Jerry De La Cruz
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Jerry De La Cruz is an American fine artist working in Denver, Colorado. He was the first living Mexican American
artist
to have his work acquired for the Permanent Collection of the Denver Art Museum
(1986). He was also commissioned to create a commemorative digital photo mosaic for the grand opening of the new Libeskind wing of the same museum (2006). Included in The Denver Post
's curator survey results as one of the 36 most influential regional artists of the 20th century, the artist currently lives and works in his native Denver, Colorado
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Chicano
The terms "Chicano" and "Chicana" are used in reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent. However, those terms have a wide range of meanings in various parts of the world. The term began to be widely used during the Chicano Movement, mainly among Mexican Americans, especially in the movement's...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
to have his work acquired for the Permanent Collection of the Denver Art Museum
Denver Art Museum
The Denver Art Museum is an art museum in Denver, Colorado located in Denver's Civic Center.It is known for its collection of American Indian art,and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 68,000 works from across the world....
(1986). He was also commissioned to create a commemorative digital photo mosaic for the grand opening of the new Libeskind wing of the same museum (2006). Included in The Denver Post
The Denver Post
-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...
's curator survey results as one of the 36 most influential regional artists of the 20th century, the artist currently lives and works in his native Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
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Partial Bibliography
- Mary Voelz Chandler: “Digital Brush Strokes”. Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, Aug. 31, 2007; 28.
- Kyle MacMillan: “Three Voices, One Worthwhile Exhibit”. The Denver Post, Denver, CO, April 20, 2007.
- Don Bain: “The Power and Glory of Tres Voces”, La Voz Colorado, Denver, CO, April 18, 2007; 9.
- Susan Froyd: “Culture Shock”, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO, April 12, 2007; 35.
- Paglia, Michael. “Turf Wars”. Westword Magazine, Denver, CO, March 2, 2006; 46.
- Chandler, Mary Voelz: “’Never Leaving’ Like Two Shows’. Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, February 17, 2006; 16D.
- De La Cruz, Jerry. “The Best Man and the Wedding Cake” (art image). Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2005, 163.
- O’Donnell, Dana. “Dimensions in an Artful Life: The Extraordinary Journey of Jerry De La Cruz.” Colorado Modern Magazine, Denver, CO, Spring, 2005 (Vol. 2, #1): 6-9.
- Keller, Gary D., Erickson, Mary & Villeneuve, Pat. “Jerry De La Cruz.” Chicano Art for Our Millennium: Collected Works from the Arizona State University Community. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2004, 145-146.
- Alvarado, Joaquín. “Jerry De La Cruz.” Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Vole. I. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002, 150-151.
- De La Cruz, Jerry. “Fish Brides” (digital art). Digital Photography & Design, Sydney, Australia, Winter 2001: 41.
- Mallory, Elizabeth. “Jerry De La Cruz.” Interview. They Magazine, Denver, CO, November 2001 (Vol.4, #1): 1-11.