Description
This collection of papers consists mainly of
printed material, photos and photocopied journal articles pertaining to
the work of photographer Laura Aguilar. Included are images of her work
with Latinas in Los Angeles and Mexico.
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Background
Laura Aguilar was born in 1959 in San Gabriel, California. Aguilar
attended the photography program at East Los Angeles Community College
and continued her studies with The Friends of Photography Workshop and
Santa Fe Photographic Workshop. Her work has been exhibited at the
Venice Biennial, Italy; the Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery, the
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles Photography
Center,Women's Center Gallery at the University of California in Santa
Barbara, Self Help Graphics, all in CA; and the University of Illinois
in Chicago, IL. She was an Artist in Residence at Light Works in
Syracuse, NY in 1993; received a Brody Grant from the California
Community Foundation in 1992; received an Artist in Residence grant from
the California Arts Council through the Gay and Lesbian Community
Services Center of Los Angeles in 1991/92; and an Artist's Project Grant
from LACE in that same year. [This biography is from the website
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Corinne/Aguilarbio.htm]
Restrictions
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
Availability
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it,please contact the CSRC at
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/