Harry Gamboa Jr. - Ethnic Studies
Apr 22, 2025 1:30 pm
Online Via Zoom
The esteemed and award-winning artist and educator Harry Gamboa Jr. will share his story and wisdom ONLINE (1:30-3pm). ÌýHow rare it is to be able to share a space with an original activist from the Chicano Movement? We are so honored to bring you a true educational reform leader!
​Harry Gamboa Jr. grew up in East Los Angeles, surrounded by the activism of the Chicano Movement and the political turmoil of Los Angeles in the 1960s. He helped to organize a student walkout in 1968 as part of the "East L.A. Blowouts", part of a larger string of protests in which 15,000 students walked out of their classrooms demanding educational reform.
He studied as CSU Los Angeles as a Chicano activist, photographer, writer, and artist and eventually formed the performance group Asco, which contributed to discourse over the Chincanx identity through their performance works and would go on to make performance art from 1972 to 1987.Ìý
HarryÌýhas received numerous awards and his work has been exhibited by museums, galleries, and art spaces nationally/internationally and currently is a former professor of CSU Northridge.
You don't want to miss this online presentation!