Latina Artist Ethel Shipton Chronicles Borderland Experience

Dr. Ricardo Romo, La Prensa Texas, June 22, 2025

By Ricardo Romo PhD.
The Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery in New York City presents Vast and Varied : Texan Women Painters. a group exhibition that includes works by Marta Sanchez and Eva Marengo Sanchez, among others. This overview essay is part two of my review of the exhibit and will focus on Ethel Shipton. Ethel Shipton grew up in the borderland community of Laredo, Texas during a time when the border was more open, and movement back and forth across the Rio Grande international bridge was more fluid.

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