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Alvaro D. Marquez is a Los Angeles based Latinx visual artist, educator, and researcher. They are descended from three generations of migrant farm workers. Alvaro has a Bachelor’s degree in Modern American History from Brown University, a Master in American Studies, and Ethnicity from USC, and a Masters in Fine Art from California State University, Long Beach. Their work has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Mexico, and Germany. They are also known for two public art commissions in partnership with the California Department of Transportation in Los Angeles. Alvaro is currently employed as the Education Specialist for School Communities, the manager for the virtual and in-person field trip program for the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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Victor Ochoa, 74, is an acclaimed Chicano activist, painter, and muralist. He has painted over 100 murals in the San Diego area. Victor is known as one of the pioneers of the Chicano art movement in San Diego. He was one of the first artists at Chicano Park and is a co-founder of Centro Cultural de la Raza in in San Diego. Victor helped to develop the Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronteriza Victor is a teacher of art and Chicano heritage. Victor’s art has been shown nationally and internationally, including the Venice Bi-Annual, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego and in the groundbreaking exhibition, Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA). In addition to creating his own work, he is also a Master of Art preservation techniques for murals.
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Eduardo Diaz is a 36-year veteran of the Latino cultural field. He currently serving as the Deputy Director of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. He was an instrumental force in the development of this institution and continues to be actively involved in the growth and development of the museum. The museum supports research, exhibitions, public and educational programs, digital content, and collections about the experiences of Latinos in the US.
Prior to joining the Smithsonian, Eduardo was the Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to joining the NHCC, Eduardo managed a private consulting firm that served arts institutions and agencies, statewide advocacy groups, and community-based organizations. From 1981 to 1999, Eduardo served as the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Antonio.
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Chicano filmmaker Mark Roberts will discuss his distinguished career as a filmmaker in Hollywood. Mark Roberts has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years. He is a first generation Mexican American Film and Television producer with a passion for telling edgy stories that give voice to diverse groups. Mark has co-produced The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia for Netflix and Feliz NaviDAD a Christmas movie about a single father, for Lifetime Television. He was also the Executive Producer of Mexico's Next Top Model. Mark’s film work includes Water and Power. He was also responsible for Strangers With Candy the Movie, which was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
Most recently Roberts completed a documentary about the life of Painter/Activist Carlos Almaraz, Carlos Almaraz/ Playing With Fire (Netflix), Love and Betrayal (Amazon)
Mark is also the host of the Let's Get Into It! podcast which focuses on the film and television business. Roberts and his co-hosts interview industry pros and explore their journey from humble beginnings to the highest levels of the film and television business.
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Joey Terrill is a formative figure in the Los Angeles based Chicano Art movement and in AIDS Cultural Activism. In his art he explores the intersection of Chicano and Gay male identity as a strategy for his art production.
He began his art career in high school as a Chicano student activist. Concurrently, the Gay liberation movement of the early 1970’s fueled his passion for social justice and helped to develop his skills that enhanced his AIDS advocacy a decade later.
When AIDS surfaced in the Latino/Artistic Community in the 1980’s, Joey embraced political advocacy with a passion that included art that reflected its impact on his local community.
Joey has been an activist in the HIV/AIDS community and has coordinated multiple programs for people living with HIV/AIDS. He traveled worldwide and last served as the Director of Global Advocacy & Partnerships for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Over the past 5 decades, he has continued to make art and is thrilled to engage with young Queer/Latinx artists, academics, curators, and activists. His work is a considered to be a pioneer influence in the exploration of Queer/Chicano identity and has been acquired by collectors and major museums in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and throughout Europe.
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Dr. Ruben Cordova is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Chicano and Mexican art. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and Ph.D. in the History of Art at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Cordova has taught and lectured at prestigious universities throughout the United States. His published work includes articles, books, and catalogues in multiple publications on various topics related to Chicano and Mexican art. Dr. Cordova has curated exhibitions for museums and public art exhibitions throughout the United States. He is currently a contributing writer for Glasstire magazine.
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Dan began his multi-faceted career in New York where he moved from East Los Angeles at age twenty to pursue a career in musical theater. He performed off-Broadway, in regional theatre, summer stock and in musical revues at Manhattan’s most fabled cabarets including the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village. He later became a successful theatrical agent with clients in the original casts of countless Broadway musicals in the years from A Chorus Line to Cats, representing Tony Award winners and future Hollywood stars. He returned home to Los Angeles for an equally successful time as a casting director for stage and television before turning his talents to producing and directing.
Dan produced Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano, an award-winning documentary on his late father, Chicano music legend Lalo Guerrero. The film aired nationally on PBS stations in the Voces series hosted by Edward James Olmos and included a DVD/CD release. It continues to screen at national and international film festivals.
Dan is an influential activist, speaking out in print, television and radio interviews in English and Spanish on both Latino/Chicano and LGBTQ issues. He is a popular figure on the speaking circuit and has addressed many prestigious groups and organizations throughout the United States.
The Dan Guerrero Collection on Latino Entertainment and the Arts has been established in the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and The Dan Guerrero Research Collection is housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center that includes his oral history recorded for their LGBT and Mujeres Initiative project. Most recently, the Dan Guerrero Gaytino collection became part of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries.
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This podcast will interview Tony Ortega, MFA, art professor and artist from Denver, CO. This podcast guest will discuss the respective development of Chicano/Latinx art in Colorado and the status of Chicano art in this state to date. Tony will also share his life experiences and process as an artist today.
Tony Ortega holds a Master of Fine Arts in drawing and painting from the University of Colorado and is currently a professor for Regis University in Denver Colorado. Tony has been a professor of art for the past 19 years and a professional artist for 39 years. Tony’s lifelong goal is to contribute to a better understanding of cultural diversity by addressing the culture, history, and experiences of Chicano/Latinos through his art.
In 1998, he was given the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts. In 2018, he was acknowledged as the faculty lecturer of the year at Regis University. His art can be found in can found at the Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County of Museum, and Blanton Museum of Art. He has exhibited extensively in the Southwestern United States, Latin America, and other parts of world.
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Dr. Cora Ramirez is an Art Therapist in private practice, and owner of the Azul gallery in San Pedro, CA. Dr. Ramirez has a successful private practice as an Art Therapist with a Chicano/Latinx client base. She will discuss the therapeutic effects of art and how she helps her clients heal psychic wounds and trauma through art. https://latinoarte.com/
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Judithe Hernández first won acclaim as a member of the celebrated Chicano artist collective Los Four. The collective would become a major force in the Chicano Art Movement and the first Chicano artists to break through the mainstream museum barrier. After graduating from Otis Art Institute in 1974, her inclusion in museum and gallery exhibitions in California began immediately with landmark exhibitions at the Oakland Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Judithe and Carlos Almaraz earned recognition as muralists during the renowned Los Angeles mural renaissance of the 1970's. Together they painted murals for labor rights leader Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union, as well as community murals throughout Los Angeles.
Over her 52-year career, Judithe has established a significant record of exhibition and acquisition of her work by major public institutions and private collections. Judithe’s artistic presence returned to downtown Los Angeles in 2020 when her seven-story mural “La Nueva Reina de Los Angeles” was installed at La Plaza Village near Downtown Los Angeles.
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Armando Durón has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola Marymount University and a law degree from U.C.L.A. He and his wife Mary have been collecting Chicano art of Los Angeles since 1981. They have one of the most extensive collections in the country. Unlike most collectors, Armando is a sought-out expert in the field. He is constantly consulted by scholars and community activists about every aspect of Chicano art. He has been active in the area, not only as a collector, but as a supporter and attorney for artists, and a member of the board of various arts organizations , including the Social and Public Arts Resource Center (SPARC), the Latino Theatre Company, Self Help Graphics and Art, Inc, and the Vincent Price Art Museum. SPARC named its gallery the “Durón Gallery” as a tribute for his contributions. Durón has organized a dozen art exhibitions, including “Other Footprints to Aztlan,” “A Short Essay on Chicano Photography” and “Time Refocused: The Photographs of Luis Garza.” Durón has written extensively on the topic, participated on a variety of panels at the Latino Art Now conferences, he taught a class at UCLA, “Chicana Art and Artists.” He is currently organizing another exhibition on the photographic works of Luis Garza for the Riverside Art Museum. https://latinoarte.com/
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Yolanda Gonzalez is an award winning, Los Angeles based Chicana artist who works in ceramics, drawing, and painting. She is a descendant of a family of artists, whose work can be traced back to 1877. At age 7, Yolanda received a paint set from her grandmother, which started her interest in the arts. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Scotland, and South Africa, to name a few. Yolanda currently works out of her studio space Ma Art Gallery in Alhambra, CA. https://latinoarte.com/
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Angelina Saenz is an award-winning public teacher and poet whose work focuses on memory, women, and motherhood. She is a UCLA Writing Fellow, an alumna of the Voices Workshop for Writers of Colors, and a Macondo Writer’s Workshop Fellow.
Her poetry has appeared in multiple prestigious publications. She hosts a monthly poetry reading at the Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles.
Her debut book of poetry was Edgecliff was released in December 2021, with Flower Song Press.
https://latinoarte.com/
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Elsa Flores demonstrated interest in arts from a very young age. She grew up in East Los Angeles. She studied photography at California State University Los Angeles and afterwards enrolled at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. While at the Art Center, she taught art and music education at Plaza de la Raza with artist Carlos Almaraz and Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. Flores occasionally performed with Los Lobos.
Her artistic credits include approximately 12 solo exhibits, and over 32 group exhibitions, throughout all of the United States and Mexico.
Elsa’s most recent project was as the Co-Director, Writer, Executive Producer, and Art Director for the documentary film about her late husband Carlos Almaraz. The film titled, Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire” is available on Netflix. This extraordinary work is Elsa’s loving tribute to the memory and art of Carlos.
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Louie Perez is one of the founding members of the 5-time Grammy award winning musical group Los Lobos. Founded in 1973, Louie has functioned as a percussionist, drummer, guitarist, singer, and lyricist for Los Lobos. Louie has been the art director and artistic supervisor on many of the Los Lobos albums. In 2019, Louie wrote a book, “Good Morning Aztlan: The Words, Pictures, and Songs of Louie Perez.” (Available on Amazon). In 2021 he was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts for his role as a songwriter and storyteller.
Louie is also a visual artist and has shown his paintings and sculptures since 1975. His work has been exhibited in prominent galleries and museums including the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE), Plaza De La Raza in Los Angeles, El Museo del Barrio in New York, the San Antonio Museum of Art, Museo de Arte Modern in Mexico City, and the Vincent Price Art Museum in East Los Angeles.
