RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.31.24
A Latino Art Journal: South Texas 2024 Walking into the University of California Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Library one day in 1970 I saw the first Chicano mural in a higher education … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre De coincidencias se va haciendo la vida y, si se piensa que cada cual escribe su destino, son los encuentros imprevistos los que van apuntando el camino. … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.17.24 TERRY YBAÑEZ ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
Terry Ybañez: Latina Artist and Community Activist Terry Ybañez knew at age five, as she drew and painted flowers and plants she saw in her grandmother’s garden, that she wanted to be an artist. … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.09.24 NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
Latino Art at New Mexico National Hispanic Cultural Center The National Hispanic Cultural Center [NHCC] is located in Albuquerque near the banks of the Rio Grande and is adjacent to the historic … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ELENA MINOR ON WRITING POETRY
Elena Minor is a poet and fiction writer whose book of poetry, TITULADA, was published by Noemi Press in 2014. In this Latinopia Plática, Elena talks about how her writing is exploratory and about her … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.03.24 SANTE FE TRADITIONAL SPANISH MARKET
Santa Fe’s Traditional Spanish Market And Contemporary Market Attract Thousands of Art Lovers The 72nd annual Traditional Spanish Market opened last weekend, July 27-28, 2024 attracting an … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 08.03.24
Otra vez les damos la bienvenida a todos. Como pueden ver en la portada de este edición de La Voz, temenos a Kamala Harris, quien creemos que va a ser la próxima Presidenta de los Estados Unidos. Su … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – MARTHA GONZALEZ
This week Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter/percussionist/educator Martha Gonzalez of the band Quetzal, who have eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.26.24 THE ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS
Latinos Featured at Art Museum of South Texas The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi opened in 1936 as the Centennial Museum. It became Art Museum of South Texas in 1945. In the early … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA “LAST TRAIN TO FORTUNE:
On Books and Expanding the Powers of the Mind: Adam and Michele Rifkin's "Last Train to Fortune" by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin July 10, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART FRANK ROMERO WHAT IS BEAUTY?
Frank Romero is an acclaimed artist whose works encompass paintings, prints, murals, sculptures and even neon art. His use of color has been singled out throughout his career. Latinopia asked Frank a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART FRANK ROMERO WHAT MAKES ART VALUABLE?
Frank Romero is a multi-disciplined artist whose body of work spans seven decades. His career has followed the path of many successful artists, from selling pieces for a fifty or one hundred dollars … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.18.24 VINCENT VALDEZ
Latino Artist Vincent Valdez Makes Viewers Aware of Enforced Disappearance Vincent Valdez had a triumphant return to San Antonio Artpace after an absence of ten years. Now living in Houston and … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 7.12.24
The Golden Rule obverse is alive and well … Let’s gang up on Biden, and give Trump a pass… As a backdrop to the commentary herein: There is no evidence, medical or otherwise – none! – that … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – QUETZAL FLORES
This week Mark Guerrero visits with guitarist and founding member of the band Quetzal, Quetzal Flores. The band has eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock group, … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.12.24
The Origins of Mexican and Latino Art in Texas When the newly appointed first governor of the Province of Tejas, Domingo Teran de los Rios, visited Tejas [Texas] in 1691-1692, he witnessed a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA HERO DR. ANTONIO RÍOS-BUSTAMANTE (1948-2024)
Dr. Antonio Ríos Bustamante — historian, academic, writer, intellectual, loving husband and supportive companion to my mother, for over thirty years — passed away this weekend, on April, 19 … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 7.12.24.
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. In this issue of La Voz you find coverage of the recent Austin mayoral candidate forum organized by the Young Scholars for Justice that is sponsored by … [Read more...]
REMEMBERING DYLCIA PAGAN 4.04.24
Yesterday I lost a co-worker, friend, sister. By chance we work in the same workshop, WGBH- Boston but we didn't know each other until colleague Rosaura (Pucha) Lopez, introduced her to me in Puerto … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.04.24
Celia Álvarez Muñoz and Mauro Murillo Represent the Dynamic San Antonio Latino Art Community Among the major Texas cities, including Houston, Austin, Dallas, Corpus Christi, and El Paso, San … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – NANCY SANCHEZ
This week Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter Nancy Sanchez, whose music is bilingual, English and Spanish. The genres of her recordings range from mariachi to jazz in English. She also … [Read more...]