Iconic Chicano Arts Center in LA Feeling Gentrification Pressure

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:27
  • Artist: Martin Markovitz
  • Length: 4:48 minutes (4.4 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Self Help Graphics is an iconic East Los Angeles art center that started in the early 1970s.  The arts center gave young Chicano artists a platform to cultivate art free of censorship through programs, exhibitions, and community outreach.  But the groundbreaking visual arts center may be the latest victim in the area's ongoing gentrification.   FSRN's Martin Markovitz has more.

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