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LATINOPIA ART YOLANDA LOPEZ VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE TRILOGY

Yolanda Lopez is an artist and printmaker whose groundbreaking works challenge traditional imagery of women in Latino society. Among her many works, is the highly acclaimed and controversial trilogy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Portrait of the ARtist as thre Virgin de Guadalupe, Yolanda Lopez

July 10, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD SALVADOR “QUESO” TORRES READS “THE EYES”

Salvador "Queso" Torres is an artist and muralist and one of the founders of Chicano Park. In 1970 the community of Logan Heights took over the underpass of the Coronado Bridge in San Diego and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano Park, Police harassment, Salvador Queso Torres

September 3, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART MAGU IN POMONA

In 2019 the city of Pomona commission East Los Streetscapers David Botello and Wayne Healy to paint a mural honoring the memory of celebrated artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. The work, titled "Magulandia" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: David Botello, East Los Streetscapers, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Magu in Pomona, Wayne Healy

August 21, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART MAGULANDIA MURAL DEDICATION

On May 14, 2021 the city of Pomona, California honored the memory of renowned Chicano artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan with the dedication of a mural measuring 17 feet tall by 52 feet wide. The mural, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Benjamin Botello, Chicano murals, David Botello, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Magulandia, Wayne Healy

August 21, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 2

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Latinopia learned that Gaspar's inrterest in these photorealistic images arose when he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano artists, El Paso artists, Gaspar Enríquez, Metahors of the Barrio, Southwest artists

May 18, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “IN SEARCH OF MAGULANDIA”

Gilbert "Magu" Lujan (October 16, 1940-July 24, 2011) was a much loved and influential Chicano sculptor, muralist and painter. The co-founder of the Los Four art collective, he was one of the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: De Colores art exhibit, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Gilbert Lujan, In Search of Magulandia, Magulandia, Santa Paula Museum of Art, Vanessa Acosta, Xavier Montes

January 18, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.17.21 LATINO STREET ARTIST SELLS IN GALLERIES

A Former Latino Street Artist Sells in Galleries The day that Albert Gonzales quit his job to devote himself full time to creating art was also the day he decided that he would become an artist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA ART, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Latino Street Artist Sells in Galleries, Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

July 16, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “ELSA FLORES 2”

Elsa Flores Almaráz is an accomplished visual artist who works in paint and photography. She is also the widow of the late celebrated Chicano artist Carlos Almaráz (1941-1989). All the time she was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

November 21, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART ELSA FLORES 1

Elsa Flores Almaráz is the widow of renowned and pioneering Chicano artist Carlos Almaráz (1941-1989). Elsa is also an accomplished artist in her own right. Latinopia asked her how she manages to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

November 13, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART LUIS GARZA ON DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS

Luis Garza is a still photographer and filmmaker who curated the 2017 La Raza Magazine exhibit  at the Autry Museum of the American West. In this Latinopia Platica Luis recalls a chance meeting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Autry Museum of the American West, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Luis Garza

June 19, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

April 8, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Amado Pena, Chicano artists, Con Safos, San Antonio Artists

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: César Martinez, Chicano artists, Con Safos, Texas Artists

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART JUDY BACA ON THE GREAT WALL

Judy Baca is an acclaimed artist and muralist and founder of SPARC (The Social and Public Art Resource Center). She is perhaps best known for designing and painting, with the help of many assistants, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: East Los Angeles Murals, Judy Baca, The Great Mural

March 27, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ AT BORDERLANDS

Latinopia Art César Martínez at Borderlands from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Icons and Symbols of the Borderlands is an art exhibit at the Centro de Artes Museum in San Antonio, Texas. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: César Martinez, Chicano artists, Icons and Symbols of the Bordeerlands, Texas Artists

August 20, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia's public murals, in particular the "Urban Oasis" mural at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicana artists, Chicano Art, MacArthur Park Metro Station murals, Sonia Romero, Urban Oasis, What's New

October 20, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART MARÍA NATIVIDAD

María Natividad is a fourth generation Tejana whose watercolor renderings of Mexican culture spring from her passion to preserve Mexican traditions in an ever-changing world. Latinopia visited her at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

February 27, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 1970 CHICANO PARK 1

In 1970, the Coronado Bridge in San Diego had recently been completed and the city of San Diego had agreed to allow the residents of the Logan Heights barrio to use the land under the bridge as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, History, LATINOPIA ART, LATINOPIA EVENT

April 16, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 1970 CHICANO PARK 2

In 1970, the City of San Diego reneged on its promise to allow the citizens of Logan Heights, a historic Chicano barrio, to utilize land under the recently completed Coronado Bridge to build a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, History, LATINOPIA ART, LATINOPIA EVENT

April 30, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART JOHN VALADEZ

John Valadez is a pioneering artist and muralist renowned for his photo-realistic rendering of Chicano life in Southern California.  His subject matter is marginalized people and he uses his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano artists, Chicano muralists, John Valadez artist, Los Angeles urban art

July 21, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CHICANO TIME TRIP

Latinopia Art Chicano Time Trip from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Wayne Healy and David Botello have collaborated as a two-man mural team for more than forty years. Working as East Los Streetscapers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano Time Trip, David Botello, East Los Streetscapers, Wayne Healy

October 23, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.28.23 CRYSTAL CITY 1969

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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