When Ana Fernandez and Ruth Leonela Buentello paint, they’re not just creating art — they’re shaping a legacy. For so long, Latin@s in America have felt a gaping hole where the genuine representation ...

When you hear the word home what comes to mind? A place of safety? Of uncertainty? Does the word elicit a sense of belonging? Is it an abstract idea or a real place? These are among the questions ...

Every room except the bedroom of Ana Fernandez’s East Side home is set up for painting. Since the house isn’t equipped with central air and heat, the artist, known for her paintings of modest barrio ...

A 36-year-old homeless man shot by his ex-girlfriend on a Bronx street clung to life for more than a year before dying — and now his death is considered a homicide, cops said Friday. But speaking to ...

Turn to any cable news channel, and you’ll hear endless chatter about borders and immigration, both in the Americas and abroad. But for all the talk, anti-immigrant policies still prevail. So San ...

Everyone has a unique recipe for success, and for Ana Fernandez-Parmet, it’s always been about putting family first—whether it’s her own husband and children (and now grandchildren) or the women ...

Laguna Art Museum capped its 13th annual Art + Nature celebration last weekend with its commissioned artist Ana Teresa Fernández bringing the masses to the beach in hopes of creating a community of ...

There’s a 50-foot strip of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales in Sonora, Mexico that bears little resemblance to the rest of the nearly 2,000 mile barrier separating the two countries. Rather ...

Welcome to KQED Arts’ Women to Watch, a series celebrating 20 local artists, creatives and makers who are pushing boundaries in 2016. Driven by passion for their own disciplines, from photography to ...

An unusual sight stood against the vast water at Ocean Beach on Sunday. Six-foot-tall cylinders of clear acrylic, filled to their brims with seawater, jutted into the sunny, blue sky. The cylinders ...

Three women who left Venezuela’s turmoil are trying to find their way forward at a culinary market that can make or break a small business. By Amelia Nierenberg By midafternoon on a recent Saturday, ...