Description: Panelists examine the cultural and historical significance of the exhibition Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA). CARA and its accompanying catalog made an indelible impact on Chicana/o scholarship and cultural politics in general. By focusing on particular aspects of the exhibition, speakers will comment on CARA’s institutional and scholarly legacy and its afterlives.

Speakers

Leticia Alvarado, Brown U

C. Ondine Chavoya, Williams C

Alicia Gaspar de Alba, U of California, Los Angeles

Rita Gonzalez, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Laura Pérez, U of California, Berkeley

Presider

Richard T. Rodríguez, U of California, Riverside