NOHHF Cultural Program
As one of the three pillars of the NOHHF, culture is embedded in our mission, the promotion and cultivation of the Hispanic heritage and culture through the New Orleans community and South Louisiana greater region has been an important part of our purpose as an organization. Since 2012 the NOHHF Cultural Program has been organizing and participating in cultural events that showcase the diverse Hispanic cultural heritage with the aspiration of creating a stronger more diverse and culturally rich community.
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute
cordially invite you to the presentation and talk
“Muralist Movement in the Americas, Crossing Borders Through Cultural Collaboration”
by Belinda Flores Shinshillas, B.F.A., M.A.
Flores Shinshillas will discuss how Art crossed America’s borders once again after the Mexican Revolution. Through the vision of José Vasconcelos, Mexico’s Minister of Education in the early 1920s, the state-sponsored muralism movement was launched to promote national identity, literacy, and post-revolutionary ideals, but the movement didn’t stay only in Mexico. Mexican muralism flourished in the USA during the 1930s, driven by "Los Tres Grandes"—Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, influencing artists like Jackson Pollock. She will also talk about the movement going south to the Continent, promoting indigenous, nationalist, and anti-colonial themes, influencing art throughout the continent. The presentation will show the muralism movement as one of the most important art movements of modern Mexico, with a legacy that goes beyond its original intent. It was a movement intended to recreate a national identity, but later influenced modern art movements in the entire continent.
May 21, 2026, at 5:30 PM | Mexican Cultural Institute
901 Convention Center Blvd. Suite 118
(entrance through Andrew Higgins Street)
The event is free and open to the public