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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

YOLANDA LÓPEZ – IN HER OWN WORDS

YOLANDA LÓPEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I did not become aware of our own history until 1968 when there was a call for a strike at San Francisco State, a strike for ethnic studies. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, INTERVIEWS

March 6, 2010 by

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

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.05.21 THE CHICANO ART MOVEMENT IN TEXAS

The Chicano Art Movement in Texas The Texas Chicano art movement began approximately 50 years ago. A precise date for the beginning of an art movement is generally difficult because no one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Blogs, FEATURES, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Carmen Lomas Garza, César Martinez, Chista Cantu, Con Safos, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Felipe Reyes, Jacinto Quirate, Mel Casas, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, Santa Barraza

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

JUDY BACA – IN HER OWN WORDS

JUDY BACA IN HER OWN WORDS: When I first became aware of the Chicano Movement was watching the walk-outs in East Los Angeles. I watched on television and began to wonder and question what I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, INTERVIEWS

March 6, 2010 by

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

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.31.25 LATINOS INFLUENCE NEW YORK ART SCENE

May 31, 2025 By wpengine

Latino Artists Are Influencing the New York City Art Scene. I love New York City [NYC], a city with world-class museums, brilliant theatre, opera and orchestra venues, fabulous art galleries, artists’ studios, and more than twenty-three thousand restaurants to delight and often surprise every taste. What I love best about this great city is its […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

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BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 MORE ON THE NEED TO GROW

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

The title of the documentary, The Need to Grow by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick,  is suggestive. Its abstract character is enough to apply in a general and also in a particular way. The Need to Grow applies to both the personal and to so many individuals. At the moment, the need for growth in […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFEDO SANTOS 5.31.25

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Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Como pueden veren la portada de este ejemplar, tenemos al maestro de la musica de Mariachi Zeke Castro. As you read his story you will discover the long trajectory of his career across the United States and his impact of Mariachi music education in the Austin Independent School […]

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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

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.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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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