Carlos Almaraz [videorecording] : East Los Artist / produced & directed by Sheila Ruth for the Municipal Art Gallery, Cultural Affairs Dept., City of Los Angeles. [1981]

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Carlos Almaraz [videorecording] : East Los Artist / produced & directed by Sheila Ruth for the Municipal Art Gallery, Cultural Affairs Dept., City of Los Angeles. [1981]

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This documentary profiles Mexican-American artist Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989), who was born in Mexico City and raised in Chicago and Los Angeles. For three years he worked for Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers Union, making murals, banners and other artworks. In 1973 Almaraz co-founded Los Four, a Los Angeles art collective that brought Chicano street art to the attention of the mainstream art community.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.

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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

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The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) was established in 1954 under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. LAMAG exhibits arts by emerging and underrepresented artists from Los Angeles and Southern California. Some of the artists who have exhibited at the gallery have become internationally known such as Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, and Ed Ruscha. In addition to exhibitions, LAMAG also conducts education and public programming as ways of engaging the city's div...

Almaraz, Carlos

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B. 1941. From the description of Carlos Almaraz artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432308 Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989) was a mural painter from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Carlos Almaraz, 1986 Feb. 6-1987 Jan. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84558273 Carlos Almaraz was a painter and muralist; Los Angeles, Calif., b. 1941; d. Dec. 11, 1989. His wife, Elsa Flo...

Ruth, Sheila

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