Oral history interview with Sylvia Orozco
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 55 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-
label: Interviewer
content: Cordova, Cary
label: Creator
content: Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
label: Names
content: League of United Chicano Artists
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content: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
label: Names
content: Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
label: Names
content: Alvarez Bravo, Manuel, 1902-
label: Names
content: Barraza, Santa
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content: Cardenas, Gilberto
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content: Coronado, Sam
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content: Dodson, Nora Gonzales
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content: Fearing, Kelly
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content: Frary, Michael, 1918-
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content: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
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content: Pace, Linda
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content: Pulido, Piu
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content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
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content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
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content: Starpattern, Rita
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content: Trevino, Barbina Modesta
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Mexican American artists
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content: Curators -- Texas -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Latino and Latin American artists
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content: Chicano artists
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content: Chicano 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: Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-
label: Interviewer
content: Cordova, Cary
label: Creator
content: Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sylvia Orozco (1954- ) is an artist from Austin, Tex. Cary Cordova (1970-) is an art historian from Austin, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.orozco04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sylvia Orozco conducted 2004 Jan. 26-Feb. 2, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in Mexic-Arte Gallery, Austin, Tex.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Orozco speaks of her family history, having the best drawing in second grade, the earliest recollection of being an artist; Camp Fire Girls; painting for high school pep squad and protest signs; growing up in Cuero, Tex.; integration in high school; Texas A and I; the Raza Unida movement; University of Texas; the Conferencia del Plastica Chicana, held September 13-16, 1979 in Austin, Tex.; MECha, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan; the effect of her work as a curator on her ability to do her own artwork; CONACYT, National Council of Arts and Technology; her passion for Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros; meeting Pio Pulido; LUChA, the League of United Chicano Artists; organizing an exhibition on Manuel Alvarez Bravo at the Texas Memorial Museum; the beginnings of Mexic-Arte Gallery; the group Women and Their Work; the installation "Counter Colon-ialismo"; alternative spaces and museums; and future plans for Mexic-Arte Gallery. Orozco also recalls Santa Barraza, Kelly Fearing, Mike Frary, Sam Coronado, Barbina Modesta Treviño, Nora Gonzalez-Dodson, Linda Pace, Rita Starpattern, Gilbert Cardenas, and others.