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Cornell Fine Arts Museum shows 20th-century paintings from the Zapanta Collection

By Richard Reep – OrlandoWeekly.com – Image: Courtesy Of Brigita Anguiano. Image: Raúl Anguiano (Mexican, 1915-2006) ‘The Thorn/La espina,’ 2002; oil on canvas/Óle sobre lienzo; collection of Dr. Zapanta/Colección del Dr. Zapanta. The...

Rent Increase Forces Closure of Chicano Art Gallery

By Ramon Galindo – NBCSanDiego.com – Video Capture: NBC7.com. Video Capture: A popular art gallery in the heart of Barrio Logan is having it’s final are show Saturday. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo has more. A popular art gallery in the heart of Barrio...

Austin MACC Taking Applications For Artist Residency Program

By Tony Cantu | Patch Staff – Patch.com – Photo: City of Austin. Image: MACC officials are taking applications for its artist residency program. Austin, Texas — The Mexican American Cultural Center is accepting applications for its Latino Artist Residency...

Meet the women of Mariachi Sirenas, Chicago’s first all-female mariachi group

By Bianca Sanchez | Chicago Tribune – ChicagoTribune.com – Photo: Ivonne Ramírez/Hoy | CTMG. Photo: The current members of Mariachi Sirenas, excluding newest member Lissette Telumbre. From left to right: Ibet Herrera, Laura Velázquez, Eréndira Izguerra,...

Centro Latino extends call to artists for August show

By Union-Bulletin.com – Photo: Courtesy photo. Image: “Americans at Work,” by Centro Latino 2019 guest artist Gerardo Pena. Tacoma, Washington — Centro Latino and the city of Tacoma Arts Commission invite artists to enter the 2019 Latin Arts Festival Juried Art...

San Jose committee pushes to designate murals as historic landmarks

By Mauricio La Plante – SanJoseSpotlight.com – Photo: Mauricio La Plante. Photo: A committee pled with San Jose’s Historic Landmarks Commission to protect the city’s murals. Decades old art can be painted over in a matter of hours. This is what...