THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 6.12.21
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE: ARTURO "TUDY FLORES REMEMBERS SERG, SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ IN HIS OWN WORDS, ISABEL ROJAS WILLIAMS, SYLVIA ZAMORA SUAREZ AND MICHAEL SEDANO ON SERGIO … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ARTURO “TUDY” FLORES ON SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE
Arturo "Tudy" Flores is the co-founder of the Con Safos the pioneering literary group of the 1970s. In the wake of the passing of accomplished artist and cartoonist Sergio Hernández, a member of Con … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ
For more than forty years Sergio Hernández has been an accomplished artist and cartoonist. He began his artistic trajectory in the 196os when he met artists and writers who producing the Los … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE
Latinopia grieves the passing of our dear friend and collaborator, accomplished artist and cartoonist Sergio Hernandez. In this Latinopia Plática art historian Isabel Rojas-Williams, author Michael … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ARTURO “TUDY” FLORES ON ARNIE AND PORFI
Sergio Hernández, acclaimed artist and cartoonist, recently passed away. Sergio began is art career as the cartoonist for the 1970s literary collective, Con Safos. In this Latinopia Plática, Tudy … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART SANTA BARRAZA “NEPANTLA”
Santa Barraza is a Chicana artist living in Texas whose works incorporate Pre-columbian indigenous imagery in post-modern ways. One of her works titled "Nepantla," explores the world of mestizaje, the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART AMADO M. PEÑA JR. ON CON SAFOS
Amado M. Peña Jr. is a celebrated artist whose imagery pays homage to his Mexican and Yaqui ancestry with renderings of indigenous life and New Mexico landscapes. A native of Laredo, Texas, in the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ ON CON SAFOS
César Martínez is an accomplished San Antonio artist perhaps best known for his iconic pachuco and bato imagery. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the Con Safos art group. César recalls how he … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.05.21 THE CHICANO ART MOVEMENT IN TEXAS
The Chicano Art Movement in Texas The Texas Chicano art movement began approximately 50 years ago. A precise date for the beginning of an art movement is generally difficult because no one … [Read more...]
MOMENT IN TIME THE MEN OF “E” COMPANY
Prior to 1940, a generation of Mexican American youth who grew up in the Segundo Barrio neighborhood of El Paso, Texas had enlisted in the National Guard. In November of 1940, the National Guard was … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.29.21 “DR. HECTOR GARCÍA – A CHAMPION OF LATINO VETERANS”
A Champion for Latino Veterans and Civil Rights: The Story of Dr. Hector García In 1948 Latino military veterans in Texas exposed an ugly incident of racial discrimination with the case of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1993 CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART
United Farm Worker's President and American civil rights icon César Estrada Chávez died on April 23, 1993 at the age of 66 years. A week prior to his death, he was on a national tour to call attention … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MACEO MONTOYA ON PREPARATORY NOTES FOR FUTURE MASTERPIECES
Maceo Montoya is an acclaimed graphic artist, author of short stories and novels and an educator at the University of California at Davis. His novels include The Scoundrel and the Optimist and The … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1945 U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS TORPEDOED 2
Latinopia Event 1945 USS Indianapolis Torpedoed 2 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. After the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, 900 men clung to rafts and fought off … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1945 U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS TORPEDOED 3
Latinopia Event 1945 USS Indianapolis3 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On July 30, 1945, a Japanese Imperial Navy submarine torpedoed and sank the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the Pacific. Because of its … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1945 U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS TORPEDOED
Latinopia Event 1945 U.S.S. Indianapolis Torpedoed from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On July 30, 1945 the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine in the … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.22.21 “ENTRE EL ASOMBRO Y LA INDIGNACIÓN”
Burundanga de Zocotroco Entre el Asombro y la Indignación El domingo 16 de mayo, junto con cinco candidatos más, fue electo como “delegado” para “exigir” la estadidad en el Congreso Federal: … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MACEO MONTOYA READS PREPARATORY NOTES FOR FUTURE MASTERPIECES
Maceo Montoya is an acclaimed artist and author whose recent novel, Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces has been compared to Don Quixote and to Alice in Wonderland. In this Latinopia Platica, … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.22.21 “COMING TO AMERICA IN 1598: A LATINO STORY”
Coming to America in 1598: A Latino Story In 1598 my great grandfather on my mother’s side, Miguel Sanchez Saenz [10th generation], sailed from the Spanish Las Riojas region to the Americas as … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 5.15.21 “PARTY OF LAMENTATIONS…”
There once was a Republican Party. It had a set of principles that formed the basis of a defined ideology. To be sure, I didn’t subscribe to those principles nor agree with the ideology they … [Read more...]