Vincent Price Art Museum
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Former name | Vincent and Mary Price Gallery |
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| Established | 1957 |
| Location | 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754 |
| Coordinates | 34°02′20″N 118°08′49″W / 34.0388°N 118.1470°W |
| Type | University art museum |
| Director | Pilar Tompkins Rivas |
| Website | vincentpriceartmuseum |
The Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) is an art museum located at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, California, US.
The museum is named after American actor Vincent Price who donated portions of his personal art collection to the college in 1957.[1] 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.[2]
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, Star Montana and Shizu Saldamando.[3][4]
References
- ^ Price, Victoria (1999). Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 191. ISBN 0-312-24273-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Exhibitions—Vincent Price Art Museum". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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