LATINOPIA ART NOPALITO’S GALERIA
When he's not managing his parent's popular Las Cruces restaurant, "Nopalito," Victor Gallegos is managing one of the first art galleries in Las Cruces to be owned and operated by Mexican … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “LETTERS TO SIQUEIROS”
2012 marks the 80th anniversary of the unveiling of the mural,"America Tropical," painted by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1932. The mural was later whitewashed because of its … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART ARIZONA LATINO ARTS CENTER
The Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center (ALAC), in Phoenix, Arizona was created in 2007 to advance Latinos in the state through education, advocacy and the celebration of Latino arts. Latinopia … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE PIER with HERMAN SILLAS 11.29.15 “TEETH”
As a youth, I hated to visit the dentist. In fact I have never met anyone who said they love to visit dentists . . . or attorneys for that matter. But my teeth demand I see a dentist. That got me … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “EAGLE ROCK TROMPERS”
The Eagle Rock Trompers is a vintage car club founded in 1945 in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Eagle Rock. Originally created to race hot rods, the club has since evolved into a club of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “WHY AZTLÁN?”
During the Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the term "Aztlán became popular as a way of referring to the American Southwest. Many Chicano artists adopted the term in their art … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART DAVID FLURY
David Flury is a self-taught artist who grew up in South Central Los Angeles and whose work is very much informed by graffiti art as well as the work of an earlier generation of Chicano artists. He … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART WAYNE HEALY
Wayne Healy grew up in East Los Angeles. He was educated as a engineer but in 1972 he met artists from the Mexicano Art Center and soon shifted careers and became one of the leading Chicano … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “SHIFRA GOLDMAN ON CHICANO ART”
The late Dr. Shifra Goldman (1926-2011) is considered by many as the foremost scholar and historian of Chicano Art. Beginning in the 1960s, she was instrumental in putting Chicano Art movement on … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART MOISÉS SALCEDO MURALIST
Latinopia.com - Moises Salcedo from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Moisés Salcedo is a self-educated Phoenix muralist whose works embody imagery of the Chicano experience. Latinopia asked him about his … [Read more...]