Latino arts, history and culture
The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 as Texas’s first modern art museum, occupies Marion Koogler McNay’s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in San Antonio. The museum is situated on 24 landscaped … [Read more...]
The Virgin Guadalupe, Matachines, and Chicano Art Tradition On Friday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on San Antonio’s Westside hosted three distinct Matachines dance groups in … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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...]
Margaret Garcia is an acclaimed artist and muralist who completed a four-pillar mural at the metro station at Universal Studios. In this interview by Ricardo Romo she explains the themes of her … [Read more...]
In an interview with Dr. Ricardo Romo, acclaimed artist and muralist Margaret Garcia spoke about her passion for color and her use of divers media for her art works. … [Read more...]
Latina Portrait Artist and Muralist Margaret Garcia: Visual Narrator of Los Angeles History I returned to the fabulous art studio of Margaret Garcia in late July of 2025, joined by famed Chicano … [Read more...]
A Latino Art Exhibit in Querétaro, Mexico Draws Attention to a Shared History An exhibit of Chicano art, Al Otro Lado del Espejo [The Other Side of the Mirror], opened at the Museo de Arte de … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON ARTHUR LÓPEZ CONTEMPORARY SANTERO, GILBERTO QUEZADA ON WHAT'S IN A NAME, ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES AND XOCHITL-JULISA BERMEJO READS FROM … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: MARGARET GARCIA'S UNIVERSAL CITY METRO MURAL, MARGARET GARCIA ON COLOR IN PAINTING, BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON DAY OF THE INVASION AND OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND RICARDO ROMO ON … [Read more...]
A Reunion of the Gallista Artists at Dock Space Gallery Art reunions can be problematic. They can be especially difficult and challenging if the artists are asked to create new works. In any … [Read more...]
Texas Chicanos Shine in New Cheech Marin Museum in Riverside, California As you enter the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture—be prepared. The two story glass sculpture by the … [Read more...]
Rolando Briseño: Latino Artist in New York MOMA Show Four months ago Rolando Briseño flew to New York City for the opening of the New York Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] exhibition, Just Above … [Read more...]
Al Rendon: A Highly Acclaimed Latino Photographer Every American City has its favorite photographer who is able to produce revealing imagery that captures the mind and soul of its people, that … [Read more...]
Armando Sanchez: A Latino Borderland Artist Latino art came to the U.S-Mexico Borderlands in the 17th century with the founding of several missions in Texas by the Franciscan order. In the 1680s, … [Read more...]
Sylvia Orozco: Latina Artist, Museum Founder, Mexic-Arte Director, and Community Leader Sylvia Orozco, Co-Founder and head of Mexic-Art Museum in Austin, Texas, is completing her 38th year as … [Read more...]
Flaco Jimenez: A South Texas Music Virtuoso Flaco Jimenez’s music journey has been as imposing as a Texas Tornado, as sizzling as a Super Seven Texas sun, and as dramatic as a rocking Rolling … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: LATINOS MOURN THE PASSING OF BILL RICHARDSON, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON ACCLAIMED PHOTOGRAPHER AL RENDON, IRE'ENE LARA SILVA READS EATERS OF FLOWERS AND JOHN MARTINEZ … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: BURUNDANGA BORICUA ONCE AGAIN LOOKS AT PUERTORICO'S COLONIAL QUESTION, RICARDO ROMO ON THE NEW MURALS OF SAN ANTONIO, ALFREDO SANTOS' PENSAMIENTOS AT 70 AND WITH CHRISTMAS … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Remembering a Premier Chicano Writer: Rolando Hinojosa-Smith by Dr. Ricardo Romo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, a long-time professor of Spanish, English, and Creative Writing at the University of … [Read more...]
