6. Slide photo depicts two artists standing on chairs making preliminary outlines. Salvador
Torres supervises. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: Salvador and Gloria Torres
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 126 (1-16)
Santa Fe: A New Generation of Youth Preparation
1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "Views of the Santa Fe mural building, and wall, prepared with Sto, and 1/4 inch sq. screen mesh. Sto composition is plastered
over the finished surface creating a similar surface effect as a large canvas surface. This was a corrugated building surface.
Santa Fe Co. ordered the building corrugated surface to be filled in with styrofoam and coated with the Sto and mesh. A portion
of a new connecting wall is added to make a continuous wall surface that extends from the building to the end of the wall
that the modern train and wetland birds are located."--Salvador Torres. 2. A jogger passes as Gloria Torres works on the
A New Generation of Youth portion of the
Santa Fe Mural. The photo is taken from across the street and down the way. 3. Gloria Torres and unidentified woman on scaffolding in front
of
A New Generation of Youth Mural. The flag and the faces have been painted for the most part. 4. "Slide photo by Gloria Torres, shows Salvador Torres on the
scaffolding. Note the mural design Salvador Torres is following."--Salvador Torres. 5. Gloria Torres works on "The New Generation
of Youth" part of the Santa Fe mural. Portion features a young girl holding a pet rabbit. 6-7. "Slide photo by Gloria Torres
of Santa Fe mural work process of the figurative aspects of the mural. All figures in Kelco and Santa Fe are live models."--Salvador
Torres. 8. Unmanned scaffolding before an incomplete mural (side view). 9. Salvador Torres, seen from above, (from the next
level of scaffolding) holds a palette. 10. "Salvador and Gloria Torres document their mural work process to evaluate the mural
work process failures and successes. This documentation also assists Salvador and Gloria Torres in improving their mural work
process. This photo shows how Salvador and Gloria Torres combine paint containers and palettes on the scaffold workspace.
Kelco mural is 25 feet high; Santa Fe mural is 21 feet high. A rope pulley is used to haul up water and paint gallons as needed."--Salvador
Torres. 11. Salvador Torres on a ladder painting the
Santa Fe Mural. 12. Unfinished portion of mural featuring children and a small dog. 13. Unfinished portion of mural featuring children opening
a book and a small dog. The book is still unpainted. Scaffolding obstructs the view. 14. Detail is of bottom of book portion
of
A New Generation of Youth. The character Don Cacahuate, unpainted, eats a sandwich. 15. Detail of unfinished portion of the
A New Generation of Youth portion of
Santa Fe Mural featuring children and their pets. 16. "Yvonne Firks, Gloria Torres' daughter posing for Salvador Torres."--Salvador Torres.
Site Location: Harbor Drive and Beardsley Street, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer: Salvador and Gloria Torres
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Fe Railway Company.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 127 (1-13)
Santa Fe Railroad and Waterfront Industry Preparation and Painting
1994-1995
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. The wall destined for the Railroad and Waterfront Industries portion of the Santa Fe mural features geometric spacing guidelines.
2. The outline of a stork on a wall. "(See Salvador Torres collection of videos documenting this work process and the staging
of outdoor workshop studios Salvador and Gloria Torres create in order to accomplish the Kelco and Santa Fe mural projects.
These videos document from beginning to end of each project.)"--Salvador Torres. 3. Albert Uscano (?) prepares a wall surface.
4. Salvador and Gloria Torres sketch at the mural site. 5. Unfinished portion of the Santa Fe Mural. 6. "The electric car
donated to Salvador and Gloria Torres by Cotton Wood Electric Co. and the Salazar brothers."-- Salvador Torres. 7. Slide photo
of Gloria Torres painting over a portion of the Santa Fe Railroad and Waterfront Mural. 8. "Slide by Salvador Torres of the
installation of the mirrored stainless steel plates introduced into the modern version of the Santa Fe bullet train. Worker
is from the metal shop (unknown). Alberto Uscano assisted Salvador and Gloria Torres in preparations for this installation."--Salvador
Torres. 9-10. "Mallard ducks...taken around the San Diego River. These studies along with text information Salvador and Gloria
Torres used to capture some of the wetland birds."--Salvador Torres. 11. "Santa Fe diesel train used at this time of the mural
execution. Now Santa Fe has merged with Burlington Northern making this the largest railway company in the USA. Note the perspective
of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge in the background. Monumental scale artworks require many studies, and sensitive awareness
of proposed structures that are potential mural sites. In this concept (See #3173-A) [temp label] Salvador Torres perceives
the use of innovative methods of working with new materials of light weight permanent qualities, and instruments of modern
industrial and high technical computer programming."--Salvador Torres. 12. "The Old Town Trolley became an integrated spontaneous
art event each time tourists were exposed to our monumental mural work process."--Salvador Torres. 13. Slide photo of an unprepared
wall with tagging. It is unclear for which mural this wall is intended. Site Location: Harbor Drive and Beardsley Street,
San Diego, CA; 35mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Fe Railway Company.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 128 (1-8)
Santa Fe Wetlands Mural Preparation
1994
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo of the wall destined for Santa Fe Wetlands Mural, before the weeds were cleared or the wall was prepped. 2.
Gloria Torres chisels rough protrusions to form avian figures for later painting and integration into Santa Fe Wetlands Mural.
The wall has received its Gesso base. 3. Detail of wall areas requiring different treatment due to their difference in texture.
4-5. Gloria Torres is painting the curb white in front of the Santa Fe Wetlands Mural. The area in front of the mural has
already been landscaped. "Gesso base, water drain next to mural receives color to integrate concrete forms with the Wetlands
mural."--Salvador Torres. 6. "Egret taken around the San Diego River. These studies along with text information Salvador and
Gloria Torres used to capture some of the wetland birds."--Salvador Torres. 7. "Herons ... taken around the San Diego River.
These studies along with text information Salvador and Gloria Torres used to capture some of the wetland birds."--Salvador
Torres. 8. Slide photo of a Heron, taken near the San Diego River. Site Location: Harbor Drive and Beardsley Street, San Diego,
CA; 35mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Fe Railway Company.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 129 (1-4)
Sister City Yokohama
Undated
creator:
Satoshi, Rocco
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the creation of Rocco Satoshi's Chicano Park mural
Sister City Yokohama. Cross-reference with murals. 1. Rocco Satoshi paints the side of the bridge between #S-47 &#S-Abut, Chicano Park, with geometric
designs. He is on a cherry picker. "Rocco comes to San Diego as a guest artist. Torero and Seja direct him to Chicano Park.
Rocco primes the wall then uses Day Glow Paints. Salvador Torres experimented with Day Glow in 1973. This paints fades faster
than the acrylics used (Proline Paints, & Nova Color.) Salvador Torres directs Rocco to register his easement permit needed
to paint the sides of the bridge. He does not. Salvador Torres receives phone calls from Caltrans reprimanding Salvador Torres
for painting the side of the bridge. This action also opens the way for Victor Ochoa to paint between #F-44 &#F-Abut. The
slide #7-473 [temp number] shows the attempts to integrate Abutment with the mural (not seen) under the bridge. Caltrans cuts
down the tree, and Rocco's mural is now faded and not as bright as shown."--Salvador Torres. 2. Slide photo of Rocco Satoshi
painting the
Sister City Yokohama mural. 3-4. Slide photos of Rocco Satoshi on a cherry picker holding a paintbrush. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 130 (1-4)
Painting Woman with Flag
October 1975
creator:
Singh, Arturo
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 131
Testing & Inspection Inc., Mural Preparation
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
"Salvador and Gloria Torres are invited to submit two mural designs for this corporation. Salvador and Gloria Torres design
two mural ideas. But Salvador and Gloria Torres do not comply. Salvador Torres recommends that Salvador Barajas execute the
project. Salvador Barajas complies."-- Salvador Torres. Site Location: San Diego, CA; 35mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Testing and Inspection Inc..
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 132 (1-2)
Painting Rage of la Raza
1997
creator:
Mario, Torero
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photos depict Mario Torero painting the Chicano Park mural
Rage of la Raza. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 133 (1-6)
The Metro Gallery
1998
creator:
Mario, Torero
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. "Otter female and pup, a study for the mural at Kelco."--Salvador Torres. Also visible are two woven tapestries and an
official-looking certificate with the word "Assembly" on it. 2. "Gallery cards stand."--Salvador Torres. 3. "Male otter, study
for the Kelco Mural."--Salvador Torres. 4. "Salvador Torres watercolors of the construction of the San Diego Coronado Bay
Bridge."--Salvador Torres. 5. "Abstract painting by Salvador Torres, using the graffiti forms found in Barrio Logan."--Salvador
Torres. Also visible are ceramic pots and ink drawings. 6. View of the International Chicano and Chicana Art Exhibit. Central
are three stone sculptures, all unidentified except the one on the right. "Sculpture on R is Patsy Two Moons, New Mexico,
her piece is
Mother and Child, now owned by Gloria Torres. Salvador and Gloria Torres opened the Metro Gallery in the old Metro theater, of Barrio Logan;
a Spanish-speaking movie theater on Logan Ave. The gallery’s operation inspires the ICCAE show in an effort by ST to establish
a 'Chicano/ Chicana Art Market'. See attachments #7-480 [temp number] for more information on ICCAE reviews and flyer. Exhibits
more than 200 artists & 2000 artworks. Salvador Torres has management problems with Collosi, ICCAE becomes a one time event
that Collosi wishes to publish; however, without the artists permission the works are removed at the end of the exhibit to
a photographers studio, unknown to Salvador Torres, creating a problem with the artists wanting their art works. This disharmony
disrupts the Metro Gallery efforts and in the final stress of struggling, Salvador Torres suffers a mental and physical exhaustion,
survives a Shingles attack in the left side of the head and eye. All gallery operations cease. Salvador Torres begins to pay
off debts incurred by ICCAE phone services, and is slowly recovering today."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Metro Gallery,
San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 134 (1-2)
Solar Art Demonstration
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Slide photo of Salvador Torres holding a mirror in front of three women. He may be demonstrating his solar art. 35mm; slide
photographer: unknown
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 135 (1-7)
Burbank Elementary Assembly
1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
These slide photos were taken at an assembly where children performed, including acting in a skit about painters. "Burbank
Elementary was a Barrio Logan school Salvador and Gloria Torres selected to create a mural on the school wall, tour the children
the Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. 1. Children in paper hats appear to be singing or reciting something. 2. A young boy
stirs a bucket of paint. A guitar neck is visible in the upper right corner. 3-5. Slide photos of Kindergarten through third
grade children dressed as trees and presents and wearing paper sarapes. "Gloria and Salvador Torres visit Burbank Elementary
School to study the school environment for the mural Salvador and Gloria Torres are to create. This slide view is a school
event where each class participates as costumed characters representing each classroom theme. Salvador and Gloria Torres create
a mural for Burbank and the mural is destroyed by graffiti. Burbank School does not assist Salvador and Gloria Torres in protecting
the mural. Salvador and Gloria Torres request that the mural be removed. See Salvador Torres collection regarding other views
of the Burbank mural work process."--Salvador Torres. 6. Kneeling kindergarten children watching a Burbank School assembly
of various classroom costumed performances. Girls wear rebozos and paper flowers in their hair. "The precious imagery of our
young children inspires Gloria and Salvador Torres continuously. Salvador and Gloria Torres would sweep the curbs of 2153
1/2 to the Chicano Park site, 2011 Logan Ave. Gloria and Salvador Torres rake and sweep around the Chicano Park and its Kiosco."--
Salvador Torres. 7. Children draw on a blacktop with colorful chalk. In the rear, a folklórico dancer or charro walks by.
Site Location: Burbank Elementary School, 2146 Julian Avenue San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 136 (1-2)
Home Mural
Undated
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
1. Slide photo of Gloria Torres in a bedroom where the wall are painted with murals. 2. Slide photo is of an artist painting
a mural on the ceiling of an unknown building. The mural depicts sharks in a marine environment. 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 137
Nacimiento Del Parque Chicano, Astrological Mural Restoration
1996
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Salvador and Gloria Torres restore Dolores Serrano's mural with Nova acrylic paints on Gesso base. The original Proline paints
had faded. Cross-reference with murals. "A view of the rear of Dolores Serrano mural, this mural is the Lowell [Perkins] School
student mural [
Bridge People] directed by Victor Ochoa. L-R: Gloria Torres, Gerlanda Striker, Mary Beth Hayes."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano
Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 138 (1-4)
Ocean Beach Mural Design
1991
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Photos depict the Torres' at work on a prototype for a mural that was never painted. "Salvador and Gloria Torres are invited
to participate in a competition for the creation of a mural for the Ocean Beach Natural Foods Market. Salvador and Gloria
Torres create a model for the mural. They finish as runners up with four other mural artists. The company decides not to go
forth on this competition. Salvador and Gloria Torres acquire experience creating a prototype model of the building considered
for the mural site."- -Salvador Torres. Site Location: Torres home/studio, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide photographer:
Gloria Torres
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 139
Young Mother Earth
February 22, 1990
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Television crew at painting of the mural. Cross-reference with murals. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 140 (1-7)
Chicano Park Cactus Garden
circa 1973-present
creator:
Garcia, Manuel
creator:
Jacquez, Raul
creator:
Lucero, Roger
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
This series of slides documents the creation and maintenance of the Chicano Park Cactus Garden. 1. This photo (ca. 1999-2000)
depicts the Chicano Park sign (made of scrap wood) behind a maguey cactus. "This is one of the first signs designating Chicano
Park. Alfonso ‘Pelon’ Johnston asks Señor Ebarra to plant maguey plants around Chicano Park off-ramp to National Ave., as
well as donating maguey plants to the border of the Chicano Park Cactus Garden, 1973-1974. The purpose is to give our park
a feeling for our culture."--Salvador Torres. 2. "This parcel of land was also part of the period of 1970 take-over of land
to create Chicano Park (See #3-173-A[temp number]). The City of San Diego refuses to recognize this parcel of land as part
of Chicano Park. Salvador Torres creates many conceptual earth pieces of nonpermanent works. The clearing of the land of tumbleweeds,
and trash leads Manuel to finally plant cactus. Salvador and Gloria Torres, Manuel and Carmen Garcia hand water these plants.
This concept art works force the City of San Diego and Caltrans to recognize the community's appreciation for its cultural
indigenous plants and herbs, to be part of our community park. This art concept becomes a success as a revolutionary tactic
in reclaiming land that the Barrio Logan Community now uses as an important cactus garden of Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres.
3. 1975 photo of a row of maguey cactus. 4. Three men maintain the 'Jardin De Los Nopalitos'. "In Conceptual Art, ideas, and
actions of ordinary and extraordinary performances have the potential of becoming practical. There continues to be a struggle
to make this site a presentable educational Cacti Garden. Today June of 2002 we still have been asking for water for this
area. The photo is showing how the City of Parks & Recreation employs welfare recipients to clean up. These folks do not have
the love or the sincere caring."--Salvador Torres. 5-7. Slide photos of nopal cacti in bloom. Site Location: Chicano Park
Catctue Garden, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 141
Nurseryland Huelga in San Diego, CA
June 1978
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
General note
Four unidentified picketers hold signs reading "UFW AFL-CIO" and "Nurseryland Unfair to Farmworkers". A picket line and the
Nurseryland building are visible in the background. "Nurseryland experienced organized picket events by the United Farm Workers
led by Cesar E. Chavez. These organized pickets succeed in changing working conditions that still need improvement typical
of all farm labor conditions."--Salvador Torres. Site Location: Nurseryland, San Diego, CA; 35mm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United Farm Workers of America.
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 142 (1-2)
Gloria Erasing Urban Corps Testing & Services Inspection Mural Corrections
1997
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
creator:
Urban Corp Testing & Services Inspection.
General note
"This pencil design is being corrected on tracing paper over a grid. Drawing on another tracing paper. Salvador and Gloria
Torres use tracing paper to see the transparent imagery to fit designs into the measured wall space. Images drawn on tracing
paper are also flexible in composing the final design."--Salvador Torres. 35mm
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 143 (1-2)
San Diego State University Culture Class
1989
creator:
Torres, Gloria
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
creator:
Villarino, Professor Jose Rios
General note
Salvador Torres, L, and Professor Villarino, next to him, explain murals and guide a tour of Chicano Park for San Diego State
University students. "San Diego State University Chicano Studies classes do not have good references or Chicano classes on
the developments or understanding of our art."-- Salvador Torres. Site Location: Chicano Park, San Diego, CA; 35mm; slide
photographer: Gloria Torres
Album 6, Slide Cat. 13 144 (1-9)
Class Field Trips to the Torres Studio and Chicano Park
Undated
creator:
Torres, Salvador Roberto
creator:
Young At Art Children.
General note
1. "Chicano Park Tour, focusing on the Chicano Park Cactus Garden entrance. Guillermo Rosete, an Aztec danzante greeting and
calling good spirits through the sounds of 'La Concha'. Guillermo Rosete who lived in Barrio Logan volunteered many times,
sharing and teaching us of the concept of 'Danza'. The Chicano Park Cactus Garden begins as a conceptual art work."--Salvador
Torres. 2. Kindergarten students from Burbank Elementary pose with Gloria Torres in front of the
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs on a Young At Art tour, January 10, 1990. 3. Children dance Azteca. 4. Guillermo Rosete, danzante and Sun Dance warrior,
(ca. 1998) dances Azteca for children on a tour of Chicano Park, the cactus garden, and the Torres home/studio. 5-6. Slide
photo from 1998 of children on a schoolbus. "This photo represents the children's joyful appreciation of Salvador and Gloria
Torres tour of Chicano Park that Salvador and Gloria Torres saw and felt at each tour's end and its good-byes."--Salvador
Torres. 7. Slide photo of Gloria Torres, dressed in paint-splattered overalls, beating a drum in the Chicano Park Cactus Garden.
8. Slide photo of children in front of the Master Plan mural on a Young At Art tour. The area before the mural is grassy.
9. Children hold hands around flagpole that flies Chicano flag surrounded by blooming plants. "At each Young At Art event
in Chicano Park Salvador and Gloria Torres had the children form a circle around the flag pole, and give the Chicano applause."--Salvador
Torres. 10. Photo from 1998. "Salvador and Gloria Torres tour students Chicano Park, cactus garden, and monumental murals.
Visit Salvador and Gloria Torres studio/gallery/workshop. Salvador and Gloria Torres provide hands on experience."--Salvador
Torres. 11. Children and a videographer pose in front of the
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs. 12. Slide photo of the Logan Avenue bus stop in front of the
Varrio Logan peacock mural. "Gloria Torres waiting for our Young At Art tour bus of children. Gloria and Salvador Torres tour Chicano
Park murals and cactus garden, and visit Gloria and Salvador Torres' studio/gallery/workshop (see Salvador Torres collection
on Young At Art.) Gloria Torres has in her hands the case that contains the flag of Aztlan. This flag was raised at each YAA
event."--Salvador Torres. 13. "Guillermo Rosete tells students [words in] Nahua (native) languages and asks the students to
repeat him. Guillermo dances and teaches the students to dance Aztec danza. Students from Pacific Beach Elementary bring paper
sacks to pick up paper trash from the Chicano Park. In all Salvador and Gloria Torres Young At Art Chicano Park tours the
students arrive in the morning and stay for lunch that they bring to picnic in Chicano Park after visiting Salvador and Gloria
Torres studio/gallery/workshop. Guillermo is one of many dancers who have dedicated their lives to the various ceremonial
dances. Guillermo Rosete and danza Azteca have participated also in Native American ceremonial dances, the dramatic "Sun Dance",
requiring piercing. The concept beginning in 1970 was brought to the Centro Cultural De La Raza, by the "Concheros". There
are now many danza groups practicing this art form. A unique study of the danza and its symbolisms, costumes, headdresses,
drums, rattles, flutes, altars, and kivas would be a tribute to our future generations' understanding of this dynamic period
we live in now. The myth "AZTLAN". The danza concept is to recapture our people's cultural awareness of our ancient history,
ceremonies, iconography, respect for all nature, harmony, love, and peace. The concept is based on the dignity of our Spanish,
Native and Mestizo Indo-Hispano heritages. This rediscovery of our ancient native nations has inspired creative cultural growth
in all our Chicano communities. Our cultural awareness in painting, drawing, printmaking, murals, writing, poetry, music and
theater. Our arts have served the Chicano Movement politically toward the inclusion of our people in all levels of responsibility
in community, city, state, and national and international decision making that affects our humanity. Negations of our culture
have inspired revolutionary survival tactics of capturing land, buildings, and the establishing of new educational institutions."--Salvador
Torres. 14. Children on a Young At Art tour hold hands around the kiva in Chicano Park. Salvador Torres holds an herb to the
nose of a girl so she can smell it. 15. Guillermo Rosete molds clay with children during a 1988 workshop at the Torres home.
16. A Kindergarten student from Burbank Elementary School holds a puppet. January 22, 1990. 17. Slide photo of children crossing
the street in front of the
Kelco Historical Community Mural. 18. Seven middle school students work on portable mural at the Torres home/studio/gallery on a 1989 YAA tour. 19. Children
from Pacific Beach Elementary pick up trash around the mural of Che Guevara, 1989. "This group of enthusiastic teachers and
each student brought a large paper sack to pick up trash papers. Many of the children made little flower hats. Salvador and
Gloria Torres felt like we were among little walking flowers full of joy to be in Chicano Park."--Salvador Torres. 20. A child
paints a portable mural on a Young At Art tour of the Torres home/studio. 21-23. Children put on puppet show as part of a
Young At Art workshop. 24. Children from Wilson Middle School put on a puppet show at the Torres home as part of a January
26, 1990 Young At Art tour of Chicano Park. "The puppet theater was received very well by the children, providing humor, imagination,
and creative responses. This was one of the first activities Gloria and Salvador Torres offered the children upon their visit
to their home. This sets the tempo for their visit. Clay, portable mural, plaster of Paris, pendulum painting, visit to Gloria
and Salvador Torres gallery, and tour of Gloria and Salvador Torres mural workshop. Then return to Chicano Park, got activities
on the kiosco, play equipment and lunch on the lawns, return to school. Itinerary, 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM with lunch at 11:30
to 12:30."-- Salvador Torres. 25. Slide photo of Salvador Torres holding a wineglass in one hand and a hand puppet in the
other. A stage for puppetry is behind him. 26. Slide photo is of puppets and a stage for puppetry. 27. These students were
taken on a tour of Chicano Park, its gardens, monumental murals, and Salvador and Gloria Torres' studio/gallery/workshop on
January 26, 1990. Gloria Torres is far left with sun hat. "The
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs center figure is Cesar E. Chavez. On his right side are many Mexican and Mexican Americans political and revolutionary characters.
On his left side are many artists important to our Chicano Movement art history. Each figure has a unique history alone."--Salvador
Torres. 28. Some students pause to pose for the camera in a circular procession around the kiva. "Students leaving the Chicano
Park kiva. The students from middle school-level are silhouettes in front of I-5 freeway that passes Chicano Park. The kiva
is where Salvador Torres speaks to students on the concepts and teachings of our native medicine men talks and ceremonial
activities held in this kiva. The kiva is a circular earthworks representing the holy ring of the earth. An homage to Mother
Earth. Drumming, danza, flute, and rattle ceremonies have accompanied the smoking of the peace pipe by our Native medicine
men, weddings, baptisms, and death eulogies are some of its activities."--Salvador Torres. 29. Students mold clay at the Torres
home/studio. 30. Slide photo of Salvador Torres conducting a children's tour of the Chicano Park cactus garden. 31. Two elementary-aged
students form figures from clay as part of a 1988 Young At Art tour of Chicano Park and the Torres residence. "For more info
see Salvador Torres collection of YAA program."--Salvador Torres. 32. "Salvador and Gloria Torres are selected by the Museum
of Art, Balboa Park, to teach children and parents an art project. Salvador and Gloria Torres, select potato printing and
clay, since this is a one-day event. The Muriel Gluck Foundation awards some 2 million dollars to the San Diego Unified City
Schools, and 1.2M to the Museum of Art for the years 1988- 1999. Several artists live and work; present creative projects
in the visual and performing arts as a contribution by the Gluck Foundation. Salvador and Gloria Torres organize tours to
Chicano Park and hands on art and performing arts at their near by Studio/Gallery/Workshop."--Salvador Torres. 33. Children
on a Young At Art tour of Chicano Park, the cactus garden, and the Torres home/studio pose in front of the
Wall of Heroes and Martyrs. 34-5. Children paint as part of a YAA tour/workshop, here at the Torres home/studio. 36-37. Children in Chicano Park. 38.
A school bus arrives at or departs from Chicano Park. 39. A young girl holds up her achievement: a clay sculpture. 40. Children
and puppets. 41. Slide photo of a 1988 Chicano Park tour. Salvador Torres gives a lecture on
The Homage to the Young Mother & Father. 42. Salvador Torres lectures through a megaphone as he holds out a vegetable sprig to students circled about the kiva in
Chicano Park. 43. Children paint at the Torres home 2322 1/2 Logan Avenue San Diego, California. "This portion of our YAA
program allowed students to create a portable paper mural [tempera water paints] of their own theme. Ceramic clay pieces,
small painted plaster necklace molds are taken home. This is hands-on and take home pieces help Gloria and Salvador Torres
in reinforcing a personal experience to remember their Chicano Park Tour."--Salvador Torres. 44. Three unidentified youths
enjoy puppets. "Puppet theater. Salvador and Gloria Torres make a puppet theater & puppets are made by Salvador Torres and
San Diego State University student art teachers. The students are challenged to spontaneously create a puppet show. The children
respond with funny skits making everyone laugh. Gloria and Salvador Torres made seven puppet costumes, and theater with silk
blue curtains. The students enjoyed hiding and play acting as puppet characters. This activity stimulated their imaginations
and sparked humor in the children's visit to Chicano Park and Gloria and Salvador Torres studio home and reinforcing Salvador
and Gloria Torres YAA goals. Art production, creativity and imagination."--Salvador Torres. 45. Photo from 1989. "Salvador
and Gloria Torres create paper portable mural and ceramic projects with the elementary school children to develop the appreciation
for mural art and to create a sense of collective conscience awareness of mural art and its processes. The main emphasis in
the ceramics projects is the use of their motor skills of their hands, over the issues of making ceramic art as an end in
its self."-- Salvador Torres. 46. Slide photo of children and their chaperones disembarking from school buses. 47. 222 223
Slide photo of 75-100 students at the Chicano Park kiosco as part of the Young At Art program, directed by Salvador and Gloria
Torres. Approximately 4000 students from 35 San Diego schools (colleges and universities excluded) participated in tours of
Chicano Park, murals, play equipment, tours of the Torres' home/gallery/workshop, puppetry, ceramics, mold painting, portable
paper murals, lectures on murals and gallery works, lunch, cactus garden etc. "This program was developed by Salvador and
Gloria Torres to bring students to Chicano Park to teach them about the history of the murals and their symbolism. The meaning
of our cactus garden. The raising of the flag of Aztlan. A visit to our studio home/gallery/workshop to show students how
we as artists live. The program assisted in changing the image "stereotyped as a 'bad place'". Teach students about monumental
mural art."--Salvador Torres. 48. Gloria Torres makes a silly face behind two young women posing for a photo at the Chicano
Park kiosco during a 1988 Young At Art activity. 49. Two children on a 1988 Young At Art tour of Chicano Park. Site Location:
Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA; 35mm