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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 DIANA MOLINA’S ICONS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BORDERLAND

Diana Molina is the author of a new book on Chicano art, Icons and Symbols of the Borderland. The book is based on a traveling exhibit of Chicano art which Molina curated and which features works by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: César Martinez, Diana Molina, Icons and Symbols of the Borderland, Juntos Art Association

July 25, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART LINDA VALLEJO

Linda Vallejo is an accomplished artist whose works include paintings and installation pieces. In 2007 she had a show at the Metro Gallery in Los Angeles showcasing her move from portraits of nudes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

May 27, 2012 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

LATINOPIA ART AVENUE 61 MURAL

Latinopia Art Ave 61 Mural from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1996, Anthony "Eagle" Ortega and Andy Ledesma and other muralists painted "Quetzalcoatl Mural Project: A Sequence of Time and Culture" at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Andy Ledesma, Anthony "Eagle" Ortega, Avenue 61 Mural, Quetzalcaotl A Sequence of Time and Culture

May 15, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART POLI MARICHAL

Latinopia Art Poli Marichal from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Poli Marichal is a multi-talented artist and printmaker accomplished in diverse media. Poli tells latinopia that her work is informed by an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Latino Printmaking, Poli Marichal, Puerto Rican art

June 24, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “WHAT IS CHICANO ART?”

In the 1960s, Mexican American artists were inspired by the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. They began to question their roles as artists and what kind of art they should be making. In barrios … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

April 10, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART VINCENT SÁNCHEZ CARDONA

Victor Sánchez Cardona is an abstract artist of Puerto Rican descent residing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this virtual gallery tour we are introduced to some of his latest paintings. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Puerto Rican art, Puerto Rican artists, Victor Sánchez Cardona

April 12, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.02.22 – LUIS VALDERAS, A FUTURIST ARTIST

July 2, 2022 By wpengine

Luis Valderas: A Futuristic Latino Artist Luis Valderas traces his artistic development to his early years working in the family-owned flower and ceramic shop in McAllen, Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. During his time away from school, he joined his brothers and sister in manufacturing flower arrangements and making ceramic figures to sell in the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT – GASPAR ENRIQUEZ – KEEPING CULTURE VIBRANT

June 25, 2022 By wpengine

Latino Borderland Artists In El Paso’s Mission Valley Keep History and Culture Vibrant The borderland artists of the El Paso-Isleta-San Elizario region, known as the Mission Valley, represent nearly 350 years of history and tradition. Spanish colonizers first arrived in that region in 1598 when Juan de Oñate and 129 soldiers and families crossed the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT XAVIER GARZA PREMIER STORYTELLER

June 18, 2022 By wpengine

Xavier Garza, Latino Artist and Author: A Premier Storyteller Xavier Garza grew up among storytellers in his hometown of Rio Grande City along the Texas-Mexico border. The best of the storytellers included his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. When his parents, who made a living as migrant farm workers, left annually to pick the crops in […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.11.22

June 11, 2022 By wpengine

Whose side are you on? Recent events – the massacre of shoppers in Buffalo, the Uvalde massacre of children, the outright refusal of Republicans to address gun reform – bring the old union song “Which side are you on?” to mind. The song was written in the 1930s during a fierce struggle between coal miners […]

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By Tia Tenopia on October 7, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, canvases and public murals. Latinopia visited Sonia at her studio in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles where she spoke about […]

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LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

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LATINOPIA WORD ROLANDO HINOJOSA “KLAIL CITY”

By Tia Tenopia on April 15, 2013

Dr. Rolando Hinojosa Smith is a pioneering Chicano author whose writings transcend genres. His novel “Klail City” won the prestigious Casa de las Americas literary award. Hinojosa has created the fictional world of Klail City located in fictional Belkin County, Texas. His writings draw on his experiences growing up in the Rio Grande valley of […]

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