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Multimedia Artists

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carlos Laster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 156
Abstract

The Carlos Laster Collection includes a selection of orginal artworks and artifacts donated to Centro. The pieces include papier-mâché sculptures, digital prints, and a poster.

Dates: 1998-2001

Pepatián Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 132
Abstract A South Bronx-based organization dedicated to creating, presenting and supporting contemporary multidisciplinary work from Latino and Bronx-based artists who speak to and from the Afro-Caribbean-Latino identity of the South Bronx. Originally founded by Pepón Osorio (visual artist, MacArthur Fellow), Merián Soto (Bessie-award winning choreographer) and Patricia Bradshaw (choreographer/dancer) as an artists' collective in 1983. Collection measures approximately 0.5 cubic feet. It contains a...
Dates: 1980s



About the Collections

Our collections consist of personal papers from prominent Puerto Rican artists, elected officials, social activists, writers, as well as the records of community-based organizations. Our largest collection, the Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States (OGPRUS) Records, measures approximately 2,900 cubic feet and contains an extraordinary amount of information regarding Puerto Rican migrants and the government institutions established to assist them. The collections date from the 1890s to the present, and document Puerto Rican communities in the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, California and Hawaii.