LATINOPIA ART RICHARD ARMENDÁRIZ
Richard Armendáriz is a artist and print maker originally from El Paso, Texas and now residing in San Antonio. His print work melds landscapes with Texas animal life layered with song lyrics and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CARLOS ALMARAZ CAR CRASHES
Latinopia Art Carlos Almaraz Car Crashes from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Renowned Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz (1941-2017) was honored with a retrospective of his works at the Los Angeles County … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART LA RAZA PHOTO EXHIBIT
Latinopia Art La Raza Photo Exhibit from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. La Raza is a photo exhibit showcasing archival photos taken by photographers of La Raza Magazine from 1967 -1977. The exhibit is on … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART ANGELA ORTIZ
Angela Ortiz is a Panamanian-born still photographer who resides in Los Angeles. Her works covers the gamut from celebrity photography to serious artistic endeavors. She shared with Latinopia three … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART YOLANDA LOPEZ ON “PILGRIM”
Yolanda Lopez ( 1942-2021) was a artist, filmmaker and educator and a staunch advocate for Latinos and Latinas. In 1981 she challenged the notion that America was founded by Anglo Saxon "pilgrims," a … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]