{"product_id":"viva-records-1970-2000-robb-hernandez-9780895511492","title":"Viva Records, 1970-2000: Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists of Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Hernandez traces the history and assesses the impact of VIVA! Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists, a nonprofit artists' coalition founded in 1987 in the Silverlake community of Los Angeles. Their aim was to increase the representation of lesbian Latina and gay Latino artists in the LA art scene. VIVA! sponsored exhibitions, theatrical performances, and educational outreach. It worked closely with other gay and lesbian organizations in Los Angeles, using arts-based projects to address cultural and sociopolitcal issues that were of concern to their community and the AIDS crisis in particuar. The first organization of its kind in Los Angeles, VIVA! offered a stage and a voice for artists who had been routinely marginalized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe VIVA! collection of papers is housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. It includes administrative papers, photographs, artwork, VIVA! publications, and documents related to the organization's exhibitions, performances, educational projects, and other events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robb Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0895511495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780895511492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Robb Hernandez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449052410111,"sku":"9780895511492","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1f081af-565e-4586-acba-6e869d471c81.jpg?v=1777261744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viva-records-1970-2000-robb-hernandez-9780895511492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}