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Centro de Arte Público was an American arts organization and collective founded in 1977 and closed in 1979 in Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S..


History

It was founded by
Carlos Almaraz Carlos D. Almaraz (October 5, 1941 – December 11, 1989) was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. Early life and education Almaraz was born on October 5, 1941, in Mexico City, Mexico to parents Roe and Rudolph Alm ...
of
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, Guillermo Bejarano, and Richard Duardo. Almaraz and Bejarano were painters, and Duardo had worked as a printmaker at
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; all three had a connect to the neighborhood. Some sources also named Leo Limón as a forth founder. The organization focused on the creation of artwork centered on the theme of Los Angeles street scenes and work by Chicano/Chicana youth. They fused Chicano consciousness,
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teachings, and a silkscreen printing business. In the 1970s, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz,
Barbara Carrasco Barbara Carrasco (born 1955) is a Chicana artist and activist who lives and works in Los Angeles. She is considered to be a "radical feminist" whose work critiques dominant cultural stereotypes involving socioeconomics, race, gender and sexualit ...
, and
Judithe Hernández Judithe Hernández (born 1948) is an American artist and educator, she is known as a muralist, pastel artist, and painter. She a pioneer of the Chicano art movement and a former member of the art collective Los Four. She is based in Los Angeles ...
actively had been part of Centro de Arte Público. The Centro de Arte Público is one of three local arts organizations that made up the Chicano Arts Collective, including the Mechicano Art Center and Corazon Productions. After the organization moved in 1978/1979, the space was transformed into Aztlán Multiples, a printshop; and The Vex, a Chicano punk club. The former building was declared a
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria. History The Historic-Cult ...
(#1233) on August 24, 2021.


See also

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Chicano art movement The Chicano Art Movement represents groundbreaking movements by Mexican-American artists to establish a unique artistic identity in the United States. Much of the art and the artists creating Chicano Art were heavily influenced by Chicano Movement ( ...
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List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides of the city of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. There are more than 140 Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments (LAHCM) in this area. It includ ...


References

{{Authority control Artist-run centres Mexican-American culture in Los Angeles American artist groups and collectives Arts organizations established in 1977 Arts organizations based in California Chicano art Mexican-American organizations