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LATINOPIA ART IMPACT OF AMÉRICA TROPICAL

Lorena Manriquez is a Chilean born filmmaker who co-directed Walls of Passion, a documentary on the life and art of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siquieros which was released in 2019. Here she speaks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: America Tropical, David Alfaro Siquieros, Lorena Manriquez, Walls of Passion

January 20, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 AMÉRICA TROPICAL PRESERVATION

After forty years of painstaking effort, the mural titled "America Tropical, originally painted in 1932 by Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, and later whitewashed, has been preserved with a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: America Tropical, David Alfaro Siquieros, Getty Conservation Institute Projects, Leslie Rainer, Mural Restoration, Susan MacDonald

October 8, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 1932 AMÉRICA TROPICAL WHITEWASH

In 1932, the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was invited to Los Angeles by the Chouinard Art Institute.  During his six month stay, he painted three murals, the most controversial of which was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: America Tropical, censored art, David Alfaro Siquieros

September 30, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: America Tropical, Barbara Carrasco, censored art, David Alfaro Siquieros, East Los Streeetscapers, John Valadez, public art censored, Wayne Healy

October 8, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC MARK GUERRERO “WHITEWASH”

Mark Guerrero is a singer and songwriter whose lyrics often reflect social issues. He performs here an original composition about the whitewashing of the mural "America Tropical" painted in 1932 by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: America Tropical, censored art, Chicano Music, David Alfaro Siquieros, Mark Guerrero

September 30, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.10.25 PORCELAIN AND PAINT AT CENTRO CULTURAL AZTLAN

October 10, 2025 By wpengine

A Latino Exhibit of Porcelain and Paint at Centro Cultural Aztlan Gricelda Corpus Nill’s new porcelain sculpture exhibition,  “El Vuelo de la Monarca” at Centro Cultural Aztlan in San Antonio, explores themes related to Latino history, identity, and spirit tied to the San Antonio community. Her work is deeply rooted in her Mexican and Texas cultural […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 10.10.25 REMEMBERING MANUEL B.BRAVO

October 10, 2025 By wpengine

Twenty-six years ago, April 1999, Texas A&M University Press published Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County authored by this writer. It received the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters Award, the Webb County Heritage Foundation Award, and the American Association for State and Local History Award.  The paperback edition was published in 2001. Border Boss has stood […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.03.25 MEL CASAS AND HUMANSCAPES

October 3, 2025 By wpengine

Mel Casas, a native of El Paso, moved to San Antonio in 1961 to teach art at San Antonio College. Over the next fifty years, until his death in 2014, Casas established himself as one of the nation’s preeminent Chicano artists. His celebrated “Humanscapes” series, which spans 150 works produced between 1965 and 1989 and […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 10.03.25 “VETE POR LA SOMBRITA”

October 3, 2025 By wpengine

In the heart of Mexican culture, certain phrases carry more than just meaning—they carry memory, warmth, and a sense of belonging.  One such phrase is “Vete por la sombrita” or “Te vas por la sombrita,” a gentle farewell that literally means “go through the little shade.”  But for many, especially those like me who grew […]

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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.

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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.

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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