Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. Collection
Scope and Contents Note
This art print collection consists of silkscreens created at Self-Help Graphics primarily by Mexican American artists. Descriptive information provided for each print may include the artist's name, title, date of the print, dimensions, and series number. Prints should be requested by their Atelier number, listed below under the heading "Item."
Dates
- Creation: 1983-1985
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply. Digital images may not be used or reproduced without copyright clearance by the artist and permission of the Benson Latin American Collection.
Historical Note
Self-Help Graphics & Art was founded in East Los Angeles in the early 1970s. It is a visual arts cultural center serving its community's primarily Chicano/Mexicano population. Self-Help Graphics offers a printmaking atelier to local artists to create silkscreen prints. SHG also organizes youth arts programming, and exhibits prints in its Galeria Otra Vez.
Full Extent
45 items
Abstract
Collection of original Mexican American silkscreens produced at Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. in Los Angeles, California.
Arrangement
Prints are arranged as they appear in each Atelier series.
Acquisition Information
Information of acquisition method not available.
Processing Information
Processing information not available.
- Title
- Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. Collection
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Finding aid written by Aggie McAlester and Christian Kelleher
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2019 November: Date normalization by Carla O. Alvarez.
- 2021 February: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu