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Dear Friends of Chicano Art:

It is with great pleasure that the San Antonio Museum of Art joins the extensive national tour of the CARA exhibition, "Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation." From the very beginning, San Antonio and other cities in South Texas have been active participants in the development of the Chicano art movement. We are fortunate to have a number of local artists included in the exhibition, most of whom remain active in the cultural life of this city. The committee who organized the exhibition faced a monumental task finally selecting only a tiny fraction of the outstanding artists who have made significant contributions to the evolution of Chicano art over the last twenty years. Were it not for space limitations, dozens of other Texas artists would have been included.

The Museum of Art, working with over a dozen non-profit organizations city wide, has scheduled many interesting related events. Please consult the calendar of events so that you will be fully informed. I urge you to come and meet the artists, art historians, and civic leaders who have participated in the movement and who continue to chart the course of the evolution of Chicano art. Their influence is felt both here in Texas and nationally.

I am most grateful to Mayor Nelson Wolff and the City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs for their support of this important milestone in the artistic life of this city. I am also extremely grateful to the following supporters who underwrote the cost of the exhibition and the educational programs planned during May 28 - August 1. They include: The Texas Commission on the Arts, The Texas Committee on the Humanities, Lenora and Walter F. Brown, Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., Kittie and Rugeley Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Gunn, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Halff, Sarah E. Harte, Julianna and Peter M. Holt & Holt Companies, Nancy Wellin/The Brown Foundation, Inc., Anheuser-Busch Companies, Citicorp U.S. Service Center, H-E-B, International Bank of Commerce, La Prensa de San Antonio, Southwestern Bell Foundation, and Target Stores.

I am also very pleased that we have been able to work closely with our sister institutions, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Centro Cultural Aztlan and El Comite del Movimiento Chicano de San Antonio over the last four months. We are joining together to make this a momentous event. I look forward to seeing you often at the museum.

Sincerely,

Douglas Hyland
Douglas Hyland
Director
San Antonio Museum of Art

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César A. Martinez
La Fulana (The Other Woman), 1985.

Welcome to Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation. This historic interpretive exhibition of the Chicano art movement covering 20 of the most exciting and turbulent years of the century is very appropriately making one of its final stops in our city.

San Antonio can boast of its truly diverse population, its rich history and the critical role it played in the development of several social movements, including the Chicano movement, and is in a rare position to see first hand the fruits of the labor of many of its citizens.

This exhibition is most assuredly another opportunity for San Antonio to take its place in the world of art appreciation. I hope our citizens join me in taking full advantage of this exciting opportunity.

Sincerely,

Nelson W. Wolff
Nelson W. Wolff
Mayor

Sponsors
The CARA exhibition was make possible through the generous support of: The City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, The Texas Commission on the Arts, The Texas Committee on the Humanities, Lenora and Walter F. Brown, Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., Kittie and Rugeley Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Gunn, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Halff, Sarah E. Harte, Julianna and Peter M. Holt & Holt Companies, Nancy Wellin/The Brown Foundation, Inc., Anheuser-Busch Companies, Citicorp U.S. Service Center, H-E-B, International Bank of Commerce, La Prensa de San Antonio, Southwestern Bell Foundation, and Target Stores.

The CARA Archives
The process of establishing the CARA National Archives is currently under way. The archives will maintain, preserve, and classify written and visual information from conferences, meetings, and requests for material. The archives will be located at the UCLA University Research Library and will be available to scholars and students conducting research projects. For additional information, please call (213) 825-1461.

This exhibition is most assuredly another opportunity for San Antonio to take its place in the world of art appreciation. 

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