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LATINOPIA TEATRO POPUL VUH: HEART OF HEAVEN

On October 12, 2015, the acclaimed El Teatro Campesino performed an outdoor puppet theater play in downtown Los Angeles. Popul Vuh: Heart of Heaven is a creation myth based on the ancient text of the … [Read more...]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.08.25 VINCENT VALDEZ “JUST A DREAM”

March 7, 2025 By JT

Vincent Valdez: Latino Artist Confronts Social Amnesia, Injustices, and Historical Ignorance A major retrospective of Vincent Valdez’s work titled “Just a Dream…” is currently on display at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through March 23, 2025. The exhibit showcases over two decades of Valdez’s artistic career. Houston is a booming metropolis known for its world […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.01.25 LATINO IDENTITY IN EVERYDAY ARTICLES

March 1, 2025 By wpengine

Latino Cultural Identity, Experiences, and Familial Histories Depicted Through Everyday Articles and Materials RICARDO ROMO, PH.D FEB 26, 2025 Ruby City’s Studio Gallery is located in a small building across from the towering Ruby City Museum in San Antonio, Texas. The smaller space for the current show “Studio Synthesis & Subversion Redux,” expanding on an […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.14.25 PRINTS AT THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART

February 14, 2025 By wpengine

Prints by Chicano/a and Latino Artists at the San Antonio Museum of Art Educate and Delight Ricardo Romo, Ph.D Texas Latino art is in vogue this winter with shows in San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, and the Dallas metroplex. I rely on my Latino art network to keep me informed on upcoming shows. I also […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.06.25 INSTRUCTIVE HISTORY: THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

February 6, 2025 By wpengine

Latinos and Chicano/a Artists View History as Instructive to Understanding the Present The 48th annual Segundo de Febrero exhibit opened February 2, 2025 at the Centro Cultural Aztlan to commemorate the 177th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War 1846 to 1848 resulting in the “redistribution […]

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