People

People in the archive

Artists, writers and printers named in the archive.

Centro de Arte Público

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Carlos Almaraz

Painter · Centro de Arte Público

1941–1989

Painter and a founding figure of Centro de Arte Público. Bejarano assisted him on the fifty-foot City Scape mural on Floral Drive in East Los Angeles in 1980. The archive holds four works by Almaraz and a letter he wrote to Bejarano.

Barbara Carrasco

Painter, muralist · Centro de Arte Público

Painter and muralist associated with Centro de Arte Público and with the United Farm Workers.

Judithe Hernández

Painter, muralist · Centro de Arte Público

Painter and muralist, and the only woman member of the collective Los Four.

Roberto Gil de Montes

Painter · Centro de Arte Público

Painter associated with Centro de Arte Público.

No material catalogued yet.

George Yepes

Painter, muralist · Centro de Arte Público

Painter and muralist associated with Centro de Arte Público.

No material catalogued yet.

Victor Manuel Valle

Writer, editor · Centro de Arte Público

Writer and editor associated with Centro de Arte Público and ChismeArte.

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Artists in the collection

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Gilbert “Magu” Luján

Painter, sculptor · Los Four

Named on the Centro de Arte Público page as an associate of the collective.

No material catalogued yet.

Linda Vallejo

Painter, sculptor

Painter and sculptor; her Galería Las Américas hosted Bejarano in the 1995 group show Sol de Verano. Deity, 1979, is in the collection.

In the archive1

René Yañez

Artist, curator

1942–2021

Artist and curator, a central figure in the Bay Area Día de los Muertos tradition. One work in the collection.

Ángel Bracho “Huicho”

Printmaker · Taller de Gráfica Popular

1911–2005

Printmaker of the Taller de Gráfica Popular. One work in the collection.

No material catalogued yet.

Octavio Romano

Publisher · Quinto Sol Publications

1923–2005

Anthropologist and publisher of Quinto Sol, the press that launched much of early Chicano literature. He wrote a poem in response to Bejarano’s Woman by the Stream.

No material catalogued yet.

Organisations

  • Centro de Arte Público

    1977–1979

    Highland Park, Los Angeles

  • Méchicano Art Center

    1969–1978

    East Los Angeles

  • Self-Help Graphics & Art

    1970–

    East Los Angeles

  • El Concilio de Arte Popular

    1970s

    California

  • ChismeArte

    1976–1980s

    Los Angeles

  • Royal Chicano Air Force

    1970–

    Sacramento

  • Hecho en Aztlán (Aztlán Multiples)

    1970s

    Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Latino Writers Workshop

    1979–1980

    Los Angeles

  • Taller de Gráfica Popular

    1937–

    Mexico City

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