Tyler Junior College and the Tyler Museum of Art are collaborating to present Latin Visions, a series of exhibitions and events celebrating Latino/Latina achievements, culture, and lifestyle. A variety of outstanding Latin artists and performers will be featured. All events are free and open to the public and will be held at the Tyler Museum of Art at 1300 South Mahon or across the street at the TJC Main Campus.

Art exhibitions will include Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Stories Your Mother Never Told You, on display August 5-September 14, 2003 at the Tyler Museum of Art. A twenty-year survey of Alvarez Munoz's work that blends improvised personal stories with her distinctive Chicana perspective, Stories Your Mother Never Told You expresses the artist's voice through works that combine photography and text. Young Latin Masters, a student exhibition from area high school artists, will be on display August 26-September 25, 2003 at the TJC Wise Auditorium Gallery. A second selection of Young Latin Masters artworks will be on display at the Wise Gallery from January 26 through February 26, 2004.

Other exhibitions include Luis Jimenez: Line, Form and Energy, September 10-November 30, 2003 at the Tyler Museum of Art, and Inked and Pressed: Prints of Benito Huerta, September 30-November 25, 2003 at the Wise Auditorium Art Gallery. Serie Project by Sam Coronado will be on display March 4-April 30, 2004 at the Wise Gallery and Jenkins Hall on the TJC Campus, and Mexican Visions/Visiones Mexicanas: Works on Paper from the Michael T. Ricker Collection of Mexican Art will be on view at the Tyler Museum of Art March 11-May 16, 2004. Tyler Museum of Art hours are 10–5:00. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:00–5:00 Sunday. TJC Wise Auditorium Art Gallery hours are 10:00–4:00 Monday through Thursday.

A variety of gallery talks, receptions, artist demonstrations, and docent-guided tours in English and Spanish will complement these exhibitions. Times and dates are listed in the Calendar of Events.

¡Fiesta Latina! will be held Saturday, August 30 from 2:00-5:00 on the Wise Fine Arts Center Plaza and the Tyler Museum of Art. Featuring food, music, exhibits, and TMA Family Day activities, ¡Fiesta Latina¡ will introduce the public and TJC students to Latin Visions. Festivities will include a performance by Juan Carlos< and Jeana Ureña at 2:30 p.m. on the plaza in front of Wise Auditorium. Juan Carlos, a well-known Costa Rican musician, and partner Jeana Ureña have combined their musical influences to create a unique program of folk music with both sociological and ecological messages. The Tyler Museum of Art Fiesta Latina Family Day will feature storytelling, art activities, refreshments, and an artist demonstration.

That same evening, Veronica Ortega will sing in English and Spanish at 7:30 p.m. in Wise Auditorium. A Spanish Star Search winner, Ms. Ortega received standing ovations at Carnegie Hall when she performed there at age 16. She has an incredible three-octave vocal range and her trio features cuatro and guitar master Eddie Lopez. They will perform spirituals, ballads, romantic boleros, children's folk songs, and dance tunes.

Latin Visions is a project of the Tyler Museum of Art, the Tyler Junior College Student Enrichment Series, the Helen S. Boylan Foundation, and the Rogers Endowment for Excellence.