by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 28, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
The cover art of this week’s issue is part of Jesse Trevino’s monumental mural, the “Spirit of Healing,” a mosaic tile masterpiece constructed on eight floors of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. Jesse Trevino, one of America’s premier Latino artists, grew up in the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 22, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Born in 1915, Americo Paredes, rose to become the founder of Mexican American Folklore in America and creator of Mexican American Studies in Texas. In 1937, Paredes published his first poems in La Prensa of San Antonio. Paredes, a native of Brownsville, studied at the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 22, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Paola Delfin, the cover artist for this issue, was born and raised in Mexico City. She grew up admiring the vibrant murals of great Mexican masters such as Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. As a child Delfin was constantly drawing and making sketches on small...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 15, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Armando Sanchez is not a famous artist, but his art has been purchased by famous people— such as Mick Jagger and Maya Angelou. He met these personalities when he had an art gallery and studio at the San Antonio Market Square next door to Mi Tierra Restaurant where the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 12, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Santiago Jimenez Sr and his sons Flaco Jimenez and Santiago Jimenez, Jr. introduced me and my whole neighborhood to Tejano music. Growing up on the Westside I spent most of my days at my dad’s grocery store on Guadalupe Street, one block from El Paso Street. Romo’s...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Apr 12, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
Fiesta begins this week. San Antonio’s famed Fiesta is not for the timid or weak of heart. Over 11 days the parades, social events, and just plain party time start early and last until the middle of the night. I grew up in San Antonio and I know several of the...
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