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SANTA BARRAZA – IN HER OWN WORDS

SANTA BARRAZA - TEXAS ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I think that my encounter with the civil rights movement and the struggles of Mexican Americans, I first became aware of it when I was at the … [Read more...]

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KATHY VARGAS – IN HER OWN WORDS

KATHY VARGAS - TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER IN HER OWN WORDS: In 1970 I went to work for Bill and Jerry Hayes who ran a small production company here in San Antonio. They made TV … [Read more...]

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YOLANDA LÓPEZ – IN HER OWN WORDS

YOLANDA LÓPEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I did not become aware of our own history until 1968 when there was a call for a strike at San Francisco State, a strike for ethnic studies. I … [Read more...]

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JUDY BACA – IN HER OWN WORDS

JUDY BACA IN HER OWN WORDS: When I first became aware of the Chicano Movement was watching the walk-outs in East Los Angeles. I watched on television and began to wonder and question what I was … [Read more...]

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WAYNE ALANIZ HEALY – IN HIS OWN WORDS

                  WAYNE ALANIZ HEALY - CALIFORNIA ARTIST (EAST LOS STREETSCAPERS)   IN HIS OWN WORDS: I … [Read more...]

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JOSÉ MONTOYA – IN HIS OWN WORDS

JOSÉ MONTOYA - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: By the late 1960s, we have the Chicano Movement begin to consolidate. And the whole concept of what is Chicano Art is being discussed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, INTERVIEWS Tagged With: Jose Montoya, Jose Montoya dies at 81, Passing of a Chicano legend

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GILBERT “MAGU” LUJAN – IN HIS OWN WORDS

GILBERT "MAGU" LUJAN - CALIFORNIA ARTIST   IN HIS OWN WORDS:   I came out of the Air Force in 1962 and I went to East L.A. College. I took art classes. And as I was learning … [Read more...]

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AMALIA MESA-BAINS – IN HER OWN WORDS

  AMALIA MESA-BAINS - CALIFORNIA ARTIST   IN HER OWN WORDS An ofrenda is a temporary offering to the dead and is ephemeral and is time related. An altar is a permanent … [Read more...]

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RUPERT GARCÍA – IN HIS OWN WORDS

RUPERT GARCÍA - CALIFORNIA ARTIST   IN HIS OWN WORDS: I was in Indochina from 1965 to 1966, at a secret base near Laos. Why were so many of us [Chicanos] there? The answer is simple … [Read more...]

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JOHN VALADEZ – IN HIS OWN WORDS

JOHN VALADEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: When I was getting out of high school and into college, a friend of mine and I went to Olvera Street because we had heard about the Siquieros … [Read more...]

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MALAQUÍAS MONTOYA – IN HIS OWN WORDS

    MALAQUÍAS MONTOYA - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: In the 1960s a lot of Chicano artists got together, we certainly did in the Bay Area. We formed an organization … [Read more...]

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HARRY GAMBOA, JR. – IN HIS OWN WORDS

HARRY GAMBOA - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HIS OWN WORDS: During the Chicano Moratorium, in the midst of being tear-gassed and chased by police, I met Francisca Flores and she thrust a … [Read more...]

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PATRICIA RODRÍGUEZ -IN HER OWN WORDS

PATRICIA RODRÍGUEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST (MUJERES MURALISTAS) IN HER OWN WORDS: As an artist and a participant of the Chicano Movement, we all participated in many things and I went to the … [Read more...]

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DAVID BOTELLO – IN HIS OWN WORDS

DAVID BOTELLO -  CALIFORNIA ARTIST (EAST LOS STREETSCAPERS) I started painting murals with Goez [Art Gallery] but my first solo mural was Dreams Of Flight. It is based on children, and on … [Read more...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 07.03.25 BRILLIANCE OF ÁNGEL RODRÍGUEZ-DÍAZ

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

The Brilliance of Latino Artist Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz Among the major acquisitions by the prestigious Smithsonian American Art Museum in the 1990s was an Ángel Rodríguez-Diaz painting of famed Latina novelist Sandra Cisneros. Rodríguez-Díaz painted Cisneros in a black Mexican dress decorated with sequins and embroidery, and she “holds a patterned rebozo that snakes around her […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 07.03.25 NO KINGS DAY PROTESTS

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

THE NO KINGS PROTEST RALLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS On a pleasant Saturday afternoon on June 14, 2025, Austin participated in a nationwide ‘NO KINGS” protest rally along with 2,100 other cities and towns and 5,000,000 others citizens across the U.S.A.. It’s estimated that the Austin rally, held on the Texas Capital grounds, drew over 20,000 […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07.03.25 VIEQUES PARAÍSO AGRÍCOLA

July 3, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Vieques Vieques es la Isla Nena del Archipiélago Borinkano que descansa a diez leguas al este de la Isla Grande;  cuenta con 132 kilómetros cuadrados, 33de largo por 7,2 de ancho, con una topografía de montes, colinas, pequeños valles y planicies costeras; abundan playas espectaculares, lagunas con algunos manantiales […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 07. 03.25 VIEQUES AN AGRO PARADISE (ENGLISH)

July 3, 2025 By JT

Umpierre Agro Vieques Vieques is the Nena Island of the Borinkano Archipelago that rests ten leagues east of the Isla Grande; it has 132 square kilometers, 33 long by 7.2 wide, with a topography of mountains, hills, small valleys and coastal plains; spectacular beaches abound, lagoons with some springs and ravines but insufficient to supply […]

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