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'''Yolanda Lopez on self-representation, art, and the importance of artists as political actors themselves.''' | |||
''Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019'' | |||
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''Photo: | ''Photo: from Yolanda Lopez retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2021'' | ||
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'''Yolanda Lopez recounts her family history,''' tracing her grandparents and parents as they worked in tailoring and clothing in Louisiana, New York, and eventually landing in San Diego where she was born in 1942, months after the start of WWII. She covers her childhood, schooling, student elections, and more, including some early artistic influences. | |||
''Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019'' | |||
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'''With her remarkable openness and no-nonsense frankness,''' Yolanda discusses her going off and back on Hormone Replacement Therapy as an example of how women protect doctors from the poor decisions they make regarding women's health. She also reflects on facial hair and hair on women's bodies more generally, leading to some thoughts on gender and sexuality, aging, dementia, and menopause. | |||
''Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:05, 31 March 2022
Oral History
Interviewed by Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson for Shaping San Francisco on September 22, 2019.
Yolanda Lopez, 1942-2021, was a remarkable artist, activist, and longtime participant in radical women's and art movements in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Yolanda Lopez memorialized in this mural on the new building at 17th and Folsom.
Photo: Chris Carlsson; Mural by Jess Sabogal
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/yoland-lopez-on-voting-and-engagement" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Yolanda Lopez on voting, citizenship, and engagement
Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019
Yolanda's most iconic poster, reprinted thousands of times.
Art by Yolanda Lopez
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/yoland-lopez-on-self-representation-and-art" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Yolanda Lopez on self-representation, art, and the importance of artists as political actors themselves.
Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019
Photo: from Yolanda Lopez retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2021
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/yolanda-lopez-early-history-and-family-sept-22-2019" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Yolanda Lopez recounts her family history, tracing her grandparents and parents as they worked in tailoring and clothing in Louisiana, New York, and eventually landing in San Diego where she was born in 1942, months after the start of WWII. She covers her childhood, schooling, student elections, and more, including some early artistic influences.
Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/yolanda-lopez-beard" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
With her remarkable openness and no-nonsense frankness, Yolanda discusses her going off and back on Hormone Replacement Therapy as an example of how women protect doctors from the poor decisions they make regarding women's health. She also reflects on facial hair and hair on women's bodies more generally, leading to some thoughts on gender and sexuality, aging, dementia, and menopause.
Video: Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, 2019