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Gallista-The
Arts Complex in San Antonio, Tejas that is gaining national attention for
its ongoing mission to promote and feature Chicano Artist both established
and up and coming. It features seven different gallery studios spaces plus
monthly exhibit, poetry perfomance, and music events on Second Saturdays
of the month. If you happen to be in town make sure to visit with Joe Lopez
and the rest of the Gallistas...
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Chicano
Art Magazine-This blog features artist and their works, as well
as providing articles and views on Chicano art from across the country.
Currently(12/05) is produced online but is scheduled for hardcopy national
release as a quarterly in the summer of 2006. Also
is currently requiring/looking for bloggers to contribute and give the
down-lo on regional events and news. It was
time for this kind of magazine.
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Coronado
Studios-With the Serie
Project on its 12th year, Sam Coronado has impacted Chicano Arte by
offering the opportunity for selected Chicano artists to work closely together
with a master printer on limited edition serigraphs, nationally traveling
the yearly serie group exhibit, and offering for purchase each yearly
serie group exhibit as a collection to Universities and Museums. The 12
year body of work is archived at Mexic-Arte
Museum in Austin, Tejas...
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Aye
Chispas-Louie Guerrero works out of his sculpture studio at
Gallista Arts Complex where he creates his amazing Muffler
Men,
Perritos, and Stick Men.
His
work combines scrap metal, discarded machine parts, chrome automobile bummpers,
and gives it a new life. Currently he is working on several commissioned
and public works pieces.
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The
Hispanic Research Center Latina(o) Art Community-This is the
premier site to visit if you want to find out what is happening with Chicano
Arte. Dr. Gary Keller and the amazing people that work with him have established
the largest archive of Chicano Arte and Chicano Art History in the nation.
Their 4 vollum Chicana/o Art Book
series is a must have that is well worth the price. The conciseness of
the art history in these books is matched with the amazing artwork and
images that are documented.
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Laura
Molina-This site features L.A. Chicana Artist Laura Molina and
her activist exploits...this chica is doing some awsome stuff. She is active
in many areas and her site does a great job of featuring them for all to
see.
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The
Latino Cultural Center,Dallas Tejas-Whenever you are in Dallas
this is one of the places to visit if you want to find out what is happening
with the Latino arte scene in north Tejas. Newly constructed and now in
its second year, the LCC is a very strong performance/visual arts venue
hosting both areas of the arts while distinctively focusing its attention
to the latino community.
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The
Ice House Cultural Center,Dallas Tejas- Provides community-based
arts and cultural programming for the North Oak Cliff and West Dallas communities.
The Center provides artist workshops and classes for both children and
adults that creates an environment for artists and students to be creative.
They have a strong outreach with their murals in the community program.
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The
Narciso Martinez Cultural Center, San Benito TejasThis Rio Grande
Valley center is the host of various events showcasing the cultural flavor
and arte of the South Tejas region. They host monthly events, as well as
book readings, poetry and musical events.
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Chicano
Art for Our Millennium Exhibition/Book-"Chicano art is a distinctly
American art. The time has come to place Chicano art within the context
of American art history. Chicano Art for Our Millennium is a major step
toward making Chicano art better understood and appreciated by the mainstream
art world and general public. As that occurs, the world will be much richer."
- Thomas
H. Wilson, Director Mesa Southwest Museum
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DezineMind-This
site features artist and their works. It is a good way for San Antonio
artists to get their work on the web with a fairly inexpensive fee for
prospective patrons to view and consider purchase. The team at Dezine Mind
also organizes exhibits at local venues.
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The
Bath House, Dallas Tejas-Provides innovative multicultural visual
and performing arts and hosts a myriad of multidisciplinary events. The
Center's energetic atmosphere and programming creates a hotbed for the
nurturing of new works. The Bath House is an exciting place where artists
and audiences meet to explore and enjoy the arts.
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Robot
Art Gallery-Robot is located in the heart of the Southtown Arts
District within the King William Neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas. The
gallery, which opened in 2002, shows contemporary artwork by emerging artists
within the space of the ROBOT design studio.
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DemsTV.com-Are
you pissed off about what is going on in this country with the government?
Then check this site out....here's some foder for you cannons...
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10
x 10- ('ten by ten') is an interactive exploration of the words
and pictures that define the time. Created by Jonathan Harris, 25, it uses
the most common words from major news outlets like BBC World Edition and
New York Times International and delivers images to accompany them, allowing
users to search for the top stories by scrolling over pictures and the
words associated with them. Every hour, 10x10 collects 100 words and pictures...see
what the news feeds us...
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gonzmosis-Gonzo's
site has a little of everyting
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SACNAS-The
mission of SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans
in Science) is to encourage Chicano/Latino and Native American students
to pursue graduate education and obtain the advanced degrees necessary
for science research, leadership, and teaching careers at all levels.
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yoy-search-A
convenient interface to ten types of search.
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DemocracyNow-Democracy
Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing
on over 300 stations in North America.Pioneering the largest public media
collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, community,
and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations,
satellite television (on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH Network),
shortwave radio and the internet.
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The
Velvet Revolution -Democracy requires trust, and tens of millions
of Americans do not trust the outcome of the recent election. Their aim:
to reestablish that trust by demanding honesty, transparency, and the counting
of every vote with verification, supporting investigations, recounts, auditing,
voter-verified paper trails, a reform of the U.S. election system and,
of course, a U.S. Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing The Right to Vote...check
it out, its a good hub.
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Alternet-This
site publishes grassroots success stories and inspirational narratives
alongside hard-hitting critiques of U.S. policies, investigative reports
and expert analysis, emphasizing workable solutions to aggravating problems.
Their editorial mix underscores a commitment to fairness, equity and global
stewardship, and making connections across generational, ethnic and issue
lines.
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BuzzFlash-BuzzFlash
provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse,
politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web community, reaching
five
million* people a month and growing. Things you should know...
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Jim
Brandenburg-This site is still under construction and will be
up soon featuring San Antonio 'Poet Laureate' Jim Brandenburg's work and
including various updates about the poetry scene in San Antonio. Jim hosts
a monthly open mic nite at Gallista Gallery on every Second Saturday of
the month. He is also busy hosting other monthly poetry readings around
town.
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DirPedia.com
- combining a dictionary, an encyclopedia and a web directory
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