Chicanos Paint Their Way Back.

Treguer, Annick

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ERIC Number: EJ591951

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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ISSN: ISSN-0041-5278

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Chicanos Paint Their Way Back.

Treguer, Annick

UNESCO Courier, n3 p14-16 Mar 1999

In Tucson (Arizona) and El Paso (Texas), Chicano mural painters and art educators have begun community programs to engage alienated Chicano and Yaqui youth in painting murals that defuse gang conflicts, celebrate Mexican culture and history, and provide training in marketable skills. (SV)

Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Community Education, Hispanic American Culture, Juvenile Gangs, Mexican Americans, Nonformal Education, Painting (Visual Arts), Urban American Indians, Urban Youth, Youth Problems, Youth Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Arizona (Tucson); Texas (El Paso)

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