Luis Lopez: Latino Painter, Muralist, and Sculptor
Luis Lopez celebrated his 45th year of canvas painting and public murals by transitioning to full time creative work in public art sculpture. While he remains proud of his murals at San Antonio College, paintings at the University of Texas-San Antonio, and murals and...
San Antonio Visual Artist Mauro de la Tierra Receives Keep McAllen Beautiful Award for Public Art Work “Amor Divino”
Local painter and previous La Prensa feature artist Mauro de la Tierra was recently awarded by the city of McAllen, Texas for his contributions to the Keep McAllen Beautiful project, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Using an array of spray paints and acrylics,...
Chuck Ramirez’s Visual Interpretations of Latino Culture
The Armory Show, an International Fair of New Art in New York City, is one of the most prestigious art shows in America, so it was a joyous moment to see the inclusion of Chuck Ramirez of San Antonio, Texas in their September 2022 show. I have followed the Armory Show...
Austin’s Essentials Creative unveils Afterworld, a new site-specific art installation at Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, TX
Provided by Presa House Gallery Presa House Gallery welcomes Austin-based Essentials Creative presenting Afterworld. This new site-specific installation aims to create a comfortable space for marginalized communities to gather, learn about diverse cultures, and...
Halloween…Y ‘El espectro’
Con la cercanía de la fiesta de Halloween, si no necesari-amente en el calendario, sí en las decoraciones y ventas en los escaparates y pasillos de todas las tiendas. (¡Y No!, no se puede tra-ducir como Dia de Muertos, pues son dos festividades totalmente distintas,...
Jenelle Esparza: A Latina Artist Creating Narrative Through Her Weaving
In 2018 Jenelle Esparza experienced an artistic transformational moment when she set aside her training as a photographer, painter, printer, and digital artist to take weaving classes at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. Learning to weave came naturally to...
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 Stone. The magical reference in those names reveals different moments that brought Flaco Jimenez added music fame. With...
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, Mestizos, a blend of Spanish and Mexican Indian ethnic groups, constituted the majority population in Mexico....
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
It was their first week at Columbia University in New York when Sandford “Sandy” Greenberg and Arthur “Art” Garfunkel met. As roommates, they made a pact to always be there for each other in times of trouble, no matter the extreme. A few months later, Sandy began to...
Porfirio Salinas: A Pioneering Latino Artist
Texas painter Porfirio Salinas is among the first Mexican American artists to gain national recognition. In 1964 The New York Times described him as “L.B.J.’s Favorite Painter.” The famed bluebonnet painter is also undoubtedly one of the most famous personalities who...