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Finding Aid for the Paulina Sahagun's TENAZ (Teatros
Nacionales de Aztlan) and CARA (Chicano Arts: Resistance and
Affirmation) Collection 1974 - 1998
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Title: Paulina Sahagun's TENAZ (Teatros Nacionales de
Aztlan) and CARA (Chicano Arts: Resistance and Affirmation)
Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1974 - 1998
Collection number: 15
Creator: Sahagun, Paulina
[1950 - 2005]
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: TENAZ is the acronym for Teatros Nacionales
de Aztlan (National Theater of Aztlan).
Beginning as a support group for regional Chicano / Latino theater groups it evoloved into an international festival of Chicano / Latino theater: first yearly, then as a binnial. It has been a major supporter of major talents within the communitry as well as promoting new artists, dancers, actors, writers and directors.
CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation)was a travelling exhibition of Chicano art as 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 consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's personal collection of Latin American and Chicano theater papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ and CARA: periodicals and related papers; theater publications and magazines from Mexico and Colombia.
To Facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted.
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
Beginning as a support group for regional Chicano / Latino theater groups it evoloved into an international festival of Chicano / Latino theater: first yearly, then as a binnial. It has been a major supporter of major talents within the communitry as well as promoting new artists, dancers, actors, writers and directors.
CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation)was a travelling exhibition of Chicano art as 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 consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's personal collection of Latin American and Chicano theater papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ and CARA: periodicals and related papers; theater publications and magazines from Mexico and Colombia.
To Facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted.
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
Physical location: Items are stored off site at the
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 CSRC at
http://www.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], Paulina Sahagun's TENAZ (Teatros Nacionales
de Aztlan) and CARA (Chicano Arts: Resistance and Affirmation)
Collection, 15, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Collection donated by Paulina Sahagun to the Chicano Studies Research
Center. Deed of gift on file at the Chicano Studies Research Center
Archives office.
Paulina Sahagun has performed on both sides of the Mexico / U.S.
Border. She began her theatrical career as a member of the Mexican
Theater Company: Los Mascarones and was a founding member of Grupo
Cultural Zero. With these companies she toured extensively throughout
Mexico and the U.S. performing original theatrical works. Her credits
with El Teatro Campesino and Luis Valdez include the play "La Pastorela"
and the PBS Special "El Popol Vuh." Sahagun has worked with TENAZ
(Teatro Nacional de Aztlan), The Inner City Cultural Center, Plaza de La
Raza, UCLA Mexican Art Series, the 1990 Los Angeles Theater Festival and
the travelling exhibit CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation)
originating at UCLA's the Wight Art Gallery. She co-directed the Young
Conservatory, a training program for young actors and was a Drama
Instructor at Inner City Arts.
Sahagun is a graduate of the Del Arte School of Physical Theater and
recently completed her master's degree in the World Arts and Cultures
program at UCLA. She is currently teaching at UCLA.
This collection of approx. 2 linear feet of papers, flyers, posters
and newspaper clippings related to the work and experiences of Paulina
Sahagun in her work at Teatros Nacionales de Aztlan (TENAZ) and for the
CARA travelling exhibit.
Beginning as a support group for regional Chicano / Latino theater groups it evoloved into an international festival of Chicano / Latino theater: first yearly, then as a binnial. It has been a major supporter of major talents within the communitry as well as promoting new artists, dancers, actors, writers and directors.
CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation)was a travelling exhibition of Chicano art as 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 consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's personal collection of Latin American and Chicano theater papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ and CARA: periodicals and related papers; theater publications and magazines from Mexico and Colombia.
To Facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
Beginning as a support group for regional Chicano / Latino theater groups it evoloved into an international festival of Chicano / Latino theater: first yearly, then as a binnial. It has been a major supporter of major talents within the communitry as well as promoting new artists, dancers, actors, writers and directors.
CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation)was a travelling exhibition of Chicano art as 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 consists of the dramatist and dramaturge Paulina Sahagun's personal collection of Latin American and Chicano theater papers, specifically the papers of TENAZ and CARA: periodicals and related papers; theater publications and magazines from Mexico and Colombia.
To Facilitate the use of all types of web browsers, accents have been omitted.
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 following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
CARA
Chicano Theater
Teatros Nacionales de Aztlan
TENAZ