Oral history interview with José and Malaquías Montoya
name: label: Interviewee
content: Montoya, José
label: Interviewer
content: Hernandez, Eduardo
label: Interviewee
content: Montoya, Malaquias, 1938-
label: Names
content: Royal Chicano Air Force
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California
label: Topic
content: Mexican American artists
label: Topic
content: Mexican American art
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Hispanic American artists
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
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: Montoya, José
label: Interviewer
content: Hernandez, Eduardo
label: Interviewee
content: Montoya, Malaquias, 1938-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: José Montoya (1932-2013) was a Mexican-American poet and artist in Sacramento, Calif. Malaquías Montoya (1938- ) is a Mexican-American artist in Oakland, Calif. He and his brother José founded Royal Chicano Air Force, a group working primarily as muralists
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Sound cassettes (11 hrs., 23 min., analog)
label: Extent
content: 373 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Feb. 28-June 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.montoy88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interviews of brothers José and Malaquías Montoya conducted 1988 Feb. 28-June 2, by Eduardo Hernandez, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Montoya's recall growing up as Mexican-Americans in a rural town in Colorado; moving to urban areas in California; their early education and development of their political awareness; and their artistic experiences, including their founding of the Royal Chicano Air Force, a group working primarily as muralists.