Oral history interview with Yreina Cervántez
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cervántez, Yreina D.
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
topic: label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Political activists
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
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: Cervántez, Yreina D.
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Yreina Cervántez (1952- ) is a multimedia artist, teacher and Chicana activist in Los Angeles, California. Cervántez is known for her vibrant and historical paintings, prints, and murals. She was a founding member of Self Help Graphics and has taught at California State University, Northridge.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fernanda Espinosa (1985- ) is an oral historian based in Ecuador and New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (video files (4 hrs., 34 min), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 3: iPad GG7DVUUZQ16M + Platronics Calisto P7200 21EG5M]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 May 18-June 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cervan22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Yreina Cervántez conducted 2022 May 18-June 9, by Fernanda Espinosa for the Archives of American Art, at Cervántez's home in Los Angeles, California.