Latino arts, history and culture
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...]
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...]
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...]
Prior to 1940, a generation of Mexican American youth who grew up in the Segundo Barrio neighborhood of El Paso, Texas had enlisted in the National Guard. In November of 1940, the National Guard was … [Read more...]
A Champion for Latino Veterans and Civil Rights: The Story of Dr. Hector García In 1948 Latino military veterans in Texas exposed an ugly incident of racial discrimination with the case of … [Read more...]
Maceo Montoya is an acclaimed graphic artist, author of short stories and novels and an educator at the University of California at Davis. His novels include The Scoundrel and the Optimist and The … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event 1945 USS Indianapolis Torpedoed 2 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. After the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, 900 men clung to rafts and fought off … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event 1945 USS Indianapolis3 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On July 30, 1945, a Japanese Imperial Navy submarine torpedoed and sank the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the Pacific. Because of its … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event 1945 U.S.S. Indianapolis Torpedoed from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On July 30, 1945 the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine in the … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco Entre el Asombro y la Indignación El domingo 16 de mayo, junto con cinco candidatos más, fue electo como “delegado” para “exigir” la estadidad en el Congreso Federal: … [Read more...]
Maceo Montoya is an acclaimed artist and author whose recent novel, Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces has been compared to Don Quixote and to Alice in Wonderland. In this Latinopia Platica, … [Read more...]
Coming to America in 1598: A Latino Story In 1598 my great grandfather on my mother’s side, Miguel Sanchez Saenz [10th generation], sailed from the Spanish Las Riojas region to the Americas as … [Read more...]
There once was a Republican Party. It had a set of principles that formed the basis of a defined ideology. To be sure, I didn’t subscribe to those principles nor agree with the ideology they … [Read more...]
Jesse Trevino: An Inspirational Art Hero The National Hispanic Hall of Fame honored local artist Jesse Trevino on May 5th, 2021 with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Trevino, … [Read more...]
Thanks to the efforts of David Contreras Latinopia is offering the following links to internet sources for Chicano Latino art, literature, music, history and … [Read more...]
Latinopia Cinema The Director & The A.D. from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The partnership between the Director and the First Assistant Director of a film is a crucial and valuable collaboration. … [Read more...]
Elena Minor is a poet and fiction writer whose works have appeared in more than a dozen print and online magazines. She is also the founder and editor of PALABRA, a literary magazine. In this … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Apache Wars2 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In his book, The Apache Wars, Dr. Paul Andrew Hutton chronicles the war against the Apache people that the United States government waged … [Read more...]
The San Antonio Latino Middle Class: A Boost from Kelly Air Base The rise of a Latino middle class--almost non-existent prior to 1945--evolved slowly in cities with a sizable Mexican American … [Read more...]
Joe Lopez Keeps Latino Cultural Heritage Visible When Joe Lopez was growing up, the most popular Spanish language movie theaters located on the western edge of downtown, just west of the San … [Read more...]
