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Title: Amnesty Room
Creator: Border Arts Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo, Organizer
Contributor: Border Arts Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo, Organizer
Schnorr, Michael, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1985-02-22
1985-03-23
February 22-March 23, 1985
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: From the Border Realities Exhibition at New York Artist Space Gallery and Centro Cultural de la Raza (February 23-March 23, 1985). This photo is of the installation titled "Amnesty Room." The installation is composed of a blow-up photo of Howard Ezell, the Western Regional Commisioner for the Immigration and Naturaliztion Service under Reagan, and Senator Alan K. simpson (R-Wyoming) weaving sombreros. This image is placed in a boat named U.S.S. Amnesty. Text on the tip of the boat reads, "If you catch an alien, you ought to clean 'em and try 'em yourself." -H. Ezell."
Cat.7 006(2)
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/hb196nb3bp
CEMA 12
Language: English
Subject: Border art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Immigration Regulation and Control
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Boats and boating in art
Politicians
Sombreros
Mexican American Border Region
Simpson, Alan K
Place: San Diego (Calif.)

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