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Commissioned Pieces

Portrait of La Virgen de Guadalupe
Maria Tomasula
2008

Commissioned from Maria Tomasula (Michael P. Grace Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design), on permanent display in Notre Dame's Basilica since December 2008.

The Economy of Class and Culture
Juan Sánchez
2007

Commissioned for the second IUPLR Siglo XXI conference, held in Austin, Texas.

Coming Home
Ramón Ramírez
2006

Commissioned by the Institute for the Caras Vemos exhibition, 2006.


Liliana Wilson
2006

Commissioned by the Institute for the Primer Encuentro Nacional, 2006.

Tierra Nuestra
Malaquias Montoya
2005

Art for the Siglo XXI conference poster commissioned from Malaquias Montoya, 2005.

Cover art from Sheryl Luna’s Pity the Drowned Horses, the collection that won the 2004 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.
Malaquias Montoya
2004

The artwork was produced by the distinguished Chicano artist Malaquias Montoya, father of Andrés, a promising young poet who died in 1999.

Graciela
Cristina Cárdenas
2004

Artist Statement
Graciela Olivarez, who was born in Nogales in the midst of the Sonoran desert, was always heavily involved in the themes and problems of the border. She was a tireless fighter for the rights of women workers; for equal pay, and for services and benefits for workers who were also mothers.

The intense blue of the clean and inspirational desert evenings are reflected in Graciela's portrait, the hummingbird representing purity, wisdom, and a good augur for the life of this great woman lawyer.

The mountains of Sonora appear in the background giving the landscape a feeling of belonging and nostalgia; the roses are the most common link that we Latinos use to pay tribute to our beloved persons. These roses float like Graciela's thoughts of justice; they fly, full of vitality and hope, prophesying a better future for our brown race.

One of the petals forms the logo of the Institute for Latino Studies

Our Community
Nery Cruz
2002

Commissioned for the inauguration of the Institute's Center for the Study of Latino Religion.

Las Tres Marías
Malaquias Montoya
2001

Commissioned by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism. This piece was presented at the April 2002 conference 'Recovering the US Hispanic Catholic Heritage, co-sponsored by the Institute.

Un nuevo amanecer
Malaquias Montoya
1999

Commissioned for the Institute's inauguration, October 1999.

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