Resurrected Histories is a project funded by California Council
for the Humanities, documenting Highland Park’s Chicano arts
organizations during the 70′s. Aldama House /©2011 Atelier
Visit. Resurrected Histories: Voices from the Chicano Arts
Collectives of Highland Park From the late 1960s to the early
1980s Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles was home to the
influential Chicana/o artists collectives Mechicano and Concilio
de Arte Popular, which included among their members some of the
most important Chicana/o artists of their time: Carlos Almaraz,
Frank Romero, Judithe Hernandez, Teddy Sandoval, Gilbert Magu
Lujan, Leo Limon, Barbara Carrasco, and John Valadez. In stark
contrast to the upscale galleries of West Los Angeles, where an
individualistic conceptual art was taking root, Highland Park
was becoming home to an art form that emphasized the themes of
community, cultural pride, and economic struggle inherited from
the great Mexican muralists of the previous generation. The work
of these collectives o