2018BuchsbaumJulia

Hey all! My name is Julia Buchsbaum and I am a fourth year doubling in World, Art, and Cultures and International Development Studies with a minor in Film and Media. I am from the Bay Area, which isn't to far from LA but actually has many cultural differences. Visual art has always been an extremely important part of my life and has been a passion of mine since I was very young. Unfortunately, I feel as if I have taken a small hiatus from visual art these past couple of years and that is something I want to change. I am extremely excited to take this course because Latin American area studies has become vital to my course load in my academic career. I can't wait to combine my love for art with my interest in Latin America studies in this course.

In Sybil Venegas essay "Conditions for Producing Chicana Art", she discusses how Chicana art had been longly neglected in the realm of art history studies, which mainly studied European white male artists. She explains how the term "Chicano Art" emerged in the 1960s and why it did not emerge until then. Sybil Vengas explains that a economic and sexual-political analysis is vital to understanding why Chicano and Chicana artists were not recognized in the field till very late in the game. Chicana artists have been able to succeed, as economic, political, and social barriers against women have been lifted and as the greater Chicano community has been afforded the means (like education, training, and apprenticeship) to enter into the art community.