Teacher who inspired ‘Stand and Deliver’ film dies
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
LOS ANGELES – Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school and inspired the movie “Stand and Deliver,” died Tuesday. He was 79.
Escalante died at his son’s home near Sacramento, after battling bladder cancer for several years, family friend [...]
The Art and Life of Chaz Bojorquez: Curated by Marco Klefisch & Alberto Scabbia will be released on March 31, 2010.
This monograph charts the life and career of Chaz Bojorquez, known as “Chaz,” a Los Angeles-born Mexican-American artist who began in the “Cholo” gang graffiti tradition but quickly arrived at his own groundbreaking style. This [...]
The homie KEMO THE BLAXICAN is releasing a new album this Summer 2010.
Kemo the Blaxican was a special guest performer at my “EL MUNDO ES UN BARRIO” Photography Exhibition in East Los Angeles, California in 2008. As a gift I framed and signed him a photograph from his performance for his new recording studio. – [...]
These are two photos from my recent photo shoot (March 14th, 2010) at the Pico-Union-based “THE GRAFF LAB” in downtown Los Angeles, California.
The Graff Lab is a cultural art center that offers innovative approaches towards creating, exploring, and preserving the best legal aerosol art the City of Los Angeles, California has to offer. In addition [...]
One of my favorite artists is VOTAN from INSURGENTES. This is a new designed titled “MISTER TECOLOTL” hand drawn by VOTAN exclusively for FIRME CLOTHING. You can order yours today through BrownPride.com at this link FIRME CLOTHING | MISTER TECOLOTL – The Wise OWL
Firme Clothing Kalavera Lowrider Logo Girl Tee
This is another design hand drawn [...]
THE MESSAGE ART SHOW – CISA STUDIOS – The Greater Chicago AREA
My next photography gallery will be in Chicago, IL on April 16th, 2010 at CISA STUDIOS.
It’s going to be a group show with fellow Chicano artists: Johnny “Mala Suerte” Garza, Roman Villarreal, and Tony Reyes.
CHICANO ARTISTS:
Salvador Rojas Photography
Johnny “Mala Suerte” Garza
CISA Studio
6725 Kennedy Ave.
Hammond, [...]
This is a new shirt designed by Tony Uno and vectorized by Job of Explicit INK. I’m handling the production of the shirt design and it’ll be available on www.BrownPride.com soon. For my information on Tony Uno check out this link Tony UNO – El Arte Chicano en Chicago.
Tony UNO will also be part [...]