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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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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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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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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...]

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January 27, 2023 By wpengine

An Inspiring Latino Play: Crystal City 1969 David Lozano and Raul Trevino wrote Crystal City 1969 in 2009, a production which The Dallas Morning News called the “Best New Play” of 2009. Residents from Crystal City learned of its success by word of mouth, but individuals who contributed to the school walkouts that permanently transformed […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.20.23 OSCAR ALVARADO MASTER MOSAIC ARTIST

January 20, 2023 By wpengine

Oscar Alvarado: Latino Master Artist of Tile Mosaic On most days of the year, Oscar Alvarado steps out of the warehouse at his San Antonio Southtown studio, spaces that he shares with his twin brother Robert, to look over sections of nearly two acres filled with sand, tile, rock, glass, and steel. He treasures the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT AL RENDON AN ACCLAIMED LATINO PHOTOGRAPHER

January 14, 2023 By wpengine

Al Rendon: A Highly Acclaimed Latino Photographer Every American City has its favorite photographer who is able to produce revealing imagery that captures the mind and soul of its people, that documents the cultural attributes of its society, and that reveals the historical aspects of the region’s landscape. Large cities with diverse populations count on […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT JOSÉ ESQUIVAL A CHICANO TRAILBLAZER

January 7, 2023 By wpengine

José Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer José Esquivel, one of the founding members of the Chicano art movement in America, passed away on December 16, 2022. He was 87 years old. A memorial to Esquivel is planned for Tuesday evening, January 3rd at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Through his paintings Esquivel documented life in his […]

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