Overview
Collection Information
Size: 8 Items, audiovisual files (15 hrs., 28 min.), digital, mp4
Summary: An interview with David Botello conducted 2023 July 25-October 24, by John Vincent Decemvirale for the Archives of American Art, at Botello's home in Los Angeles, California.
Biographical/Historical Note
Interviewee David Botello (1946- ) is a muralist in East Los Angeles, California whose vibrant murals and prints draw from Pre-Columbian, Chicano, and Impressionist traditions. In the 1970s, he co-founded the East Los Streetscapers Public Art Studios, a collective dedicated to murals and public art installations.
Interviewer J.V. Decemvirale (1984- ) is an art historian based in Southern California.
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Language Note
English .
Funding
Funding for this interview was provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
