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The year was 1969. It was a time of social protest over civil rights and representation issues. Those protests echoed at UCLA, where Mexican American students were demanding improved access to higher education, as well as greater resources devoted to the study of the Mexican experience in the U.S.
Enter the university’s Mexican American Cultural Center, which was established to support research in what was then the new field of Chicano studies. In the 52 years since, that center now known as the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) has grown from a small student- and faculty-led initiative to a full-blown academic center, supporting original research and publications, the maintenance of archival collections and a library.
The Ohr-OâKeefe Museum of Art Receives Major Gift of 50 Artworks From Collector Gordon W. Bailey
May 19, 2021 13:17
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Wallace Nez (United States, 1972- ), Seed Pot, c. 1999, polychrome sgraffito, 3 x 4 in.
Purvis Young (United States, 1943-2010), There Are Angels In The City, c. 1990s, mixed media on wood, 55 1/2 x 48 x 1 in.
The Ohr-OâKeefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi has received a major donation of 50 artworks by Los Angeles-based, advocate and collector Gordon W. Bailey.
The transformative gift features African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Roy Ferdinand, Sandy Hall, Clementine Hunter, Charlie Lucas, Juanita Rogers, Sulton Rogers, Welmon Sharlhorne, Herbert Singleton, Willie White, and Purvis Young; Native Americans, Silas and Bertha Claw, Betty Manygoats, Elizabeth Manygoats, Wallace Nez, and Lorraine Williams; and Southern potters, Burlon Craig,
Connor Remes with a painting by Basquiat. Courtesy of Remes Advisory.
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