Oral History: Yolanda Lopez
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
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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
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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
Photo: from Yolanda Lopez retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2021