Oral history interview with Leonard Castellanos
name: label: Interviewee
content: Castellanos, Leonard
label: Interviewer
content: Bassing, Allen, 1932-
label: Names
content: Mechicano Art Center
label: Names
content: Franco, Victor
topic: label: Topic
content: Art directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Castellanos, Leonard
label: Interviewer
content: Bassing, Allen, 1932-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leonard Castellanos is the director of the Mechicano Art Center, Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 December 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.castel72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Leonard Castellanos conducted 1972 December 26, by Allen Bassing, for the Archives of American Art. Castellanos discusses his educational background, his reasons for becoming involved in community art, his role as director of the Mechicano Art Center in East Los Angeles, and working with Victor Franco. He recalls various projects at the Center, the politics of art funding and the value of community-based art programs.