by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 30, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
San Antonians love art, and mural art is especially popular in the city’s Westside. Mural art made a dramatic appearance in the mid 1960s when Mexican artist and famed architect Juan O’Gorman created the “Confluence of Civilizations” mosaic mural for the 1968...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 25, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
Michael Menchaca’s exhi- bition, “100 Years of Print- making in San Antonio: Mi- chael Menchaca,” closes on January 6th and you won’t want to miss it. While Menchaca is known as an exceptional artist in print design, his studies at the prestigious Rhode Island School...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 21, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
Tim Palomera grew up in a San Antonio neighborhood near San Pedro Springs. He attended Fox Tech High School in the early 1960s where he developed an interest in architectural drafting and design. Following his graduation from high school, he served three years in the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 14, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
In April 2001, the Union Stock Yards, which had operated continuously in San Antonio’s Westside for 112 years, shut its doors. At the height of its operation, more than a million head of cattle moved through the yard annually. Bert Reyes, an auctionioneer at the yards...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 14, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
The faithful sit in silence before a Spanish colonial crucifix. They have come to pray, and many are there because they believe in miracles. The Chapel of Miracles, on the Westside of San Antonio, can only accommodate eight to ten people at a time. With December the...
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