LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – 1859 CORTINAS PROCLAMATION
SEPTEMBER 23, 1859 JUAN CORTINAS PROCLAMATION TO PEOPLE OF BROWNSVILLE CONTEXT: Following the conclusion of the Mexican American War, the Mexicans who remained in the land ceded to … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
LATINOPIA DOCUMENT – MAGÓN’S PRISON LETTER
May 9, 1921 MAGÓN’S LETTER TO HIS ATTORNEY, HARRY WEINBERGER CONTEXT: By 1900, a variety of political forces sought the overthrow of the despotic rule of Mexican dictator … [Read more...]
LATINA FILMAKERS
The Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza yearly celebrates the film and video work of Latina filmmakers. Ranging from documentaries and narrative films to music videos, the works signal … [Read more...]
ESTER HERNÁNDEZ – IN HER OWN WORDS
ESTER HERNANDEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I can talk about the Virgin de Guadalupe because according to art historians mine [La Virgin Defendiendo Los Derechos Humanos] was the very … [Read more...]
BARBARA CARRASCO – IN HER OWN WORDS
BARBARA CARRASCO - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I decided to do politically conscious artwork when I was at UCLA. I became the first female editor of the Chicano newspaper on campus. … [Read more...]
GRONK – IN HIS OWN WORDS
GRONK - CALIFORNIA ARTIST (ASCO) IN HIS OWN WORDS: Harry [Gamboa] was putting together a magazine called Regeneración and he asked me if I wanted to participate along with Patssi [Valdez] … [Read more...]
CÉSAR MARTINEZ – IN HIS OWN WORDS
CÉSAR MARTINEZ - TEXAS ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: I’ve never considered myself a political artist but I am certainly a politically aware person. When I got to San Antonio in 1971 right after … [Read more...]
CARMEN LOMAS GARZA – IN HER OWN WORDS
CARMEN LOMAS GARZA - TEXAS ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I grew up with a lot of discrimination and racism though we were in South Texas it was still very prevalent and I had to deal with a lot … [Read more...]
ZARCO GUERRERO – IN HIS OWN WORDS
ZARCO GUERRERO - ARIZONA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: I think one of the big things that the Chicano Movement did for us was to relate us to the past. Our history that we knew nothing about, Our … [Read more...]
AMADO PEÑA – IN HIS OWN WORDS
AMADO PEÑA - NEW MEXICO ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: I grew up in Texas and growing up in a border town [Laredo] is very different than growing up in Dallas or Amarillo or Houston. We … [Read more...]
FRANK ROMERO – IN HIS OWN WORDS
FRANK ROMERO - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: Carlos Almaraz had come back from New York and he was living with me and he introduced me to Gilbert Lujan and Gilbert was talking … [Read more...]