Learn firsthand the history
and development of the
Chicano visual arts and muralism in San Diego with artist
Salvador “Queso” Torres
Chicano visual arts and muralism in San Diego with artist
Salvador “Queso” Torres
Sponsored by MEChA and
the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department
San Diego City College
Open to the general
public. Free events
More information
Juanita LopezMEChA president, City College
crazy_j_619@yahoo.com
Enrique Davalos
Chicano and Chicana Studies Department Chair, City Collegeedavalos@sdccd.edu
Centro Cultural de la Raza—March 21, Thursday, 6-8 pm,
in attendance: Prof. Abel Macias, Chicana and Chicano Studies City College and
Mesa College. Meeting at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, 2004 Park Blvd.,
Balboa Park. More
info Centro Cultural de la Raza, Prof. Abel Macias: 408.219.8891
Cesar Chavez Park—April 3, Wednesday, 2:20-3:45
pm, in attendance: Prof. Jade Sotomayor, Chicana and Chicano
Studies City College. Meeting at the Cesar Chavez Park, 1449 Cesar E. Chavez
Parkway in San Diego, CA. 92113-- near the Barrio Logan Blue Line trolley stop,
follow the bay to the left if you are looking north. Meet up by the Huelga
Eagle statue/tree that’s near the entrance to the park. More info on Cesar Chavez Park
Chicano Park—April 9, Tuesday, 11:10 to 2:10 pm, in attendance: Profs. Elva
Salinas and Justin Akers, English and Chicana and Chicano Studies City College.
Info on Chicano Park
City College—April 15, Monday, 9:35-11 am, Room MS 462, Overview San Diego
Chicano Art, in attendance: Profs. Alicia Lopez and Enrique Davalos Chicana and Chicano
Studies City College
Salvador
Roberto “Queso” Torres, born in 1936, spent the majority of his first six years
on a cotton plantation in Northern California-remembering using the “short hoe”
as he worked alongside his parents in the fields at this very young age. In
1942, the Torres family started a new life in Barrio Logan. It is at this time
that his experiences formed close to heart his dedication to the community, as
his home was one of dozens that were bulldozed to make way for the construction
of the Coronado Bridge. Torres chose to take on the challenge of “making
something tragic into something beautiful”, and thus began a life time of work
and dedication to the creation of incredible mural art, the transformation of
Chicano Park, and to Barrio Logan.
Torres
has constructed 6 major murals in San Diego, as well as facilitated the
creation and application of a majority of murals, most notably those found in
Chicano Park. Described as “the most important Mexican American artist and
Chicano Activist of his generation” by Jorge Mariscal, Prof. of Literature at
UCSD, Torres ‘s track record includes picketing and marching for farm worker’s
rights, teaching art and mural art to children, and of being the creator of one
of the most recognized symbols of Chicano/Chicana Civil Rights Movement-the
“Viva La Raza” series with the image of a red phoenix rising. (LaPrensa de San Diego)
Queso, Bobby Morales here. just watched Barrio Logan video and just blew me away. the art work, murals paintings unbelievable. whenever i see them i think of you. i know some of them are yours and your involment in the whole Chicano Park creation. i would like talk with for a little bit if you don t mind. cell 562 505 1907. e-mail mo.latinjazz@gmail.com
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