Healing with Dr. George: The Power of Chicano/Latinx Art

Victor Ochoa, 74, is an acclaimed Chicano activist, painter, and muralist. He has painted over 100 murals in the San Diego area. Victor is known as one of the pioneers of the Chicano art movement in San Diego. He was one of the first artists at Chicano Park and is a co-founder of Centro Cultural de la Raza in in San Diego. Victor helped to develop the Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronteriza    Victor is a teacher of art and C...

Eduardo Diaz is a 36-year veteran of the Latino cultural field. He currently serving as the Deputy Director of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. He was an instrumental force in the development of this institution and continues to be actively involved in the growth and development of the museum. The museum supports research, exhibitions, public and educational programs, digital content, and collections a...

Chicano filmmaker Mark Roberts will discuss his distinguished career as a filmmaker in Hollywood. Mark Roberts has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years. He is a first generation Mexican American Film and Television producer with a passion for telling edgy stories that give voice to diverse groups. Mark has co-produced The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia for Netflix and Feliz NaviDAD a Christmas movie about a sin...

Joey Terrill is a formative figure in the Los Angeles based Chicano Art movement and in AIDS Cultural Activism.  In his art he explores the intersection of Chicano and Gay male identity as a strategy for his art production.

He began his art career in high school as a Chicano student activist. Concurrently, the Gay liberation movement of the early 1970’s fueled his passion for social justice and helped to develop his skills that enh...

Dr. Ruben Cordova is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Chicano and Mexican art. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and Ph.D. in the History of Art at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Cordova has taught and lectured at prestigious universities throughout the United States. His published work includes articles, books, and catalogues in multiple publications on various topics relate...

Dan began his multi-faceted career in New York where he moved from East Los Angeles at age twenty to pursue a career in musical theater. He performed off-Broadway, in regional theatre, summer stock and in musical revues at Manhattan’s most fabled cabarets including the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village. He later became a successful theatrical agent with clients in the original casts of countless Broadway musicals in the years from A Ch...

This podcast will interview Tony Ortega, MFA, art professor and artist from Denver, CO. This podcast guest will discuss the respective development of Chicano/Latinx art in Colorado and the status of Chicano art in this state to date. Tony will also share his life experiences and process as an artist today.

Tony Ortega holds a Master of Fine Arts in drawing and painting from the University of Colorado and is currently a professor fo...

Judithe Hernández first won acclaim as a member of the celebrated Chicano artist collective Los Four. The collective would become a major force in the Chicano Art Movement and the first Chicano artists to break through the mainstream museum barrier. After graduating from Otis Art Institute in 1974, her inclusion in museum and gallery exhibitions in California began immediately with landmark exhibitions at the Oakland Museum and the...

Armando Durón has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola Marymount University and a law degree from U.C.L.A. He and his wife Mary have been collecting Chicano art of Los Angeles since 1981. They have one of the most extensive collections in the country. Unlike most collectors, Armando is a sought-out expert in the field. He is constantly consulted by scholars and community activists about every aspect of Chicano art. He has been act...

Yolanda Gonzalez is an award winning, Los Angeles based Chicana artist who works in ceramics, drawing, and painting.  She is a descendant of a family of artists, whose work can be traced back to 1877. At age 7, Yolanda received a paint set from her grandmother, which started her interest in the arts. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Scotland, and South Africa, ...

Angelina Saenz is an award-winning public teacher and poet whose work focuses on memory, women, and motherhood. She is a UCLA Writing Fellow, an alumna of the Voices Workshop for Writers of Colors, and a Macondo Writer’s Workshop Fellow.

Her poetry has appeared in multiple prestigious publications. She hosts a monthly poetry reading at the Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles.

Her debut book of poetry was Edgecliff was released in Decem...

Elsa Flores demonstrated interest in arts from a very young age. She grew up in East Los Angeles. She studied photography at California State University Los Angeles and afterwards enrolled at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. While at the Art Center, she taught art and music education at Plaza de la Raza with artist Carlos Almaraz and Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. Flores occasionally performed with Los Lob...

Louie Perez is one of the founding members of the 5-time Grammy award winning musical group Los Lobos. Founded in 1973, Louie has functioned as a percussionist, drummer, guitarist, singer, and lyricist for Los Lobos. Louie has been the art director and artistic supervisor on many of the Los Lobos albums. In 2019, Louie wrote a book, “Good Morning Aztlan: The Words, Pictures, and Songs of Louie Perez.” (Available on Amazon). In 2021...