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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Judith Baca
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.baca86
- Creators:
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Baca, Judith FranciscaMesa-Bains, Amalia
- Dates:
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1986 August 5-6
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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59 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Judith Baca conducted 1986 August 5-6, by Amalia Mesa-Bains, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Baca speaks of her family history, childhood, and education in Los Angeles, her involvement with the Los Angeles muralism movement in the early 1970s, her teaching experience at East Los Angeles recreation center, her directorship of the Eastside murals and of the City-Wide Mural Project, the work of other muralists, feminist views on art which have influenced her work, the origin of the Social and Public Arts Resource Center in Venice, California, her directorship and the mission of the S.P.A.R.C. in 1986, and her own current mural projects.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Judith Baca (1946-) is an art administrator and mural painter from Venice, California.
Administration
Sponsor
The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These interviews are 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 others.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
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More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 40 min.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
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