ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Two UNM professors have launched an exhibit at the National Hispanic Cultural Center highlighting six New Mexican artists. Dr. Irene Vasquez and Dr. Ray Hernandez-Duran started the project Voces Del Pueblo seven years ago to advocate for their graduate program.
As a part of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Chicana and Chicano Studies, the exhibit opened at the cultural center, featuring six artists, former students of New Mexico Highlands University, showcasing works of advocacy, artistic expression, and community. “Most of the works in the show consists of paintings, but we also have drawings and prints. We have textiles,” said Ray Hernandez-Duran, PhD., chair of the Chicana and Chicano Studies Program.
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The exhibit highlights the impact of the Chicana/Chicano movement in the state by telling the stories of the earliest generations of cultural activists. There will be eight events being hosted alongside the exhibit from now into February.
The exhibit closes in February 2026…