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LATINOPIA WORD THE SEARCH FOR THE BROWN BUFFALO

Latinopia Word The Search for the Brown Buffalo from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Oscar Zeta Acosta was a civil rights attorney who defended Chicano activists during the heyday of the Chicano Movement. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Antonio Solis Gomez, Con Safos, Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Search for the Brown Buffalo

September 4, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ARTURO “TUDY” FLORES ON SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE

Arturo "Tudy" Flores is the co-founder of the Con Safos the pioneering literary group of the 1970s. In the wake of the passing of accomplished artist and cartoonist Sergio Hernández, a member of Con … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature Tagged With: Arturo "Tudy" Flores, Chicano artist Sergio Hernandez passed away, Con Safos, Sergio Hernandez

June 12, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART AMADO M. PEÑA JR. ON CON SAFOS

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Amado Pena, Chicano artists, Con Safos, San Antonio Artists

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ ON CON SAFOS

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...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: César Martinez, Chicano artists, Con Safos, Texas Artists

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.05.21 THE CHICANO ART MOVEMENT IN TEXAS

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...]

Filed Under: Art, Blogs, FEATURES, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Carmen Lomas Garza, César Martinez, Chista Cantu, Con Safos, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Felipe Reyes, Jacinto Quirate, Mel Casas, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, Santa Barraza

June 5, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA HERO FRANK SIFUENTES

FRANK SIFUENTES - A REMEMBRANCE BY FRIENDS Frank “Kiko” Sifuentes passed away on Monday, October 8th, 2012. Writer, educator, mentor, and community activist he touched many lives. Following are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA HERO Tagged With: Con Safos, Frank Sifuentes, Jesus Trevino, Oscar Castillo, Sergio Hernandez

October 14, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 9.04.16

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: TONY GÓMEZ IN SEARCH OF THE BROWN BUFFALO, REVISITING THE CON SAFOS LITERARY COLLECTIVE, DON FELIPE ON A DREAM DEFERRED AND SERGIO HERNANDEZ ON CALIFORNIA FIRES. Hola mis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Antonio Solis Gomez, Con Safos, The Search for the Brown Buffalo, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

September 4, 2016 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.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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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