A compelling blend of art history, social analysis, and personal
testimony, "Creative Collectives" presents a new paradigm for
understanding Chicana/o studies. By following the artistic and
ideological journeys of two groups of northern California Chicana
artists, MarA-a Ochoa argues that the women involved in these
collectives created complex images whose powerful visual social
commentary sprang from the daily experiences of their lives.
Ochoa's artistic narrative first focuses on Mujeres Muralistas,
a pathbreaking San Francisco group of mural painters organized in
the early 1970s at the height of the Chicana/o Movement. The story
then turns its attention to Co-Madres Artistas, a group of artists
who came together in the 1990s after spending decades tending their
families, becoming successful in their careers, and launching key
Chicana/o cultural institutions in the Sacramento Valley. Ochoa
tells the stories of the individual members of these collectives to
show how they combined art and activism.
Through an innovative application of oral history interviews, a
fascinating compilation of individual and collective stories
emerges. Creative Collectives is notable for its skillful weaving
of personal recollections, representational analysis of mural and
easel painting, and social movement narration.
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