Description
The collection presently consists of silkscreen posters but will grow over time to include other materials. These are silkscreen
posters created by Nancy Hom that covered events that occured in the Bay Area from 1978 to 1992.
Background
Nancy Hom is a silkscreen artist, writer, graphic designer, curator, and children's book illustrator. Based in San Francisco,
Nancy Hom was the long-time executive director for the Kearny Street Workshop and was co-founder of the Asian American Media
Collective in New York City. She moved to San Francisco in 1974 and became involved in developing neighborhood arts organizations
there. Kearny Street Workshop is the oldest surviving multidisciplinary Asian American community arts organization in the
United States.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.