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Audio Recording Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • George, Philip B., 1946- (Collector)
  • Cumpián, Carlos (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977

Headings

  • -  Hispanic Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Carlos Cumpian (MARCH)
  • -  Part 1 of a 2-part interview in English with Carlos Cumpian from MARCH (Movimiento Artistico Chicano), recorded on telephone with permission; begins with some comments from an interview begun the night before; Cumpian discusses how the poor attack the poor; discussion of the previous night's session with the performers Chicano Floricanto, and discussion of MARCH, Carlos Cumpian as corresponding secretary; the thrust of MARCH is to teach Mexican cultural elements mainly in the Midwest and to stimulate creativity, poetry is :important but prose more important, also the publication of .Abrazo, a quarterly journal, with one number out by the date of this interview and another to come out by October, focus on the Midwest; MARCH was founded in 1973 in Indiana and in 1975 in Chicago, the founders were Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez and Victor A. Sorell; the membership is presently 35; the organization promotes poetry, short stories, and murals; about murals, MARCH has been involved in about six to date; about the mural process, choice of location, quality of wall, agreement with landlord, community support and involvement; about defacement or murals with a story about one example; the mural process includes a sketch, landlord and community approval of the sketch, the preparation of the wall, and the painting often proceeds with community help; funds for murals come from local people and organizations, granting agencies, and from artists’ pockets; members of MARCH include are teachers, service people, factory workers, students; the organization has received some funds from the Illinois Arts Council for the publication of Abrazo; about Cumpian’s role in Chicano Floricanto and relationship to teatros; MARCH may start work with performing arts in the future, especially teatro; about teatros in Chicago area; Cumpian was born in San Antonio, Texas; the family has five generations in the U.S.; his father got his college degree thanks to an athletic scholarship; family came to Chicago with the migrant stream in 1967; the MARCH members are in the age range of 25 or 26, most are from Texas, born in the U.S.; the Mexican born founders have been "Chicanoized"; MARCH sponsored art and photo exhibits in 1975-1976; they work with similar groups and need a permanent office.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0776
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T246-C
  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20770A

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

George, Philip B, and Carlos Cumpián. Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770/.

APA citation style:

George, P. B. & Cumpián, C. (1977) Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, July 2. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770/.

MLA citation style:

George, Philip B, and Carlos Cumpián. Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770/>.