Entre Tinta y Lucha: 45 Years of Self Help Graphics & Art celebrates the 45th Anniversary of our East Los Angeles cultural and community art organization, Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG). The exhibition on view at the Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery from 8/21/18-9/29/18, looks back at over four decades of SHG's artistic innovation and excellence, organizational resilience and expanded activity, by featuring a display of over fifty fine art prints from throughout the organization’s history. The exhibition also looks forward to an exciting evolution of Chicana/o and Latinx aesthetics.

Undeniably, Self Help Graphics & Art continues to represent the heart of the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles and this video shares part of that legacy through oral histories produced by Cal State LA students of LBS 4890: Senior Project and LBS 4900: Proseminar in Liberal Studies (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018).

Since its incorporation in 1973, SHG has produced over 1,000 art print editions, including 54 Atelier projects and exhibitions all over the world. The organization remains dedicated to the production, interpretation and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latinx artists; and its multidisciplinary, intergenerational programs promote artistic excellence and empower community by providing access to working space, tools, training and beyond.

Featured Artists/Narrators in this oral histories video include Chaz Bojorquez, Yreina Cervantez, Wayne Healy, Salomon Huerta, Leo Limon, Poli Marichal, Dalila Paola Mendez, Joseph Montalvo, Lilia Ramirez, Miguel Angel Reyes and Miyo Stevens-Gandara.

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Producers: Victor Hugo Viesca and Michelle L. Lopez. | Editor: Marla Ullola.

Student Producers: Armando Alvarado, Joceline Alvarado, Jazmin Alendar, Jazmine Alvidrez, Jennifer Aragon, Jeffrey David Aviles, Philana Liann Babakitis, Jaquelyn Bonilla, Valeria Buenrostro, Marissa Caldera, Daisy Campos, Mendy Elizabeth Castillo, Carol Yanet Castro, Cynthia Cazares, Elizabeth Cerna, Jaclyn Joy Cisneros, Alissa Clingman, Emely Diaz Ventura, Robert Simon Dullavin, Mayela Duron Moreno, Eduardo Encarnacion, Karina Espinal, Ying Wei Fang, Antonia B Flowers, Viviana Isabel Galicia, Johanna Garzon, Miranda Gonzalez, Lawrence Guerrero, Eliza Kay Harrison, Fernando Aaron Hernandez, Maricruz Hernandez, Carissa Danielle Herrera, Dan Michael Jackson, Erika Patricia Juarez, Kyung Joon Min, Sonia Mohamad, Daniel Lamas Sanchez, Lilian Lazaro Morris, Lorena Maritza Lopez, Edward Ernesto Moreno, Sylvia Munoz, Adriana Naranjo, November Olague, Jessica Sasha Polo, Jessica Alejandra Reyes Sandoval, Maricruz Rico, Khallifah Tariq Rosser, Mario Jose Ruiz, Paula Ruiz, Liliana Salazar
Fatima Habib Saleh, Elizabeth Estela Szczepkowski, Gabriela Tejada Mejia, Nicholas Alexander Thompson, Charise Van Duin, Martha L Velasco, Luis Villalobos, Mui Cong Voong, Sofia Vuong, and Alissa Yoshida.

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Special Thanks: Dionne Espinoza, Taffany Lim, Rennie Schoepflin
Michael Willard, Center for Engagement, Service and the Public Good, Cal State LA, College of Arts and Letters, Cal State LA, Department of Liberal Studies, Cal State LA, Office of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities, Cal State LA.