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Robert Hernandez traces the history and assesses the impact of VIVA! Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists, a non-profit artists' coalition founded in 1987 in the Silverlake community of Los Angeles. Their aim was to increase the representation of lesbian Latina and gay Latino artists in the LA art scene. VIVA! sponsored exhibitions, theatrical performances, and educational outreach. It worked closely with other gay and lesbian organizations in Los Angeles, using arts-based projects to address cultural and socio-political issues that were of concern to their community and the AIDS crisis in particular. The first organization of its kind in Los Angeles, VIVA! offered a stage and a voice for artists who had been routinely marginalized. The VIVA! collection of papers is housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. It includes administrative papers, photographs, artwork, VIVA! publications, and documents related to the organization's exhibitions, performances, educational projects, and other events.

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• Full title: VIVA Records, 1970-2000
• Subtitle: Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists of Los Angeles
• Author: Robb Hernandez
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• EAN: 9780895511492
• ID: 04947584
• Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
• Weight: 431 g
• Dimensions: 292 × 203 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 2013

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