Tag Archives: tijuana

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Kinsee Morlan

  Come to learn about Tijuana communities and workers’ conditions and struggles! Schedule (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.) 9:00 am sharp- San Ysidro/Tijuana border. Direction to meet here will be provided later. We will walk together … Continue reading →

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A little known fact about Tijuana’s “La Mona” statue

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Kinsee Morlan

Armando Muñoz Garcia needed money. “La Mona,” his famed 58-foot, habitable concrete sculpture of a nude woman towering over run-down homes and streams of garbage in a Tijuana gully, requires steady maintenance and upkeep. Plus, the self-taught artist needed to … Continue reading →

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La Mano de la Paz: Proposed public-art project in Tijuana

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Kinsee Morlan

t Standing at the western end of the United States / Mexico border fence is like being plopped into the middle of an awkward conversation between Frida Kahlo and Dick Cheney. Nowhere are the differences between the two cultures more apparent. … Continue reading →

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Tijuana rollerskating rink

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Kinsee Morlan
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Tijuana architecture tour

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Kinsee Morlan
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Art in Tijuana maquiladoras

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Kinsee Morlan

Guadalupe Rivemar Valle is a pragmatist. As director of Tijuana’s Sala Anguiano for the last three-and-a-half years, she’s seen how few people find time to stop by the downtown gallery to see the drawings, paintings and etchings of artist Raúl … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Tijuana’s canyon development

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Kinsee Morlan

Read my story on Oscar Romo, an architect and urban planner who wants to save Tijuana’s canyons by reusing the very trash and erosion that threaten them. Click here to read the full story and click here to view the … Continue reading →

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Tijuana bike ride

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Kinsee Morlan

Urban bikers ride Tijuana Time: Thursday, January 6 from  7 to 10 p.m. and every Thursday at 7 p.m. Location: Glorieta Lincoln: The  roundabout of BabyRock in Zona Rio “The route is not fixed. Each week will be different and … Continue reading →

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Tijuaneados Anonymous brings their film to San Diego

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Kinsee Morlan

The documentary, Tijuaneados Anonymous: a teardrop, a smile, will screen at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at SDSU’s Little Theatre. Here’s more on the movie: The border city of Tijuana, México is experiencing a crisis of unprecedented violence and ungovernability, … Continue reading →

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Gringos Living in Tijuana by Katherine Sweetman

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Kinsee Morlan

Katherine Sweetman’s documentary, Gringos Living in Tijuana, is screening tonight at 6 p.m. at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. Sweetman’s piece is part of the CONTRverse: Contemporary Visions of the US-Mexico Border exhibition on view at the SWC Art Gallery … Continue reading →

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