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MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

WIKIPEDIA:

José Esquivel
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Esquivel

 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION:

José Esquivel papers, 1952-2025. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Link: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jos-esquivel-papers-22451

ARTICLES:
 

José Esquivel (1935-2022), Pioneering Chicano Artist, Part 1: The Con Safo Group Years

by Ruben Cordova, February 17, 2023

Link: https://glasstire.com/2023/02/17/jose-esquivel-1935-2022-pioneering-chicano-artist-part-1-the-con-safo-group-years/

José Esquivel, Pioneering Chicano Artist, Part 2: The Return to Chicano Art, 1991-2022

by Ruben Cordova, April 16, 2023

Link: https://glasstire.com/2023/04/16/jose-esquivel-pioneering-chicano-artist-part-2-the-return-to-chicano-art-1991-2022/

José Esquivel — Open Plaza And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me
HTI Open Plaza – The Hispanic Theological Initiative, May 2, 2022

Link: https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/and-the-barrio-did-not-devour-me
Link: https://www.htiopenplaza.org/contributors/jose-esquivel

Jose Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer, by Ricardo Romo, Ph.D, January 2, 2023

Link: https://latinosinamerica.substack.com/p/jose-esquivel-a-chicano-art-trailblazer


Jose Esquivel: Chicano Art Pioneer and Barrio Visual Interpreter - La Prensa Texas by Dr. Ricardo Romo, July 8, 2022
Link: https://latinosinamerica.substack.com/p/jose-esquivel-chicano-art-pioneer/

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.09.22 JOSÉ ESQUIVEL ART PIONEER
Link: http://latinopia.com/blogs/ricardo-romos-tejano-report-7-09-22-jose-esquivel-art-pioneer/

Artpace Teen Council: Jose Esquivel: Perpetuating the Chicano Legacy
by Ernesto Gomez, February 8, 2021

Link: https://artpace.org/artpace-teen-council-jose-esquivel-perpetuating-the-chicano-legacy-by-ernesto-gomez/

CITED WORKS / HISTORICAL CONTENT - PUBLICATIONS:
 

Con Safo: The Chicano Art Group and the Politics of South Texas

by Ruben Charles Cordova • 2009

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Safo-Chicano-Group-Politics-South/dp/0895511215

Triumph Of Our Communities: Four Decades Of Mexican American Art

by Gary D. Keller, Amy Phillips • 2005

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Our-Communities-Decades-American/dp/193101034X

A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art

by Alejandro Anreus (Editor), Robin Adèle Greeley (Editor), Megan A. Sullivan (Editor), Dana Arnold (Series Editor) • 1st edition (November 9, 2021)

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Contemporary-American-Blackwell-Companion

Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985

by Pete Gershon • September 13, 2018

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Collision-Contemporary-Houston-1972-1985

We Happy Few 

by Rolando Hinojosa • 2006 • (Cover Art: Painting by Jose Esquivel)

Link: https://www.amazon.com/We-Happy-Few-Rolando-Hinojosa

Magazine: NECRÓPOLIS Urbe et Orbi

Editor: M. Espino del Castillo • November 1972

Poem written about Artist Jose Esquivel
 

YOUTUBE:

Jose Esquivel The Great Chain of Being
Link: https://youtu.be/XAYTWgo3KEc

Interview with Roland De Leon
Link: https://youtu.be/_4motfG1TtA

Jose Esquivel: San Antonio, Texas
Chicano Artist Interview by Ann Marie Leimer, PhD

Link: https://youtu.be/hSPZtPajD6M

 

Video of summer art exhibit in 2007 at the Centro Cultural Aztlan, featuring latino artist from San Antonio Texas. This video is of work by Jose Esquivel. This video was on the Perspective Prisms Show hosted by Roberto Canedo.
Link: https://youtu.be/TQavRrhpybQ

7 Questions
Link: https://youtu.be/i8m8NhSD0pM

FACEBOOK:
 

Maestros: Arturo Negrete Cuellar and Chicano artist Jose Esquivel putting the last color on Jose's print "Labor Day Celebration."
Link: https://fb.watch/i4nXofXEEo/?mibextid=NnVzG8

Celebration of Life Tribute, 2nd video from Center Cultural Aztlan by Gloria Sanchez Hart
Link: https://www.facebook.com/1435006259/videos/574490174522823/
 

Celebration of Life Tribute: Central Cultural Aztlan, January 2023
Link: https://fb.watch/i4o472t0Gn/?mibextid=NnVzG8

CITED MUSEUMS:

Elenita Cruz's World (El mundo de Elenita Cruz)

Link: https://origin.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/artworks/el-mundo-de-elenita-cruz-elenita-cruzs-world

Los angelitos (The Little Angels)

Link: https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/artworks/los-angelitos

the McNay

Link: https://collection.mcnayart.org/persons/1036/jose-esquivel-american-b1935-d2022

TRIBUTE:

Trailblazing Con Safo artist José Esquivel has died at age 87 - San Antonio Report

by Nicholas Frank, December 19, 2022
Link: https://sanantonioreport.org/jose-esquivel-con-safo-san-antonio-artist-obituary/?amp

 

Beloved San Antonio Chicano artist, activist José Esquivel dies at 87 - Chron.

by Steven Santana, December 16, 2022
Link: https://www.chron.com/news/local/article/san-antonio-artist-jose-esquivel-death-17658878.php

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