Lourdes Portillo with Yolanda López at the farmers’ market, photo courtesy of Professor Katynka Martinez
Lourdes Portillo with Yolanda López at the farmers’ market, photo courtesy of Professor Katynka Martinez
In honor of artist Yolanda López (1942 - 2021), READ a Special Tribute to Yolanda López by Albertina Zarazúa Padilla and the MiHistoria organization’s team: Laurie, Andrea, Neus, Wendy and Jennifer: Yolanda López: artist and iconoclast
Yolanda López has long been an influential artist and activist in the Bay Area and beyond. Her work, including her "Guadalupe series" of icon images that include paintings, drawings, collages and prints, and re-imagine the Virgen de Guadalupe as an icon of modern Chicana womanhood, continues to inspire and light the way for other artists. SEE Yolanda López’s work here: http://almalopez.com/projects/ChicanasLatinas/lopezyolanda3.html
READ The New York Times’ obituary for Yolanda López: Yolanda López, Artist Who Celebrated Working-Class Women, Dies at 78