News
April 1, 2013
The CSRC has two Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship opportunities available this summer. The internships run Monday, June 10, through Friday, August 16, and each offers a stipend of $3,500. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 26, 5 p.m.
April 1, 2013
A tribute to Cecilia Preciado Burciaga, the latest CSRC news and events, plus paid summer internships and grant opportunities. (Pictured: Mural of Tony and Cecilia Burciaga at Casa Zapata, Stanford University)
April 1, 2013
The South London Gallery will be holding a two-part screening program on April 3 and 10 to celebrate the artistic output of the Chicano arts collective Asco. The first program will feature documentary footage of the Chicano Moratorium interspersed with original material by Asco and their contemporaries.
March 28, 2013
CSRC director Chon A. Noriega will join the California State Parks Foundation’s Honorary Committee for the organization's 2013 Hidden Stories conference.
March 22, 2013
ABC News/Univision profiled artist Ramiro Gomez and his recent installations in Washington DC, with additional mention of Gomez's exhibition at the CSRC.
March 21, 2013
The KCET-TV newsprogram "SoCal Connected" interviewed artist Ramiro Gomez about his work and exhibition at the CSRC.
March 18, 2013
CSRC visiting scholar Alvaro Huerta had an opinion piece on immigration reform published in the "Bradenton Herald" (FL) that was then republished in "UCLA Today."
March 18, 2013
National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" featured a story on Arhoolie Records that included a mention of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings at UCLA, an extensive digital archive produced in part by the CSRC. UCLA also reported on the coverage in its Daily Media roll.
To hear the story with music, click here.
March 15, 2013
Artist Freddy Rodriguez, who will be the subject of a forthcoming volume in the CSRC's A Ver book series, recently held an exhibition of his works in Tokyo and dedicated the show to the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. In a rare public appearance, the Empress of Japan attended the exhibition.
March 11, 2013
The CSRC mourns the passing of Raymond L. Telles, a pioneer in Mexican American civic leadership. Telles was also the father of Cynthia A. Telles, director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic at the David Geffen School of Medicine and a good friend of the CSRC.