An exhibition that examines the many influences that Jackson Pollock absorbed before breaking with past traditions to create a new kind of abstraction. Beginning with Thomas Hart Benton, who was Pollock's first teacher, Pollock learned...

Site for teachers who are seeking to integrate art and printmaking with language, communication and social studies. It is based on Chicano and Mexican use of the print to make social statements.

A brief biography of the Mexican artist Francisco Toledo.

This online exhibit from The University of Hawaii Art Gallery provides many images of Posada's woodcuts as well as insights into life in Mexico.

This online exhibit from The University of Hawaii Art Gallery provides many images of Posada's woodcuts as well as insights into life in Mexico.

From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz", a charcoal portrait of the two artists by the Mexican painter Marius de Zayas.

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is known for her self-portraits. These powerful and unflinching self-images explore complex and difficult topics including her culturally mixed heritage, the harsh reality of her medical conditions, and the...

Here is a list of Mexican officers killed during the Battle of San Jacinto. Part of Artist Henry McArdle's research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto."

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.

The official site of Carmen Lomas Garza, a Chicana narrative artist who creates images about the everyday events in the lives of Mexican Americans based on her memories and experiences in Texas and California.

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Jose Clemente Orozco.

Analysis of Sharecropper, a print by American-born Mexican artist Elizabeth Catlett, which includes a one-paragraph definition of the sharecropping system. Catlett's print, a commentary on sharecropping and the dignity of work, is one of...

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.

Short introduction to the poet as a Mexican-American poet, activist & artist. Scroll to paragraph.

This site focuses on a single Posada work, "Calavera Revolucionaria." This web page also includes a link to a Posada biography.

This site explores the weaving traditions of the Native American and Hispanic peoples of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. A gallery of artifacts, timeline, map glossary, and textual descriptions are included. This is a...

In the late 1960s, when the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and other rock genres were raging, Carlos Santana and his band Santana introduced the music scene to a new Latin-based rock sound featuring an Afro-Cuban beat. This...

Poet laureate Langston Hughes is featured in this brief biography highlighting his vast collection of writings, particularly his poetry, which drew upon racial and self awareness in America. See "Langston Hughes Activities" for related...

In Spanish. The Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1921) has been widely reported and studied through the songs that stayed in the voice of the people even after the fight ended. Besides having a historical value, it has a cultural and artistic...

Theater was and is an important cultural point in entertainment for Hispanics. Cine El Rey symbolized part of that cultural importance. Learn about it's history here.

Read an account of Sam Houston's clothing, as well as the uniforms of the Mexican soldiers, during the Battle of San Jacinto. Part of artist Henry McArdle's research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto."

A comprehensive site on Mexican mural artist, Alfredo Zalce. Hundreds of photographs, interviews and images with pages in both English and Spanish.