Category: Hispanic Heritage Month

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Hispanic Heritage month

Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins in the United States each year on Sep. 15 and ends on Oct. 15, celebrates U.S. Latinos, their culture and their history. AEF’s Art Changes program features five artists who represent Hispanic Culture: Brazilian landscape painter Alex D. da Silva, Joaquin Newman who builds on the tradition of Mayan art, Bolivian-American painter and weaver Miguel Arzabe, water-colorist and muralist Irene Juarez-O’Connell,

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Joaquin Newman

Joaquin Newman

Native artist Joaquin Newman builds on the tradition of Mayan...

Miguel Arzabe

Miguel Arzabe

Bolivian-American artist, Miguel Arzabe, fills huge canvases with paint that...

Artist Claudio Talavera-Ballon

Talavera-Ballón

Peruvian artist Talavera-Ballón describes his vibrant mural of flowers, butterflies,...