History Of Chicano Art

During the 1960’s, the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t the only one occurring. Struggling to assimilate into American culture, and suppressed by social injustices convicted by their Anglo counterparts, the Chicano movement was born. In the epic poem “I am Joaquin” written by Rodolfo Gonzales in 1969, we dive into what it means to be a Chicano. Through this poem, we see the struggles of the Chicano people portrayed by the narrator, in an attempt to grasp the American’s attention during the time of these movements. Hoping to shed light on the issues and struggles the Chicano population faced, Gonzales writes this epic in an attempt to strengthen the movement taking place, and to give Chicanos a sense of belonging and solidarity in this now

              The Chicano way was the way it was during the 1940s in the city of Los Angeles. The title of my book is “Zoot Suit and Other Plays” written by Luis Valdez. This story takes place on the year 1942 in the city of Los Angeles, California. The way the story is that the main character of the story by the name of Henry Reyna, the ringleader of the 38th street gang, is unjustly charged for the Sleepy Lagoon murder of a man  and is sentenced to life in prison. He wasn’t the only one charged a few of his gang members were charged as well. Their lawyer George Shearer and a news reporter Alice Bloomfield worked for several months to get them out and after many protests and petitions the 38th street gang was released for lack of evidence to hold then guilty. The main character Henry Reyna is very prideful, brings a big influence to his people, and very optimistic. .

Stavans, Ilan. The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

On Friday I had the honor to visit the historical Rancho Los Cerritos House; also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, it was the largest and most impressive adobe residence raised in southern California during the Mexican period. The structure of the house was built in 1844 by merchant Jonathan Temple, a Yankee pioneer who became a Mexican citizen. Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. I wasn’t lucky enough to visit this phenomenal and historical place until I took advantage of my history assignment and I decided to visit Rancho Los Cerritos with the company of some of my friends. On a Friday morning we took the chance and we

The Painting I chose is called “Mixtec Culture.” And it was painted by Diego Rivera in 1942, Mexico. It’s a Fresco style painting, which is “a wall painting technique that has been used for large scale murals since ancient times” (Getlein 159). This entire painting is an homage to the culture of Mexico, specifically the Mixtec people, and that’s what I love about it. The Mixtec people were renowned for their artwork so it’s fitting that Rivera depicts a peaceful community of artists such as mask and jewelry makers. This painting celebrates the artistic culture of the Mixtec people and that theme is directly linked to the political influences of the time, “Mexican government commissioned artists to create murals about Mexico itself- the glories

t is impossible to talk about the history of the United States without mentioning the contribution that the Mexican folks have done to build this great country. Mexicans that have given their lives by fighting and defending this country is different wars throughout its history. Mexicans immigrants also perform jobs that the Anglos won’t do. Jobs such like in the farm work, cleaning services, construction industry, among many other types of jobs. Moreover, Mexicans immigrants also contribute with more than 25% of the United States economy. Making them selve an important part for the economy of this country. Throughout history many Mexicans migrate to this country with the hope of finding a better better future with better opportunities. However, when they finally make it to this country the “American Dream” becomes a nightmare, because they suffer discrimination, poverty, and injustice.

Since the emergence of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s, scholars have explored the vast dimensions of this civil rights movement, often highlighting the intersection of politics, gender, education, labor, culture, and ethnicity. Among the new scholarship that further examines the intricacy of the Chicano Movement are Making Aztlán: Ideology and Culture of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, 1966–1977, co-authored by renowned historian Juan Gómez-Quiñones and Director of the University of New Mexico’s Chicana and Chicano Studies Irene Vásquez, and Aztlán Arizona: Mexican American Educational Empowerment, 1968–1978, by historian Darius V. Echeverría. The first offers a comprehensive examination of the movement, while the

A Chicano/Chicano is someone of Mexican decent or born in Mexico, but are residents and citizens of the Unites States. From the power point I learned that there are four different criteria in Chicano art that help express the culture of Mexican Americans. Expose oppression, rewrite Mexican American experiences into history, Create social and racial pride and showing and oppositional way of thinking. I also learned about some of the history behind Chicanos and how it all started with the Chicano movement in the 1960. They wanted to raise awareness about the inequalities and discrimination that many Mexican Americans had to phase. Chicano used art as a form of spreading awareness to their communities as well as using art to represent their culture.

The 1960s. Many groups of people were being targeted by the dominant group of Caucasian people. Especially the Chicano community. The Chicano community were treated unfairly and didn 't get the education that they needed. In order to get the necessary requirements that they needed to be successful. They found the answer in the form of walkouts. The walkouts resulted in reforming the education system to better serve the Chicano community. Not only did it reform the education system for Chicanos it set up the Chicano community for generations to come.

Throughout the years, women’s participation has been overlooked by the general public, where their contributions to civil rights movements has been belittled or removed from history all together. Their hard work is often accredited to men, where women are forced to remain silent and oppressed - all while depicted as unintelligent second-class citizens who belong in the kitchen in both the Latino community and the Anglo community. The Chicano Movement itself is a gendered movement, in which only men have portrayed as leader of El Moviemnto where whenever one googles the term ‘Chicano Movement’ the images that come up are of Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo Gonzalez or Jose Angel Gutierrez – all men. In the 1960s, the image of the Soldaderas was adopted by the Chicana feminists’ movement as a symbol of revolutionary womanhood and female resistance. During the Mexican Revolution, a new breed of women

A general definition of Eurocentric ideas of cultural capital would be described as education, style of speech, or intellect interpreting the world through European or Anglo- American experiences and values. Each of these Contemporary artists, whether Ester Hernandez and Judith Baca are both Chicana artists, and Robert Colescott who is giving us a perspective from an African American position in the art world, where each have properly responded and refuted to these Eurocentric ideas.

Giorgio De Chirico’s art can be viewed one that evolved tremendously over time. However, his artwork portrayed a number of characteristics and traits that differentiated them from the works of other artists in his time. This is probably why his art remains a puzzling factor to many from the 20th Century to date. A wide use themes and concepts can be seen in a number of his works. He has played a huge role in shaping the surrealist works of art.

During the late 19th and 20th centuries Blacks in America were debating on the proper way to define and present the Negro to America. Leaders such as Alain Lock, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, and Tuskegee University founder Booker T. Washington all had ideas of a New Negros who was intellectually smart, politically astute, and contributors to society in trade work. All four influential leaders wrote essays to this point of the new Negro and their representations in art and life. In “Art or Propaganda”, Locke pleas not for corrupt or overly cultured art but for art free to serve its own ends, free to choose either "group expression" or "individualistic expression.” (National Humanities Center) In W.E.B. Du Bois speech "Criteria for Negro

Edwidge Danticat reflects "on the book art and exile" the relevant meaning to be an immigrant artist from a country with significant social dilemmas. The Immigrant Artist at Work combines memoir and essays that discusses the stories of artists, including herself. I have the impression this book represents the, oppression, discrimination, racism, and poverty that affect Haitian society. Danticat suffers from the social dilemmas of her homeland since she was twelve years. At this age she move to the United States but still cares about the critical social problems that has affected her homeland.

The two males from Scotland sat soaking up the local atmosphere in the busy Mexican restaurant. They’d heard this place served excellent Mexican food. Mexican food which they’d recently been introduced to by Aileana. Aileana, a young Southern California woman who moved to Scotland and happened to be dating one of the men’s brother. The two large, heavy muscled men enjoyed a lazy Sunday afternoon throwing back a few beers at the Sagebrush Cantina. The Cantina a local watering hole in the West San Fernando Valley, well known with the biker crowd, along with all the up and comers. They fell into the first group; not the second, bikes in general and Harley’s in particular.