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Jennifer Palmer of UGA History earns prestigious NEH Fellowship

Jennifer Palmer, associate professor of history in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for 2022.

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2021 in Latinx Art

The end of 2021 also marks the end of the traveling retrospective for acclaimed lesbian Chicana photographer Laura Aguilar, who for decades turned her lens on Latinx, queer, and working-class communities of East Los Angeles and the San G

The work broke the record for the highest price paid for a Latin American artwork at auction

Frida Kahlo art fetches record $34.9m at auction

A painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for a record $34.9m (£25m).

It is the highest price paid at auction for a Latin American artwork.

Relatives prepare to spend the night next to the tomb of their loved ones during Day of the Dead festivities at the the Arocutin cemetery in Michoacan state, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day, families decorate the graves of departed relatives with flowers and candles, and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their deceased loved ones. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican Villagers try to preserve authentic Day of the Dead

AROCUTIN, Mexico (AP) — The famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s Lake Patzcuaro were once again thronged with visitors on Monday, economic relief for a tourist-dependent region that suffered from last year’s pandemic shutdown of the observance.

Georgia Gwinnett College student Alejandro Osorio hands a name tag to Melissa Hernandez from HYPE (Hispanic Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs). She was attending a networking event Tuesday that is part of the HACER (Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence in Results) program. HACER is a living/learning initiative for Latino students, and Tuesday’s event let students meet and network with representatives from corporations. PHOTOS BY MIGUEL MARTINEZ FOR THE AJC

Georgia colleges seek to fill Latino student needs

Helping them succeed in classroom, connect culturally on campus has become part of the mission of several of the state’s colleges and universities.