Latino Cultures in the US

Be inspired by the contributions and experiences of Latinos in the US

in collaboration with

Museum of Latin American Art

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Ballet Hispánico

Art Museum of the Americas

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico

National Museum of Mexican Art

and 48 more collections

A vibrant culture that's shaped America

Explore the powerful voices, resilient communities, and deep historical roots of Latino culture through four different topics

Icons and Heroes

The shining stars of the Latino community

Art and Entertainment

Painting, sculpture, and performance arts

History and Traditions

The histories and stories of struggle and triumph

Latino Communities Today

The cultural moments that keep people together

The icons

The Latinos and Latinas making waves, from Broadway to the White House

18 Latino Superstars You Need to Know

Latino USA takes a look at these household names and their lasting legacies

10 Latinas Who Made History

Artists, astronauts and activists

Learn more about their stories

Monica Gomez

Watch the incredibly expressive dancer as her career unfolds

Anthony Quinn

A larger-than-life tribute the on-screen capers of the "Pope of Broadway"

César E. Chávez

Labor movement hero and co-founder of the Farm Workers' Movement

Sonia Sotomayor

Third female justice on the Supreme Court

Dolores Huerta

Co-founder of the groundbreaking Farm Workers' Movement

Mari-Luci Jaramillo

Civil rights and education advocate

Selena

Musical icon, fashion trendsetter, passionate entrepreneur, and community philanthropist

Karina Gonzales

The ballerina extraordinaire's journey around the world with dance

Shaking up the screen and stage

From pop stars to cult favorites

Latinos in News and Entertainment

Interviews with some of the best-known names in television

Ballet Hispánico: Over 50 Years of Celebrating Latino Dance

The legendary dance academy in New York

Latino Musicians

Listen to these performers do what they do best

Flamenco to Panquetzaliztli

Latino dance forms, from the ancient to the modern

Meet Ballet Hispánico

New York's iconic home for Latino dance

Nurturing Latinx Voices

Using dance to create access, opportunity, and pride

Meet the Dancers

Get to know the stars and their stories

Education Programs at the Ballet

From day one, enriching educational programs have been at the heart of the Ballet Hispánico

Going Virtual in 2020

Keeping the Ballet Hispánico moving

The Legacy of the Repertory

Keeping it innovative, diverse, and powerful

Eduardo Vilaro: Artistic Director & CEO

Learn about how his vision for the Ballet draws on Latin dance tradition and their educational mission

The big names on canvas

Contemporary artists illustrating what it means to be Latino

25 Latino Artists You Should Know

Vibrancy, humor, creativity, and social consciousness

Explore more Latino artists

Frederico Vigil

The 4,000 square feet of hand-painted Hispanic history in Mundos de Mestizaje

Octavio Medellin

Archival photographs from his back-and-forth between the US and Mexico

José Gómez Sicre

The collector's legacy at AMA

Patrocinio Barela

TIME's "Discovery of the Year"

Patssi Valdez

The Chicana artist's performance works, paintings, and installations

Frank Romero

50 years of the legendary L.A. Chicano painter

Samuel Lind

Sculpture inspired by Loíza, PR and Afro-Puerto Rican culture

José Bedia and Belkis Ayón

The Afro-Cuban experience

Fanny Sanín

The Colombia-born, NYC-based artist is a pioneer of the geometric abstraction movement

Gilbert “Magu” Luján

The extraordinary creatures inhabiting Luján's created world

The powerful stories in Latino art

Art as a means of telling the past, shaping the future, and forming identity

Latino Artists on Abstraction, Geometry, and Minimalism

Let MAC curators introduce you to artists like Zilia Sánchez and Olga Albizu

De Muchos, Uno / E Pluribus Unum

Celebrates eight Latino artists whose works provoke dialogue and inspire change

Art of the Americas

Dive into the permanent collection from the Art Museum of the Americas

Craft and Identity in California

How craftwork can articulate what it means to be Latino in California

The Latino Experience from the MFA Houston

From barrio characters to minimalist sculpture

Meet Puerto Rico's Association of Women Artists

Meet the very cool women who banded together in the late 20th century

Alone and Together: Solos y Juntos

Latino artists explore loneliness and companionship

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985

Latina and Chicana women artists and their impact on contemporary art in the U.S.

Discover The Puerto Rican Experience Through Art

What is the Puerto Rican experience about? How does it represent us? What can we say about it?

Dive into Puerto Rico's Contemporary Art Museum

Explore works by Daniel Lind Ramos, Mónica Ching, Iván Girona, and Ramón Bulerín

Place and Placement: Symbolic Geographies in the Work of Gilbert “Magu” Luján

Exploring the historic, social, and conceptual significance of the Americas' landscapes

Paintings and Prints from Latinx Artists

From exaggerated expressionism to figurative sculpture

Art Museum of the Americas's Permanent Collection: Part 2

Art Museum of the Americas

Art Museum of the Americas's Permanent Collection: Part 4

Art Museum of the Americas

Spotlight on: Mexican art in the US

Discover the Mexican experience through painting and sculpture

Modern Mexican Identity

Art as a tool for constructing a national, modern Mexican identity

The Mexican Museum's Permanent Collection

Dive into highlights from the San Francisco institution

A Virtual Tour of the Mexican Museum

Explore San Francisco's Museum in Street View

Mexican Artists in the US

Scenes from life on both sides of the border are used by artists to express a bicultural experience

Mexicandad and Folk Art

Arte popular that represents cyclical celebrations and traditional rituals

Nuestras Historias: African Presence in Mexico

Piecing together an omitted chapter in Mexico's history

4 Artists Respond to Orozco's "Prometheus" Mural

See how Orozco’s vision resonates with four artists working in Mexico today

Chicano Artists and Budding Storytellers

Shoreline Middle School gets inspired by Latino art

Frida Kahlo's US Years

The Mexican painter's American years fundamentally altered US art

Zoom into 'Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the U.S.'

Kahlo's 1932 self-portrait explores ancient heritage and modern identity

Frida in Detroit

The painter created some of her most significant works in Detroit between 1932–1933.

Awe-inspiring murals

Gigantic paintings that tell stories of strength and resilience

Diego Rivera in Detroit

Rivera's tribute to workers and critique of capitalism

"Prometheus" by José Clemente Orozco

The work Jackson Pollock proclaimed “the greatest painting in North America"

Virtual Tour of Washington, D.C. Murals

Take a stroll around Latino street murals in America's capital

Mundos de Mestizaje Fresco by Frederico Vigil

Thousands of years of Hispanic history as a fresco ceiling

Anonymous Farm Worker

Recognizing the farmers of Coachella and the Eastern Valley

Puerto Rico Muralists

Meet Corográfico (alias El Coro), a collective group of seven Puerto Rican artists

Murals, Chicanas, and the Female Gaze

Chicana murals in LA

OaxaCAlifornia

Mexican migration in the US

A Tribute to L.A. Educators

Hector Ponce's mural

El Grito: The Cry for Freedom

An 1810 call for revolt

L.A. Murals

Massive paintings in the LA area

The deep roots of Latino culture

From ancient cities to Spanish colonization

Hispanic Heritage Through Stamps

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum commemorates Hispanic figures in America

A Year in the Life of a Spanish Colonial Pueblo

Explore 1809 letters from San José de Guadalupe

Central America's Past Revealed

The Smithsonian Latino Center dives into artifacts from ancestral Central America

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire

Discover the ancient metropolis admired by the Aztecs

California's Missions in the 18th century

The Franciscan missions of Spanish and Mexican California

Colonial Mexico

Artwork from the colonial era

Fighting for peace

Discover more about the Latino contribution to the war efforts

Latinos During Wartime

Women and men of the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War generations

Día de los Muertos

Learn about this iconic celebration of ancestors

La Catrina: Lady of the Dead

Who is this beautiful, albeit deceased, woman?

The History of Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead has roots in indigenous religious rituals and in Spanish Catholicism

What is Day of the Dead?

A day of celebration

The Altar of Día de los Muertos

Discover what an "ofrenda" is and why it's so important to Día de los Muertos

The Art of Day of the Dead

Colorful calaveras and symbolic marigolds

Heritage on a plate

Sometimes, a tortilla is more than a tortilla

Celebrating Latinidad Through Tamales and Chocolate

Preserving cultural histories by cooking together

Fast Food, Tortillas, and the Art of Acceptance

How one Latino chef rediscovered his family's food

The modern Latino experience

Learn more about the communities of the present

Latinos in Washington

Tales from the nation's capital

Cuban-American Experience in Florida

How the Cuban exile diaspora has shaped the US

Latinos in the American South

From 1990 to 2010, the American South had the fastest growing Latino population in the United States

Architecture of Southern California

The myth and mirage of the iconic "colonial revival" style

¡NUEVOlution!

Latinos and the "New South"

Latinos in Richmond, Virginia

Meet the individuals shaping Richmond's Latino community

Rebuilding with Resilience in Puerto Rico

Stories of community resilience and heroism in the aftermath of Hurricane María

Powerful Moments for Latino Cultures

Videos recognizing the people and events influencing Hispanic-American culture

Hispanic Heritage Foundation

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders

Intangible Heritage in Today's Cities

Spanish Legacy in the United States of America

Looking back at Proposition 187

The 1994 bill against Californian Latino communities

Telling their story

A look at the Latino experience through poetry, photography and fashion

Latino Photographers Document Urban America

The beauty and struggle of urban transformation

A Puerto Rican Poetry Community

How one New York cafe became a home for many

Nuyorican Archives

Nuyorican Poets Cafe embraced and displayed its Puerto Rican roots in a distinctly New York way

The Style Story of Latinas in LA

A crash course in fashion as self-expression

The neighborhoods

The areas bursting with Latino history and culture

9 Latino Neighborhoods You Can Explore in Street View

From Washington Heights to Pilsen

What's a Bodega?

Hear one bodega owner's story, his plans for the future and how it all relates to the history of Dominicans in New York

Contemporary culture

A look at American-Hispanic culture today

Powerful Protests for Immigration Rights

Meet the students who staged one of the riskiest protests of the immigration rights movement

Detroit's Lowrider Culture

A special kind of car culture

Queer Latinx in LA

Documenting the continuing efforts to acquire and create collections about Latino LGBTQIA+

Gender and Identity in Puerto Rico

Looking at Puerto Rican art history with new eyes

Latino Art for Latino Teens

How one museum brought contemporary art to Watsonville, CA

Spotlight on Latina strength

Hear more about the experiences of iconic Latina actresses

Gina Rodriguez on Representations of Latinos in the Media

The ‘Jane the Virgin’ star on role models, equal representation, and #MovementMondays

Diane Guerrero on the Day Her Family Was Deported

The ‘Orange is the New Black’ star opens up about her family’s immigration experience

Are you a teacher?

Downloadable lesson plans that can be used in class or given to students to work through

César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and the Farm Workers Movement

Murals in Latino Communities

Latino Art and Artists

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Online Exhibits

Artworks and Artifacts

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