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Interviewee:

Mijangos, Alberto, 1925-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Casas, Mel, 1929-2014  Search this

Gamboa, Raul  Search this

Goitia, Francisco, 1882-1960  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Sanchez, Gabriel  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Tamayo, Olga  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-  Search this

Extent:

65 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 Dec. 5-12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Alberto Mijangos conducted 2003 Dec. 5- 12, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in San Antonio, Tex.

Mijangos speaks of his family background, early childhood memories and early art education at San Carlos Academy of Art; the Air Force in Mexico; Los Tres Grandes, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros; coming to the United States; painting bull fighters; leaving Texas for Chicago; favorite paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago; moving to San Antonio; suspicion of being a communist; becoming a Mexican diplomat; working with Mel Casas who led Mijangos to abstraction; Con Safo; difficulty in achieving respect from Americans; moving to Oaxaca, working there and trying to fit in; returning to San Antonio, changing his lifestyle; changing inspiration, Mark Rothko and Mijangos new use for color; tee-shirt paintings; his relationship with galleries; the artistic community of San Antonio; his use of numbers and fabric in his paintings; interest and use of photography in his artwork. Mijangos also recalls Raul Gamboa, Rufino and Olga Tamayo, Gabriel Sanchez, Francisco Goitia and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Alberto Mijangos (1925-2007) was an artist from San Antonio, Tex. Cary Cordova (1970- ) is an art historian from Austin, Tex.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 48 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Painters -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American art -- Texas  Search this

Painting -- Technique  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.mijang03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mijang03

Interviewee:

Briseño, Rolando, 1952-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Amado, Jesse, 1951-  Search this

Barraza, Santa  Search this

De Syzslo, Fernando  Search this

Del Viller, Melita  Search this

Kanjo, Kathryn  Search this

Mazuca, Roland  Search this

Mondini-Ruiz, Franco, 1961-  Search this

Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-  Search this

Pace, Linda  Search this

Ramirez, Chuck  Search this

Von Honts, Jackie  Search this

Extent:

73 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 March 16-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Rolando Briseño conducted 2004 March 16 and 26, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in San Antonio, Texas.

Briseño speaks of his family background; as a child going to Mexico during the summer; growing up in San Antonio; visiting the Witte Museum, taking art classes there; Jackie von Honts, a special tutor of Briseño; scholarship to Cooper Union in New York; Catholicism; Melita del Villar and realizing "Christian mythology"; exchange program with University of Texas, Austin and La Pontifica Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, Peru; calling himself Chicano; passion for food; traveling around Europe; politics and its influence; coming to terms with his sexuality; graduate school at Columbia University; interest in boxing; involvement in Con Safo; working on a computer as opposed to painting; and the Historic and Design Review Commission of San Antonio. Briseño also recalls Roland Mazuca, Fernando de Syzslo, Santa Barraza, Sylvia Orozco, Kathryn Kanjo, Linda Pace, Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Rolando Briseño (1952-) is an artist from San Antonio, Texas. Cary Cordova (1970-) is an art historian from Austin, Texas.

General:

Due to technical problems the interview was recorded on both compact disc and mini disc.

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs and 2 compact discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 26 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Painters -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Catholicism  Search this

Gay artists -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Computer Art  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.brisen04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-brisen04

Interviewee:

Barraza, Santa  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Bailey, Ben  Search this

Bustamante, Jorge  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985  Search this

Delgado, Viola  Search this

Dodson, Nora Gonzales  Search this

Juarez, Isabel  Search this

King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944-  Search this

Lomas Garza, Carmen  Search this

Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-  Search this

Peña, Amado Maurilio, 1943-  Search this

Quirarte, Jacinto, 1931-2012  Search this

Reyna, Israel  Search this

Ringgold, Faith  Search this

Schmidt, Maurice  Search this

Starpattern, Rita  Search this

Tibol, Raquel  Search this

Trevino, Barbina Modesta  Search this

Vargas, Kathy  Search this

Wilson, Liliana, 1953-  Search this

Extent:

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 November 21-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Santa Barraza conducted 2003 November 21-22, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in Kingsville, Texas.

Barraza speaks of her childhood, family and early education; picking cotton in the summer; the University of Texas, Kingsville; meeting Carmen Lomas Garza and learning graphic design; her daughter Andrea; involvement with Mayo, a Mexican-American Youth Organization; Austin, Tex. and the differences between UT Kingsville and UT Austin; and Acuña Rodolfo's book, "Occupied America: the Chicano's Struggle Toward Liberation," 1972. Barraza also discusses Jacinto Quirarte and the first formal art history class on Mexican-American art; the formation of MAS, Mujeres Artistas del Suroeste; the Conferencia del Plástica Chicana, held September 13-16, 1979 in Austin, Texas; Con Safo; use of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in her artwork; stories of witchcraft; La Llorona; MACLA, the Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, founded in 1989 in San Jose, California; teaching at Pennsylvania State University; her studio space in Kingsville, Texas; the distinction between Chicana and Latina; the visual artists Faith Ringgold and Leslie King Hammond whom Barraza admires; her travels to Oaxaca and other places; her book, "Santa Barraza, Artist of the Borderlands," 2001. Barraza also recalls Ben Bailey, Maurice Schmidt, José Rivera, Amado Peña, Israel Reyna, Sylvia Orozco, Barbina Modesta Treviño, Nora González Dodson, Rita Starpattern, Raquel Tibol, Jorge Bustamante, Liliana Wilson, Isabel Juárez, Viola Delgado, Kathy Vargas, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Santa Barraza (1951-) is an artist from Kingsville, Texas. Cary Cordova (1970-) is an art historian from Austin, Texas.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American art -- Texas  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.barraz03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-barraz03

Interviewee:

Mijangos, Alberto, 1925-2007  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Subject:

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Tamayo, Olga  Search this

Goitia, Francisco  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Casas, Mel  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Gamboa, Raul  Search this

Sanchez, Gabriel  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Painters -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American art -- Texas  Search this

Painting -- Technique  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12561

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)246985

AAA_collcode_mijang03

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_246985

Interviewee:

Briseño, Rolando, 1952-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Subject:

Orozco, Sylvia  Search this

Barraza, Santa  Search this

Amado, Jesse  Search this

Mondini-Ruiz, Franco  Search this

Ramirez, Chuck  Search this

Pace, Linda  Search this

Kanjo, Kathryn  Search this

Von Honts, Jackie  Search this

Del Viller, Melita  Search this

Mazuca, Roland  Search this

De Syzslo, Fernando  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Painters -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Catholicism  Search this

Gay artists -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Computer Art  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12193

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247313

AAA_collcode_brisen04

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_247313

Interviewee:

Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

League of United Chicano Artists  Search this

Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Alvarez Bravo, Manuel, 1902-  Search this

Barraza, Santa  Search this

Cardenas, Gilberto  Search this

Coronado, Sam  Search this

Dodson, Nora Gonzales  Search this

Fearing, Kelly  Search this

Frary, Michael, 1918-  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Pace, Linda  Search this

Pulido, Piu  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Starpattern, Rita  Search this

Trevino, Barbina Modesta  Search this

Extent:

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Sylvia Orozco conducted 2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in Mexic-Arte Gallery, Austin, Tex.

Orozco speaks of her family history, having the best drawing in second grade, the earliest recollection of being an artist; Camp Fire Girls; painting for high school pep squad and protest signs; growing up in Cuero, Tex.; integration in high school; Texas A and I; the Raza Unida movement; University of Texas; the Conferencia del Plastica Chicana, held September 13-16, 1979 in Austin, Tex.; MECha, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan; the effect of her work as a curator on her ability to do her own artwork; CONACYT, National Council of Arts and Technology; her passion for Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros; meeting Pio Pulido; LUChA, the League of United Chicano Artists; organizing an exhibition on Manuel Alvarez Bravo at the Texas Memorial Museum; the beginnings of Mexic-Arte Gallery; the group Women and Their Work; the installation "Counter Colon-ialismo"; alternative spaces and museums; and future plans for Mexic-Arte Gallery. Orozco also recalls Santa Barraza, Kelly Fearing, Mike Frary, Sam Coronado, Barbina Modesta Treviño, Nora Gonzalez-Dodson, Linda Pace, Rita Starpattern, Gilbert Cardenas, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Sylvia Orozco (1954- ) is an artist from Austin, Tex. Cary Cordova (1970-) is an art historian from Austin, Tex.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 55 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Museum directors -- Texas  Search this

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Curators -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.orozco04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-orozco04

Interviewee:

Sanchez, Graciela I.  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Anzaldúa, Gloria  Search this

Calvo, Luz María  Search this

Diaz, Eduardo  Search this

Guerra, Susan  Search this

Kasterly, Amy  Search this

Lorde, Audre.  Search this

Mondini-Ruiz, Franco, 1961-  Search this

Moraga, Cherríe  Search this

Perez, Cynthia  Search this

Vaughn, Genevieve  Search this

Wilson, Liliana, 1953-  Search this

Extent:

91 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 June 25-July 2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Graciela Sanchez conducted 2004 June 25-July 2, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in San Antonio, Tex.

Sánchez speaks of her family background, her family's move to Chicago, return to San Antonio, and cultural traditions; San Antonio's Chili Queens; activism in the community; high school, attending Yale University; MEChA; Gloria Anzaldúa and This Bridge Called My Back; working for the Southwest Voter Registration Project; MALDEF, Mexican American Legal Defense; the foundation of Esperanza Peace and Justice Center with Susan Guerra and others; going to Cuba to study film; the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center; the values of being "buena gente," "good people"; Ellas, a Latina lesbian organization; working with Amy Kastely, lawyer; Mujer Artes; her film "No Porque lo Diga Fidel Castro"; working for AIDS prevention/education; the newsletter "The Interchange" which became "La Voz de Esperanza"; Stonehaven Ranch, a retreat location; the film screenings "Other America"; the complete de-funding of Esperanza in 1997 and the four year litigation with the city of San Antonio; trying to save the building La Gloria and other endeavors taken on by the Esperanza; the Cuentos Project and recent events sponsored by the Esperanza. Sánchez also recalls Audre Lorde, Luz Calvo, Eduardo Diaz, Liliana Wilson Grez, Cherríe Moraga, Cynthia Perez, Genevieve Vaughn, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Graciela Sanchez (1960- ) is an arts activist and the executive director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Tex. Cary Cordova (1970- ) is an art historian from Austin, Tex.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Duration is 5 hr., 30 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Gay artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.sanche04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sanche04

Interviewee:

Orozco, Syliva, 1954-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Subject:

Alvarez Bravo, Manuel  Search this

Barraza, Santa  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Trevino, Barbina Modesta  Search this

Dodson, Nora Gonzales  Search this

Starpattern, Rita  Search this

Pace, Linda  Search this

Cardenas, Gilberto  Search this

Fearing, Kelly  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Frary, Michael  Search this

Pulido, Piu  Search this

Coronado, Sam  Search this

League of United Chicano Artists  Search this

Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Curators -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11950

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247226

AAA_collcode_orozco04

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_247226

Interviewee:

Barraza, Santa Contreras  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Subject:

Peña, Amado Maurilio  Search this

Orozco, Sylvia  Search this

Wilson, Liliana  Search this

King-Hammond, Leslie  Search this

Tibol, Raquel  Search this

Lomas Garza, Carmen  Search this

Vargas, Kathy  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz  Search this

Ringgold, Faith  Search this

Quirarte, Jacinto  Search this

Bailey, Ben  Search this

Schmidt, Maurice  Search this

Reyna, Israel  Search this

Trevino, Barbina Modesta  Search this

Dodson, Nora Gonzales  Search this

Starpattern, Rita  Search this

Bustamante, Jorge  Search this

Juarez, Isabel  Search this

Delgado, Viola  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American art -- Texas  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13254

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)246712

AAA_collcode_barraz03

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_246712

Interviewee:

Sanchez, Graciela I., 1960-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Subject:

Wilson, Liliana  Search this

Mondini-Ruiz, Franco  Search this

Anzaldúa, Gloria  Search this

Lorde, Audre.  Search this

Calvo, Luz María  Search this

Moraga, Cherríe  Search this

Guerra, Susan  Search this

Kasterly, Amy  Search this

Diaz, Eduardo  Search this

Perez, Cynthia  Search this

Vaughn, Genevieve  Search this

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center  Search this

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Mexican American artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Gay artists -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Hispanic American women artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12971

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)249047

AAA_collcode_sanche04

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_249047