Chicago Raza Research Consortium

07/16/2023

You can find a decade of issues of El Puertorriqueño at the UIC Special Collections at the Daley Library.

12/08/2022

Latinos in the Midwest- new Chicago titles out now!

Founded in 1918, the University of Illinois Press publishes works of high quality for scholars, students, and the citizens of the State of Illinois and beyond. Headquartered in Champaign, the Press is a unit of the University of Illinois System, serving campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Spr...

12/08/2022

Indiana

Segregation in all its forms, shaped how and where certain populations lived, shopped, played and worshiped. This is more noticeable in large urban centers, easily supported by population density. A symptom of this is seen in auto-segregation or self-segregation, mostly among ethnic or religious gro...

10/18/2022

artist and poet Diana Solis documented the poetry community between the late 1970s - 1990s and an exhibition of this work will be up at the Poetry Foundation starting on October 20th.

Diana Solís: Encuentros presents photographs by q***r Mexicana Chicana feminist artist Diana Solís, documenting poetry communities in Chicago—including the Guild Complex, La Decima Musa, Weeds, and Hothouse—throughout the 1970s–1990s. Curated...

10/05/2022

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07/08/2022

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07/08/2022

Artists Hector Duarte and Gabriel Villa recreated part of Mario Castillo's mural "Peace," which he painted in Pilsen in 1968, in their new piece, "Fight To Stay."

06/19/2022

Drawing from his lived experiences, Roman Villarreal depicts the triumphs and tragedies of his community in his art. Themes in his work range from personal to communal, from joy to loss. The 1980s were a period of hardship for Villarreal and his community, and the artist commemorates those lost at this time in "Goodbye," a marble sculpture in which a group gathers for a drink to pay tribute to friends who passed away.

"Roman Villarreal: South Chicago Legacies" is the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Villarreal. The show opens to the public this Friday, June 17, with free admission for all guests throughout its opening weekend. 🎟 Reserve your free tickets in advance on Tock!



Image: Roman Villarreal (American, b. 1950). Goodbye, 1980s. Marble, 9 x 17 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Courtesy of the Villarreal Family. Photo by Joseph “Fugie” Almanza.

06/19/2022

Villarreal shares "the Southeast Side with the world" through more than 40 years of sculptures and paintings, which are on display at a West Town center for outsider art until Jan. 8.