By Jackie Serrato LatinaLista (This story appears in its entirety on Gozamos.com) Murals are as old as the Aztec and Maya writings, and the murals in Pilsen derive from that historical influence. The Chicago muralistas of the late…
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Non-traditional graduate art student taps into familia pride to create mural of Rio Grande Valley war hero
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By Melissa Vasquez LatinaLista If it weren’t for the insistence of Ramiro Peña’s wife that he go back to school, he would not have earned a bachelor’s degree, and he probably would not be working toward his Master…
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Dallas home to first-ever statue dedicated to DREAMers
Sep 21, 2015, 1:44 PM 0
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista They’ve marched. They’ve sat in congressional offices. They’ve been deported. DREAMers around the nation have take a leading role in the fight for immigration reform. And on Saturday, Dallas became the first city in…
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Spain’s Prado Museum opens doors to blind visitors with special “touch” exhibit
Apr 8, 2015, 2:58 PM 0
LatinaLista — Museums have always been a refuge from the hustle of everyday life where visitors, at their own pace, contemplate the masterpieces that surround them. It’s a privilege that, unfortunately, excludes those who can’t see. Aside from the…
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Latina artists showcase pride in indigenous culture and folklore
Jul 29, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
By James Smith LatinaLista Philadelphia – An extensive exhibition of the works of more than twenty emerging Latina artists was offered by Raices Culturales, Friday, at 1417 N. 2nd street, the spacious Crane Arts Building headquarters of Raices. A…
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Intrn’l Video: Showcasing the creative minds of Bolivia’s design world
Mar 26, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Time-lapse photography is a popular filmmaking technique that showcases the wonder of life. From nature to urban settings, time-lapse photography condenses the energy of life into just a few minutes. It also makes 100 hours go by…
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Video: Mexican-born artist uses traditional cloths as canvasses to show resilience of female spirit
Feb 6, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Mexican-born artist Andrea Arroyo is known for celebrating the resilience of the human spirit in her distinctive works and so it made perfect sense that her latest exhibit, “Memories Interlaced,” which closed on January 31, 2014, would…
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Video: Smithsonian Latino art curator explains the meaning behind “Brownies of the Southwest”
Jan 30, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The Smithsonian American Art Museum is host to the exhibit “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.” To bring the exhibition to a wider Latino audience, the museum’s Latino art curator, E. Carmen Ramos, highlights a…
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Video: Young California artist creates life-size cutouts of immigrant workers to bring immigration issue to the masses
Jan 9, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Ramiro Gomez is known for his life-size cardboard dolls but he’s not playing around. This California artist is giving a “presence” to those considered the most invisible and least appreciated of all U.S. workers — the Latino…
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Video: Latino artist creates a “written painting for and about the nature of language”
Nov 21, 2013, 5:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — How does one paint language? It was a challenge that abstract artist José Parlá gladly accepted when he was commissioned to create a mural for the James B. Hunt Library in Raleigh, North Carolina. The library, at…
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Mother of teen missing in Ecuador shares her profound grief via art
Nov 8, 2013, 12:22 PM 0
LatinaLista — Pingbacks are when other sites link to your site. The other night, I received an alert that someone had pinged a post on Latina Lista. The post was about the Oklahoma teen, August Reiger, who disappeared Father’s Day…
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Video: Chilean-born street artist Dasic Fernández creates art that carries ‘colorful’ messages
Nov 7, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Dasic Fernández doesn’t care if people call him a graffiti artist, tagger or muralist. All he cares is that he gives an empty space on a wall a soul that connects with people. Chile-born Fernández lives these…
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Video: With an elevator shaft as their canvass, the De La Torre brothers create a gateway into another realm
Oct 24, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre are artists who are known for taking their artistic vision to new heights. In their latest public installation, they not only do they take their work to new heights but…
LatinaLista — Who is Pablo Ferro? It’s a question that filmmaker Richard Goldgewicht hopes more people will wonder about so that they see his film Pablo. Pablo is best known among those in the film industry for his unbridled…
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Video: Cyber-visitors get sneak peek at new Latino art exhibit opening at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sep 26, 2013, 3:15 PM 0
LatinaLista — For all the talk — and debate — over the Latino/Hispanic identity, a question that begs to be asked is: When did the concept of a collective Latino identity emerge? It’s a question answered in the newest…
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Video: Latina artist activist gives ‘wing’ to her pursuit of social justice
Aug 29, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Art and activism have gone hand-in-hand for centuries. Since art is perhaps the boldest form of expression and activism is considered the most radical form of raising awareness of (usually) injustices, the two perfectly compliment one another…
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New online art gallery focuses on connecting Latin American and Latino artists with art lovers
Aug 7, 2013, 3:06 PM 0
LatinaLista — This week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had both the journalism industry and the art world abuzz. Bezos bought the Washington Post and, in the same week, launched on Amazon an online art gallery. While there is breathless…
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Video: Get to know Juan Manuel Merello — self-taught Spanish contemporary artist
Jul 11, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Jose Manuel Merello is a self-taught contemporary artist based in Madrid. He has an eye for order in a scene that appears chaotic. “Spanish painting has, throughout the centuries, maintained a serene and melancholic regard: tragic but…
By Juan Miret LatinaLista A mural that is the only work of art by a Hispanic artist in the Oklahoma State Capitol brought some controversy three years ago. The work titled ´Beyond the Centennial´ was presented on May 10,…
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Artist open to expanding Kickstarter project of popular female cartoon characters beyond US borders
Mar 11, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Cartoon characters. They are more than just animated figures on a screen. For young boys and girls, cartoon characters serve as an introduction to role models. For that reason, it’s not uncommon for many adult women to…
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Arizona artists ‘bedazzle’ border wall in binational art project
Dec 26, 2012, 4:15 PM 1
LatinaLista — They call themselves the Border Bedazzlers and they have one mission — transform the ugly metal panels of the US-Mexico border wall into colorful art. Spearheaded by Bisbee, Arizona artists Gretchen Baer and Carolyn Toronto, the duo…
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Mexican muralists fighting to save decaying town look towards US for Latino artists to help
Nov 29, 2011, 7:25 PM 0
LatinaLista — There is a new war being fought in Mexico, but it’s not a war fought to guard drug routes and territory. This war is fighting to save two things much more important — a globally respected cultural…
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Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation
Oct 11, 2011, 11:19 PM 0
Amigos805.com One city, five exhibitions, more than eighty artists. L.A. Xicano is a unique collaboration between the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and three major Los Angeles museums — the Autry National Center, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and…
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When sicarios threatened to kill her, the muralist brought her art to El Paso
Oct 4, 2011, 10:46 PM 0
By Danielle Urbina, Photography by Ivan Pierre Aguirre Borderzine EL PASO – Her art name means magician and just like a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat, muralist Margarita “Mago” Gandara pulls creativity and rebellion from deep…
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Latino Art Beat competition winners express Hispanic heritage through art
Sep 26, 2011, 9:26 PM 0
By Deysi Cuevas, trad. Víctor Flores EXTRA news CHICAGO — Founded in 1998 by Don Rossi Nuccio and Daniel Oscar Cisneros, Latino Art Beat is a not-for profit arts organization aimed at encouraging high school students’ artistic talents. In…
