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Finding Aid for the CARA: Chicano Arts: Resistance and
Affirmation Papers 1985 - 1994
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Title: CARA: Chicano Arts: Resistance and Affirmation
Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1985 -
1994
Collection number: 10
Creator: The Wight Gallery
at UCLA 1985-1994
Extent:
50 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: CARA was a travelling exhibition of Chicano
art curated by the Wight Gallery at UCLA. It was a showcase of 140 works
of art produced between 1964 - 1985 by 90 artists. This collection of
CARA's papers contains: correspondence between the Wight and the various
artists or their representatives; correspondence between the Wight and
exhibiting museums across the United States and internationally;
curatorial materials: slides, black and white photos and photocopies of
works; papers and curatorial material for the Silkscreen Taller;
manuscripts of essays for the CARA catalogue; development materials,
grant proposals for the NEH and corporate sponsors; bills, receipts and
other forms of documentation related to staging a travelling art
exhibition.
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Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu
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Physical location: Material is stored off site at UCLA's
Southern Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
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 archivist at
archivist@chicano.ucla.edu or the librarian at yretter@chicano.ucla.edu
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.
[Identification of item], CARA: Chicano Arts: Resistance and
Affirmation Papers, 10, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Donated by the Wight Gallery to the CSRC at UCLA in 2003. Deed of
gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
CARA was a travelling exhibition of Chicano art curated by the Wight
Gallery at UCLA. It was a showcase of 140 works of art produced between
1964 - 1985 by 90 artists. This collection of CARA's papers contains:
correspondence between the Wight and the various artists or their
representatives; correspondence between the Wight and exhibiting museums
across the United States and internationally; curatorial materials:
slides, black and white photos and photocopies of works; papers and
curatorial material for the Silkscreen Taller; manuscripts of essays for
the CARA catalogue; development materials, grant proposals for the NEH
and corporate sponsors; bills, receipts and other forms of documentation
related to staging a travelling art exhibition.
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Correspondence / Supporting material / Contracts
- Series 2. Curatorial Materials
- Series 3. Exhibition Materials
- Series 4. Photos / Slides / Reproduced images
- Series 5. Catalog materials / Manuscripts
- Series 6. Grant materials / Fund raising
- Series 7. Administrative papers
- Series 8. Clippings / Press materials
- Series 9. Artist's materials / Resumes
- Series 10. Rejection letters
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
CARA
Chicano Arts
Hammer Museum
Wight Gallery