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Finding Aid for the Papers, 1980-2007 CSRC.0008

Processed by Alyssa Hernandez. Studies Research Center Library

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Finding Aid for the Laura Aguilar CSRC.0008 1 Papers, 1980-2007 CSRC.0008 Contributing Institution: Chicano Studies Research Center Library Title: Laura Aguilar Collection Creator: Aguilar, Laura 1959 - Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0008 Physical Description: 4.4 linear feet(11 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1980-2007 Abstract: This collection of papers consists mainly of printed material, photos and journal articles pertaining to the work of photographer Laura Aguilar. Included are images of her work with Latinas in Los Angeles and Mexico. Chicano Studies Research Center. Language of Material: English . Access Open for research. Acquisition Information Collection was donated to the Chicano Studies Research Center by Laura Aguilar in 2005. Deed on file at the CSRC Archives office. Biography Laura Aguilar was born in 1959 in San Gabriel, California. Aguilar attended the photography program at East Los Angeles Community College and continued her studies with The Friends of Photography Workshop and Santa Fe Photographic Workshop. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennial, Italy; the Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery, the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles Photography Center,Women's Center Gallery at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Self Help Graphics, all in CA; and the University of Illinois in , IL. She was an Artist in Residence at Light Works in Syracuse, NY in 1993; received a Brody Grant from the California Community Foundation in 1992; received an Artist in Residence grant from the California Arts Council through the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Los Angeles in 1991/92; and an Artist's Project Grant from LACE in that same year. [This biography is from the website http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Corinne/Aguilarbio.htm] Aguilar died on April 25, 2018 in Long Beach, California. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Laura Aguilar Papers, 8, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles. Processing Information Processed by Alyssa Hernandez in 2009. Finding aid edited by Doug Johnson in 2021. The editing occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, so there was no access to the physical collection. Scope and Content This collection of papers consists mainly of printed material, photos and journal articles pertaining to the work of photographer Laura Aguilar. Included are images of her work with Latinas in Los Angeles and Mexico. The collection is organized into the following series: 1. Series 1. Articles / Books / Journals 2. Series 2. Photographs 3. Series 3. Exhibit materials / Programs Publication Rights These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms body image Hispanic American women lesbians Los Angeles (Calif.) Mexico photography

Finding Aid for the Laura Aguilar CSRC.0008 2 Papers, 1980-2007 CSRC.0008 Series 1. Articles / Books/ Journals

Box 1, Folder 1 Articles undated Scope and Contents Includes: "Group Exhibition Laura Aguilar Maxine Walker" by Mark Little from Creative Camera; "Another Day in L.A.: The Empress Has No Clothes" by A.M. Rousseau from Photo Metro.

Box 1, Folder 2 Articles 1997-2003 Scope and Contents Includes: "Eye Catching Flesh and Zone" by Gail-Nina Anderson from Northern Review; "A Journey to Center" by Laura Aguilar.

Box 1, Folder 3 Articles 1995-1999 Scope and Contents Includes: "Other Bodies" by Claudine Ise from Artweek; "Depictions of Class in West Coast Photography" by Thomas McGovern from Artweek.

Box 1, Folder 4 Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond undated Box 1, Folder 5 clippings 2001 Box 1, Folder 6 "In , The Scars of War, The Works of Peace" by Roberta Smith 1999-07-30 Box 1, Folder 7 "The Honest Eye: Image and Identity at Loyola Marymount University" by Linda Sher Salzman 1990-10-18 Box 1, Folder 8 "Body Doubles: Gender and Its Discontents" by Ralph Rugoff 1990 Box 1, Folder 9 "All but the Obvious and Drawing the Line" by Jody Zellen 1990-12 Box 1, Folder 10 "Storm Damage" by Janice Cheddie 1997 Box 1, Folder 11 "Body Art, Performing the Subject" by Amelia Jones 1998 Box 1, Folder 12 "Working w/people" 1992 Box 1, Folder 13 "Laura Aguilar at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects" by Victoria Martin 2000-05 Box 1, Folder 14 "Laura Aguilar" by Diana Emery Hulick 1993 Box 1, Folder 15 "Curriculum Vivia: An Art of Persona by Latinos of Los Angeles" by Margaret Lazzari Spring 1992 Box 1, Folder 16 Publications 2000 Scope and Contents Includes: "Art/Women/California:Parallels and Intersections 1995-2000" edited by Diana Burgess Fuller and Diana Salvioni; "Califa/Califas:A Brief History of Chicana California" by Amalia Mesa-Bains.

Box 1, Folder 17 Nueva Luz Photographic Journal 1999 Box 1, Folder 18 "Fire without Gold: Works by Photographers of Color" by Miriam Romais and Christine Jackson 1994 Box 1, Folder 19 "Feminism and Art: 9 Views" 2003 Box 1, Folder 20 "Forbidden Subjects: Self-Portraits by Lesbian Artists" undated Box 1, Folder 21 "Gallerie: Women's Art" 1988 Box 1, Folder 22 "New Bodies of Work from Laura Aguilar: Motions and Center" 2003 Box 1, Folder 23 "The Emigrants" by Gil Cuadros 1992 Box 1, Folder 24 "Connexxus Women's Center Newsletter" 1988 Box 2, Folder 6 Discussion on Women! Culture! Power? and the Future? 1996-10 Box 2, Folder 27 Programs 1990-1993 Scope and Contents Includes: Art X-Press; "Artistas Chicanas: A Symposium on the Experience and Expression of Chicana Artists."

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Box 2, Folder 34 "The Forgotten Woman: Revelations from a Plus-size Life" by Gendy Alimurung 2003 Box 3, Folder 1 Winter 1980 Scope and Contents Cover images by Laura Aguilar.

Box 3, Folder 5 Image and Identity: Recent Chicana Art from "La Reina del Pueblo de Los Angeles de la Porcincula" by Sybil Venegas 1990 Box 3, Folder 6 Day of the Dead Los Angeles Times clippings 1990 Box 3, Folder 7 Sunshine and Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997 1998 Box 3, Folder 8 Visions Journal Spring 1992 Box 3, Folder 10 "The Emigrants" by Gil Cuadros 1992-06-19 Box 3, Folder 11 Art in America clippings June 1992 Box 3, Folder 12 Culturefront Fall 1993 Box 3, Folder 13 Square Peg Magazine 1992-12 Box 3, Folder 14 Latin American Art vol. 5, no. 3 undated Box 3, Folder 15 Photography Quarterly 1994 Box 3, Folder 16 Exposure vol. 29, no. 2/3 1994 Box 4, Folder 2 Uncontrollable Bodies: Testimonies of Identity and Culture edited by Rodney Sappington and Tyler Stallings 1994 Box 4, Folder 4 "Other Bodies" by Claudine Ise 1995-07 Box 4, Folder 7 In a Different Light: Visual Culture, Sexual Identity, Queer Practice edited by Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder, and Amy Scholder 1995 Box 4, Folder 9 English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas by Coco Fusco 1995 Box 5, Folder 2 Aztlan vol. 23, no. 2 1998 Box 5, Folder 3 Living Chicana Theory edited by Carla Trujillo 1998 Box 5, Folder 9 "In Connecticut, the Scars of War, the Works of Peace" 1999 Scope and Contents Also includes letter from the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.

Box 5, Folder 10 18th Street Arts Complex 1999-07 Box 7, Folder 1 Framework 1991-1992 Box 7, Folder 5 "Updating Chicano Art" by Shifra M. Goldman 1992 Box 7, Folder 6 Forbidden Subjects: Self-Portraits By Lesbian Artists 1992 Box 7, Folder 11 Art Press 1996-03 Box 9, Folder 1 Images of Ambiente: Homotextuality and Latin America Art, 1810-today by Rudi C. Bleys 2000 Box 9, Folder 5 Latino Performance 2000-03 Box 9, Folder 7 Miscellaneous 2000-2001 Scope and Contents Includes: Profile of Artists - City of Los Angeles; clippings; Skirball Cultural Center programs.

Box 9, Folder 10 H2O by Jo Anna Isaak 2002 Box 9, Folder 11 Articles 2000-2003 Scope and Contents Includes: "Contemporary Art and Art Criticism Are Unimaginable without Feminism"; Signs Journal, vol. 27, no. 4; "Posing the Subject: Performing the Other as Self" by Amelia Jones; "Body Art/Performing the Subject" by Amelia Jones.

Box 9, Folder 12 Art/Women/California: Parallels and Intersections, 1950-2000 edited by Diana Burgess Fuller and Daniela Salvioni 2002 Box 11, Folder 1 Contact Sheet 78 (Light Work) 1993 Box 9, Folder 13 ZYZZYVA volume XIX, no. 2 Fall 2003 Box 10, Folder 2 Dreaming Red: Creating ArtPace by Linda Pace, Jan J. Russell, Eleanor Heartney, and Kathryn Kanjo 2003

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Box 10, Folder 4 Sinister Wisdom 64: Lesbians and Music, Drama, and Art Spring 2005 Box 11, Folder 10 "Angry Women" 1991 Box 11, Folder 12 Art X Press 1990 Box 11, Folder 13 Art on the Front Lines 1990 Box 11, Folder 14 Image and Identity 1990 Box 11, Folder 16 Cultural Identity Journal 1989 Box 11, Folder 18 Galleria: Women's Art 1988 Series 2. Photographs Series 2.

Box 1, Folder 5 "Nude Women in a Swimming Pool" 1987 Scope and Contents Three 8"x10" prints, two signed by Laura Aguilar.

Box 2, Folder 1 Woman [Luz Calvo] with sign "What side are you on?" undated Scope and Contents 8"x10" print.

Box 2, Folder 2 "Group Photo" undated Scope and Contents Two contact sheets with negatives.

Box 2, Folder 3 "Woman Sitting" undated Scope and Contents Contact sheet with negatives.

Box 2, Folder 4 Seminario Marxist-Leninista Feminista de Lesbianas banner "Lesbianismo" 1987 Scope and Contents Two 8"x10" prints; 8"x10" enargement, signed by Laura Aguilar.

Box 2, Folder 5 "Nude Women in a Swimming Pool" 1987 Scope and Contents Three 8"x10" prints, two signed by Laura Aguilar.

Box 2, Folder 10 "Woman [Lydia Otero] with Guitar" 1987 Scope and Contents Two cards.

Box 2, Folder 11 "Woman [Carla Barboza] Sitting in Chair Smoking" 1987 Box 2, Folder 12 "Woman [Luz Calvo] Clothed and Unclothed" undated Box 2, Folder 19 GLLU (Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos) undated Scope and Contents Photocopies.

Box 2, Folder 20 "Women [Rita Gonzalez and Pat Martel] Eating Cake" undated Scope and Contents Photocopies.

Box 2, Folder 21 "Woman Singing on Stage" undated Scope and Contents Photocopies of negatives.

Box 2, Folder 22 Connexxus undated Scope and Contents Photocopy.

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Box 2, Folder 23 "Three Women" [Rita Gonzalez, Veronica Flores and Carla Barboza] undated Scope and Contents Photocopy.

Box 2, Folder 24 "Two Women Dancing" undated Scope and Contents Photocopy of negative.

Box 2, Folder 25 "Three Women Talking" [one woman identified as Sue Dell] undated Scope and Contents Photocopies.

Box 2, Folder 26 "Two Women" [ and Carmen Noriega] undated Scope and Contents Photocopy of negative.

Box 6, Folder 1 Susana B. portraits 1989-1992 Scope and Contents Contact sheet snd negatives.

Box 6, Folder 2 Ana and Deborah Gutierrez [sisters] late 1980s Scope and Contents Prints, contact sheets, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 3 Sharon W. late 1980s Scope and Contents Contact sheet, prints, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 4 Stephanie late 1980s Scope and Contents Prints, contact sheets, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 5 Gina D. late 1980s Scope and Contents Contact sheets and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 6 Devione 1985-1987 Physical Description: Prints, contact sheets, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 7 Heine 1984-1986 Scope and Contents Prints, contact sheet, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 8 Beto Araiza late 1990s Scope and Contents Contact sheets and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 9 Nancy Rosenblum 1990s Scope and Contents Prints, contact sheets, and negatives.

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Box 6, Folder 10 Whyn 1994-1996 Physical Description: photos, contact sheets, and negatives Scope and Contents Prints, contact sheets, and negatives.

Box 6, Folder 11 Joel Tan 1994 Scope and Contents Negatives.

Box 6, Folder 12 HIV-Positive Writers Workshop 1990s Scope and Contents Prints, negatives and contact sheets.

Box 8, Folders 1-2 Pat Martel 1988-1999 Scope and Contents Prints and correspondence.

Box 8, Folder 3 Joyce Tenneson 1991-1995 Scope and Contents Prints and correspondence.

Series 3. Exhibit materials / Programs

Box 2, Folder 7 A Woman's View flyer 1990 Box 2, Folder 8 New Works: Laura Aguilar 99.2 program 1999 Box 2, Folder 9 The World Around Me: An Exhibition of Black and White Photography by Laura Aguilar 1989 Box 2, Folder 13 Viva Las Photos flyer 1996 Box 2, Folder 14 The Black and White of It All: Portraits by Laura Aguilar flyer 1986 Box 2, Folder 15 Centro Cultural De La Raza brochure 1995 Box 2, Folder 16 Engendros: A Photographic Exhibit about Gender and Sexuality brochure 1996 Box 2, Folder 17 3 Exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum flyer 1992 Box 2, Folder 18 Deterritorialization flyer 1995 Box 2, Folder 28 Gyrlz N the Hood: A Celebration of 'round the way Dykes 1992 Scope and Contents Includes: program; contact sheets and negatives; three signed snapshots of Laura Aguilar.

Box 2, Folder 29 Cicle: El jo divers Laura Aguilar program 1998 Box 2, Folder 30 Programs 1991-1999 Scope and Contents Includes: L.A. Iluminado: Eight Los Angeles Photographers; Traffic Report: A Publication of 18th Street Arts Complex; Portraiture: Front, Back, and In-Between.

Box 2, Folder 31 Programs 1990-1995 Scope and Contents Includes: Image and Identity: Recent Chicana Art from La Reina de Los Angeles de la Porcincula; Vital Signs.

Box 2, Folder 32 Framework Southern California program 1991 Box 2, Folder 33 Outwest program 1999 Box 3, Folder 2 The Black and White of it All: Portraits by Laura Aguilar flyers 1986

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Box 3, Folder 3 Flyers 1986 Scope and Contents Includes: Antologia/Anthology; El Dia De Los Muertos/The Day of the Dead.

Box 3, Folder 4 Los Angeles Graffiti Art Expo '90 flyers 1990 Box 3, Folder 9 3 Exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum flyers 1992 Box 4, Folder 1 FotoFest '94 1994 Box 4, Folder 3 Vital Signs (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery) 1995 Box 4, Folder 5 Miscellaneous 1995 Scope and Contents Includes: Deterritorialization pamphlet; Centro Cultural de la Raza calendar of events; Heap of Birds clipping.

Box 4, Folder 6 The Portrait Now program and clippings 1995 Box 4, Folder 8 Pervert (University of California, Irvine) 1995 Box 4, Folder 10 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography programs 1996 Box 4, Folder 11 Miscellaneous 1996 Scope and Contents Includes: Discussion on Women! Culture! Power? and the Future? invitation; Engendros flyer; La Voz de Esperanza magazine.

Box 4, Folder 12 Flyers 1996 Scope and Contents Includes: Viva Las Photos; Disenos del Deseo: Sexual Self-Imaging in Photography, taught by Laura Aguilar.

Box 5, Folder 1 Event flyers 1997 Scope and Contents Includes: Shifting Terrains; Laura Aguilar and Maxine Walker (Zone Gallery, Newcastle).

Box 5, Folder 4 El jo divers Fundacio "la Caixa" show cards 1998 Box 5, Folder 5 Out West (Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe, NM) 1999 Box 5, Folder 6 Sunshine and Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997 (Hammer Museum) 1999 Box 5, Folder 7 Laura Aguilar 99.2 (ArtPace, San Antonio, TX) 1999 Box 5, Folder 8 The Third Eye (Berta Sichel) 1999 Box 5, Folder 11 Front, Back, and In-Between (Armory Center for the Arts) 1999 Box 7, Folder 2 Post-Photo L.A. 1992 Box 7, Folder 3 Flyers 1992-1993 Scope and Contents Includes: Chicanolandia; Art Forum; Palimpsest; Disorient.

Box 7, Folder 4 Counterweight (Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum) 1992-1993 Box 7, Folder 7 Ojo Abierto/Open Eye (Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum) 1992 Box 7, Folder 8 Fire Without Gold 1995 Box 7, Folder 9 Portraiture 1999 Box 7, Folder 10 Conmocion 1996 Box 7, Folder 12 Fire Without Gold 1994 Box 7, Folder 13 Bad Girls West 1994 Box 7, Folder 14 Sexual Politics 1996 Box 7, Folder 15 American Voices- Latino Photographers in the 1997 Box 9, Folder 2 Stillness and Motion (Vielmetter Los Angeles) 2000 Box 9, Folder 3 The LACMA Institute for Arts and Cultures 2000 Box 9, Folder 4 Charting New Currents: Celebrating 10 Years of Grantmaking by the California Community Foundation (J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts) 2000

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Box 9, Folder 6 Show cards 2000 Scope and Contents Includes: The Mexican Museum pPresents En Mictlan: Dia de los Muertos in California; Exposure @ Zero Hour.

Box 9, Folder 8 Flyers 2001 Scope and Contents Includes:: Self Help Graphics Annual Print Exhibition and Fundraiser; Arzulananlar/Les Voluptes.

Box 9, Folder 9 Publications 2002 Scope and Contents Includes: (El Bello) Genero; Mesa Redonda - Genero.

Box 9, Folder 14 FotoSeptiembre USA (San Antonio, TX) 2003 Box 10, Folder 1 Motion and Center: New Bodies of Work from Laura Aguilar 2003 Box 10, Folder 3 Fat Attitudes: A Celebration of Large Women (Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University) 2004 Box 10, Folder 5 Passing through, Settling In: Contemporary Photographs of the Desert (Stanlee and Gerald Rubin for the Visual Arts, UTEP) 2006 Box 10, Folder 6 Art of Engagement Visual Politics in California and Beyond (San Jose Museum of Art) 2006 Box 10, Folder 7 Cross Sections (18th Street Arts Center) 2007 Box 11, Folder 2 Women Photographers in America (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery) 1987 Box 11, Folder 3 Visible Differences (Centro Cultural de la Raza) 1987 Box 11, Folder 4 Transcend (Viva Visual Arts) 1989 Box 11, Folder 5 L.A. Iluminado: Eight Los Angeles Photographers (Otis/Parsons Gallery) 1991 Box 11, Folder 6 Artistas Chicanas: A Symposium on the Experience and Expression of Chicana Artists (University of California, Santa Barbara) 1991 Box 11, Folder 7 Los Angeles Photography Center 1989-1991 Scope and Contents Includes material on the following exhibits: Contemporary Latin Photography; Personal Perceptions; The Visual Statement.

Box 11, Folder 8 Sexuality and the Politics of Obscenity (Hera Gallery) 1990 Box 11, Folder 9 All But the Obvious (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) 1990 Box 11, Folder 11 Flyers 1990 Scope and Contents Includes: A Women's View; The NUDE: Classic and Conceptual; Chicano Lecture Series.

Box 11, Folder 15 Show cards 1991 Scope and Contents Includes: 8th Annual Day of the Dead/Dia de Los Muertos; Situation; Visible For A Change; Annual Conference: Women's Caucus for Art.

Box 11, Folder 17 The World Around Me (Bridge Gallery, LA City Hall) 1989

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