Barbara Carrasco slide collection, 22 April 1977

Summary

Abstract:

Barbara Carrasco is a Chicana artist and activist from Los Angeles, California. Her work critiques cultural stereotypes involving socioeconomics, race, gender and sexuality. Although Carrasco's works are mostly large scale, she is as equally comfortable as an artist in creating small-scale works.

Extent:

0.0209 linear feet (One half-size document box)

Language:

and The collection is in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Barbara Carrasco slide collection, CEMA 166. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The half-sized document box includes 71 slides of Barbara Carrasco's artworks, gallery visits, portraits, and murals.

Biographical / historical:

Barbara Carrasco, born 1955, is a muralist and painter based in Los Angeles California. Her work focuses on social commentary and has been important in the development of Chicano art, and U.S. political and public art. She has created many works that have been exhibited internationally.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Barbara Carrasco on April 22, 1977.

Processing information:

Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Leonardo Vargas, 2015.

Physical location:

Del Norte

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Researchers may also wish to consult The Barbara Carrasco Papers, for her collection housed at Stanford University, containing materials such as correspondence, teaching files, project files, and artifacts pertaining to her art career and political involvement.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Chicana art
Chicanas

Names:

Carrasco, Barbara, 1955-

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Barbara Carrasco slide collection, CEMA 166. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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