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 | Steven Wong |
| Website | vpam |
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, Guadalupe Rosales, and Shizu Saldamando.[4][5][6]
