Orozco, Syliva
(b. 1954)
Oral history interview with Sylvia Orozco, 2004 Jan. 26 - Feb. 2
An interview of Sylvia Orozco conducted Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 2004 by Cary Cordova for the Archives of American Art, in Mexic-Arte Gallery, Austin, Tex. Orozco speaks of her family history, having the best drawing in second grade, the earliest recollection of being an artist; Camp Fire Girls; painting for high school pep squad and protest signs; growing up in Cuero, Texas; integration in high school; Texas A&I; the Raza Unida movement; University of Texas; the Conferencia del Plástica Chicana, held September 13-16, 1979 in Austin, Texas; MECha, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán; the effect of her work as a curator on her ability to do her own artwork; CONACYT, National Council of Arts and Technology; her passion for Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros; meeting Pio Pulido;
LUChA, the League of United Chicano Artists; organizing an exhibition on Manuel Alvarez Bravo at the Texas Memorial Museum; the beginnings of Mexic-Arte Gallery; the group Women and Their Work; the installation (3z(BCounter Colon-ialismo(3y(B; alternative spaces and museums; and future plans for Mexic-Arte Gallery. Orozco also recalls Santa Barraza, Kelly Fearing, Mike Frary, Sam Coronado, Barbina Modesta Treviño, Nora Gonzalez-Dodson, Linda Pace, Rita Starpattern, Gilbert Cardenas, and others.