{"id":627,"date":"2025-11-08T19:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:39:01","slug":"ad-astra-per-aspera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/ad-astra-per-aspera\/","title":{"rendered":"On view in &#8220;USC, Los Angeles, and the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976&#8221; at USC Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2025\/11\/Ad-Astra-mural-photo-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2025\/11\/Ad-Astra-mural-photo-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2025\/11\/Ad-Astra-mural-photo-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Ad Astra per Aspera mural on the wall of the former building housing El Centro Chicano in 1975.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Ad Astra Per Aspera\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists Jos\u00e9 Gonzalez (Goez Art Studio) and Robert Arenivar painted the mural <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ad Astra per Aspera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u201cTo the Stars through Struggle\u201d) on the facade of El Centro Chicano at the University of Southern California. 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