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Foto Frontera showcases border photographers

By El Paso Inc. – ELPasoInc.com – Photo: La Fe Culture And Technology Center. Photo: La Fe Culture And Technology Center Photo: ‘Dance For The Community’ By Aaron Montes The uniqueness of the U.S.-Mexico border will be on display during the 5th...

3 things to absorb at the Museum of Latin American Art’s tattoo exhibit

By Richard Guzman | Press Telegram – OCRegister.com – Photo: Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG. Photo: Vintage artwork by early 20th Century tattoo artist Dainty Dotty on display at the Ink: Stories on Skin exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long...

Bringing the Signs and Textures of South Central LA into the Museum

By Abe Ahn – HyperAllergic.com – Photo: author for Hyperallergic | Abe Ahn. Photo: Installation view, Lauren Halsey: we still here, there, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles Seeing a neighborhood transform is a jarring experience. In Los Angeles, a panaderia...

Museo de las Americas exhibit honors Pachuco culture

By Sonia Gutierrez – 9News.com – Video Capture: 9 News. An exhibit at Museo de las Americas celebrates the unique fashion and language of the Pachuco culture of the 1930s and 1940s. The “Pachuco y Sieranas exhibit,” which started in February...

Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

By Alexsandra J. Ruiz-Ortiz – MyMetMedia.com – Photo Courtesy Of Antonia Fernandez. Photo: Antonia Fernandez poses with “Peacock,” her life-size portrait of a modern-day pachuca. Fernandez’s exhibit “Pachuco y Sirenas” will be on display at Museo de las...

Cheech Marin’s Papel Chicano Dos collection featured at El Paso Museum of Art

By Daniela Barranon – BorderZine.com – Image: Courtesy DowntownElPaso.com. The entertainer Cheech Marin is well-known for his “Cheech and Chong” movies and his upbeat, unapologetic humor that has brought laughter to homes around the world for decades. An...