Oral history interview with Graciela Sanchez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Duration is 5 hr., 30 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sanchez, Graciela I.
label: Interviewer
content: Cordova, Cary
label: Names
content: Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
label: Names
content: Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
label: Names
content: Anzaldúa, Gloria
label: Names
content: Calvo, Luz María
label: Names
content: Diaz, Eduardo
label: Names
content: Guerra, Susan
label: Names
content: Kasterly, Amy
label: Names
content: Lorde, Audre.
label: Names
content: Mondini-Ruiz, Franco, 1961-
label: Names
content: Moraga, Cherríe
label: Names
content: Perez, Cynthia
label: Names
content: Vaughn, Genevieve
label: Names
content: Wilson, Liliana, 1953-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mexican American artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Artists (LGBTQ)
label: Topic
content: Lesbian artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Sanchez, Graciela I.
label: Interviewer
content: Cordova, Cary
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Graciela Sanchez (1960- ) is an arts activist and the executive director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Tex.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cary Cordova (1970- ) is an art historian from Austin, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 91 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2004 June 25-July 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sanche04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Graciela Sanchez conducted 2004 June 25-July 2, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in San Antonio, Tex.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Sánchez speaks of her family background, her family's move to Chicago, return to San Antonio, and cultural traditions; San Antonio's Chili Queens; activism in the community; high school, attending Yale University; MEChA; Gloria Anzaldúa and This Bridge Called My Back; working for the Southwest Voter Registration Project; MALDEF, Mexican American Legal Defense; the foundation of Esperanza Peace and Justice Center with Susan Guerra and others; going to Cuba to study film; the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center; the values of being "buena gente," "good people"; Ellas, a Latina lesbian organization; working with Amy Kastely, lawyer; Mujer Artes; her film "No Porque lo Diga Fidel Castro"; working for AIDS prevention/education; the newsletter "The Interchange" which became "La Voz de Esperanza"; Stonehaven Ranch, a retreat location; the film screenings "Other America"; the complete de-funding of Esperanza in 1997 and the four year litigation with the city of San Antonio; trying to save the building La Gloria and other endeavors taken on by the Esperanza; the Cuentos Project and recent events sponsored by the Esperanza. Sánchez also recalls Audre Lorde, Luz Calvo, Eduardo Diaz, Liliana Wilson Grez, Cherríe Moraga, Cynthia Perez, Genevieve Vaughn, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, and others.