{"id":455187,"date":"2026-10-03T10:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455187\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:42:18","slug":"meet-san-antonio-artist-vincent-valdez-and-take-home-a-print-from-his-new-americans-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455187\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez and take home a print from his \u2018New Americans\u2019 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/support.tpr.org\/a\/tpr-newsletter-signup?_gl=1*1qdmxfl*_ga*MjI5ODI0MTQ5LjE2NDUxMjA0MTM.*_ga_0B2CYK6231*czE3NjI1NTQ2ODUkbzM0NDMkZzEkdDE3NjI1NTQ2OTIkajUzJGwwJGgw\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TPR Today<\/a>, Texas Public Radio&#8217;s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez will give away prints of his drawings from his &#8220;The New Americans&#8221;series Saturday at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>The drawings depict people, communities and scenes from across the country, creating what the artist describes as a portrait of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Valdez is known for his richly detailed portraits of Latinos and artwork exploring Latino history and identity. His work has also confronted difficult chapters of American history, including the lynching of Latinos and the displacement of communities.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Recent MacArthur Foundation grant recipient and San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez\"  width=\"880\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791024138_984_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ACLU of Texas<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p> Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<p>Recent MacArthur Foundation grant recipient and San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez<\/p>\n<p>Valdez was recently named a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation \u201cgenius grant,\u201d which provides $800,000 over five years with no restrictions on how recipients use the funding. <\/p>\n<p>Valdez is also the ACLU of Texas\u2019 artist-in-residence, a program exploring how art can build community and help create a more inclusive state.<\/p>\n<p>At Saturday\u2019s event, Valdez will meet with visitors and share prints of his drawings for them to take home and distribute in their own communities.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Vincent Valdez's drawing of American labor leader and activist Dolores Huerta, as part of his &quot;New Americans&quot; series\"  width=\"880\" height=\"541\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ed34eec\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1024x630+0+0\/resize\/880x541!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2F1c%2Fb1de0bc84426ac33555046950ea8%2Fvaldez-huerta-drawing.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ACLU of Texas<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p> Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Valdez&#8217;s drawing of American labor leader and activist Dolores Huerta, as part of his &#8220;New Americans&#8221; series<\/p>\n<p>The event begins at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore, 1300 Guadalupe Street in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio&#8217;s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-455187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}