VIVA Records, 1970-2000: Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists of Los Angeles (Chicano Archives) - Softcover

Hernandez, Robb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895511495 ISBN 13: 9780895511492

Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2013

Synopsis

Robert Hernandez traces the history and assesses the impact of VIVA! Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists, a nonprofit artists' coalition founded in 1987 in the Silverlake community of Los Angeles. Their aim was to increase the representation of lesbian Latina and gay Latino artists in the LA art scene. VIVA! sponsored exhibitions, theatrical performances, and educational outreach. It worked closely with other gay and lesbian organizations in Los Angeles, using arts-based projects to address cultural and sociopolitcal issues that were of concern to their community and the AIDS crisis in particuar. The first organization of its kind in Los Angeles, VIVA! offered a stage and a voice for artists who had been routinely marginalized.

The VIVA! collection of papers is housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. It includes administrative papers, photographs, artwork, VIVA! publications, and documents related to the organization's exhibitions, performances, educational projects, and other events.

About this edition

• Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0895511495
• ISBN 13: 9780895511492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120