Voces Del Pueblo
Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico, curated by Art History Professor Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., and Irene Vásquez, Ph.D.

Voces Del Pueblo Programs & Events

Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico, curated by Art History Professor Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., and Irene Vásquez, Ph.D.

This is an exhibition 7 years in the making that features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. All 6 artists, 3 men and 3 women, were students at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas in the early 1970s when Chicano scholar Pedro Rodríguez was hired as the inaugural Director of Chicano Studies at NMHU. It was at NMHU that these young men and women became politically active and proceeded to paint murals, produce art, and organize in New Mexico as part of the nascent Chicano civil rights movement that was unfolding nationally. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history.

Free Community Programs & Events. Please register using the link below.

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Voces Del Pueblo Programs and Events

    18sep2:00 PM3:00 PMFeaturedAlumni Lecture: Raven ChaconUNM Center for the Arts & Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 87106

    25sep7:30 PM8:45 PMFeaturedUNM Symphony Orchestra: Music That Celebrates!UNM Center for the Arts & Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 87106

    26sep7:30 PM8:45 PMFeaturedChoral Prism ConcertUNM Center for the Arts & Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 87106

    31oct08novFeaturedLittle Shop of HorrorsUNM Center for the Arts & Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 87106

Spotlight on Art Studio & Art History Faculty: Featured Exhibitions

Spotlight on Art Studio & Art History Faculty: Featured Exhibitions

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Art History Professor Ray Hernández-Durán was recently featured in two articles and interviewed by the Latin American and Iberian Institute. UNM News published “UNM Professors Create Exhibition, First-Ever Scholarship of Local Chicano Artists’ Work” by Anna Padilla, highlighting an exhibition curated by Hernández-Durán and Dr. Irene Vásquez. The show, now on view at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, features six talented New Mexican Chicano artists whose work has been historically underrepresented in academic scholarship.

Emmi Whitehorse at 12th Site SANTA FE International

Emmi Whitehorse at 12th Site SANTA FE International

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Art Alum, Emmi Whitehorse’s work is featured in the 12th Site SANTA FE International with a piece titled “Cloud Gate” (2025). Whitehorse was born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and is a member of the Navajo Nation. She earned her BFA in painting here at UNM, and she also went on to get a master’s degree, majoring in both printmaking and minoring in Art History.

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