Cultura

Cultura is the Spanish term meaning “Culture.” The artworks in this category represent cultural identity through religious iconography and key elements of indigenous, Latin American and Caribbean, and United States cultures. Cultural identity is a huge part of a person’s identity, be it related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, and generation. Artists of current and future generations express their artworks documenting cultural influence–sprinkled with political resistance to colonialism–in the United States. One of the most prominent is the Chola/Cholo/Cholx and Clowns which has been a popular form of social, cultural and political art in theChicana/Chicano/Chicanx community.