Vincent Price Art Museum

Vincent Price Art Museum
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Former name
Vincent and Mary Price Gallery
Established1957
Location1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Coordinates34°02′20″N 118°08′49″W / 34.0388°N 118.1470°W / 34.0388; -118.1470
TypeUniversity art museum
DirectorSteven Wong
Websitevincentpriceartmuseum.org

The Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) is an art museum located at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, California, US.[1]

The museum is named after American actor Vincent Price who donated portions of his personal art collection to the college in 1957.[2] The museum's collection now contains over 9,000 objects ranging from impressionist paintings to Japanese prints to objects from the Ancient Americas, 2,000 of which were donated by Price.[3]

It has been a venue for underrepresented artists since its founding, organizing key solo exhibitions for Los Angeles-based artists including Laura Aguilar, Carlos Almaraz, Nao Bustamante, Rafa Esparza, Judithe Hernández, Manuel López, Star Montana and Shizu Saldamando.[4][5]

In 2014 the museum presented Who Cares Wins!, a solo exhibition for L.A. artist Michael C. Hsiung. The installation showcased more than one-hundred ink drawings, paintings, and other related mixed-media works featuring the artist's signature graphic style, iconography, and wit.

Directors

  • Thomas Silliman (1957–2006)[3]
  • Karen Rapp (2007–2015)[6]
  • Pilar Tompkins Rivas (2016–2020)[4][7]
  • Steven Wong (2021–present)[8]

References

  1. ^ Los Angeles, Discover (October 25, 2005). "Vincent Price Art Museum". discoverlosangeles.com.
  2. ^ Price, Victoria (1999). Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 191. ISBN 0-312-24273-5.
  3. ^ a b Alfvegren, Skylaire (2011-06-23). "Vincent Price Museum Re-Opens in East L.A. Happy 100th Birthday, Dr. Phibes!". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ a b Miranda, Carolina A. "Pilar Tompkins Rivas named director of the Vincent Price Art Museum – first Latina in the post". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ "Exhibitions – Vincent Price Art Museum". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. ^ "KaleidoLA Speaker Series: Karen Rapp: Director & Curator of the Laband Art Gallery". lmu.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  7. ^ Durón, Maximilíano. "Top L.A. Curators Pilar Tompkins-Rivas, Amanda Hunt Head to Hotly Anticipated Lucas Museum". artnews.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  8. ^ "Steven Y. Wong Appointed Director of The Vincent Price Art Museum". elac.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-21.


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