Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Juan R. Fuentes papers
- Dates:
- 1973-2011
- Creators:
- Fuentes, Juan, 1950-
- Abstract:
- Posters and linocuts created by Juan R. Fuentes, a San Francisco-based Chicano printmaker, teacher, and activist.
- Extent:
- 3.5 Linear Feet (1 document box, 140 posters)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Juan R. Fuentes Papers, CEMA 127, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains approximately 140 posters by Juan R. Fuentes that cover a wide variety of worldwide and local political and cultural events from 1973 to 2010. Also included are flyers and announcements for Fuentes' exhibitions and related events.
- Biographical / historical:
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Juan Renteria Fuentes (1950- ) was born in Artesia, New Mexico and raised in farm labor camps in Las Lomas, California. Fuentes grew up working in the fields with his parents and siblings and attending school in nearby Watsonville, California. Upon graduation from Watsonville High in 1969, he was recruited by the Educational Opportunity Program to attend San Francisco State University (SFSU).
Arriving at SFSU at the tail end of the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strike, amidst Vietnam War campus protests, and alongside Blank Panthers and United Farm Workers' union members, Fuentes studied art under Ralph Putzker, Rupert Garcia, and Malaquias Montoya. Inspired by his mentors and the social activism happening around him, Fuentes picked up poster-making in an effort to connect communities and movements. Over the next fifty years, Fuentes devoted his work to the advancement of community issues and social justice in addition to exploring the human condition. He utilizes numerous styles and techniques in his works, including linocut, silkscreen, lithography, and offset prints. Most known for his posters and prints, Fuentes also creates mixed media art pieces, pastel drawings, and tiled murals.
In addition to working as an exhibiting artist, Fuentes has taught art at City College San Francisco's Mission Campus, at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, in San Francisco County jails, and was a visiting faculty member in the San Francisco Art Institute's print department. In the 1990s, Fuentes also served as the director of Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA).
After serving ten years as the Executive Director of MCCLA, Fuentes founded the printmaking studio Pajaro Editions in 2007 as a part of Consejo Grafico Nacional, a collective of Chicano/Latino print studios. He continues to mentor emerging artists as a founding member and curatorial advisor for Art 94124 Gallery, and through community workshops with local youth and adults.
- Acquisition information:
- Gifts of Juan R. Fuentes, 2011-2022.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Mexican American artists -- California
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-07 16:39:24 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Juan R. Fuentes Papers, CEMA 127, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062