Bibliography

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 - Covers


Red-Headed Devils at Night Have No Mercy. Center Magazine (Arvada, CO). March, 1985.

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

I Had a Dream the Other Night. CHAC Reporter (Denver). September, 1986.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then I Found Myself in the Bushes Looking for That Hunk of Lead. Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. March 26, 1993, p. E1.

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

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

La Seducción. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2001.

Rain Dance, Dark Clouds Through Rose-Colored Glasses, and Blah, Blah, Blah (rotating). They Magazine (ltd ed, Denver). November, 2001.

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

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

The Voyeur. Denver Urban Spectrum. May, 2006.

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

Sun So Hot I Froze to Death. The Denver Post. December 17, 2015, p. 1E.

The Queen of Bling. The Denver Post. August 26, 2018, p. 1E.

Hombre. The Denver Post. Auugust 26, 2018, p. 1E.


Published Images - Interiors


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

My Mama Wrote a Letter and She Told Me Not to Worry. New Haven Register. April 24, 1983, p. D3.

My Mama Wrote a Letter and She Told Me Not to Worry. 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 at Night Have No Mercy. Imagenes Catalog. Arvada, CO: Arvada Center for the Arts. 1985.

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 at Night Have No Mercy. Westword (Denver). March 20, 1985, p. 19.

Red-Headed Devils at Night Have No Mercy. Rocky Mountain News (Denver). March 22, 1985.

I Had a Dream the Other Night. Prisoners of Conscience Catalog. Arvada, CO: Arvada Center for the Arts. 1986.

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

A Matter of Controversy. Art Barn Catalog. 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 (formerly The Saving of Bridgeport). Denver Magazine. December, 1987, p. 74.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Dark Clouds Through Rose-Colored Glasses. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, p. 4.

Blah-Blah-Blah. They Magazine (Denver). November, 2001, 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 Catalog. Denver, CO: Art Students League of Denver. 2001.

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

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 (formerly Models Prefer Warm Studios). 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 in the Bushes Looking for That Hunk of Lead. 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. Bilingual Press (Tempe, AZ). 2004.

Dachau Vessel. Colorado Modern Magazine (Denver). Spring, 2005, 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. Bilingual Press (Tempe, AZ). 2005, p. 163.

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

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.

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 Catalog. 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.

Failing to Communicate. 5280 Magazine (Denver). October 14, 2015.

The Angel Came to Rest. The Denver Post. December 17, 2015, p. 4E.

We All Have to Go Sometime. Westword (Denver). January 16, 2016, .

Annie. The Denver Post. August 26, 2018, p. 3E.

Survivor II. The Denver Post. Auugust 26, 2018, p. 3E.

Boots. The Denver Post. Auugust 26, 2018, p. 3E.

Dorothy. The Denver Post. Auugust 26, 2018, p. 3E.


About the Artist


Books and Catalogues


Salazar, Maruca (editor). A Road Well Traveled: An Art Life Retrospective. Ventana Enterprises, Inc. (Denver, CO). 2015.


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. Bilingual Press (Tempe, AZ). 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 Magazine (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, p. 1E.

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

Rinaldi, Ray Mark. Sacred fantasies: At Denver's Goodwill, an exhibit that questions the real value of all our stuff. The Denver Post. August 26, 2018, p. 1E.


Including the Artist


Books and Catalogs


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 (Denver). 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 (CO). 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'. Westword (Denver). May 3, 2007.