Smithsonian Collecting Items to Show Baseball’s Impact on Latino History

Smithsonian Collecting Items to Show Baseball’s Impact on Latino History

NewsTaco September 29, 2016

*They’re looking for everything – photos, newspaper clippings, old gloves, uniforms, balls – from little league memorabilia to business sponsored leagues, to minor and major league baseball. Latinos have had […]

Texas Music Museum preserves musician histories from the past of Tejano

NewsTaco September 26, 2016

*This is awesome! VL By Grace Speas, The Daily Texan (3 minute read) Legendary Tejano accordionist Bruno Villarreal was sitting in a nursing home, blind, unable to walk and without his […]

Latinos Invited to Vote for the American Latino Museum 2013 Campaign

NewsTaco April 24, 2013

By Yesica Lopez,  NBCLatino Friends of the American Latino Museum are letting you decide what their 2013 will look like. The second annual Campaign Design Contest has announced the five finalists. “We are […]

“In Wonderland” Celebrates Latina Surrealist Painters

Mary Mata March 20, 2012

Although collaboration between institutes can sometimes prove a treacherous affair, the current collaboration between Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City only proves […]

Aztec, Spanish Cultures Intertwine At LA County Museum Of Art

Mary Mata January 10, 2012

“Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World,” a current exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, represents an intricately choreographed dialogue between several players in pre-Columbian history. Primarily, […]

North America’s Largest Concave Fresco Is In NM, About Latinos

Mary Mata December 28, 2011

Albuquerque, New Mexico — Walking into the Torreon at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in here is an unexpected, yet awe inspiring experience. From your first steps into the […]

ASCO Exhibit In LA Highlights 1970s Chicano Performance Art

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

“ASCO: Elite of the Obscure” is a new exhibit slated to start on September 4 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, representing a watershed moment in the history […]

National Latino Museum Faces Funding, Discriminatory Hurdles

Mary Mata April 25, 2011

A national museum that honors Latinos in this country will probably not be coming anytime soon, according to a New York Times report. Sadly, the reasons the federal museum is […]