Oral history interview with David Avalos
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 44 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Avalos, David
label: Interviewer
content: Nieto, Margarita
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Diego -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
label: Topic
content: Mexican American art
label: Topic
content: Mexican American artists
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- San Diego
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Avalos, David
label: Interviewer
content: Nieto, Margarita
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Avalos (1947-) is a painter and administrator from San Diego, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 100 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 June 16-July 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.avalos88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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: An interview of David Avalos conducted 1988 June 16-July 5, by Margarita Nieto, for the Archives of American Art. Avalos speaks of his childhood, education at the University of California at San Diego; his involvement with the Centro Cultural de la Raza; the socio-political environment that produced the San Diego Chicano Muralist movement (specifically Chicano Park); the formation of the Border art Workshop (BAW/TAF); the collaboration between the Centro and the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (presently the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art); art activity in San Diego; Chicano activity distinct from Los Angeles; his philosophy on conceptual art; and his art career.