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Audio Recording Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Names

  • George, Philip B., 1946- (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977

Headings

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

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Carlos Cumpian (MARCH)
  • -  Part 2 of a 2-part interview in English with Carlos Cumpian from MARCH (Movimiento Artistico Chicano), recorded on telephone with permission; about how MARCH needs an office needed in the barrio for office space, gallery, and workshop; the present address of MARCH is P.O. BOX 2890, Chicago, 60690; they have sponsored poetry readings; there is a with the Abrazo publication to get materials from non-MARCH members, they use photos; MARCH has sponsored workshops for youth on woodcuts and murals and sculpture; on the importance of community involvement, MARCH members have asked themselves for whom is their art and where did it come from, the answer is “the community”; hostility often exists outside of the barrio toward their art so they rely on and trust the community; MARCH sponsors culture meetings to discuss a variety of topics; they have some Anglo members; MARCH is a springboard for the development and expression of arts in the Midwest; Abrazo carries news items as well as artistic works and criticism, hit a circulation of 1,000 for the first issue; they are developing ties with Native Americans because of perceived similarities in the histories of and problems faced by the two groups; a powwow fiesta is planned for October in conjunction with the Native American Artist's Guild; fieldworker and interviewee repeat statement that this interview is being recorded with permission (that agreement had been reached the night before); discussion of the artists Carlos Cortes, maker of woodcuts, posters, and sculpture; Cumpian feels that art should be available to everybody, and he mass-produces art and sells it cheaply; contact information for Cortes, plans related to performing arts and photographers.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

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

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. Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770_02/.

APA citation style:

George, P. B. (1977) Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, July 2. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770_02/.

MLA citation style:

George, Philip B. Interview with Carlos Cumpián from MARCH: Movimiento Artístico Chicano, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20770_02/>.