Maceo Montoya
Muralist, visual artist, novelist,
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts and Literature
University of California at Davis
will deliver a lecture on
“Approaching Chicano Narratives”
at the Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center
(4th Floor Student Union) on
September 15, 2015, 3:30pm.
Montoya’s paintings, drawings, and prints have been featured nationally and internationally. As a muralist Montoya has completed a number of public art commissions, including youth-driven projects with the Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland and the Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA) in Woodland, CA. His Chicana/o Studies Mural Workshop classes have painted murals at Pacific Coast Producers Tomato Cannery, Yolo County Migrant Head Start, and Woodland Community College (visit, www.ucdmuralarchive.com).
Montoya’s published books include The Scoundrel and the Optimist (Bilingual Review, 2010; International Latino Book Award for Best First Book), The Deportation of Wopper Barraza (novel, U of New Mexico, 2014), and Letters to the Poet from His Brother (prints, poems, essays; Copilot, 2014).
Sponsored by the Schneider Fund of the Spanish Program (Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages), the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, and El Instituto: the Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies.
For more information, contact: El Instituto at elinstituto@uconn.edu