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Title
Bus Art/Bus Poster: "Welcome to America's Finest Tourist Plantation"
Creator
Centro Cultural de la Raza, Organizer
Contributor
Centro Cultural de la Raza, Organizer
Avalos, David, Artist
Hock, Louis, Artist
Sisco, Elizabeth, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1988
1988-01-01
1988-12-31
Publication Information
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Centro Cultural de la Raza archives
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description
Slides document the mass media response to the poster, which commented on the plight of undocumented and low wage workers. It was displayed on 100 San Diego Transit buses and resulted in controversy. The issues became complicated by the city's refusal to name a convention center after Martin Luther King. This photo is of a framed newspaper with the lead story "Bus art takes a controversial route" on a wall behind a dinnertable covered with a sarape. A television, also on the table, broadcasts the daily news.
Cat.3 028(13)
The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101, 619-235-6135, 619-595-0034 fax, E-mail:centro@centroraza.com. Web: http://www.centroraza.com/
Type
image
Form/Genre
35mm slide
photography
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb0b69n9ws
CEMA 12
Language
English
Subject
Arts--Censorship
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Mexican American art
Satire
Chicana art
Chicanas
Transportation
Place
San Diego (Calif.)

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