Encouraging Initiatives of Chicano Art
Chicano art has existed for over fifty years in the United States, but until recently it has been virtually invisible to major museum audiences in the Southwest. Chicanos produce outstanding art as revealed when The Getty Center invested $5 million in 2017 in research...
César Martinez’s Retrospective Show: A Tribute To A Maestro Of Chicano Art
On October 24, 2024, the Ruiz-Healy Gallery in San Antonio opened a marvelous Chicano art exhibit, César A. Martínez: Smoke & Mirrors. The exhibit includes recent paintings by Martinez and drawings from the 1970s. César Martinez is a major Latino artist, among the...
A Latino Art Gallery Opens at San Antonio HBCU Campus
On October 23, 2024, St. Philip’s College in San Antonio opened the Romo Gallery in the new Cybersecurity building on campus. St. Philip’s President Adena Loston, a visionary leader at the Historically Black College, conceived the idea to present Latino art at her...
Fresco Artist Frederico Vigil’s Passion Preserves Ancient Art Tradition
A magnificent fresco by New Mexican Maestro Frederico Vigil is near completion on a stairwell of the Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2,500-square-foot fresco tells the history of viticulture [the cultivation of grapevines] worldwide with ample space...
Visionary Concepts of Amalia Mesa-Bains at San Antonio Museum of Art
The San Antonio Museum of Art retrospective, Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory, is impressive and a triumph for the museum. This exciting exhibit can be seen in the museum’s large Cowden Gallery from September 20, 2024 through January 12, 2025. Four decades ago...
Al Otro Lado del Espejo
All Photos by Ricardo Romo The art exhibit Al Otro Lado del Espejo [The Other Side of the Mirror] opened at the Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Mexico on September 20, 2024. The exhibit is organized by San Antonio artists Lionel and Kathy Sosa and Museo de Arte de...
Mexican Prints at the Vanguard at The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Going to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art [Met] this month is one of the many ways to celebrate National Hispanic Month. The 150 prints in this superb exhibition Mexican Prints at the Vanguard represent two centuries, from 1750 to 1950, of Mexico’s finest...
Cultural Non-Profit To Offer Free Latin Dance Workshop For Community
The Puerto Rican Heritage Society, also known in Spanish as Sociedad Herencia Puertorriqueña, is proud to announce a new cultural event it’s bringing to San Antonio. The non-profit organization will present Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico, a free workshop introducing the...
Rolando Briseño: A 50-Year Retrospective at the San Antonio Centro de Artes Gallery.
Seventy-five stunning drawings, lithographs, screenprints, paintings, photographs, and sculptures dazzle viewers in the “Dining with Rolando Briseño” exhibit at the Centro de Artes Gallery. These works, curated by Dr. Ruben C. Cordova, represent a half-century of...
Latino Art Gains National Recognition
The news that the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. recently purchased sixteen screen prints from San Antonio artist Michael Menchaca for its permanent collection excited me. I credit the September 1, 2024 edition of San Antonio Current for calling attention...
