By the Artist

 

Writings

 

Taste, censorship and cultural threats. With Gordon Brown. Eye-Level Magazine (Denver). January, 2003.

 

Interviews

 

Romero, Vicki. Esta Semana. KRMA Television (Denver). July 29, 1976.

Zappala, Janet. Early Evening News. KCNC Television (Denver). August 23, 1984.

Romero, Vicki. News Segment. KMGH Television (Denver). May 17, 1986.

Ortega, Yolanda. Mi Linda Raza. KCNC Television (Denver). August 17, 1986.

Zappala, Janet. Denver Showcase. KCNC Television (Denver). August 23, 1987.

Beresford, Therese. The Art Seen (Denver). November 20, 1998.

Esser, Gaston Yanes. Arte y Muerte. La Paloma Optivisora (Mexico City). October 1, 2000.

Mallory, Elizabeth. They Magazine (Denver). November 2001, pp. 1-11.

 

Published Images

 

Porcupine Shadows. Artists-in-the-Schools Calendar. Colorado Council on the Arts & Humanities. 1978.

My Mama Wrote a Letter . . . New Haven Register. April 24, 1983, p. D3.

My Mama Wrote a Letter . . . New York Times (Late City). April 24, 1983, p. 10CN.

Sun So Hot I Froze to Death. Westword (Denver). May 16, 1984, p. 17.

Red-Headed Devils . . . Imagenes Catalogue (Arvada, CO): Arvada Center for the Arts, 1985.

Red-Headed Devils . . . Center Magazine (Arvada, CO). March, 1985, cover.

Waiting for the Time Warp. Center Magazine (Arvada, CO). March, 1985, p. 3.

Waiting for the Time Warp. La Voz (Denver). March 6, 1985, p. 7.

Red-Headed Devils . . . Westword (Denver). March 20, 1985, p. 19.

Red-Headed Devils . . . Rocky Mountain News (Denver). March 22, 1985.

Introspect. CHAC Reporter (Denver). June, 1986, cover.

I Had a Dream . . . Prisoners of Conscience Catalogue. Denver, CO: Arvada Center for the Arts, 1986.

I Had a Dream . . . CHAC Reporter (Denver). September, 1986, cover.

Long Distance Call. CHAC Reporter (Denver). January, 1987, cover.

La Gioconda: the Daydream Continues. Art Barn Catalogue. Denver, CO: Art Barn, Inc., 1987.

A Matter of Controversy. Art Barn Catalogue. Denver, CO: Art Barn, Inc., 1987.

La Gioconda: the Daydream Continues. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). September 15, 1987, p. 44.

La Gioconda: the Daydream Continues. Westword (Denver). September 30, 1987, p. 27.

Walking Stick. Denver Magazine. December, 1987, p. 73.

Esperando (The Saving . . . ). Denver Magazine. December, 1987, p. 74.

Failing to Communicate. Expresiónes Hispanas Catalogue. Golden, CO: Adolph Coors Company, 1988.

Failing to Communicate. Center Magazine (Arvada, CO). October, 1988, cover.

Failing to Communicate. The Denver Post. October 2, 1988, p. 1D.

Failing to Communicate. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). October 7, 1988, pp. 1W, 8W.

Lady Agnew and the Raven (Models . . . ). La Voz (Denver). December 7, 1988, p. 11.

The Color of Money. KVOD Guide (Denver). October, 1989, cover.

Failing to Communicate. Miami Herald. October 3, 1989, p. C1.

La Seducción. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). May 13, 1990, p. 3D.

The Angel Came to Rest. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). May 13, 1990, p. 3D.

A Conservationist's Scheme. Clean Air Calendar. Denver, CO: American Lung Association of Colorado, 1992.

Casa Cosa (Time Traveler), The Denver Post. September 9, 1992, p. F1.

Then I Found Myself . . . Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. March 26, 1993, p. E1.

Pueblo Levy Mural Work. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). May 24, 1993, p. 5A.

Pueblo Levy Mural Work. The Denver Post. June 12, 1993, p. 1B.

The Color of Money. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). July 6, 1995, p. 5A.

Not in the Cards. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). March 23, 1997, p. 1D.

Buyer's Choice. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). April 15, 1999, p. 7D.

La Gioconda (digital art). Studio C Desktop Calendar. Boulder, CO: KBCO Radio, 2000.

The Duo. New Mexico Photographer. Spring, 2000, p. 36.

Earth-8. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). June 25, 2000, p. 16D.

The Secret. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). March 2, 2001, p S2.

The Outsiders. The Denver Post. March 23, 2001, p. 10EE.

La Seducción. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001, cover.

The Boss. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001, p. 6.

Capitol Hill. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001, p. 6.

Relatives. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001, p. 7.

Solarized Jesus (digital art). Visual Art Trends (New York City). June, 2001, p. 4.

The Feast. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). September 21, 2001, p. 7A.

Failing Gioconda (digital art). Digital Photography & Design Magazine (Sydney). Autumn 2001, p. 66.

Rain Dance. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, cover (rotating, ltd ed printing).

Dark Clouds Through Rose-Colored Glasses. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, cover (rotating, ltd ed printing), p. 4.

Blah-Blah-Blah. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, cover (rotating, ltd ed printing), p.2.

Goethe. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p.3

The Decision. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p.5.

Family Hour. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p.7

Scarlet. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p.8

The Conqueror. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p.10

Fish Brides (digital art). Digital Photography & Design Magazine (Sydney). Winter, 2001, p. 41.

Empty Promises. An Affair of the Arts Catalogue. Denver, CO: Art Students League of Denver, 2001.

Triumph. Of Earth and Work Catalogue. Longmont, CO: Old Firehouse At Center, 2002.

La Gioconda - the Daydream Continues. Big News (New York City). April, 2002, cover.

Goddess. Big News (New York City). April, 2002, p. 8.

The Deluge (digital art). Big News (New York City). April, 2002, p. 8.

The Power. Big News (New York City). April, 2002, p. 9.

Lightning Striking the Great Pyramid. The Denver Post. June 2, 2002, p. 3F.

Lady Agnew & the Raven (Models . . . ). Artists for Colorado's Youth. Denver, CO: Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, 2002.

Help, I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up. Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002.

Then I Found Myself . . . Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002.

Failing to Communicate. Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002.

The Power. Westword (Denver). January 1, 2004, p. 25.

The Power. The Denver Post. January 2, 2004, p. 12FF.

Failing to Communicate. Chicano Art for Our Millennium. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2004.

Dachau Vessel. Colorado Modern Magazine (Denver). Spring, 2005, cover, p. 6.

Standing on the Edge. Colorado Modern Magazine (Denver). Spring, 2005, p. 7.

The Power. Colorado Modern Magazine (Denver). Spring, 2005, p. 9.

The Best Man and the Wedding Cake. Triumph of Our Communities. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2005, p. 163.

The First Noel. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). February 17, 2006, p. 16D.

The Voyeur. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2006, cover.

We All Have to Go Sometime. Westword (Denver). April 12, 2007, p. 35.

We All Have to Go Sometime. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). April 27, 2007, p. 22.

La Tumba de Tradición. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2007, cover.

Modele de Mode (digital art). Rocky Mountain News (Denver). August 31, 2007, p. 28.

The Secret Was Kept Beyond His Passing. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). August 31, 2007, p. 28.

Standing at Land's End. Art 5 Catalogue. Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico State University, 2007.

Seeking the Truth. Extinction Catalogue. Denver, CO: Denver Botanic Gardens, 2007.

Dachau Vessel. Sculptural Pursuit Magazine (Littleton, CO). Fall, 2008.

 

 

About the Artist

 

Articles and Reviews

 

Gonzales, Shirley. De La Cruz Displays Range. New Haven Register. May 1, 1983, p. D9.

Price, Max. De La Cruz Works Worth the Journey. The Denver Post. August 26, 1984.

Clegg, Nancy. The Gravity of the Situation. Westword. August 28, 1984, p. 22.

Meadows, Mary. Art News. La Voz (Denver). March 12, 1986, p. 13. Follow-up letters to the editor, Jerry De La Cruz (April 9, p. 6), Mary Meadows (April 16, p. 11), Paul Brown (April 30, p. 4B), Mary Meadows (May 14, p. 4), Eduardo Cerviño (May 21, p. 4); Leo Tanguma (June 18, p. 4).

Hispanic Artist's Painting Joins Collection. Denver Art Museum Magazine. June, 1986.

Gallo, Bill. Art Sticks in Craw of Some Beholders. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). July 18, 1986, p. 4.

Howard, Betsy. He Mixes Styles, Causes: Jerry De La Cruz has a line on skill, art activism. Denver Magazine. December, 1987, pp. 73-74.

Pitman, Lyman. 'On the Edge' Unexpected. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). May 13, 1990, p. 3D.

Wetuski, Jodi. R.E.M. Revisited. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). July 6, 1995, p. 5A.

Chandler, Mary Voelz. Never Say Never. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). April 15, 1999, pp. 7D, 8D.

Local Artist Receives Painting Fellowship. Denver Urban Spectrum. August, 2000, p. 28.

Jones, Raymond Dean. De La Cruz a Real Cinco de Mayo Treat. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001, pp. 6-7.

Alvarado, Joaquín. Jerry De La Cruz. Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002.

O'Donnell, Dana. Dimensions in an Artful Life: The Extraordinary Journey of Jerry De La Cruz. Colorado Modern Magazine (Denver). Spring, 2005, pp. 6-9.

Bain, Don. The Power & Glory of Tres Voces. La Voz (Denver). April 18, 2007, p. 9.

Chandler, Mary Voelz. Digital Brush Strokes. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). August 31, 2007, p. 28.

Singer, Daliah, Best Bets: Jerry De La Cruz at Museo de las Americas, 5280.com (Denver). October 14, 2015.

Jones, Corey H, Denver's Jerry De La Cruz Finds the Archaeology in Art, Colorado Public Radio (Denver). November 6, 2015.

Rinaldi, Ray Mark, Tripping with Jerry De La Cruz at Denver's Museo, The Denver Post, December 17, 2015.

Paglia, Michael, Art Review: The Museo Showcases Jerry De La Cruz's Shape-Shifting Career, Westword January 13, 2016.

 

 

Including the Artist

 

Books and Catalogues

 

Imagenes. Arvada, CO: Arvada Center for the Arts, 1985.

Prisoners of Conscience. Arvada, CO: Arvada Center for the Arts, 1986.

Art Barn One. Denver, CO: Art Barn, Inc., 1987.

Expresiónes Hispanas. Golden, CO: Adolph Coors Company, 1988.

An Affair of the Arts. Denver, CO: Arts Students League of Denver, 2001.

Artists for Colorado's Youth. Denver, CO: Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, 2002.

Of Work and Earth. Longmont, CO: Old Firehouse Art Center, 2002.

Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2002.

Chicano Art for Our Millennium. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2004.

Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2005.

Art 5: 5 State Regional Invitational. Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico State University, 2007.

Extinction. Denver, CO: Denver Botanic Gardens, 2007.

 

Articles and Reviews

 

Bourne, Kay. Regional Artists Unite in Tubman Exhibition. Bay State Banner (Boston). April 23, 1981.

Clegg, Nancy. A Well-Hung Show. Westword (Denver). March 21, 1984 p. 22.

Clegg, Nancy. Spark Plugs. Westword (Denver). May 16, 1984, p. 17.

Peña, Lydia & Ramos Medina, Elizabeth. Chicano Art: Visions of the Past, Present and Future. La Voz (Denver). March 6, 1985, pp. 7-8.

Clegg, Nancy. Art with an Hispanic Accent. Westword (Denver). March 20, 1985, p. 19.

Clurman, Irene. Chicano Exhibition Paints Their Portrait. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). March 22, 1985.

Clurman, Irene. Museum Gives Brief Nod to Area Artists. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). January 24, 1986, p. 8W.

Hamby, Hollis. Colorado Art Attack. Art Talk (Scottsdale, AZ). April/May, 1986, p. 43.

Prisoners of Conscience at Arvada Center. CHAC Reporter (Denver). September, 1986, p. 1.

Hamby, Hollis. Colorado Art Attack. Art Talk (Scottsdale, AZ). February, 1987, p. 40.

Enthusiasts Plan Art Festival. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). September 15, 1987, p. 44.

Heath, Jennifer. Art Barn One Showcases Surrealism. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). September 25, 1987, p 16W.

Clegg, Nancy. A Fine Stable of Artists. Westword (Denver). September 30, 1987, p. 27.

Heath, Jennifer. Self Portraits Help Viewers Identify with the Artists. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). January 22, 1988, p. 8W.

Clegg, Nancy. Alternating Currents. Westword (Denver). September 7, 1988, p. 34.

Rawlings, Irene. 'Expresiónes Hispanas' a Powerful Show Full of Drama, Vivid Color. The Denver Post. October 2, 1988, pp. 1D, 9D.

Heath, Jennifer. Fresh Wind. Rocky Mountain News. October 7, 1988, p. 8W.

Rawlings, Irene. Alternative Art Show Cries Out for Innovation. The Denver Post. November 6, 1988.

Romero, Tomas. Learning from the Masters. La Voz (Denver). December 7, 1988, p. 11.

McQuay, David. Hotbed of Culture. The Denver Post. May 2, 1989, pp. S8-S9.

Contemporary Sparks Fly from Traditional Art Form. The Denver Post. September 9, 1992, pp. F1-2.

Rosen, Steven. Contrasts Enliven Show of Retablos. The Denver Post. September 9, 1992, pp. F1-3.

Harris, Rosemary. Politics on Canvas. Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. March 26, 1993, p. E1.

Porter, Mary Jean. Pueblo's Places. The Pueblo Chieftain (CO). March 23, 1997, p. 1D.

Giffen, Glenn. Faculty Art. The Denver Post. September 3, 1999, p. 26E.

Ditmer, Joanne. For Your Visual Vocabulary. The Denver Post. March 10, 2000, p. 20E.

Paglia, Michael. Hot Shots. Westword (Denver). April 13, 2000, p. 63.

Ditmer, Joanne. Artful Legends. The Denver Post. January 21, 2001, p. I1.

Yip, Leanna & Ptasznik, Julia. Digital Art: Taking a Cue From History. Visual Arts Trends (New York City). June 2001, pp. 1-8.

Gluckstern, J. Old Firehouse Show Explores Work, Earth. Boulder Daily Camera (CO). March 24, 2002, p. D1.

Chandler, Mary Voelz. Trading Spaces. Rocky Mountain News (CO). August 20, 2002, p. 7D.

Chandler, Mary Voelz. The Colors of the Canvas Aren't Easy to Balance. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). November 2, 2002, pp. 8D, 9D.

Chandler, Mary Voelz: 'Never Leaving' Like Two Shows. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). February 17, 2006, p. 16D.

Paglia, Michael. Turf Wars. Westword (Denver). March 2, 2006, p. 46.

Hirose, Lorie. Colorado Mills Mural Project. KUSA Television (Denver). May 19, 2006.

Froyd, Susan. Culture Shock. Westword (Denver). April 12, 2007, p. 35.

MacMillan, Kyle. Three Voices, One Worthwhile Exhibit. The Denver Post. April 20, 2007.

Chandler, Mary Voelz. Messages Loud and Clear. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). April 27, 2007, p. 22.

Paglia, Michael. Art Reviews:'Una Cultura: Tres Voces' and 'Altar Girls.' Westword (Denver). May 3, 2007.