LatinaLista — For anyone who has ever experienced the thrill of being on the receiving end of an audience’s appreciative applause, it’s an experience unlike others. Unfortunately, the rate of Latinos who achieve that kind of stage success is low and so that’s why the mission of R. Evolucion Latina is particularly meaningful. R. Evolucion [...]
Hondureño artist’s exhibit to be featured in live online global gallery broadcast
LatinaLista — When it comes to technology, some people feel it’s a work of art. In fact, when you actually think about it, technology and art do go hand-in-hand. So, it’s a no-brainer when an art gallery wants to widen its promotion of an artist’s exhibit by using technology. It’s easy and the Fremont Gallery [...]
Online exhibit about race shows why the issue is more than skin-deep
LatinaLista — Race is an issue that has been the subject of a lot of conversation, especially since Arizona enacted their infamous immigration bill. Yet, race is not a new topic of discussion or debate. However, since 2007, anthropologists and museum curators have been trying to present the issue in a broader context to stimulate [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Seventh-grader creates a way to take art to homeless and orphaned children
LatinaLista — Today’s economy is making everyone tighten their financial belts — families, businesses, the government and schools! The hope is always that schools can be spared from any kind of budget cutbacks since it’s the children who directly suffer but that’s just not reality these days. Whether it’s cutting the number of teachers, textbooks [...]
Cuban-born artist shares experience of Castro’s revolution in new graphic novel
LatinaLista — The Cuban Revolution was a time in history that remains vivid in the memories of some Cuban Americans. Stories of personal hardship, sacrifice, loss, risk and torture have been shared among the Cuban American community ever since some were lucky enough to escape Castro’s domination. Unfortunately, a lot of those stories never got [...]
El Paso photographer creates visual campaign to combat hate
LatinaLista — How do you get young people to care about the national debate on immigration? You take their picture and let them post it on Facebook! That was the thought behind El Paso photographer David Quintanilla’s idea when he was approached by an El Paso advocacy organization called Boycott Arizona to figure out a [...]
