Lowrider Tag: Culture

  • Artist: Nicolas Herrera

    Articles: Nicholas Herrera is an Outsider / folk artist from Northern New Mexico. His relatives were among the early settlers who came to New Mexico with Onate in 1598. Nicholas is a descendent of landowners, farmers, artists, and soldiers.As a young man he walked a wild and precariously thin line until a sudden near-death experience,…

  • Article: Cars will change more in the next decade than they have in the past century

    While the look and feel of our cars has changed in the past 100 years, the way we drive them hasn’t. But fundamental change is coming. In the next decade, not only will the way they’re powered and wired have shifted dramatically, but we won’t be the ones driving them anymore. https://theconversation.com/cars-will-change-more-in-the-next-decade-than-they-have-in-the-past-century-113585

  • Video: Lowrider, Hoppers & Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico

    Lowrider documentary by the New Mexico History Museum. This 40 min documentary features interviews with New Mexico Lowriders including Seco Live artist Pam Jaramillo.

  • Article: How Rose Simpson’s lowrider is an homage to Pueblo potters

    SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. — While studying automotive science, Rose B. Simpson built a moving piece of art: “Maria,” a black, refurbished 1985 Chevrolet El Camino named for famed Pueblo potter Maria Martinez. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-rose-simpsons-lowrider-is-an-homage-to-pueblo-potters

  • Video: Lowriders culture in Brazil – Vida Santa B.C.

    Meet a very special Bike Club in Ribeirão Preto – Brazil. When we think of Lowrider’s culture, we quickly connect with Mexico the United States, but in Ribeirão Preto, the countryside of São Paulo, there is a group representing and spreading the Lowriders culture, full of style and respect! Find out how bikes are built…

  • Video: EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY “LOW & SLOW: CULTURE ON THE BORDER”

    Here’s A Preview Of The El Paso Museum Of History Presentation Of The “Low & Slow: Lowrider Culture On The Border”

  • Artist/Curator: Toby Morfin

    The city of Española wanted a lowrider-inspired art show the day before the big Lowrider magazine sanctioned car show in New Mexico. The city decided to sponsor the location, and ultimately chose Toby Morfin as the curator because of his knowledge in the lowrider art scene. Social Media: TobyMorfin on Instgram https://www.instagram.com/tobymorfinart/?hl=en Toby Morfin on…

  • Artist: Susan Guevara

    One of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year, 2005 “…Susan Guevara just gets more and more creative with every Chato book she illustrates…with “Chato Goes Cruisin’” she’s hit her peak.  she’s grown so comfortable with her art that she’s willing to shake it up a bit for the sake of…

  • Artist: El Moises

    Social media: https://www.facebook.com/ChicanoPop/ Articles: Growing up in the Southwest, the soon-to-be artist named Moises would gain a love for the Chicano cultural and scene at an early age. It helped a lot that his father used to work on cars and paint lowriders too. That in itself would give him the opportunity to look at…

  • Photo Essay: A Visual History of Lowriders

    When Mexican American communities of Southern California started the lowriding phenomenon, they were actually giving an automotive update to an old country tradition. https://timeline.com/a-visual-history-of-lowriders-2847be00ac30

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