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From Fashion, To Violence, To A Forgotten Era: The Zoot Suit And Mexican-American Youth Culture In 1940’S America, Adelaide Iris Ord Treadwell Jan 2023

From Fashion, To Violence, To A Forgotten Era: The Zoot Suit And Mexican-American Youth Culture In 1940’S America, Adelaide Iris Ord Treadwell

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College


Inevitable Associations: Art, Institution, And Cultural Intersection In Los Angeles, 1973–1988, Liz Hirsch Jun 2021

Inevitable Associations: Art, Institution, And Cultural Intersection In Los Angeles, 1973–1988, Liz Hirsch

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Inevitable Associations: Art, Institution, and Cultural Intersection in Los Angeles, 1973-1988 considers alternative institutions and cultural intersections in bicentennial-era Los Angeles. I look at the spatial, social, and artistic convergence of Los Angeles artists rarely seen as allied, through close examination of alternative cultural infrastructure that came out of a federal jobs program called the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and cohered around a building located at 240 South Broadway in downtown. I use the model of association—alliance through shared purpose—to demonstrate moments of convergence and interconnection. Through an analysis of the formation of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), …


The "Postmodern Geographies" Of Frank Gehry's Los Angeles, Katherine Shearer Jan 2017

The "Postmodern Geographies" Of Frank Gehry's Los Angeles, Katherine Shearer

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis examines the ways in which Frank Gehry’s architectural contributions to Los Angeles’ social and built environment have shaped the region’s “postmodern geographies” throughout the 20th and 21st century. Through a focused exploration of three of Gehry’s postmodernist structures in Greater Los Angeles—a house, a library, and a concert hall—this thesis analyses how Gehry and his designs reflected and affected the artistic and socio-spatial development of Los Angeles’ “decidedly postmodern landscape.”


Valley Vista: Art In The San Fernando Valley, Ca. 1970-1990, Damon Willick Sep 2014

Valley Vista: Art In The San Fernando Valley, Ca. 1970-1990, Damon Willick

Faculty Pub Night

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John Sonsini: Portraits From Los Angeles, Michael Duncan Jan 2010

John Sonsini: Portraits From Los Angeles, Michael Duncan

Exhibit Catalogues

Los Angeles portrait painter John Sonsini's gorgeous bakgrounds are lyrical, atmospheric abstrations that add a surprising tenderness to the portraits of Hispanic men whose half-formed shadows correspond to their near invisibility to most LA passersby.


Book Review. Patrick Arthur Polk, Botánica Los Angeles: Latino Popular Religious Art In The City Of Angels, Jo Farb Hernandez Jul 2006

Book Review. Patrick Arthur Polk, Botánica Los Angeles: Latino Popular Religious Art In The City Of Angels, Jo Farb Hernandez

Faculty Publications

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Book Review. Patrick Arthur Polk, Botánica Los Angeles: Latino Popular Religious Art In The City Of Angels, Jo Farb Hernandez Jan 2006

Book Review. Patrick Arthur Polk, Botánica Los Angeles: Latino Popular Religious Art In The City Of Angels, Jo Farb Hernandez

Jo Farb Hernandez

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An M.F.A. In L.A., Ken Gonzales-Day Jan 1999

An M.F.A. In L.A., Ken Gonzales-Day

Scripps Faculty Publications and Research

The author, an artist, discusses M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) degree programs in the Los Angeles area, with attention to the balance of theory and practice in these programs. Article is in both English and Spanish.


The Wilshire Brown Derby, Los Angeles, Grill Menu, May 29, 1941, The Wilshire Brown Derby May 1941

The Wilshire Brown Derby, Los Angeles, Grill Menu, May 29, 1941, The Wilshire Brown Derby

Restaurant Menus

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