In addition to the essays by the co-authors, an illustrated timeline, map, and profiles of individuals and institutions, "SHOUTING from the Margins: Black Orange County, 1960 - 1979," includes a Google map documenting some of the sites, the master timeline with hundreds of entries, the bibliography, and the different multimedia assets we have gathered.
Shouting from the Margins: Black Orange County, 1960 – 1980.”
By Sharon Sekhon, Ariella Horwitz, Victoria Koos, Brenda Valencia, Edith Verduzco,... ( See More )
In addition to the essays by the co-authors, an illustrated timeline, map, and profiles of individuals and institutions, "SHOUTING from the Margins: Black Orange County, 1960 - 1979," includes a Google map documenting some of the sites, the master timeline with hundreds of entries, the bibliography, and the different multimedia assets we have gathered.
Shouting from the Margins: Black Orange County, 1960 – 1980.”
By Sharon Sekhon, Ariella Horwitz, Victoria Koos, Brenda Valencia, Edith Verduzco, and Joe Zavala in collaboration with Kathy Ayeh, Donna Hatchett, Adleane Hunter, Jerry Hunter, Juel Farquhar, Janine Farquhar, Mustafa Khan, Harlen Lambert, Daniel Michael Lynem Jr., Brig Owens, Shirley MacClanahan-Owens, Zoe and Earl Pedford, and Aidsand Wright-Riggins III.
In addition to the essays by our co-authors, illustrated timeline, map, and profiles of individuals and institutions, the exhibit includes a Google map documenting some of the sites, the master timeline with hundreds of entries, the bibliography, and the different multimedia assets we have gathered.
Tags: Activism; African American; Civil Rights; California; Discrimination; Politics and Government. ( See Less )
ID 2387. "SHOUTING from the Margins: Black Orange County, 1960 - 1980". Exhibit. Sharon Sekhon, Ariella Horwitz, Tiffany Bowman, Victoria Koos, Brenda Valencia, Edith Verduzco, and Joe Zavala. 2022. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SHOUTING/ on Dec 09, 2024.
SHE: Women, Power and Politics was an exhibit at the Fontana Teacher's Association at 16850 Seville Avenue. It took place on March 25, 2017. The Studio for Southern California History partnered with with the Fontana Historical Society to both gather and share local history related to women. We are grateful to the Fontana Teacher’s Association, Curtis Dison, Sue Felt and Pat Mazzulli for assisting in our programming in addition to all of this year’s participants.
Madison Buckley is a co-curator... ( See More )
SHE: Women, Power and Politics was an exhibit at the Fontana Teacher's Association at 16850 Seville Avenue. It took place on March 25, 2017. The Studio for Southern California History partnered with with the Fontana Historical Society to both gather and share local history related to women. We are grateful to the Fontana Teacher’s Association, Curtis Dison, Sue Felt and Pat Mazzulli for assisting in our programming in addition to all of this year’s participants.
Madison Buckley is a co-curator for SHE and is currently an undergraduate student at California State University Fullerton where she is training to become a teacher. She is originally from south Orange County. Madison Buckley contributed to the organization of this year’s festival, assisted in the gathering of interviews and creation of art.
Jessica Delgado is a co-curator for SHE and is currently an undergraduate student at the University of California at Riverside. She is a poet and will be curating the poetry reading.
Virginia Espino: Come watch No Más Bebés at 4:45 pm. After the viewing, Producer Virginia Espino will dialogue with the audience. Virginia Espino is a native daughter of California, born and raised in northeastern Los Angeles. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is an oral and public historian whose research focuses on health activism, motherhood and the uses of public space. She earned her PhD from Arizona State University writing about population control politics and reproductive (in)justice during the 1970s. Her research has been published in the Chicano Studies Journal, Aztlan and her investigation into the history of coercive sterilization at the Los Angeles-USC Medical Center provided the impetus for the documentary film, No Más Bebés, for which she is a Producer and Lead Historian.
Olga García Echeverría: Come hear poet Olga García Echeverría read one of her poems about women for SHE. “Born and raised in East Los Angeles. Ultra Libra in love with the ocean and the clouds and the birds and the trees and the disappearing bees. Author of Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas (Calaca Press and Chibcha Press 2008). Teacher of English. Creator and destroyer of language. Splendid Spinster of the New Millennium who plans to joyfully spin words until her fingers turn to dust.”
Jennifer Escobar: Jennifer Escobar is a co-curator for SHE. She lives, plays, and works in the Inland Empire and is an Assistant Professor of English at Moreno Valley College.
Gabrielle Garcia: Gabrielle Garcia hails from Lincoln Heights and is a recent graduate from the University of California Santa Cruz. In addition to traveling the world, Garcia also is a writer and will be reading from her novel I Know Why You Keep Things.
Elwing Gonzalez: Elwing Gonzalez is a Los Angeles native who paints, creates things, teaches, and studies, and who works usually center on explorations of identity, the inner-world of self, and power-relations in society. She is interested in and most moved by issues of representation, identity, voice, and justice, especially in regards to culture, race, gender, hybridity, and inequality.
Nikki Grimes: From 3—3:50pm, author and illustrator Nikki Grimes will be reading from her latest work, One Last Word. New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the 2017 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, the 2016 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her distinguished works include the much-honored books Garvey's Choice, ALA Notable book What is Goodbye?, Coretta Scott King Award winner Bronx Masquerade, and Coretta Scott King Author Honor books Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin' About Bessie, Dark Sons, Words with Wings, and The Road to Paris. Creator of the popular Meet Danitra Brown, Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California.
Laura Jimenez: Listen to Laura Jimenez’s current efforts on securing reproductive justice for vulnerable communities. She is the Executive Director for California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. According to Jimenez: “The women in my life initially brought me to RJ – my mother taught me to be a feminist, my college friends showed me what it meant to be a Chicana feminist (a Xicanista) and I have watched my mentors be powerful in service of themselves and their communities. Even now as I watch my daughters navigate the world as young Afro-Indigenous Latinas, I am reminded every day that I work for Reproductive Justice so that they can choose and claim all of the experiences that they deserve and so that they can be freed of the reproductive oppressions that our ancestors survived.”
Satinder Kaur: View Satinder’s documentary Isa-Kae at 12:30 pm. Sati Kaur grew up in the Pacific Northwest and studied film at USC School of Cinematic Arts. She has written, directed and produced several fiction and documentary projects. She is currently in production on a documentary about the decade of disappearances in Punjab, India. Isa-Kae centers on interviews with Isa-Kae Meksin, a long-term resident of Echo Park and mover and shaker in various activist communities.
Kandee Lewis: Kandee and the Positive Results Corp are hosting their workshop, “My life, my truth; No apology for my attitude,” from 1:30—2:30pm. Kandee Lewis, Executive Director of The Positive Results Corporation specializing in addressing teen dating violence, sexual assault and trauma in youth and communities and educating on Healthy Relationships, Leadership and developing Youth Peer Advocates. Kandee partner’s with SCESA, The National Association of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, and is a Fellow in LEAP Cohort 3, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) & Women of Color Network (WOCN), a Founding Board Member for South Los Angeles Homeless (TAY) and Foster Care Collaborative, Compton’s Policing & Education Task Force, and Los Angeles City Attorney’s Domestic Violence Round Table.
Audrey Maier: Audrey Maier is an educator, curator, historian, and proud resident of California's Inland Empire. She was born in San Bernardino, raised in Loma Linda and currently resides in Colton California. She received her Bachelor's degree in Art History from the University of California San Diego and is pursuing a PhD in Public History at the University of California Riverside. Her research interests include public art, Inland Empire history, historical memory, and memorialization. Maier curated the SHE art space and will present her local history research "Celebrating Rafaela Landeros Rey: A Leader in School Desegregation."
Damaris Parris: Damaris Parris is a new photographer born and raised in Southern California and living locally in Ontario. She will be graduating from Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga in 2018. Heavily influenced by Mary Ellen Mark and Vivian Myer, she aims to document the beauty in the ordinary day-to-day life.
Irene Monica Sanchez: Dr. Irene Monica Sanchez will be hosting a poetry workshop, “Writing Resistance”,” from 4—4:30pm at the 2017 SHE Festival. From 8—9pm, she will share her poem “Empire” during the poetry reading. As she notes, “We write resistance with our existence every single day, and with the lessons and histories of women who came before us guiding our paths, we carry lessons in our veins. Writing is political. Our existence is too. This workshop will be a poetic testimonio of that struggle and brilliance through writing.” Dr. Irene Monica Sanchez is a Xicana, mama, activist, danzante, artist, writer, poet, educator, and Ph.D. based out of the Inland Empire. She has been featured to share poetry at numerous college and cultural events; recently, she was featured as a poet at the Latina/o Education and Advocacy Days at CSUSB. She is co-founder of The Southwest Political Report (www.thesouthwestpoliticalreport.com). In 2017, her poetry will be featured in BASTA! 100 Latinas speak out against violence against women and Rise. Find out more at www.irenesanchezphd.com
Natalie Sánches Valle: From 7—7:45pm, come see Natalie Sánchez Valle’s performance. Natalie is a singer, writer, performer, dancer and UC Berkeley graduate passionate about theater and performance as a tool for creating consciousness and community. In the Fall of 2013, after becoming inspired by the Teatro Lab class taught by Angela Marino, she started the Performance Colectiva with other performers of color to create resources and spaces for Latin@s and other underrepresented students who use art as a way to express, learn, and heal. Through this work, Natalie has given several performance workshops, as well as spoken about the importance for the arts at the Luis Valdez’s Power of Zero Regents Lecture at UC Berkeley.
Sharon Sekhon is a co-curator for SHE and worked on organizing the festival. She is the founder of the Studio for Southern California History. She teaches at California State University Fullerton in American Studies and the Honors Program and is currently a Visiting Professor in the Public History department at University of California Riverside.
Barbara Simpson-Lara: Barbara Simpson-Lara was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She developed a love for photography early on when she received her first Kodak Instamatic camera as a Christmas gift while still in Elementary School. Even when the family didn’t have money for film, she still carried her camera around and practiced framing up things she saw every day. In addition to Photography, Barbara also playwright, published poet and performer and a vibrant member of her Riverside community.
Sarah Swafford: Sarah Swafford is a co-curator for SHE and responsible for interviewing different participants. Sarah Swafford is an educator, athlete and artist from Hanford, California. She is a first year 8th grade ELA and history teacher and received her BA in Liberal Studies from California State University Fullerton in 2016. When Sarah is not teaching she is simultaneously working on her teaching credential, as well as coaching a year round swim club.
Virginia Vilchis: Virginia Vilchis is a Latina artist living in Los Angeles who has shown her work extensively. Born in San Juan de las Tablas, Mexico, in 1980, Vilchis was raised by her grandparents and only in 1994 did she move to Bakersfield to rejoin her mother. Although many things grow on trees in Bakersfield, money is not one of them, and while attending high school Vilchis held down as many as three jobs at once: “I worked in Burger King, McDonald’s, and I worked in a jewelry store,” she says. “And I would do my homework in the middle of the night, then get up in the morning and go to school.” During the summers she worked in the fields.
Sarah Swafford, Irma Escobar, Jennifer Escobar, Nadine Loza, and Vanessa Ressa: Educators from different schools and institutions, these women created lessons that incorporated resources from The Studio for Southern California History, especially SHE interviews. Check out the different lesson plans at the SHE Festival’s website. Lessons are tailored for the elementary classroom, high school ELA and History classrooms, and college composition classroom.
Tags: Feminism, Women, Art, California ( See Less )
ID 0010. SHE: Women, Power and Politics, A One Day Festival to Honor Women in Fontana. Exhibit. Madison Buckley, Jennifer Escobar, Audrey Maier, Sharon Sekhon. 2017. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/SHE/index.htm on Dec 09, 2024.
SHE: Beyond the Paradigms of Pleasure and Peril was an exhibit on March 20, 2016 in Santa Ana. It took place at the Frida Cinema and included workshops, a curated gallery space, an artist talk, film screening, walking tour, and poetry reading.
In our media-saturated world, few sets of women are discussed as much as Southern California women. Yet, the contributions of everyday women to the formation of Southern California remain glaringly underrepresented in histories and media representations.... ( See More )
SHE: Beyond the Paradigms of Pleasure and Peril was an exhibit on March 20, 2016 in Santa Ana. It took place at the Frida Cinema and included workshops, a curated gallery space, an artist talk, film screening, walking tour, and poetry reading.
In our media-saturated world, few sets of women are discussed as much as Southern California women. Yet, the contributions of everyday women to the formation of Southern California remain glaringly underrepresented in histories and media representations. Women are the makers of the poetry, art, reform movements and beautify our surroundings through various forms of work, whether paid or not. This exhibit is dedicated to the experiences of Southern California women in an effort to let women describe themselves and their lives.
Tags: Feminism, Women, Art, California ( See Less )
ID 0009. SHE: Beyond the Paradigms of Pleasure and Peril, A One Day Festival in Honor of Southern California Women in Santa Ana. Exhibit. Jennifer Escobar, Elwing Gonzalez, Marilynn Montaño, Sharon Sekhon, Sarah Swafford. 2016. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SHE/index.html on Dec 09, 2024.
"Trade-Tech Changes Lives" is an exhibit designed for Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC). The exhibit includes a short video, a timeline, a map, a mural, and interviews. It was installed to celebrate the school's 90th anniversary and installed in Magnolia Hall. The formal opening was May 21, 2015.
Contributors include Dr. Bill Troost, who generously shared his files, and Marva Brooks-Allman, who connected us with alumni to interview and provided joyful advice.
Thank you to Elton Robi... ( See More )
"Trade-Tech Changes Lives" is an exhibit designed for Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC). The exhibit includes a short video, a timeline, a map, a mural, and interviews. It was installed to celebrate the school's 90th anniversary and installed in Magnolia Hall. The formal opening was May 21, 2015.
Contributors include Dr. Bill Troost, who generously shared his files, and Marva Brooks-Allman, who connected us with alumni to interview and provided joyful advice.
Thank you to Elton Robinson for his photographs from the school's hair shows and expressing enthusiasm and wisdom on his visits. Extra special thanks to Mary Gallagher and Daren Lynne for support at LATTC.
Thank you to Studio collaborators Valerie Bueno, Satinder Kaur, Leo Limon, Amanda McMullen, Daniella Nowitz, Mark O'Meany and Bobbie Urtez guiding me through this exhibit.
Tags: Los Angeles; California; Colleges; History; ( See Less )
ID 0012. "Trade-Tech Changes Lives, A Short Film". Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History . 2015. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/lattc/index2.html on Dec 09, 2024.
The Raitt Street Chronicles for Sounding Out!
The Santa Ana Public Library partnered with Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center and the Studio for Southern California History to train teens to collect oral histories from the Townsend/Raitt neighborhood. Project mentors trained youth participants to collect, archive, and share the underreported stories of survival from one the nation’s most at-risk communities. Over the course of 12 months the participants recorded video interviews with... ( See More )
The Raitt Street Chronicles for Sounding Out!
The Santa Ana Public Library partnered with Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center and the Studio for Southern California History to train teens to collect oral histories from the Townsend/Raitt neighborhood. Project mentors trained youth participants to collect, archive, and share the underreported stories of survival from one the nation’s most at-risk communities. Over the course of 12 months the participants recorded video interviews with survivors of violence. Community impactful projects like this are made possible through the generous support of foundations, corporate sponsorships, and the generosity of individuals who believe in the mission and purpose of such collaborative efforts.
Thanks to Cheryl Eberly, Kevin Cabrera, Jackie Edrada, Manny Escamilla, Ana Rosas, Jules Rochielle & John Spiak. This section of the Raitt Street Chronicles was lead by Michelle Alexandra Lopez and Gabrielle Garcia, with Sharon Sekhon as history consultant. Santa Ana youth from the Raitt/Townsend neighborhood helped the Studio collect neighborhood essays that were compiled into a collective "soundscape" for Sounding Out!, a weekly online publication, a networked academic archive, and a dynamic group platform bringing together sound studies scholars, sound artists and professionals, and readers interested in the cultural politics of sound and listening. Special thanks to Aaron Trammell and Jennifer Stoever-Ackerman for inviting us to share Santa Ana sounds. The project's Introduction by Manny Escamilla (who was interviewed by Kevin Cabrera) and the Soundscape we prepared are available with connections to individual assets through this website.
This Studio for Southern California History collaboration with the Santa Ana Public Library has been fortunate to receive support from a Cal Humanities 2013 Community Stories grant. This project was made possible with support from Cal Humanities, a non-profit partner of the NEH. ( See Less )
ID 2359. Santa Ana's Raitt Street Chronicles. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2013. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at on Dec 09, 2024.
An A-MEOW-ZING HISTORY of Southern California Feline Facts & Trivia
This online exhibit from 2012 mimics an unwieldy, oversized scrapbook and one must use the arrows at the bottom of the page to move to the next. This scrapbook is interactive with roll overs on certain images. In addition to chronologically showing change over time, this exhibit demonstrates how different voices, language, and expressions changed within the local press.
This online exhibit to cats was created by the Studio fo... ( See More )
An A-MEOW-ZING HISTORY of Southern California Feline Facts & Trivia
This online exhibit from 2012 mimics an unwieldy, oversized scrapbook and one must use the arrows at the bottom of the page to move to the next. This scrapbook is interactive with roll overs on certain images. In addition to chronologically showing change over time, this exhibit demonstrates how different voices, language, and expressions changed within the local press.
This online exhibit to cats was created by the Studio for Southern California History for NKLA: No Kill Los Angeles. NKLA is a coalition of concerned animal advocates across Los Angeles. NKLA helps animals live a full and quality life by helping LA become a no-kill city for pets.
Cats play a big part in our lives and the way writers document human interaction with these domesticated animals provides portals into social values. We have included quotes whenever possible from the original authors of articles to highlight their wit, puns, humor, sympathy, and wonder in relaying cat stories. We have shared cats in public art, entries about our own cats, and trivia.
Thanks to Bob Drwila, Gabrielle Garcia, Hillary Jenks, Dona Lawrie, Michelle Alexandra Lopez, Sharon Sekhon and the Studio for Southern California History for their assistance. Enjoy!
This exhibit is dedicated to Smokie Sekhon. Learn about her later in the timeline. ( See Less )
ID 1309. LA Cat Tales: An Ameowzing History. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2012. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/Cat_Stories/ on Dec 09, 2024.
Curated by Jeremy Hight & Lisa Hight, "LA Exchange" includes photographs from both artists as well as contributions from local writers.
August 10 & 11, 2012
at the Studio for Southern California History's Pop Up Gallery at 818 N. Hill Street in the Best Western Plaza.
Los Angeles is a city with many “faces” (expectations, cliches, memes) as well as places; the archive and history of photography of the place is the same. What would happen if one were to collide tourist photos and war? Bridal ph... ( See More )
Curated by Jeremy Hight & Lisa Hight, "LA Exchange" includes photographs from both artists as well as contributions from local writers.
August 10 & 11, 2012
at the Studio for Southern California History's Pop Up Gallery at 818 N. Hill Street in the Best Western Plaza.
Los Angeles is a city with many “faces” (expectations, cliches, memes) as well as places; the archive and history of photography of the place is the same. What would happen if one were to collide tourist photos and war? Bridal photography and the aesthetics of photo surveys of older neighborhoods and industrial areas? If a civil war reenactment were held in the suburbs, shouldn’t the photo show the condos and power lines? LA Exchange has a “blind date” where 16 LA writers have each been sent a photo from the show as their “date” to respond to and collaborate with. A reading will be held at 7pm on both days. Writers included (Friday) Ophelia Chong, Theresia Rosa Kleeman, Jason Kordich, Joe Rourke, Michael Schuster, Mark Singerman, Justin Veach. (Saturday) Lloyd Aquino, John Brantingham, Zoe Colette Etkin, Steven Salardino, Sharon Sekhon, Matias Viegener, Ebony Wiliams and Adam Wills.
Lisa Hight received writing degrees from both San Francisco State and Northern Arizona University. She teaches English at Pierce College and Mt. San Antonio College. Her interest in photography grew from receiving a camera as a Christmas gift. This is her first exhibition of photography.
Jeremy Hight is an artist/theorist/information~designer/writer/photographer/musician/editor/curator. He has published numerous articles on locative media, new media, language theory and art. ( See Less )
ID 1316. LA Exchange. Exhibit. Jeremy Hight, Lisa Hight (curators). 2012. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/LA_Exchange/ on Dec 09, 2024.
This poem was written by Sharon Sekhon and performed by Gabrielle Garcia on January 27, 2012 at the Studio for Southern California History's "pop-up" gallery in Chinatown.
This open microphone poetry reading hosted by Mike Sonksen celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. For more resources on women in Los Angeles history, visit the Studio for Southern California History's timeline "LA Women: A Record of Experience" completed in 2007. This timeline includes even more LA women, like the La ... ( See More )
This poem was written by Sharon Sekhon and performed by Gabrielle Garcia on January 27, 2012 at the Studio for Southern California History's "pop-up" gallery in Chinatown.
This open microphone poetry reading hosted by Mike Sonksen celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. For more resources on women in Los Angeles history, visit the Studio for Southern California History's timeline "LA Women: A Record of Experience" completed in 2007. This timeline includes even more LA women, like the La Brea woman--whose remains were discovered in La Brea Tar Pits and is estimated to live 7,000 years ago.
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ID 1320. "The Real Ladies of LA: Women of Strength and Integrity". Exhibit. Sharon Sekhon. 2012. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/LA_LADIES/ on Dec 09, 2024.
the Studio for Southern California History with Michelle An, Nancy Bautista, Peggy Bernal, Bob Drwila, Karen Ishizuka, Hillary Jenks, Sojin Kim, Deanna Matsumoto, Rosa Mazon, and Monica Pelayo.
This exhibit was the basis of a 2012 calendar and is a chronological collection of tree histories. It includes trees across Southern California in places like Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Cypress Park, El Pueblo Historic Monument, Elysian Park, Encino, Fullerton, JOshua Tree National Monument, Placerita Canyon, the South Central Farm, and the West LA Veterans Administration.
ID 2361. A Few of Our Favorite Trees. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History with Michelle An, Nancy Bautista, Peggy Bernal, Bob Drwila, Karen Ishizuka, Hillary Jenks, Sojin Kim, Deanna Matsumoto, Rosa Mazon, and Monica Pelayo.. 2012. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/Trees/ on Dec 09, 2024.
The Studio for Southern California History (Studio) is pleased to announce a new community history project: Common Ground: the Histories of the Ambassador Hotel’s Neighborhood. In collaboration with the University of Southern California, American Studies 200 with Dr. Emily Hobson; the Honors College at California State University Los Angeles with Dr. Michelle Hawley; and the New Open World Academy with Felicia Perez and Dr. Chuck Flores—one of the schools at the former Ambassador Hotel site- th... ( See More )
The Studio for Southern California History (Studio) is pleased to announce a new community history project: Common Ground: the Histories of the Ambassador Hotel’s Neighborhood. In collaboration with the University of Southern California, American Studies 200 with Dr. Emily Hobson; the Honors College at California State University Los Angeles with Dr. Michelle Hawley; and the New Open World Academy with Felicia Perez and Dr. Chuck Flores—one of the schools at the former Ambassador Hotel site- the Studio is organizing a series of activities designed to gather and share stories connected with the former Ambassador Hotel and its neighborhood including a five-block radius with Hobart on the West, Olympic to the South, Shatto to the East and 2nd Street to the North— all sections of the 90005 zip code and sometimes known as ‘Wilshire Center.’
Common Ground hopes to illustrate vast change over time in Los Angeles that is often known for one place—the Ambassador Hotel—by highlighting its neighborhood social history. For many people the Ambassador was an icon of the city, from its opening in 1921 until its demolition in 2006 to make way for the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools Complex. For over twenty-five years, many people battled to save the hotel, to preserve the personal memories it represented. But less attention has been paid to a different kind of icon and monument to memories of Los Angeles: the community surrounding the site of the Ambassador. The personal histories associated with the Ambassador Hotel itself created a barrage of distress letters and preservation efforts to save it over the last twenty-five years.
The histories gathered through this project will provide one microcosm of Los Angeles urban history--from serving as barley fields in the late 19th century, to now representing one of the most diverse and densely populated sections of Los Angeles. While the Ambassador Hotel may rightfully hold a place in historical memory for various political and cultural events, the history of its neighborhood provides an even more pluralistic vision of Los Angeles’ history. ( See Less )
ID 1310. "Common Ground: Histories of the Ambassador Hotel and Its Neighborhoods". Exhibit; Research Project. the Studio for Southern California History. 2011. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/CommonGround/ on Dec 09, 2024.
The map is a compilation of added images and entries. Its base is a 1932 map called “Greater Los Angeles: the wonder city of America” designed by K.M. Leuschner for Metropolitan Surveys and made available by the Library of Congress. The map inset in the lower right hand corner is also from the Library of Congress and is a 1909 “bird’s eye view” by Worthington Gates for Western Litho Co. Throughout this map are history entries and some hidden features for a scavenger hunt of icons related to Sout... ( See More )
The map is a compilation of added images and entries. Its base is a 1932 map called “Greater Los Angeles: the wonder city of America” designed by K.M. Leuschner for Metropolitan Surveys and made available by the Library of Congress. The map inset in the lower right hand corner is also from the Library of Congress and is a 1909 “bird’s eye view” by Worthington Gates for Western Litho Co. Throughout this map are history entries and some hidden features for a scavenger hunt of icons related to Southern California. ( See Less )
ID 1312. Love is Living LARGE in LA. Exhibit; Map. the Studio for Southern California History. 2011. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/Love_Is_Living_Large/ on Dec 09, 2024.
"Navigating LA" was the culmination of a semester's worth of work in the Cultural Studies course "Welcome to L.A." taught at the Claremont Graduate School Cultural Studies Program. The exhibition offers reflections on the region as a complex, cross-cultural space where community, borders, migration and bodies interact, shift, change and are contested daily and through the region's history. The students have organized a dynamic show and programs to reach a broader audience. This is a premiere col... ( See More )
"Navigating LA" was the culmination of a semester's worth of work in the Cultural Studies course "Welcome to L.A." taught at the Claremont Graduate School Cultural Studies Program. The exhibition offers reflections on the region as a complex, cross-cultural space where community, borders, migration and bodies interact, shift, change and are contested daily and through the region's history. The students have organized a dynamic show and programs to reach a broader audience. This is a premiere collaboration between the Studio for Southern California History and CGU with instructor reina alejandra saldivar prado and her course. The exhibition features rare books authored by Leo Politi on loan from The George G. Stone Center for Children's Books; two books featuring work by Ed Ruscha and Edgar Arceneaux from the Dennison Library & Honnald Library at Claremont University, respectively; archival documentation from Regeneración, an artist collective based in Highland Park during the 90s, and works by artists from Mobile Mural Lab, Pocho Research Society, Sandy Rodriguez, Antonio Garcia, and others working in Southern California to name a few highlights. In addition to exhibit highlights archived here below, "Navigating LA" includes its own website and lesson plan.
Saturday, May 28, 2011 Poetry Reading with Gloria Alvarez
Poet Gloria Alvarez shares about her experiences navigating LA through language. Her poem "Contrastes/Contrasts" is available on the show's website under "Lesson Plan" (reprinted with permission from the artist).
Saturday, June 18, 2011 Panel “Remembering Leo Politi” celebrates the work and life of Leo Politi. Organized and moderated by CGU student Jennifer Escobar, the panel focuses on how Leo Politi represented different neighborhoods (i.e. Olvera Street, Chinatown, Bunker Hill) in his works, especially his books and paintings. Participants include:
Harry Yan, George Yan, Frank Yan, and Mary Yan Joe (“Moy Moy”), featued in Leo Politi’s children’s book Moy Moy;
Ellen Daigle, artist and Politi family friend;
Fabricio Cervantes, LA historian writer, and director;
Ann Stalcup, author of Leo Politi, Artist of the Angels.
Writer and cultural critic Max Benavidez moderates the panel.
Special thanks to Jennifer Escobar, Monica Pelayo and all of the panelists who agreed to have the panel recorded.
The exhibition is supported in part by the Friedman Grant, the School of Arts & Humanities at Claremont Graduate University, and The Studio for Southern California History, a nonprofit resource center in LA's Chinatown. ( See Less )
ID 1317. Navigating LA. Exhibit. 2011. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/Navigating_LA/ on Dec 09, 2024.
LA BOOK STORES
Made for Libros Schmibros, a lending library in Boyle Heights.
This map was created for Libros Schmibros and is based on the 1932 tourist map "Greater Los Angeles, Wonder City of the World" through the Library of Congress. Bookstores mapped include
Acres of Books, Bodhi Tree, Book Man, Book Soup, Bullock's Wilshire, Campbell's, Chevalier's, Dawson's (original location), Dean Markham, Downey's, Eclectic, Esowan, Fowler Brothers, Gilber'ts, Harry Wepplo's, IMIX, Jewish American Bo... ( See More )
LA BOOK STORES
Made for Libros Schmibros, a lending library in Boyle Heights.
This map was created for Libros Schmibros and is based on the 1932 tourist map "Greater Los Angeles, Wonder City of the World" through the Library of Congress. Bookstores mapped include
Acres of Books, Bodhi Tree, Book Man, Book Soup, Bullock's Wilshire, Campbell's, Chevalier's, Dawson's (original location), Dean Markham, Downey's, Eclectic, Esowan, Fowler Brothers, Gilber'ts, Harry Wepplo's, IMIX, Jewish American Bookshop, Kinokuniya, Libros Schmibros, Malik's, Paddock's, Parker's, Pickwick, Portrait of a Bookstore, S. Hellman, Satyr, Skylight, Small World, Stanley Rose Limited, Stoll & Thayer Co, Stories Books, Stratford and Green, the Jones, Unity Pegues, Vroman's, Williams, and Zeitlin
https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2011/10/libros-schmibros-las-unsung-hometown-oracles
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ID 2360. LA Bookstores for Libros Schmibros at the Hammer. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2011. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SoCal_Books/ on Dec 09, 2024.
The Studio for Southern California History proudly presents an interactive audio/video tour of selected pieces featured in the 2010 exhibit called LA Loves Leo Limón. This special tour was created by Michelle Lopez and narrated by Michael Mattice.
ID 1326. LA Loves Leo Limón - An InterCATive Podcast Tour. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2010. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://vimeo.com/537621260 on Dec 09, 2024.
ID 1328. LA Loves Leo Limón - Friends Speak. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2010. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://vimeo.com/540490234 on Dec 09, 2024.
This site developed from the 2010 calendar created by the Studio for Southern California History. Photographs were taken by Nancy Bautista and Sharon Sekhon in the summer of 2009. The illustrations are based on records in the Library of Congress.
Sources include articles from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and other local papers.
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR)
Leo Limon, the LA River Cat artist
Blake Gumbrecht. The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Possible Rebirth. (2... ( See More )
This site developed from the 2010 calendar created by the Studio for Southern California History. Photographs were taken by Nancy Bautista and Sharon Sekhon in the summer of 2009. The illustrations are based on records in the Library of Congress.
Sources include articles from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and other local papers.
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR)
Leo Limon, the LA River Cat artist
Blake Gumbrecht. The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Possible Rebirth. (2001)
the LA Conservancy
Library of Congress--Historic American Engineering Record
Joe Linton. Down By the Los Angeles River. (2005)
Remi Nadeau. The Water Seekers. (1993)
Jenny Price, Urban Ranger and Natural Historian.
Marc Reisner. Cadillac Desert. (1986) ( See Less )
ID 2358. The Bridges of LA County 2010 Calendar and Exhibit. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2010. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/LA_Bridges/ on Dec 09, 2024.
This exhibit is an illustrated map entitled "Los Angeles, Then And Now. 1909 - 2009" is on display in the lobby of Hop Li's on Alpine Street in Chinatown." This is the digital version of the map and adapted for the web.
"Los Angeles, Then & Now" was created by the Studio for Southern California History as a thank you to Bing, Ting and everyone at Hop Li's who welcomed us to Chinatown at Hop Li Restaurant (on map). The background image of this map is from Gates Worthington's "Los Angeles: A Bir... ( See More )
This exhibit is an illustrated map entitled "Los Angeles, Then And Now. 1909 - 2009" is on display in the lobby of Hop Li's on Alpine Street in Chinatown." This is the digital version of the map and adapted for the web.
"Los Angeles, Then & Now" was created by the Studio for Southern California History as a thank you to Bing, Ting and everyone at Hop Li's who welcomed us to Chinatown at Hop Li Restaurant (on map). The background image of this map is from Gates Worthington's "Los Angeles: A Bird's Eye View" from Bird's Eye View Publications, Los Angeles 1909. Available from the Library of Congress. Satellite map image provided by Googlemaps.
Tags: Los Angeles; California; History; Maps ( See Less )
ID 0013. "Los Angeles, Then And Now. 1909 - 2009". Exhibit; Map. the Studio for Southern California History. 2009. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/1909/ on Dec 09, 2024.
This exhibit is an illustrated timeline that has been installed in a few sites in Watts and South Los Angeles.
This timeline was originally created for the Watts Gang Task Force in tandem with the Studio's exhibit "Law & Disorder." The exhibit was donated to the WGTF for display. It was made to document some history and some of the losses to violence in the community to fill a long blank white wall at its original location.
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This exhibit is an illustrated timeline that has been installed in a few sites in Watts and South Los Angeles.
This timeline was originally created for the Watts Gang Task Force in tandem with the Studio's exhibit "Law & Disorder." The exhibit was donated to the WGTF for display. It was made to document some history and some of the losses to violence in the community to fill a long blank white wall at its original location.
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ID 0809. A BRIEF HISTORY OF WATTS. Exhibit; Timeline. the Studio for Southern California History. 2009. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at http://watts-timeline.org/ on Dec 09, 2024.
The piece was created in 2008 as homage to Karen Boccalero and Day of the Dead using a discarded filing cabinet. It was first exhibited a The Hive Gallery and Studios. Each drawer (below) is interactive; select a drawer to see a little bit of four favorite cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles Angelus Rosedale Cemetery Westwood Memorial Cemetery The Los Angeles Pet Cemetery in Calabasas. This exhibit is on display at the Studio for Southern California History.
Karen Boccalero was a... ( See More )
The piece was created in 2008 as homage to Karen Boccalero and Day of the Dead using a discarded filing cabinet. It was first exhibited a The Hive Gallery and Studios. Each drawer (below) is interactive; select a drawer to see a little bit of four favorite cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles Angelus Rosedale Cemetery Westwood Memorial Cemetery The Los Angeles Pet Cemetery in Calabasas. This exhibit is on display at the Studio for Southern California History.
Karen Boccalero was a Franciscan nun who created Self-Help Graphics, a center for printmaking and Chicano art in Boyle Heights, where she grew up. Italian American Boccalero re-popularized the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead also known as El Dia de los Muertos. She saw this lost tradition as something vital to the Mexican Americans in her community in the 1970s. Now the tradition is visible throughout Southern California during late October and early November. Much of the work done at Self-Help Graphics is archived at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
This art installation builds off of a Studio for Southern California History Lesson Plan for creating a Memory Trunk. In this case we used a discarded filing cabinet to be the illustrative container or "trunk.” Sharon Sekhon, Nancy Bautista, Bob Drwila, Rosa Mazon.
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ID 1313. Altar to Karen B. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2008. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/altartokarenb/index.html on Dec 09, 2024.
Inset image is block done by Victoria Delgadillo and is "Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles"
In the fall of 2006, the Studio for Southern California History issued a call to local quilters asking them to donate a 12" X 12" quilt block that honored a woman who is important to local history in order to create a community quilt for the 2007 exhibit Los Angeles Women: A Record of Experience. In addition to using a common color or fabric, blocks needed to have a title, description of who it was ... ( See More )
Inset image is block done by Victoria Delgadillo and is "Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles"
In the fall of 2006, the Studio for Southern California History issued a call to local quilters asking them to donate a 12" X 12" quilt block that honored a woman who is important to local history in order to create a community quilt for the 2007 exhibit Los Angeles Women: A Record of Experience. In addition to using a common color or fabric, blocks needed to have a title, description of who it was honoring, and be turned in by late 2006 to be included in the exhibit. This community quilt has developed beyond its initial installation. ( See Less )
ID 1311. Community Quilt for Los Angeles Women: A Record of Experience. Exhibit. the Studio for Southern California History. 2007. The Studio for Southern California History. Accessed on the LA History Archive at https://www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/community_quilt/ on Dec 09, 2024.