The Mighty Galleon
I chose the Mighty Galleon, as I think it represents a time when on the sea the mighty powers of the time clashed, and I think of the Spanish empire of that time. And how much they funded different...
View ArticleWhen Is a Partnership Not a Partnership? Reflecting on Inherent Challenges in...
In our research on supported education (SEd) programs in Canadian psychiatric hospitals, community-university partnerships have offered hopeful findings that demonstrate the potential for improved...
View ArticleLeisure sunset of Guanajuato
The scenery is based on Guanajuato in Mexico, a famous city known for their colorful buildings with a further historical significance behind the city. A total of 13 hours was spent on this piece, done...
View ArticleMariposas en Camino
I spent a total of about 10 hours on my painting. My painting is about a father and son enjoying looking at the monarch butterflies passing through a little Mexico Pueblito.
View ArticleUn Frijol Insignificante
I worked on this painting for five hours. I used acrylic paint on a canvas. Thia painting is about how you feel insignificant in a big world.
View ArticleChinese New Year painting
I made this painting to show what I have learned about Chinese New Year. This took about 11 hours over the course of 3 days.
View ArticleCheech sin su Chong
Cheech Marin was crucial to hispanic representation in film. As one of the most notable of Hispanic actors of the 80s, 90s and 2000s. He was in movies such as Desperado, Up in Smoke, and Spy Kids....
View ArticleHispanic Influence
For my painting, I illustrated different hispanic historical figures and artists, as well as other various aspects of hispanic culture. It features Miguel de Cervantes, Cesar Chavez, Hernan Cortes,...
View ArticleLa Pared de Frida
Our class spent time studying Frida in our unit Identidades Personales y Públicas. We talked about the personal meaning of Frida’s work along her public identity, and then our own. As we examined our...
View ArticleMano de Miel
My whole life I heard parents tell stories about what they thought the United States would be like and how they were so happy to come here. "This is the place dreams become reality," they would say....
View ArticleMonterrey, mi patria
This is a ceramic plate representing where my family is from. There are cacti because Monterrey, Mexico is in the dessert. The water represents the river that divides Mexico and the United States in...
View ArticleMi Niñez
This work is a sculpture of a piñata. While this tradition has been adopted by many cultures, the Mexican culture has always used them. They originated when the Christmas tradition of Las Posadas...
View ArticleA la Iglesia
Most Hispanic countries have a majority population of the Catholic religion. Ven if they are not practicing Catholics, churches and cathedrals cover Spanish speaking countries. My art is a...
View ArticleAncient Chinese New Year
This model took around three weeks , it is modeled after ancient Chinese architecture of Nobel houses. The inside dinner table is set to represent a traditional Lunar New Year reunion dinner with each...
View ArticleQuetzalcoatl
We spend more than 3-4 weeks doing the project because the first attempt of doing it was a total fail. Quetzalcoatl was one of the most important Gods of the Mesoamerican culture, also known as "The...
View ArticlePredictors of Happiness: Religion and Spirituality
Economics is the study of how people make decisions, and oftentimes those decisions revolve around accumulating tangible goods in order to maximize personal happiness (i.e. utility). However,...
View ArticleDisaster, Social Disorganization, and Crime in the Largest Cities in Texas
This study uses multiple regressions and moderation analysis to examine the relationship between disaster and crime in the 10 largest cities in Texas. The regressions revealed that yearly days with...
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