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ChismeArte

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ChismeArte was an avant-garde Chicano magazine[1] published by the LA Latino Writers Association (LALWA)[2] and produced by the Concilio de Arte Popular[3] (The People's Art Council[4]), a California statewide arts advocacy group of Chicano arts organizations headed by Manazar Gamboa.[2] The magazine began publication in 1976.[5] It was produced by Guillermo Bejarano in the early 1980s.[2] Manazar Gamboa served as Director of LALWA and Editor of ChismeArte from 1981-1983.[6] Organizational members of the People's Art Council included The Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista, The Royal Chicano Air Force in Sacramento, Mechicano Art Center in Los Angeles, and The Galeria de la Raza and The Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and The Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego.[5]

Many Latino writers have edited or published in this magazine, including Manazar Gamboa, Helena Maria Viramontes,[1] Roberto Rodriguez, Marisela Norte, Naomi Quinonez, Sybil Venegas, and Luis J. Rodriguez,[2] a Los Angeles Poet Laureate.[7]

The Kennedy Library Gallery held an exhibition, “ChismeArte, ¡Y Que!: Expanding L.A.’s Chicano Aesthetic.”[8] Latino artists featured in this exhibit include Gronk, Carlos Almaraz, John Valadez and Barbara Carrasco.[8]

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  1. ^ a b "Guide to the Helena Maria Viramontes Papers CEMA 18". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  2. ^ a b c d Rodriguez, Luis J. (2008-07-10). "East LA's Venerable Self Help Graphics Arts Center to Close in Six Months". Luis Javier Rodriguez's Blog. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  3. ^ Concilio de Arte Popular (Los Angeles, Calif.). Chismearte. OCLC 760501182. Retrieved 2020-02-21 – via WorldCat.
  4. ^ "Concilio de Arte Popular (The People's Art Council)". Calisphere. April 1984. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  5. ^ a b "Chisme Arte: Chicano Art". KCET. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  6. ^ "Finding Aid for the Michelle Kholos Brooks Collection of Manazar Gamboa Papers 1939-2001". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. ^ Trochimczyk, Maja (2015-10-10). "Village Poets of Sunland & Tujunga: Sunland-Tujunga Poets-Laureate Welcome Luis J. Rodriguez, LA Poet-Laureate on October 25, 2015". Village Poets of Sunland & Tujunga. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. ^ a b Wright, Sara (2008-04-28). "Exhibit embodies struggle for Chicano identity". Mustang News. Retrieved 2020-02-22.