Marina Castillo, a local artist residing in St. Paul, MN, is interviewed by a CLS student for the Chicana and Chicano Art class taught by Karen Mary Davalos
Read about our student's capstone research projects with help from department faculty including research on queer Latinidad, prison abolition art, the Latin Liberation Front…
The Artist in Residence program, hosted by the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, invites local artist Patrick Blanchard to share his passion and culture with others…
UMN Chicano & Latino Studies' own, Professor Karen Mary Davalos, is releasing her book Self Help Graphics at Fifty, A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking on…
We are #UMNproud of all of the ways in which women have positively shaped our CLA community. To celebrate, we've gathered a collection of recent stories featuring women who…
Learn about the Chicano & Latino Studies scholarships and awards, read the Best Chicano Essay winning paper, and celebrate our scholarship winners for their hard work.
A poet and cultural anthropologist, Asst. Prof. Gabriela Spears-Rico will soon publish her first poetry collection, Deer Hide Elegies. Paying homage to her Mexican farmworker…
Katie Groh de Aviña (BA ‘06, Chicano studies), 2022 Alumni of Notable Achievement Award winner, encourages students to “[take] the initiative to build community.”
The Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, College of Liberal Arts, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position of Professor and Chair to begin 08…
The online portal makes it easier to find and study Mexican American art, culture, and history. Financial support from the NEH, the Mellon Foundation, and the ACLS helps the…
Partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum. Karen Mary Davalos, professor of Chicano and Latino Studies, and her co-director, Constance Cortez…
