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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.19.25 LATINO CULTURE CELEBRATED IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Latino Culture and Community Celebrated in Photography The 2025 Centro Cultural Aztlan's Fotoseptiembre exhibit celebrates Latino Culture and Community.  The exhibit photographs document everyday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Al Rendon, and Guillermina Zabala., Chris Hernandez, Joe D. Garcia, Joel Salcido, Joey Reyes Duran, Kathy Vargas, Mike Cervantes, Monica Saldana, Ramon Hernandez, Ricardo Romo

September 19, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 06.27.25 SANTA BARRRAZA AND KATHY VARGAS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS

Latina Artists Santa Barraza and Kathy Vargas Honored with Prestigious Latinx Artist Fellowships. The Latinx Artist Fellowship announced this week an award of $50,000 each to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Dr. Ricardo Romo, Kathy Vargas, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, Santa Barraza

June 26, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.16.23 KATHY VARGAS AT ARTPACE

Kathy Vargas’s new exhibition at Artpace, “Shopping for Bargains/My Mother Taught Me to Shop”  is a marvelous*striking* visual treat **striking arrangement of images that Artpace “reveals the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Chicana photographers, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Kathy Vargas, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

December 16, 2023 by wpengine

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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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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