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Max Benavidez is a writer, art historian and independent scholar based in Los Angeles. He served as adjunct faculty at the Cesar Chavez Department for Interdisciplinary Studies at University of California LA (1994 – 2003) and also taught in the UCLA English Department (1994 – 2002). He has lectured on arts and culture at universities and museums throughout the United States and Mexico. He is currently a Resident Scholar at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. His work has appeared in The Fight in the Fields (Harcourt Brace) and Distant Relations (Smart Art Press). He wrote the lead essay for the recent Chicano art book, Chicano Visions (Little Brown/Bulfinch). His third children’s book, Maria de Flor: A Day of the Dead Story, was released this month by Lectura Books. He is currently writing a book on the painter and artist Gronk. In addition, Benavidez is writing a history of Los Angeles for the new La Plaza de Cultura y Artes’ Walkway located in Downtown Los Angeles. He was a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times in the Calendar and Book Review sections for several years. He was also the director of California Chicano Mural Archive from 1983-85, a collection of 1,500 California Chicano murals currently housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of LA where he majored in Philosophy. He conducted graduate work in Latin American studies also at University of California LA where he received a University of California Regents Pacific Rim Research Grant. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in cultural studies and education at Claremont Graduate University.
Seminar speeches given by Max Benavidez:THE LATINIZATION OF ART & CULTURE IN AMERICAUnderstanding Its Impact and Why it Matters October 20, 2005 Visit to the studio of Gronk, artist and charter member of the art group, Asco, with Max Benavidez, UCLA resident scholar, writer and art critic THE LATINIZATION OF ART & CULTURE IN AMERICA Understanding Its Impact and Why it Matters October 20, 2005 THE CONVERSATION: In a white dominated art market & critical establishment, why are there no or so few Chicano, Central and South American artists in major museum collections? Do the museums reject identity-based art? And, does the new Latino majority want identity-specific exhibitions? Lead speaker: Rita Gonzalez, assistant curator at the Center for Arts in the Americas at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Speakers: Miki Garcia, co-curator of the S-Files at Museo del Barrio in NYC and Executive Director, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum; Bill Kelley, director of LatinArt.com, independent writer, curator and critic; Alma Ruiz, Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); Mario Ybarra, artist and founder of Slanguage Gallery In attendance: Max Benavidez, UCLA resident scholar, writer and art critic; Edward Goldman, visual art critic for KCRW Video is presented in either Real Media or Windows Media format. To view Real Media video, download and install RealPlayer, a free video streaming player available from RealNetworks. To view Windows Media video, you will need to download and install the Windows Media 10 Player. |
What fellows have to say about past seminars: "Great program and useful... The mix of backgrounds of fellows was good and it was great sharing our concerns with each other."
- Tom Lowry, Business Week |
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