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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...

Sunport lowrider exhibit allows artist to share his New Mexico pride

By KRQE Media – KRQE.com – Video Capture: KRQE Media. As travelers passing through the Sunport take in the new lowrider exhibit, one of the artists says it’s a huge honor to represent our state. Chris Florez built two of the Harleys on display at the...

Driving Back to the Starting Line

By Jaso Scavone – UNLV.edu – Photo: Josh Hawkins | UNLV Creative Services. Photo: Francisco Franco leans on his Oldsmobile Cutlas Supreme, called “Foolish Pleasure,” which he drove to UNLV nearly 20 years ago as a student. Francisco Franco...

Travis County commissioners endorse preserving Palm School

By Jack Craver – AustinMonitor.com – Photo Not Credited. Supporters of preserving the Palm School won a partial victory Tuesday when the Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously in favor of restrictions that will prevent the historic building...