Culture Report: Centro’s Calling it a Comeback

Culture Report: Centro’s Calling it a Comeback

By Kinsee Morlan – VoiceOfSanDiego.org – Photo: Kinsee Morlan. Photo: The Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park. Centro Cultural de la Raza is housed in a former water tower on the outskirts of Balboa Park. It was once one of the leading Chicano arts...
Instilling pride in a community’s roots

Instilling pride in a community’s roots

By Anna Schuessler, Daily Journal staff – SMDailyjournal.com – Photo: Anna Schuessler/Daily Journal. Photo: North Fair Oaks native Jose Castro designed a mural on a wall adjacent to the Second Avenue parking lot in the heart of his neighborhood. When he...
Jolla Shark moves across I-5 from Logan

Jolla Shark moves across I-5 from Logan

By Ian Anderson – SanDiegoReader.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: The shark in this food truck’s imagery is ready to eat, not be eaten. Until recently, Jolla Shark parked beside a gas station across the street from a couple of taco shops in Sherman...
Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side

Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side

By Jennifer Wadsworth | @jennwadsworth – SanJoseInside.com – Photo: South Bay Visions. Photo: “Mural de la Raza” is gone forever. But the property owners may not be entirely off the hook. It was one of the oldest surviving murals in San Jose,...
Chattanooga’s first Latino mural unveiled Sunday

Chattanooga’s first Latino mural unveiled Sunday

By WRCB Staff – wrcbtv.com – Video Capture: WCRB TV 3. Chattanooga’s first Latino mural has now been unveiled just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month.  The 40 by 11-foot painting is at the corner of West Main and Broad Streets. The artist,...