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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicana artists, Chicano Art, MacArthur Park Metro Station murals, Sonia Romero, Urban Oasis, What's New

October 20, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ

César Martínez is a ground-breaking artist and one of the founders of the Chicano Art Movement.  His work goes back to the 1960s when he pioneered in such San Antonio-based art collectives as Con Safo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: César Martinez, Chicano Art, portrait painting, San Antonio Artists

February 10, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART IGNACIO GÓMEZ “ZOOT SUIT POSTER”

Ignacio Gómez is an acclaimed artist, designer and sculptor. His images reflect prideful depictions of the Latino community, especially children and family. On the eve of a monumental lifetime … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano Art, Ignacio Gómez, Zoot Suit, Zoot Suit Poster

June 3, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CHICANO MURALS

Today, murals painted by Chicanos  are to be found throughout the United States.  From Bellevue, Washington, to San Anontio, Texas to Chicago, Illinois the mural movement that began in the 1960s has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano Art, Chicano murals, United States murals

January 21, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART THE OPENING OF THE CHEECH

Acclaimed actor, director and social activist Cheech Marin has collected Chicano art for decades. Now his extensive collection has a home venue of its own, The Cheech, an art gallery specifically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Cheech Marin, Chicano Art, Latinopia art, The Cheech Opening

June 18, 2022 by wpengine

LATINOPIA ART CARLOS ALMARAZ CAR CRASHES

Latinopia Art Carlos Almaraz Car Crashes from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Renowned Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz (1941-2017) was honored with a retrospective of his works at the Los Angeles County … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Carlos Almaraz, Chicano Art, Elsa Flores Almaraz, Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz

October 15, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 06.18.22

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: THE CHEECH ART MUSEUM OPENS! A LATINOPIA VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE EXHIBIT. PLUS CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS GASPAR ENRIQUEZ, SONIA ROMERO, CARLOS ALMARAZ, GILBERT "MAGU" LUJAN AND CÉSAR … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Chicano Art, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

June 18, 2022 by wpengine

LATINOPIA ART RUPERT GARCIA ON PUBLIC ART

Rupert Garcia is a San Francisco Bay Area artist known for the striking imagery of his silkscreens and posters. Latinopia asked Rupert how he came to silkscreening and discovered that silkscreening … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: 1968 Paris student protests, Chicano Art, Chicano artists, Rupert Garcia

June 1, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CARLOS ALMARÁZ

Carlos Almaráz was a ground breaking artist and political activist who passed away in 1989. Twenty three years after his passing, Karen Rapp, the premiere curator at the Vincent Price Museum of Art … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Carlos Almaraz, Chicano Art, Los Four

November 4, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ “THE SAN PATRICIOS IN BATTLE”

Copyright 2017 by Sergio Hernández. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arnie & Porfi, Blogs Tagged With: Arnie and Porfi cartoon strip, Chicano Art, San Patriciios, Sergio Hernandez

March 18, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART GRONK ON CRITICAL ART

Latinopia Art Gronk on Critical Art from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Gronk (Guglio Nicandro) is a renowned painter, print maker and performance artist. He is co-founder of the performance art … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: ASCO, Chicano Art, Critical Chicano Art, Gronk, Guglio Nicandro

March 5, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 10.26.15 ‘YA ERA TIEMPO AT MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART”

Ya Era Tiempo: Chicano Art at the Museum of Latin American Art A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. And it signals a shift in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: "Somewhere Over El Arco iris", Chicano Art, Luis R.. Torres, Musuem of Latin American Art, Tales of Torres

October 26, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART “ASCO COLLECTIVE

ASCO (Spanish for "nausea") is the celebrated avante garde Chicano art collective founded by Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gronk, Willie Herron and Patssi Valdez in 1972. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s ASCO was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: ASCO, Chicano Art, Collective art groups, Gronk, Harry Gamboa Jr., Patssi Valdez, What's New, Willie Herron

July 14, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Camino Real, Chicano Art, Nopalito Restaurant

April 23, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC MARK GUERRERO “THE BALLAD OF CARLOS ALMARÁZ”

Mark Guerrero is a singer/songwriter whose lyrics often touch on social themes. He performs here his original composition commemorating the legendary Chicano artist Carlos Almaráz who passed away in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Carlos Almaraz, Chicano Art, Chicano Music, Mark Guerrero

January 7, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

In 2012, in Puerto Rico there were 13,000 farms; in the recent agricultural census, between 8 and 10,000 farms are recorded; a substantial decrease in the figure reported for 2012. At present, the agricultural sector of the Puerto Rican economy reports approximately 0.62% of the gross domestic product, which produces 15% of the food consumed […]

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 […]

BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.16.25 PELIGRO INMINENTE

May 15, 2025 By wpengine

Peligro Inminente En 2012, en Puerto Rico habían 13 mil granjas; en el censo agrícola reciénte se registran entre 8 y 10 mil granjas; una disminución sustantiva de la cifra reportada para 2012. Al presente, el sector agrícola de la economía puertorriqueña reporta aproximadamente 0.62% del producto bruto interno, que produce el 15% de la […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.23.25 MAYA BLUE EXHIBIT

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

Maya Blue Exhibit Incorporates the Artwork of Latino/a Artists A new exhibit, Maya Blue: Ancient Color, New Visions, at the San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA], brings together for the first time pre-Columbian crafted clay figures, the art of Mexican modernist Carlos Mérida, and works by contemporary Latino/a artists Rolando Briseño, Clarissa Tossin, and Sandy […]

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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 […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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