Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Carmen Lomas Garza/Prints and Gouaches: Margo Humphrey/Monotypes, curated by Rolando Castellón, was held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) between April 11 and May 25, 1980. This is an excerpt of the exhibition catalogue, [...]

People’s Murals: Some Events in American History, curated by Rolando Castellón, was held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from July 8 through August 8, 1976. The exhibition focused on the mural movement in the Bay Area. The [...]

This is a letter from Ian White, director of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, to Rolando Castellón, program coordinator and director of the Museum Intercommunity Exchange (M.I.X.). The original letter from Castellón was prompted by [...]

This document is a letter from Rolando Castellón to Ian White, director of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, following discussion on the Third World Visual Arts Conference organized in conjunction with M.I.X.: A Third World Painting and [...]

The Third World Visual Arts Conference was held at the San Francisco Museum of Art on June 8, 1974, in conjunction with the opening of M.I.X.: A Third World Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, organized by Rolando Castellón through the Museum [...]

The following document is a budget report directed to the San Francisco Foundation, for the M.I.X. (Museum Intercommunity Exchange) at the San Francisco Museum of Art. Written under the direction of Rolando Castellón, the report outlines a [...]

M.I.X.: Third World Photographic Vision, curated by Rolando Castellón, premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Art on April 3 and ran through May 27, 1973. The following document is an exhibition postcard that contains a curatorial statement [...]

Posters and Society, curated by Rolando Castellón, premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Art from November 22 through January 19, 1975. This is an exhibition mailer containing a curatorial statement by Castellón, along with a [...]

This newsletter announces two events to be presented at the CAYC by the Italian architect Paolo Carlodalatri. Under the title “Arquitectura italiana contemporánea,” the classes will introduce different trends and explain how each [...]

This newsletter invites readers to “Los arquitectos dialogan con sus obras” (Architects in Conversation with their Works), a program of talks to be held at the CAYC in June 1977. The article provides the timeline for the program, which [...]

This newsletter, written in English, announces the creation of the Departmento de Arquitectura at the Escuela de Altos Estudios (EAE) that the CAYC started. The article states that the entity’s goals would be to embrace an interdisciplinary [...]

This issue of the CAYC newsletter invites readers to Expo Música, an audiovisual exhibition of works by contemporary Argentine musicians. The event is scheduled to open in November 1976 at the center in Buenos Aires. The article includes the [...]

This newsletter includes an English version of the file card required to take part in the fifth Encuentro Internacional Abierto de Video [International Open Encounter on Video] organized by the CAYC in Belgium and sponsored by the Internationaal [...]

This newsletter (written in English) includes an invitation to artists all over the world to submit videos to the Fourth International Open Encounter on Video, to be held at the CAYC in Buenos Aires from October 31 to November 14, 1975. The article [...]

This newsletter announces the program of activities to be offered in October-November 1975 by the CAYC’s EAE (Escuela de Altos Estudios) [School of Advanced Studies]. The newsletter provides a list of the subjects to be addressed at each of the [...]

This newsletter includes a survey and asks readers to voice their preferences and opinions about the architectural and urban development of the city of Buenos Aires. Such appeals to the public and to the artistic (and/or scientific, due to the EAE& [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a roundtable discussion titled “Comunicación y música” (Communication and Music), which was presented as part of the “Primer Coloquio Latinoamericano de la Comunicación&rdquo [...]

This newsletter published the lyrics of two songs written by the composer Rodolfo Arizaga, which were part of the La academia del fracaso (The Academy of Failure). They were performed at a special event that was part of the “Primer Coloquio [...]

This newsletter announces a presentation at the CAYC of Teatro al instante, an experimental production created by Augusto Larreta, who plays the leading role. The article outlines some of the reasons for the center’s initiative and explains how [...]

This newsletter announces a talk to be given by the internationally known Argentine architect Eduardo Sacriste, in which he will discuss his book Huellas de edificios (Blueprints of Buildings), which discusses using architecture and design to improve [...]

This newsletter announces a seminar in eight parts to be presented by Vicente Zito Lema. The event is part of the program offered by the Escuela de Altos Estudios (EAE, the School of Advanced Studies), an entity sponsored by the CAYC. The Argentine [...]

This newsletter invites readers to attend four literature-focused events, titled “El escritor en el tercer mundo” (The Writer in the Third World). These conversations, which will be coordinated by Adolfo Dondo at the CAYC, are part of the [...]

This newsletter invites readers to “Semiótica de las artes visuales” (Semiotics of the Visual Arts), a course to be taught by Rosa María Ravera at the CAYC. The seminar, consisting of six classes, was part of the program [...]

This newsletter invites readers to the presentation of The Something Else Newsletter, published by the artist Dick Higgins. The event will take place at the CAYC, which will host the opening of an exhibition of Higgins’s work a few days later. [...]

This newsletter announces a performance at the CAYC of Principio de incertidumbre, a play written and directed by Malena Marechal. The newsletter includes information about the play’s themes and approaches, plus a photo of the actors and a list [...]

This newsletter invites readers to “Treinta años en el arte norteamericano” (Thirty Years in North American Art), a seminar to be presented at the CAYC by Fermín Fèvre. The article provides details about the seminar [...]

This newsletter announces the program of activities scheduled for April through June of 1975 at the CAYC’s Escuela de Altos Estudios (School of Advanced Studies). The article includes a list of the subjects to be addressed at each seminar and [...]

This newsletter published a document, written in English and signed by prominent figures in the world of international contemporary art, that condemned the recent coup d’état carried out by the Chilean Armed Forces on September 11, 1973 [...]

This newsletter announces the creation of the Centro de Documentación de Arte y Arquitectura para América Latina (Center for the Documentation of Art and Architecture in Latin America) as part of the CAYC. The newsletter includes a [...]

This newsletter invites readers to “Estructuras de significación en la actual plástica argentina” (Significant Structures in Current Argentine Visual Arts), a seminar to be presented by Rosa María Ravera at the CAYC. [...]

This newsletter invites readers to two lectures to be given by the architect Eduardo Sacriste. The first, “Siete cúpulas notables” (Seven Remarkable Cupolas), will address the building of vaulted structures, an ancestral [...]

This newsletter announces a six-session seminar to be presented by the architect Paolo Carlodalatri. The course, titled “Arquitectura, urbanismo y utopía” (Architecture, Urbanism, and Utopia), is an attempt by the Escuela de Altos [...]

This newsletter announces a six-session seminar to be presented by the architect Luis Lentini, who will discuss the history of architecture and present an overview of architectural production over time. He will take a critical approach as part of the [...]

This newsletter invites the general public to an eight-session seminar to be presented by Raúl Orayen. This event will be part of the program offered by the CAYC’s Escuela de Altos Estudios (EAE, the School of Advanced Studies).   & [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a seminar, “Nuevas formas de comunicación entre artistas y público en América Latina 1960–1975” (New forms of communication between artists and audiences in Latin America 1960& [...]

This newsletter announces performances by the Teatro del Encuentro group at the CAYC. The article includes a photograph of the members in performance and a text that explains the group’s aesthetic-theatrical approach. This approach was in line [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a CAYC-sponsored event, “El arquitecto, su cliente y su obra” [The Architect, his Client, and his Work], to be presented by the architects Mario Goldman and Emilio Gómez Luengo. The article in the [...]

This newsletter presents the program for the “Primer Coloquio Latinoamericano de la Comunicación” (First Latin American Symposium on Communication), to be held in October through November 1975 at the CAYC. The article provides a [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a roundtable discussion, “Comunicación y psicoanálisis” [Communication and Psychoanalysis] as part of the “Primer Coloquio Latinoamericano de la Comunicación” [First [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a roundtable discussion, “Comunicación y arquitectura” [Communication and Architecture], as part of the “Coloquio Latinoamericano de la Comunicación” [Latin American Symposium [...]

This newsletter invites readers to the seminar, “Diseño de dos objetos” [Design of Two Objects], to be presented by the architect Arturo F. Montagu and Dr. Roberto Mitelpunk, with the assistance of Jorge Glusberg, the director of [...]

This newsletter invites readers to the “Primer Coloquio Latinoamericano de la Comunicación” to be held at the CAYC simultaneously with the Cuarto Encuentro Abierto Internacional de Video. This initiative reflects the Center’s [...]

This newsletter announces a program consisting of four lectures about the future of television, to be delivered by Jorge Glusberg at the CAYC. The article is illustrated with photographs of Ampex-Toshiba equipment, provided by the Argentine firm [...]

Ceremonia del segundo nacimiento (Ceremony of the Second Birth) is a stage production created by the theater group Teatro del Encuentro, which the CAYC included in its Ciclo de Investigaciones Teatrales. The newsletter article is illustrated with a [...]

This newsletter invites readers to a performance of Ceremonia del segundo nacimiento (Ceremony of the Second Birth) by the theater group Teatro del Encuentro as part of the Ciclo de Investigaciones Teatrales. The article includes a photograph of a [...]

Following up on other invitations of an interdisciplinary nature, the CAYC added another example of avant-garde theater to its program. This newsletter announces that Norberto Lavecchia, a photographer, will take part in the “Ciclo de [...]

This newsletter announces a seminar to be presented by the artist Jorge Bonino at the Escuela de Altos Estudios (EAE), the CAYC’s School of Advanced Studies. Bonino’s classes will teach techniques for dramatic expression based on his [...]

This newsletter announces a concert of electro-acoustic music to be presented at the CAYC. The article includes a brief bio of each of the four composers who will take part in the event. This concert is very much in line with the priorities and [...]

This newsletter invites readers to Expo Música, an audiovisual exhibition of works by contemporary Argentine musicians, which will open in November 1976 at the CAYC. The article provides a description of the pieces to be exhibited plus a list [...]