Introduction to Chicana Art and ArtistsThe
premise of this class is that Chicana artists have developed a unique
experience in creation of their identities as artists and Chicanas that
has yet to be defined separately from the experience of Chicano Artist.
Is there a common character to the Chicana artist who has defied the
multiple circumstances of gender-defined roles in Latino families? Is
there cultural resistance to women as progenitors of culture? How does
the role of artist conflict with duties and responsibilities as
mothers, daughters, relationship partners and how have our leading
Chicana artists reconciled these issues to become recognized? Are there
common characteristics among these women and have they common elements
evident in their aesthetics? This class presents nationally recognized
women in a series of lectures by the artists. The class will
participate in interviews conducted at the conclusion of talks with the
artists. Presentations will be documented and archived for future use
as a teaching resource at the Cesar Chavez Center.
Course Documents
List of Chicana Artists
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Course Reader For Chicana Art and Artists
WEEK ONE READINGS:
Judy Baca: Our People are the Internal Exiles by Diane Neumaier
Other Visions, Other Voices: Chapter 1
Other Visions, Other Voices: Chapter. 5 by Paul Van Blum
Raising Community Consciousness with Public Art: The Guadalupe Mural Project by Erika Doss
CARA:
Chicano Art Resistance and Affirmation: El Mundo Femenino: Chicana
Artists of the Movement-A Commentary on Development and Production by
Amalia Mesa-Bains
WEEK TWO (10/7) : CHICANA IDENTITIES READINGS:
Borderlands/La Frontera, chapters 1-7 by Gloria Anzaldua (In Progress)
WEEK THREE (10/14): WHO'S TELLING THIS STORY ANYWAY? READINGS:
Off the Reservation, by Paula Gunn Allen (In Progress)
Art Official Histories by Chon Noriega
Speaking Secrets Living Chicana Theory by Deena J. Gonzalez
ASSIGNMENT: Research work of Ester Hernandez
WEEK FOUR (10/21) - ARTISTAS MALINCHISTAS READINGS:
And Yes... The Earth Did Part: On The Splitting of Chicana/o Subjectivity by Angie Chabram Dernersesian
Reader: Toward a Re-Vision of Chicana/o Theater History: The Roles of Women in El Teatro Campesino by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez
Out of the House, The Halo And The Whores Mask: The Mirror of Malinchismo by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
ASSIGNMENT: Research work of Linda Vallejo
WEEK FIVE (10/28)- THE ARTISTS VOICE READINGS:
Art on My Mind: Visual Politics, by Bell Hooks:
The Poetics of Soul: Art for Everyone
Talking Art with Alison Saar
Diasporic Landscapes of Longing
Talking Art with Carrie Mae Weems
Asthetic Interventions
Straighten Up and Fly Right: Talking Art with Emma Amos
Intervening Printmakers: Talking Art with Margot Humphey
Reader: Quest for Identity: Profile of Two Chicana Muralists by Amalia Mesa-Bains
ASSIGNMENT: Research work of Diane Rodriguez
WEEK SIX (10/04): SPIRITUALITIES READINGS:
Off the Reservation: Part I, by Paula Gunn Allen
Art On My Mind: Visual Politics, by Bell Hooks: Talking Art as the Spirit Moves Us
ASSIGNMENT: Research on Amalia Mesa-Bains
WEEK SEVEN (11/18): MAKING A LIVING READING:
Begin to research your final paper
ASSIGNMENT: Write an outline of your final paper
WEEK EIGHT (11/25): RETELLING HISTORY READING:
Other Visions, Other Voices: Chapter 8 by Barbara Carrasco
WEEK NINE (12/02): THE PERSONAL-POLITICAL VOICE READING:
In the City of Angels, Chameleons, and Phantoms: Asco, a Case Study of
Chicano Art in Urban Tones (or Asco Was a Four-Member Word) by Harry
Gamboa, Jr.
CARA: Chicano Art Resistance and Affirmation by Amalia Mesa Bains
WEEK TEN (12/9): CONCLUSION
Conclusions
FINAL PAPER DUE WEEK 10
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