Latino arts, history and culture
Terry Ybañez: Latina Artist and Community Activist Terry Ybañez knew at age five, as she drew and painted flowers and plants she saw in her grandmother’s garden, that she wanted to be an artist. … [Read more...]
Latino Art at New Mexico National Hispanic Cultural Center The National Hispanic Cultural Center [NHCC] is located in Albuquerque near the banks of the Rio Grande and is adjacent to the historic … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALBERTO RÍOS "HOW TO WRITE A POEM" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alberto "Tito" Ríos is a celebrated poet and author who has published ten books of poetry, three short story … [Read more...]
Elena Minor is a poet and fiction writer whose book of poetry, TITULADA, was published by Noemi Press in 2014. In this Latinopia Plática, Elena talks about how her writing is exploratory and about her … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya On Poetry from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rudolfo Anaya is best known as the fiction writer of the acclaimed coming-of-age novel Bless Me Ultima. In 2015, Anaya ventured into … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALARCÓN ON POETRY from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Francisco X. Alarcón is a poet, educator and social activist who resides in the San Francisco Bay area. His collection of poems, … [Read more...]
Santa Fe’s Traditional Spanish Market And Contemporary Market Attract Thousands of Art Lovers The 72nd annual Traditional Spanish Market opened last weekend, July 27-28, 2024 attracting an … [Read more...]
Otra vez les damos la bienvenida a todos. Como pueden ver en la portada de este edición de La Voz, temenos a Kamala Harris, quien creemos que va a ser la próxima Presidenta de los Estados Unidos. Su … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter/percussionist/educator Martha Gonzalez of the band Quetzal, who have eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock … [Read more...]
Martha Gonzalez is a musician, composer, leader singer of the music group Quetzal. She is also a scholar and the author of Chicana/o Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los … [Read more...]
Latinos Featured at Art Museum of South Texas The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi opened in 1936 as the Centennial Museum. It became Art Museum of South Texas in 1945. In the early … [Read more...]
Latinopia Art Gilbert Lujan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a pioneer Chicano artist who was a member of the 1970s legendary art collective Los Four, the first Chicanos to … [Read more...]
In 2019 the city of Pomona commission East Los Streetscapers David Botello and Wayne Healy to paint a mural honoring the memory of celebrated artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. The work, titled "Magulandia" … [Read more...]
On Books and Expanding the Powers of the Mind: Adam and Michele Rifkin's "Last Train to Fortune" by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin July 10, … [Read more...]
Frank Romero is an acclaimed artist whose works encompass paintings, prints, murals, sculptures and even neon art. His use of color has been singled out throughout his career. Latinopia asked Frank a … [Read more...]
Frank Romero is a multi-disciplined artist whose body of work spans seven decades. His career has followed the path of many successful artists, from selling pieces for a fifty or one hundred dollars … [Read more...]
Latino Artist Vincent Valdez Makes Viewers Aware of Enforced Disappearance Vincent Valdez had a triumphant return to San Antonio Artpace after an absence of ten years. Now living in Houston and … [Read more...]
The Golden Rule obverse is alive and well … Let’s gang up on Biden, and give Trump a pass… As a backdrop to the commentary herein: There is no evidence, medical or otherwise – none! – that … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero visits with guitarist and founding member of the band Quetzal, Quetzal Flores. The band has eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock group, … [Read more...]
The Origins of Mexican and Latino Art in Texas When the newly appointed first governor of the Province of Tejas, Domingo Teran de los Rios, visited Tejas [Texas] in 1691-1692, he witnessed a … [Read more...]
Dr. Antonio Ríos Bustamante — historian, academic, writer, intellectual, loving husband and supportive companion to my mother, for over thirty years — passed away this weekend, on April, 19 … [Read more...]
