Visual Art

In late June of 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a prominent gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. This raid sparked a series of demonstrations by an outraged, oppressed community, often referred to as the Stonewall Riots or Stonewall Uprising, that are seen as the precursor to the Gay liberation movement and the continued fight for LGBT rights.

“Printmaking is one of the art forms that gets lost in the shuffle,” says Ken General, executive director of PrintMatters.

With exhibitions and performances at more than 20 venues across the city, Houston’s spring of Latino art is in full-swing.