Casas, Mel
(b. 1929)
Oral history interview with Mel Casas, 1996 Aug. 14 and 16
Painter, Art teacherSan Antonio, Tex.
An interview of Mel Casas conducted by Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art.
Casas discusses his current work - dipped acrylic paintings in which technique and material become the subject; his involvement with Chicano art political issues and his own experience as a Mexican-American; a discussion of his family background; art education; early Abstract Expressionist painting; a shift to figuration; thirty years teaching at San Antonio College; the Chicano "movimiento"; and Chicano art and key figures, including Carlos Almaraz and Carmen Lomas Garza.