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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 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 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 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

LATINOPIA ART POLI MARICHAL’S SIN FRONTERAS

Latinopia Art Poli Marichal Animation from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Poli Marichal is an artist, printer maker, film producer and film animator. Her animated films, like her stunning prints and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Latina artists, Poli Marichal, Sin Fronteras

October 28, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CARLOS CALLEJO WALK-OUT MURAL

Latinopia Art Carlos Callejo Walk-Out Mural from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. n March, 1968 more than 5,000 students walked out of the predominantly Mexican American high schools in East Los Angeles to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: 1968 East Los Angeles High School Walkouts, Carlos Callejo, El Sereno Walkout Mural

July 22, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “LETTER TO MAGU”

Renowned artist and social activist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan passed away in July of 2011. His family and friends convened an outdoor memorial service to honor his life and legacy on September 11, 2011. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

September 20, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART GEORGE RODRÍGUEZ DOUBLE VISION

Latinopia Art George Rodriguez Double Vision from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. George Rodríguez is a celebrated photographer whose images encompass the Chicano movement as well as celebrities--Michael … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano photographers, Double Vision, George Rodriguez

June 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART RUPERT GARCIA ON PUBLIC ART

Rupert Garcia is a San Francisco Bay Area artist known for the striking imagery of his silkscreens and posters. Latinopia asked Rupert how he came to silkscreening and discovered that silkscreening … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: 1968 Paris student protests, Chicano Art, Chicano artists, Rupert Garcia

June 1, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART HOLLYWOOD IN HAVANA 2

Latinopia Cinema Hollywood In Havana 2 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Carol A.Wells is founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, an activist educational and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Carol A.Wells, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Hollywood in havana

December 3, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

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Luis Lopez: Borderlands Artist Looks Forward to His Exhibit in Mexico Borderland artist Luis Lopez moved from Laredo, Texas to San Antonio nearly 50 years ago to pursue his passion for creating art. Over the past five decades, Lopez has received recognition on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border for his diverse and transformative body […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA (ENGLISH) 07.10.25 WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSPIRE

July 10, 2025 By wpengine

We’ve been able to…or not. The signature is on paper and the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that dictates the domestic policy for President Trump’s second administration is the current mandate for the United States. The Institute of Taxes and Economic Policy anticipates three options to meet the law: cut investment in health and food assistance, […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 7.10.25 SEGUIREMOS CONSPIRANDO

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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 […]

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By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

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 MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

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