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 Midtown: Changing Spaces. The exhibit, which opened on October 9th 2022, drew a near record crowd of 2,000 on opening day. The...
An Inspiring Latino Play: Crystal City 1969
David Lozano and Raul Trevino wrote Crystal City 1969 in 2009, a production which The Dallas Morning News called the “Best New Play” of 2009. Residents from Crystal City learned of its success by word of mouth, but individuals who contributed to the school walkouts...
Oscar Alvarado: Latino Master Artist of Tile Mosaic
On most days of the year, Oscar Alvarado steps out of the warehouse at his San Antonio Southtown studio, spaces that he shares with his twin brother Robert, to look over sections of nearly two acres filled with sand, tile, rock, glass, and steel. He treasures the...
St Martin de Porres, Black Saint of the Americas
I was born in San Antonio, Texas and grew up on the eastside of SA, basically the predominantly African-American community of the city. We lived in the back of Dad's barbershop in a small strip center at the intersection of Nolan & Pine Streets. Dad split the...
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 documents the cultural attributes of its society, and that reveals the historical aspects of the region’s landscape. Large...
My Last Words to You A Poem by Mia Loren Mendez
The last hugs, the last laughs and the last time I would ever be happy. For the last week tears have rolled down my face and just overall been sober and can’t stop thinking of you. You can’t leave me, you can’t leave my family you don’t deserve this. The headaches,...
Jose Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer
Jose Esquivel, one of the founding members of the Chicano art movement in America, passed away on December 12, 2022. He was 87 years old. A memorial to Esquivel is planned for Tuesday evening, January 3rd at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Through his paintings Esquivel...
San Antonio Latino Artists’ Studios. Photos By Ricardo Romo
The first studios we ever visited, those of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Mexico City, fascinated me and my wife Harriett. Fifty years later we can still picture those studios. Since that time Harriett and I have been interested in the studios where artists do their...
Margaret Garcia: Latina Portrait Artist, Muralist, and Chronicler of Los Angeles History
Art has long served as a tool to educate, inform, and persuade. Chicano artists in alliance with Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers’ movement painted murals that sought to inform and persuade the public to support the grape boycott. Mural artists in East Los Angeles...
A Latina Artistic Trio Draws on Culture and Traditions for Inspiration
A well executed and creative mural tells a narrative and brings something beautiful to the neighborhood. Fortunately for art lovers, the painting of murals in San Antonio is undergoing a renaissance. Public art in the city dates back to the murals at Hemisfair Park...
