Vincent Price Art Museum

Vincent Price Art Museum

Former name	Vincent and Mary Price Gallery
Established	1957
Location	1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Coordinates	34.0388°N 118.1470°W / 34.0388; -118.1470
Type	University art museum
Director	Steven Wong
Website	vincentpriceartmuseum.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. 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. 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.

External links

• Official