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Cuelgas de Castro was a Lipan Apache that was chosen to lead the Apaches and as time
went on other Apache leaders such as, Juan and Ramon Castro, were asked for their
assistance in protection from unlawful settlers or other warring Indians that had been
displaced by the United States government in the east. more…
Indigenous American Art
Emmanuel C. Montoya
Emmanuel is a descendant of Lipan
Apache and Mexican heritage and was born
in the small, south coastal town of Corpus
Christi, Texas. Emmanuel is an enrolled
member of the Lipan Apache Band of
Texas. For some forty-eight years
Emmanuel has been a resident of the San
Francisco Bay Area where he attended high
school and went on to college and earned a
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts
degree in printmaking at San Francisco
State University.
At its core, Emmanuel’s style is a collage of
many influences, from: the Chicano
movement of the late 1960s & 70s to the
master printmakers and muralists of
contemporary Mexico and Latin America
and the contemporary art movement in
North America during the 1930s and 40s.
When he was a young artist growing up in
San Francisco, Bill Graham’s 60’s rock
concert posters - with their splashing,
colorful imagery and flowing text that
represented the era and music of the time -
had a strong creative affect on him. Read
more.....
“My specific passion is for the relief print. The art of printmaking is
not just one impression - like a single painting or drawing.
Printmaking is many impressions, thus allowing a multitude of
participants to engage in a cultural tradition. As a master
printmaker, I cherish this creative process the most—it is my
contribution to society and it is my vision to carry forward this age-
old technology to meet the print technologies of the 21st century”.
Emmanuel C. Montoya
In 1992 the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, CA commissioned
Emmanuel to create a piece for the traveling exhibit Chicano
Codices, Encountering Art of the Americas.
Twenty-five Chicano artists were selected to create a contemporary
response to the
Mesoamerican Codices - a commemoration of 500 years of
Indigenous Resistance (1492 -1992). Read more…
In 1992 the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, CA commissioned
Emmanuel to create a piece for the traveling exhibit Chicano
Codices, Encountering Art of the Americas.
Twenty-five Chicano artists were selected to create a contemporary
response to the
Mesoamerican Codices - a commemoration of 500 years of
Indigenous Resistance (1492 -1992). Read more…
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Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Lipan Apache Band of Texas,
All Rights Reserved for Terms and Conditions click here.
Spanish Missionaries gave Lipan
Apache Band Chief Cuelga the name
Cuelga de Castro.
Indigenous American Art
Emmanuel C. Montoya
Emmanuel is a descendant of Lipan Apache and
Mexican heritage and was born in the small, south
coastal town of Corpus Christi, Texas. Emmanuel is
an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Band of
Texas. For some forty-eight years Emmanuel has
been a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area
where he attended high school and went on to
college and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Fine Arts degree in printmaking at San Francisco
State University.
At its core, Emmanuel’s style is a collage of many
influences, from: the Chicano movement of the late
1960s & 70s to the master printmakers and
muralists of contemporary Mexico and Latin
America and the contemporary art movement in
North America during the 1930s and 40s. When he
was a young artist growing up in San Francisco, Bill
Graham’s 60’s rock concert posters - with their
splashing, colorful imagery and flowing text that
represented the era and music of the time - had a
strong creative affect on him. Read more.....
