Latino Cultural Identity, Experiences, and Familial Histories Depicted Through Everyday Articles and Materials of Cultures: Nuestra Gente, Cultura y Comida
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 earlier exhibit of work by Chicano artists,...
Latino Representation of Food and Culture in Confluence of Cultures: Nuestra Gente, Cultura y Comida
To honor the upcoming 10th anniversary of San Antonio's World Heritage designation, including a UNESCO Creative Cities Network in gastronomy, the City Arts and Culture Office joined with the local World Heritage team to celebrate “dynamic, diverse, and vibrant...
Prints by Chicano/a and Latino Artists at the San Antonio Museum of Art Educate and Delight
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 rely on Glasstire, one of Texas’ premier art magazines, which appears...
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...
The Truth About The Rose Window
On a sunny and warm Friday afternoon a few years ago, I had a two hour meeting with Vincent Huizar, a descendant of Pedro Huizar, the sculptor who allegedly created Rosa's Window (The Rose Window) at Mission San José in San Antonio. A former colleague telephoned me...
Celebrating Chicano/Latino Resourcefulness and Creativity: Rasquachismo at the San Antonio McNay Art Museum
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas opened the Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility exhibit in mid December 2024. McNay Latinx Art curator Mia Lopez and retired professor Tomás Ybarra-Frausto gave a tour of the exhibit in mid January. The tour began...
Benito Huerta: A Latino Art Trailblazer, Curator, and Educator
A long anticipated art show featuring the work of the multitalented North Texas Latino artist, Benito Huerta, opened recently at the Kirk Hopper Fine Art gallery in Dallas. Huerta is part of a two-person exhibition with his wife Janet Chaffee. He told Texas art...
MOH PVT. Marcelino Serna, U.S. Army WW I
By CPT. Tony Mandujano Sr. MA USA Rt. LTC Lawrence Romo, LULAC National Veterans V.P. (Former National AGIF Commander, President Barack Obama's director of the U.S. Selective Service Commission, ) started the Press Conference by an opening statement, "A...
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Announces its Spring Academy Classes; Registration Begins on January 13
Courtesy of Laura Hernandez Aplin The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announces its Spring Academy classes for children and adults of all skill levels. The new semester begins January 13, 2025, and interested students can register through February. All classes are...
Selena Vive! Isabel Marie Sanchez and Felipe Tristán Bring Selena’s Music to Life
Award-winning conductor Felipe Tristán, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, dazzled a Texas audience for three days as he led the San Antonio Philharmonic orchestra in honoring Selena, the famous Tejano singer and her iconic music at the Majestic Theater last week [January...
