Art
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Chicano Art: History And Politics
Description:
Pedro Rodriguez, a professor of Art history, and Amado Peña, an artist, discuss the development of Chicano Art: its influences and its characteristics.
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Margarito Garza: Judge By Day, Radical Comic Book Artist By Night
Description:
Interview with Margarito Garza, an attorney from Corpus Christi, TX who is also the creator of the Chicano comic-book super hero, Relampago. Relampago is a product of the South Texas barrios who magically receives his super powers through the aid of a bruja, and finds himself using his power acting as a defender of justice for Chicanos.
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Interview With Mayan Artist Humbatz Mena
Description:
Interview with Mayan artist Humbatz Mena, whose work reflects the highly geometric and symbolic art of the Mayan people. In today's program, Humbatz Mena explains how he discovered the mystical relation of his work with his Mayan ancestors, and about the Mayan's use of symbolic art not only as an instrument of education, but also as an interpretation of the universe to their lives.