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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 1

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicana artists, Chicano Art, She Rides the Lion, Sonia Romero, What's New

October 7, 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 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 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

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

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 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 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 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 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

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.02.22 – LUIS VALDERAS, A FUTURIST ARTIST

July 2, 2022 By wpengine

Luis Valderas: A Futuristic Latino Artist Luis Valderas traces his artistic development to his early years working in the family-owned flower and ceramic shop in McAllen, Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. During his time away from school, he joined his brothers and sister in manufacturing flower arrangements and making ceramic figures to sell in the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT – GASPAR ENRIQUEZ – KEEPING CULTURE VIBRANT

June 25, 2022 By wpengine

Latino Borderland Artists In El Paso’s Mission Valley Keep History and Culture Vibrant The borderland artists of the El Paso-Isleta-San Elizario region, known as the Mission Valley, represent nearly 350 years of history and tradition. Spanish colonizers first arrived in that region in 1598 when Juan de Oñate and 129 soldiers and families crossed the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT XAVIER GARZA PREMIER STORYTELLER

June 18, 2022 By wpengine

Xavier Garza, Latino Artist and Author: A Premier Storyteller Xavier Garza grew up among storytellers in his hometown of Rio Grande City along the Texas-Mexico border. The best of the storytellers included his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. When his parents, who made a living as migrant farm workers, left annually to pick the crops in […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.11.22

June 11, 2022 By wpengine

Whose side are you on? Recent events – the massacre of shoppers in Buffalo, the Uvalde massacre of children, the outright refusal of Republicans to address gun reform – bring the old union song “Which side are you on?” to mind. The song was written in the 1930s during a fierce struggle between coal miners […]

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Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, canvases and public murals. Latinopia visited Sonia at her studio in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles where she spoke about […]

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LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

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LATINOPIA WORD ROLANDO HINOJOSA “KLAIL CITY”

By Tia Tenopia on April 15, 2013

Dr. Rolando Hinojosa Smith is a pioneering Chicano author whose writings transcend genres. His novel “Klail City” won the prestigious Casa de las Americas literary award. Hinojosa has created the fictional world of Klail City located in fictional Belkin County, Texas. His writings draw on his experiences growing up in the Rio Grande valley of […]

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