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Jesse Treviño: The Latino Art Community Suffers an Enormous Loss
Jesse Treviño, one of America’s premier Latino artists, passed away on February 13, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Religion and Origins of Mexican National Consciousness
On December 12, the Centro Cultural Aztlan opened the 29th Annual “Celebration a La Virgen de Guadalupe” Group Exhibition. The show was impressive in…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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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…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Celebrating Day of the Dead in San Antonio, Texas
Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd by Mexicans wherever they live.
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Remembering a Premier Chicano Writer: Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, a long-time professor of Spanish, English, and Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, passed away on April 19 in…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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The Early History of a Major Spanish-Speaking Newspaper in the United States: La Prensa of San Antonio, Texas
Spanish-language newspapers were important to the Mexican American community before television and radio became common gadgetry in the majority of…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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San Antonio’s Mexican History and Culture: The Modern Process of Recovery and Rebuilding
Three hundred years ago, a small band of Spanish friars and Mexican mestizo soldiers with their families built a Spanish village near the Yanaguana…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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The Virgin de Guadalupe and the Origins of Mexican National Consciousness
The apparition of the Virgin de Guadalupe on December 12, 1531 on the hills of Tepeyac, Mexico signaled the beginning of a new spiritual era in the…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Fidencio Duran: A Painter Who Captures Latino Culture and Traditions in Everyday Life
Texas artist Fidencio Duran has been climbing tall scaffolds since he won a commission to complete a mural in Brownsville, Texas thirty-seven years ago.
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Latina Women’s Art at the Forefront at Mujeres de Aztlán Exhibition.
The 16th Annual Mujeres de Aztlán Exhibition, “Mujeres Artistas: Iluminando El Futuro,” opened with an electrifying reception on Saturday, March 8 at…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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Jose Esquivel: Chicano Art Pioneer and Barrio Visual Interpreter
Jose Esquivel, one of the long-time Chicano artists in San Antonio and a co-founder of Con Safo, paints daily, an artistic activity he has committed…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
The Mexican Tradition of Voladores
Only two Mexican festivals, Dia de los Muertos [Day of the Dead] and Voladores de Papantla [flyers of Papantla] have been recognized by UNESCO as World…
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Ricardo Romo, Ph.D
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