Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This document is a transcript of part of a talk given by José Montoya, an artist and member of the collective known as the Royal Chicano Air Force, at the International Congress organized by the Association for the Diffusion of the Study of Latino [...]

In this document Tomás Ybarra-Frausto discusses the philosophical and sociological underpinnings of Chicano art. He links its development to the political goals of the Chicano movement, describing the work of Chicano artists as a model for freedom [...]

This document contains excerpts from a grant proposal submitted by Eduardo Carrillo to the National Endowment for the Humanities seeking traveling support for an exhibition of California Chicano art entitled Califas, Chicano Art and Culture in [...]

Jacinto Quirarte’s essay provides an overview of the development of Chicano art from its beginnings as a cultural wing of the Chicano socio-political movement. Quirarte focuses specifically on artists groups, cultural centers, and alternative [...]

In this bilingual essay, Chicano artist and poet José Montoya reflects on the creative history behind the poster titled José Montoya’s Pachuco Art: A Historical Update [El arte pachuco de José Montoya: Una actualización histórica] for the 1977 [...]