The Paul Sierra papers document the career of American painter Paul Sierra particularly during the period of the late 1980s and 1990s which was a time of renewed interest in Latin American and Hispanic art in the United States. The collection includes extensive exhibitions materials for Sierra's solo and group shows including catalogs, invitations, published reviews, published artwork, clippings, Sierra's exhibition files for major shows including correspondence with curators. Also includes scrapbooks and portfolios of exhibition reviews and articles about Sierra, correspondence with friends, the public and students, lectures, artist statements, personal photographs, and original artwork and a complete set of digitial images of Sierra's works. Notable is correspondence with Cuban-Amreican poet, writer and art critic Ricardo Pau Llosa (restricted access). The collection includes materials from the following notable exhibitions: "Outside Cuba"(Rutgers University, 1987-1988), "Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters and Sculptors" (Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1987-1989), "Expresiones Hispanas, 1988 Coors National Hispanic Arts Exhibit and Tour", ¡Mira! The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour 1988-1989", "A Cultural Corridor" (Latino Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1998), "Loin de Cuba" (Aix-en-Provence, France 1998).