Prisoners as artists--Southwest, New
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rudy Padilla Collection of Pano Art,
Collection
Identifier: 1994-028
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, published articles, audio tapes of interviews, photographs and other graphics describing and depicting pano art or "handkerchief art," a folk art tradition that originated among incarcerated Hispanics. Padilla and artist Mark Garcia were interviewed in 1991, and Padilla was interviewed in 1994 by Rudy Miera.
Dates:
1991-1994
The Rudy Padilla Paño Art Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS0003
Content Description
The Rudy Padilla Paño Art Collection, 1974-2012, contains documents, photos, and media related to the New Mexican curator and prison arts educator Rudy Padilla, and his museum dedicated to showcasing the paño art form, The Hourglass Museum. Paños are illustrations drawn or painted on handkerchiefs and emerged from within West Coast and Southwest prisons with a predominately Chicano population. The collection houses Padilla’s incoming correspondence, administrative documents on the operations of...
Dates:
1974-2012; Majority of material found in 1990-2004