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Oral history interview with Sylvia Orozco

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, 1896-1974  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  Search this
Curators -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Chicano artists  Search this
Chicano artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.orozco04
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw995bf7858-7160-4b56-9bde-5be575c8cf47
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-orozco04
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Oral history interview with Sylvia Orozco, 2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2

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
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Sylvia Orozco, 2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mexican American artists  Search this
Curators -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Chicano artists  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Women  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
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