ARTIST & POETS
ARTURO BARRERA JOEL MENDEZ
ARTURO BARRERA
• ArturoBarreraisanArteducatorintheChicagoPublicSchoolsystem,thethirdlargestschooldistrictin
• TheUnitedStates.IservedasanAssistantPrincipalfor4yearsandhavebeen teachingarteducationfor
• Over33years.HereceivedaB.F.A.fromTheSchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago inArtEducation,a
• M.F.A.fromNorthernIllinoisUniversityinprintmakingandpaintingandanM.A. inEducation
• AdministrationfromGovernorsStateUniversity.
• Hecreatesandcoordinatesvariousmuralprojectsthatincorporatethetalentsof mystudents.Heisa
• Recipientofvariousgrants,whichbenefitmystudents,theschool,andvarious communities.
INSTITUT CULTUREL DU MEXIQUE-FRANCE 2024
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ARTIST & POETS
JOE LOPEZ SR. POETIC ECHOES
YOUNG ARTIST
ISABEL ANAELENA OTERO ISABEL ANAELENA OTERO
ARTIST & POETS
SAVADOR VEGA CARLOS CUMPIAN
ILLUSTRATED BY JESUS GALLARDO/AUTHOR
ADVENTURES WITH ABUELA BOOK SERIES
BY VIRGINIA MARTINEZ
+ Rio lives in the metropolitan Chicago area. His Abuela loves to take him and his family to different parks and museums. Today Abuela takes them to the Brookfield Zoo where Rio learns that the animals are like him in some ways.
+ All profits from the sale of this book will go toward providing books for children at Gads Hill Center's Early Childhood Learning Program and other nonprofit child and parent support programs.
+ BOOKS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
JOE LOPEZ SR. ARTIST/MURALIST
FELIPE NERI TRUJILLO NIEVES
JOEL MENDEZ
RETIRED TEACHER/POET/ARTIST
JOEL POEM
CelestialCleansing(forasleeplessnight)
Duringrestlessnightswhenyoujustcan’t
Seemtogetadecentdoseofsleep,
HoldlongconversationswithVenusandMars
(Mercuryistoobusyspinning‘roundthesun)
Andgivethemamindfulofyourgoodandbadtimes.
Thesilentmoonisalwaysnearbywilling
Toverifyallofyourimpassionedonslaughts
Jupiter,Saturn,andUranuswillchantinunison
Planetoids,thestepchildrenofthesun,willSurelyjoin
Hummingalow-keychanttosoothyoursoul.
Atdawn,thedistantstarswillslowlywavegood-bye
Andthemultitudeofasteroidswilljoinwithall
Theplanetstoresumetheirwaltzingwiththesun
Andyourtiredeyelidswillyieldtheirway
Toreconstitutedpeaceneatlynestled
In yourspaciousopenheart…
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CARLOS CUMPIAN
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MONICA RICO CANTOMUNDO FELLOW
PINION-MONICA RICO
Pinion-Signedbytheauthor $25.00
“I/stepintothekitchenbecauseIcan/nolongersmellthelilac/bushmyfather cutdown,”MonicaRicowritesintheopeningpoemofherastonishingdebut collection.Deeplyinvestedinunearthingwomen’sidentityfromapatriarchal familystructure,thesepagescataloglifebesideloss,thetruthofcruelty accompaniedbyadefiantvitality.Here,wherethedeclaration“Ican”ismodifiedto “Ican/nolonger,”Ricountanglestheparadoxoflove,howapersistentabsence keepsthemissingobjectpresent,assertingitselfthroughgriefandmemory;the scentoflilaclingerspreciselybecausewecannotsmellitanymore.Thedual meaningof"pinion"scaffoldsthiscollection,whichconsidersRico'sfamilyand theirexperiencesinthecontextofhergrandparents'immigrationtotheUSAfrom México,Americanracialcapitalism,andthemassmigrationcatalyzedand necessitatedbyWesterncolonialism.“Pinion”innounformreferstoabird'souter flightfeathers;inverbform,itmeanstobindorseverthispartofthewingto hinderflight.Boundupinthisword,then,isathinganditsdestruction—a possibilityandathwartedhopesidebyside.Ricocreatesherownmotifstowritea representativegenealogy,approachingherfamilyasanacrosspoems,her grandfather(whoworkedatGeneralMotors)appearsasanowl,hergrandmother figuresasarobin,andtheAmericanprojectshowsupintheeagle'swarpedbeak andsurveillingeye.Afieldworkofrestoration,thesepoemscomposeapersonal historyandadeconstructionofglobalcapitalismasarticulatedthroughan encyclopediaofbirds.Fromthechaosofourflawedworld,Ricosalvagesan enduringhope,remindingusthat“abroken/songlikeanuglyducklingisn’tugly/ butunique,andstandsoutliketheflightless/dodowhotrustsbecauseitistoo awfulnotto.”
+ SOMOS XICANAS
Edited by Luz Schweig
(Riot of Roses Publishing House, Fall 2024)
+ What does it really mean to be a Xicana? This anthology offers a space for the assertion, exploration and cultivation of a proud Xicana identity. It delivers messages about race, culture, class, economy, sexuality and spirituality within historical, political and personal contexts. Somos Xicanas echoes the collective voice of the Xicana community as a whole, while simultaneously celebrating the co-existence of multiple subjectivities alive within each of the contributions. These are a few of the varied lenses through which readers may appreciate the multiple layers of complex identities that make up what it means to be a Xicana, as expressed through the writings of Xicanas themselves.
This wildly anticipated, multi-genre anthology illuminates both the enduring and the new Xicana identity, presence and culture through the voices of 80 Xicanas, including Xicana trailblazers like Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Irene I. Blea, Carmen Tafolla, and the 24th poet laureate of the United States, Ada Limón. Other contributors include poet laureates Melinda Palacio, ire'ne lara silva and Angie Trudell Vasquez, along with the first Queer/Muxer Chair of el Partido Nacional La Raza Unida, La Doctora Chola, Vanessa Marie Bustamante.
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ARACELY ACEVEDO CORDES
Aracely (Cely) writer is here to inspire change. Her career as a veterinary medicine professional, she adores her profession of helping pets who help people.
Through hardships and challenges in life and with the deep desire to be a better mom and vet, she found the necessity in finding compassion for oneself.
The only way to change our world and make it better for our pets and children is to make ourselves better.
We make ourselves better by focusing on loving ourselves with deep compassion.
To make our world compassionate, we must start with ourselves.
SERGIO GOMEZ ARTIST
DON ROSSI NUCCIO/LATINOARTBEAT ENTREPRENUER/ACTIVIST
CUBA LATINO ARTBEAT A SUCCESS
CubaLatinoArtBeatASuccess ThePresidentof LatinoArtBeat,DonRossiNucciohastraveledto Cubamanytimesovertheyears,butin2016when hewaspartoftheObamaWhiteHouseDelegation toCubaduringformerPresidentBarackObama’s historictriptoCuba,hisinvolvementwithCubahas becomeaformalhumanitarianoutreachforyouth inthearts.
LAWNDALE Bilingual News-Thursday, November 9, 2023
Rossi-Nucciostartedthe‘CubaLatinoArtBeat’ initiativeincollaborationwiththeCubanMinistry ofCultureandtheircommunityarm,TheConsejo NacionaldeCasasdeCultura(“Casas
decultura”)encouragingyoungCubanartiststocreatedrawingsandpaintingsreflectingthecompetition theme“FriendshipBetweentheYouthoftheUnitedStatesandCuba!”OntheUnitedStatesside,RossiNuccioinvitedhisprograminWashington,D.C.toalsoparticipateinthisnewcompetitiontheme. Eventually,itsplannedtosendU.S.studentwinnerstostudysummerartcoursesinCuba.
TheCubanstudentwinnerswereawardedascholarshiptostudyadvancedsummercoursesinartatThe MarylandInstituteCollegeofArt,Baltimore,MD(“MICA”)andtheU.S.studentcompetitionwinnerswere awardedscholarshipstoattendthecollegeoruniversityofchoice.
TwoyoungCubanstudentartistwinners,FavioFelipeGonzalesandLuisFelipeBetancourtsuccessfully completedtheirsummercoursesatMICAandreturnedtoCubaarmedwithnotonlyadiplomabutnew advancedarttechniquesandabetterunderstandingoffriendshipbetweentheyouthofbothsovereign nations.Awin-winforallparticipants.
Nucciobelievesthatsuchexchangesareextremelyimportant,especiallyonanon-politicalbasis,whichhelp createapassagewaytoimprovedrelationsbetweenthepeoplesofCubaandtheUnitedStates.Duetothe CovidpandemicLatinoArtBeathadtotakearecessfromitsCubayouthintheartsoutreachbutnowhas returnedbacktoCubainfullforcewithits2024initiative.
OnNuccio’srecenttriptoCubahehonoredandrecognizedinpersonitslastcompetitionwinners, whichhewasunabletodountilthepandemicendmadetravelpossibleonceagain.
LatinoArtBeatwiththegreatsupportoftheEmbassyofCubainWashington,D.C.andits coordinationwiththeMinistryofForeignAffairs(MINREX).MinistryofCultureandCasasdeCultura madeDon’striptoCubaatruesuccess,whichincludedhighlevelmeetings,visitstothetopart schools,participationwithvariousstudentactivitiesandofcoursethe2023CubaLatinoArtBeat awardsceremony!
Nucciowasreceivedandgreetedasarovingdiplomatencouragingtheircognitionandcelebrationof youthinthearts.
WhileinHavana,NucciovisitedOfficialsfromtheU.S.Embassy,whosesupportisvitaltothesuccess ofthisstudentexchangeinitiativeandtheApostolicNunciaturetoCuba(thediplomaticmissionof theHolySeetoCuba)andvariousCubanministries.
PartofthefocusofthetripwastorecognizetheCubanstudentwinnersofthelatestCubaLatino ArtBeatcompetitionand togrowtheoutreach.
Thisyear’s20231stPlacewinner,HermaionydelaCaridadVilla Machado,wasawardedforherwininthe2021competition. Hermaionyandtheotherstudentartistswerehonoredata publiceventhostedbytheCasasdeculturainHavana.
Accordingly,Donpresentedawardscertificates,medallionsand giftbagscomprisingmuchneededartsuppliestoallthemost recentCubaLatinoArtBeatcompetitionwinnersandhonorable mentions.LatinoArtBeatalsoinitiateda“YouthAmbassador ship”programforpastandpresent1stPlacewinnersofitslocal competition.
Todateitnowhasfourverytalented,youngCubanartistsinthis programwhorepresenttheobjectiveofencouragingand honoringyoungCubanstudentartiststoparticipateinthis nowannualhigh-profileoutreach.
HermaionyalongwithStephanieRiverowerepresentedwith Ambassadorsmedalsassistedbyformer1stPlacewinnerand YouthAmbassadorFavioGonzalez.
ForinformationonLatinoArtBeatsCubainitiative,itsstateside initiativesandcompetitionspleasecontact: latinoartbeat@hotmail.com