"LA RAZA" MEDIA COVERAGE
"Datebook: Carmina Escobar’s experimental vocals, art inspired by the Huntington, a groundbreaking painter"
The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Avant-garde graphic design, untold stories of California slavery and poetry in the sky"
The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was featured in a Los Angeles Times roundup of acclaimed exhibitions across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: 45 Years of Printmaking, Children of the Holocaust and Jack Whitten's Writings"
The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Shots of Old Route 66, Dreamlike Paintings and Garments Fashioned from Paper"
The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Police Violence Paintings, a Gallery's 25th and Enduring Images of a Photojournalist's Life"
The La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was featured in a Los Angeles Times roundup of acclaimed exhibitions across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Intimate Paintings of Queer Men, African Blacksmiths' Ironworks and an Indispensable Assistant's Exhibit"
Included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles are La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, and Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo, on view at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The roundup includes an image of the mural Chicano History, which the CSRC lent to the exhibition. The mural was created in 1969 by Carrillo with Saul Solache, Ramses Noriega, and Sergio Hernandez for the center’s founding.
Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Baskets Inspired by Math, Iconic Los Angeles Images and Photos of People Getting Expressive"
Included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles are La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, and Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo, on view at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The roundup includes an image of the mural Chicano History, which the CSRC lent to the exhibition. The mural was created in 1969 by Carrillo with Saul Solache, Ramses Noriega, and Sergio Hernandez for the center’s founding.
Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Videos of the Female Figure, an Autobiographical Exhibit and Paintings of Immigrant Terrains"
Included in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles are La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West, which was organized in collaboration with the CSRC, and Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo, on view at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The roundup includes an image of the mural Chicano History, which the CSRC lent to the exhibition. The mural was created in 1969 by Carrillo with Saul Solache, Ramses Noriega, and Sergio Hernandez for the center’s founding.
Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2018 (PDF)
"‘The Fight Is Not Over’: Luis C. Garza and George Rodriguez on Photojournalism in 1960s L.A. and the Legacy of the Chicano Blowouts"
Photographer Luis Garza took part in a Q&A with Artnews about his work with La Raza newspaper and magazine and the continuing legacy of the 1968 Chicano blowouts. Garza’s work is included in the Autry exhibition La Raza, which he co-curated and which was produced in collaboration with the CSRC. The CSRC holds Garza’s personal archival collection in addition to the La Raza Magazine Records and the La Raza Photograph Collection.
Artnews, May 11, 2018 (PDF)
"Chicano Movement of 50 Years Ago Reflects Today’s Turmoil"
A feature on the La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West includes comments and reflections by La Raza photographer and exhibition co-curator Luis Garza. The La Raza exhibition was produced in collaboration with the CSRC, which holds the La Raza Newspaper Collection and La Raza Photograph Collection.
The Hub, April 22, 2018 (PDF)
Narrated Photo Essays on La Raza
This series of narrated photo essays for Artbound includes interviews with La Raza Magazinephotographers, who share their thoughts on the Chicano Movement and its relevance today. Participating photographers are Patricia Borjon-Lopez, Oscar Castillo, Moctesuma Esparza, Luis Garza, Gil Lopez, Joe Razo, Raul Ruiz, Maria Marquez Sanchez, and Devra Weber. The CSRC contributed images from the La Raza Photograph Collection.
Artbound, April 4-6, 2018 (PDF)
"How Lincoln Heights' Church of the Epiphany Energized the Chicano Movement"
This feature in Artbound examines the use of Lincoln Heights’s Church of the Epiphany by La Raza contributors as a location to organize and meet during the Chicano movement. Images for the article were provided by the CSRC from the La Raza Photograph Collection.
Artbound, April 4, 2018 (PDF)
"La Raza: The Community Newspaper That Became a Political Platform"
This Artbound feature examines the role of La Raza newspaper and magazine as a political platform for the Chicano movement during its 1967–1977 publication run. The CSRC holds the La Raza Newspaper Collection and the La Raza Photograph Collection; images from the latter were used in this piece.
Artbound, April 4, 2018 (PDF)
"Photographers Harry Gamboa Jr. and Luis Garza on pushing back against 'bad hombre' Chicano stereotypes"
Harry Gamboa Jr. and photographer Luis Garza took part in a Q&A at the Autry Museum of the American West about cultural representations of Chicanos and Chicanas. Each photographer is featured in a current exhibition at the Autry. In his comments about Harry Gamboa Jr.: Chicano Male Unbonded, Gamboa mentioned CSRC director Chon A. Noriega, whose portrait is included in the exhibition. Garza’s work is included in the Autry exhibition La Raza, which he co-curated and which was produced in collaboration with the CSRC.
Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2018 (PDF)
"Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA"
The exhibitions Home—So Different, So Appealing, Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell, and La Raza were all named in an ArtNexus review of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative. Home—So Different, So Appealing was organized by the CSRC in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell, which debuted at the Vincent Price Art Museum and is now on view at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, was organized in collaboration with the CSRC. La Raza was organized in collaboration with the CSRC and is now on view at the Autry Museum of the American West.
ArtNexus, March-May, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: The Minimalism of Tony Delap, Ceramics by Dora De Larios and the Internet According to Petra Cortright"
La Raza, on view at the Autry Museum of the American West and organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was featured in a roundup of acclaimed exhibitions in currently on view across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2018 (PDF)
"On Pacifics, Standards, and the Times"
The exhibition La Raza, now on view at the Autry Museum of the American West and organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was featured in an editorial discussing the strengths of the Pacific Standard Time: LA/ LA initiative.
Los Angeles Review of Books, February 23, 2018 (PDF)
"Datebook: Plays on Gender and Sport, a Pioneering Romanian Conceptualist, New Abstraction"
La Raza was featured in a roundup of exhibitions currently on view across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2018 (PDF)
"LACMA and Autry will Share Artwork"
The CSRC was mentioned as having partnered with The Autry Musuem of the American West for the La Raza exhibition. The exhibition features extensive images and items from the CSRC’s La Raza photograph and La Raza Magazine collections.
Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2018 (PDF)
"History Revisited: The East L.A. Walkouts of 1968"
The exhibition La Raza at the Autry Museum, organized in collaboration with the CSRC, was discussed in an article commemorating the East Los Angeles student walkouts of 1968.
California State University Los Angeles Magazine, January 17, 2018 (PDF)
"Exhibition of La Raza Photos Documents Chicano Life in L.A. During the 60s and 70s"
UCLA Newsroom reported on the La Raza photo collection and digitization project at the CSRC and the exhibition of selected images at the Autry Museum of the American West until 2019. The story was also featured in the UCLA Newsroom weekly roundup.
UCLA Newsroom, December 22, 2017 (PDF)
UCLA Newsroom, December 22, 2017 (roundup) (PDF)
"’La Raza’ at The Autry"
The CSRC was mentioned in an article discussing the exhibition La Raza, organized by the Autry Museum of the American West in collaboration with the CSRC, for the 25,000 photographs received by the CSRC for preservation, exhibition, and research. The exhibition, which showcases photographs taken for La Raza newspaper and magazine, is on view through February 2019.
Angelus News, November 15, 2017 (PDF)
"Persistence of Vision: the Autry Museum’s ‘La Raza’ Photo Exhibition"
Luis Garza, co-curator of the exhibition La Raza, shared the history of the 1960s Chicano newspaper and magazine in an interview in Capital and Main. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the CSRC, is on view at the Autry through February 2019. The article includes images from the show, courtesy of the La Raza photographers and the CSRC.
Capital and Main, November 9, 2017 (PDF)
"La Raza’ Again Empowers L.A.’s Chicano Community (Photos and Audio)"
Truth Dig profiled the exhibition La Raza, organized in collaboration with the CSRC and on view at the Autry Museum of the American West. Several images in the piece were furnished by the CSRC.
Truth Dig, November 7, 2017 (PDF)
"Love Latin American, Latino Art? Southern California's Massive Exhibit, Pacific Standard Time"
NBC News covered the arts initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Included in the roundup is a photo from the La Raza exhibition at the Autry Museum, courtesy of the CSRC, and an image of the artwork 720 Sq. Ft.: Household Mutations by Carmen Argote, featured in the CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing at LACMA.
nbcnews.com, October 30, 2017 (PDF)
"Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA Photo Essay #1"
The CSRC was mentioned in an article discussing Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Included in the piece are several photos from the CSRC-organized exhibition Home—So Different, So Appealing at LACMA and La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West.
Arte el Día, October 2, 2017 (PDF)
"The Past is Present"
La Raza was profiled in the Los Angeles Magazine. The exhibition is on display at the Autry through February 10, 2019.
Los Angeles Magazine, October 2, 2017 (PDF)
"Unearthing the Photos of La Raza, Unsung Chronicler of Chicano Stories in LA"
The Columbia Journalism Review profiled La Raza, organized in collaboration with the CSRC and on view at the Autry Museum of the American West. Several images from the exhibit, courtesy of the CSRC, are featured in the piece.
Columbia Journalism Review, October 2, 2017 (PDF)
"Autry Museum Photo Exhibition Highlights Mexican-American Community"
The Daily Bruin featured a piece on the exhibition La Raza, co-produced by the CSRC and the Autry Museum of the American West. CSRC director Chon A. Noriega was quoted about the show’s relevance in light of contested civil and human rights for Latinos in the United States.
Daily Bruin, September 21, 2017 (PDF)
"Photos—50th Anniversary of the Publication La Raza"
Press Telegram mentioned the CSRC for their partnership with the Autry Museum of the American West in producing the exhibition La Raza. September 13 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the publication La Raza.
Press Telegram, September 21, 2017 (PDF)
"See How Bilingual Newspaper La Raza Shaped Chicano History 40 Years Ago"
The CSRC was mentioned in an article about the La Raza exhibition, now on view at the Autry Museum of American West. The exhibition features prints from a collection of 25,000 images that were taken by La Raza photographers and are being digitized by the CSRC.
Press Telegram, September 20, 2017 (PDF)
Reprinted in dailybreeze.com, September 20, 2017
Reprinted in article.wn.com, September 20, 2017
Reprinted in topix.com, September 20, 2017
Reprinted in newzeb.com, September 20, 2017
Reprinted in dailynews.com, September 21, 2017
"PST: LA/LA: It’s About Time"
In this preview of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA exhibitions, La Raza was one of the highlighted shows. The CSRC co-produced La Raza and is a lender to Murales Rebeldes: L.A. Chicana/o Murals under Siege, another Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA exhibition mentioned in the piece.
Paint This Desert, September 18, 2017 (PDF)
"‘La Raza’ Exhibit at Autry Shows 6o’s Equal Rights Issues Still Relevant"
This review of the exhibition La Raza, co-produced by the CSRC, discusses the show’s relevance in today’s political climate.
Guardian Liberty Voice, September 17, 2017 (PDF)
"’From the Mundane to the Magnificent’: Photos from the Chicano Rights Movement"
NPR featured a review of La Raza exhibition, currently at the Autry Museum of the American West. The photographs in the exhibition were selected from an archive of over 25,000 images being digitized at the CSRC. The CSRC partnered with the Autry to produce the exhibition.
NPR, September 16, 2017 (PDF)
Reprinted in wbgo.org, September 16, 2017
Reprinted in scpr.org, September 16, 2017
Reprinted in viral-today.com, September 16, 2017
Reprinted in scpr.org, September 16, 2017
Reprinted in viral-today.com, September 16, 2017
"What to See at Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA"
The Art Newspaper profiled Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA and highlighted a few of the exhibitions, including La Raza, which the CSRC co-produced with the Autry Museum of the American West. A photograph of LAPD officers at a demonstration at the Los Angeles Civic Center (ca. 1970), by Raul Ruiz, is featured in the article; the image was supplied by the CSRC.
The Art Newspaper, September 16, 2017 (PDF)
"Making Chicano Life Visible"
The CSRC was mentioned in The New York Times in a preview of La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West. Selected images from the CSRC’s collection of digitized La Raza photographs are on display in the exhibition.
The New York Times, September 14, 2017 (PDF)
"Everything You Need to Know about Pacific Standard Time LA/LA’s Celebration of Latin American and Latino Art, Culture and Music"
In anticipation of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA’s “free museum day” on Sunday, September 17, The Sunhighlighted two exhibits that the CSRC partnered with: LA RAZA and Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell.
The Sun, September 12, 2017 (PDF)
Reprinted in www.dailynews.com, September 12, 2017.
"Preview: The Autry Presents ‘La Raza’"
L.A. Taco previewed the exhibition La Raza, co-produced by the CSRC and on view at the Autry Museum of the American West through January 2019. The piece includes images from the show, courtesy of the La Raza photographers and the CSRC.
L.A. Taco, September 7, 2017 (PDF)
"The Autry Museum Presents LA RAZA"
Arte al Día features a preview of the upcoming exhibition La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West, with images courtesy of the CSRC.
Arte al Día, August 31, 2017 (PDF)
"Never-Before-Seen Photos from the Chicano Movement Feel Timely 50 Years Later"
A preview piece of the exhibition LA RAZA, opening September 16 at the Autry Museum of the American West, discusses the show’s goal to shed light on the Chicano Movement through photographs from La Raza, the grassroots Chicano newspaper of the 1960s and ‘70s. Many of the photographs will be on display for the first time since they were published. The story includes photos from the CSRC, which digitized these works for preservation, exhibition, and research.
LA Weekly, August 28, 2017 (PDF)
"This Impactful Exhibit Showcases Hundreds of ‘La Raza’ Magazine’s Chicano Movement Photos"
The CSRC was mentioned in a preview of the exhibition LA RAZA, opening September 16 at the Autry Museum of the American West. The exhibition is based on the eponymous grassroots Chicano newspaper of the 1960s and ‘70s focused on social justice in Los Angeles. Photographers of the publication provided the CSRC with more than 25,000 images to digitize that became the basis of the show.
Remezcla, August 23, 2017 (PDF)
"Fotos Resaltarán Aporte de La Raza al Movimiento Chicano Durante Aniversario” (Photos Highlight La Raza Contribution to Chicano Movement for Anniversary)"
A preview of La Raza with images courtesy of the CSRC.
Hoy, August 12, 2017 (PDF)
"The Autry Presents LA RAZA"
LA RAZA, an exhibition organized by the Autry Museum of the American West in partnership with the CSRC, opens September 16 at the Autry. The exhibition is based on the eponymous grassroots Chicano newspaper of the 1960s and 70s focused on social justice in Los Angeles. Photographers of the publication provided the CSRC with more than 25,000 images to digitize that became the basis of the show.
Broadway World, August 10, 2017 (PDF)