Ricardo Castro Romo

1 week ago | laprensatexas.com | Ricardo Castro Romo

Escobar’s paintings, which capture the borderland experience past and present, are rich in narrative and color. An artist, educator, and community activist, Escobar draws and paints in his words, “What I have lived and experienced in my life.” The path to U.S. residency for Cris Escobar’s parents, Ramon and Maria Ascencion, began in the late 1930s. As a teenage vaquero in Coahuila, Mexico, Ramon Escobar looked north to the United States for better opportunities.

2 weeks ago | laprensatexas.com | Ricardo Castro Romo

By Dr. Ricardo RomoThe popular exhibition “Voces de Luz: Cambiando el Mundo con Arte y Amor” at La Peña Gallery in Austin celebrated International Women’s Day with a vibrant showcase of women artists. Curated by Dolores Garcia, the exhibit reintroduced me to the Dominican artist Scherezade Garcia of UT Austin and introduced me to several other Latina artists from the Texas Capital City whose artwork was new to me.

3 weeks ago | laprensatexas.com | Ricardo Castro Romo

A Spring 2025 Artpace Opening Reception & Artist Talk for the International Artists-in-Residence exhibition introduced San Antonio art lovers to Laura Veles Drey, Anita Fields, and Lorena Molina. Having followed the news last week of the US government’s role in deporting 200 Venezuelans to  El Salvador where they were imprisoned in one of Central America’s most deplorable jails, I took special notice of the comments of Salvadoran artist  Lorena Molina.

4 weeks ago | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Ricardo Castro Romo |John M. Chaston |Brigham Young

Download Download Full Text (426 KB) Microbiota, Local adaptation, microbiome Romo, Ricardo and Chaston, John M., "How Microbiota Affect the Drosophila Melanogaster Life History Approach" (2025). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2025. 37. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2025/37 Plant and Wildlife Sciences

1 month ago | laprensatexas.com | Ricardo Castro Romo

A front page Arts story in The New York Times [January 2025] featured the Philharmonic of San Antonio, perhaps a first for an orchestra from Texas. The story “After an Orchestra’s Rebirth, The Focus Turns to Thriving,”concluded with an optimistic observation from music director Jeffrey Kahane thatSan Antonio’s Philharmonic reorganization and new home in the Scottish Rite Hall will contribute to the “rebirth” of first-rate music performances in San Antonio.