The Puerto Rican Literature Project

César V. Quiñones—poet, painter, and graphic artist—was born in 1952 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He holds a BA from the University of Puerto Rico and was part of the efforts to organize the Association of the Latino Brotherhood of Artists (ALBA) while at Northeastern Illinois University. Quiñones worked as an educational counselor for Latinx communities and was part of the Puerto Rican community organization, El Taller, through their poetry and silk-screen workshops. 

Works Cited

Association of the Latin Brotherhood of Artists (ALBA). “ALBA : Latino Artist Organization.” Brochure, 1974. International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston, https://icaa.mfah.org/s/en/item/857134#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1673%2C0%2C5895%2C3299.

“Contributors.” Revista Chicano-Riqueña, vol. 5, no. 1, 1977, p. 129.

Ramírez, Gamaliel. “Interview with Gamaliel Ramírez from the El Taller organization, Chicago, Illinois, part 1.” Realizada por Philip B. George. Library of Congress, 1977, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20758/.