PRESS:
Diversifying the Superhero Canon: From Mel Casas to Renée Cox and the Department of Illegal Superheroes. August 26, 2019
The Whole Enchilada: 250 Years of Texas Art at the Witte Museum. August 23, 2019
https://glasstire.com/2019/08/23/the-whole-enchilada-250-years-of-texas-art-at-the-witte-museum/
CASETA 2019: “I thought all artists were dead.” May 18, 2019
https://glasstire.com/2019/05/18/caseta-2019-i-thought-all-artists-were-dead/
“Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines How the Vietnam War Changed American Art. March 7, 2019
Pop América, 1965-1975. February 21, 2019
https://nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions/pop-america-1965-1975/
THE POP ART OF MEL CASAS, Oct 21, 2018
https://laprensatexas.com/the-pop-art-of-mel-casas/?fbclid=IwAR1YjMQg6otFniDub0eaJne_RqBaTqYd4hhxs6Tr0gHwj4tntlX3tsHyfZE
American History Does Not Begin with the White Man: Indigenous Themes in the Work of Mel Casas. Opening Reception for Works of Mel Casas Sep 29, 2018
https://www.sanantoniomag.com/SAM/Calender/index.php/name/Opening-Reception-for-Works-of-Mel-Casas/event/17942/requiressl/true/
Learn About the Art of Mel Casas in San Antonio. September 24. 2018
https://glasstire.com/2018/09/24/learn-about-the-art-of-mel-casas-in-san-antonio/
American History Does Not Begin with the White Man: Indigenous Themes in the Work of Mel Casas. September 20. 2018
Mel Casas: Human. September 20, 2018
https://www.mcnayart.org/exhibitions/current/mel-casas-human
Mel Casas: Human. September 6. 2018
https://glasstire.com/events/2018/09/06/mel-casas-human/
Art With an Accent: Expanded Visions of ‘América’ in Several San Antonio Exhibitions
https://therivardreport.com/art-accent-expanded-visions-america-several-san-antonio-exhibitions/
Museums Turn Their Focus to U.S. Artists of Latin Descent, April 24. 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/arts/latinx-museums-artists.html
Los Tejanos: Chicano Art from the Cheech Marin Collection. January 12, 2018
How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney’s Latin America and Latin America’s Disney. September 9, 2017
Mel Casas: ‘Iconic Reality’ at Ruiz-Healy. November 6, 2017
https://glasstire.com/2017/11/06/mel-casas-iconic-reality-at-ruiz-healy/
Mel Casas: Iconic Reality. October 18, 2017
https://glasstire.com/events/2017/10/11/mel-casas-iconic-reality/
Mel Casas: Iconic Reality. October 18, 2017
https://ruizhealyart.com/exhibitions/mel-casas-iconic-reality/
Special exhibition honoring the works of the late Mel Casas opens at Ruiz-Healy Art. October 18, 2017
Jackelope. November 25, 2015
https://glasstire.com/2015/11/25/jackelope/
Mia Lopez, "In San Antonio, a Chicano Painter Who Paired Pop Art with Pointed Politics," Hyperallergic, October 19, 2015
Elda Silva, “Casas remembered at Centro de Artes,” MySA, June 26, 2015.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/weekender/2015/06/casas-remembered-at-centro-de-artes/
Brenda Pina (31 pictures), “Sex and Cinema featuring Mel Casas’ humanscape paintings opens in Southtown,” MySA, June 26, 2015.
Robert Johnson (compiler), “29 Things to know about this weekend in San Antonio,” June 25, 2015.
http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/slideshow/28-things-to-know-about-this-weekend-112232/photo-8206054.php
Elda Silva, “Demasiado grande para una galería,” Conexión (Spanish language supplement to the San Antonio Express-News) June 17, 2015.
Kristian Jaime, “TAMU opens clichés of a different sort,” La Prensa, June 15, 2015.
Elda Silva, “Casas Exhibit too big for one gallery,” San Antonio Express-News, June 11, 2015.
Ruben C. Cordova, video link on mysanantonio, June 11, 2015 (San Antonio Express-News).
http://video.mysanantonio.com/Mel-Casas-exhibit-curator-talks-about-artists-work-29227592
Getting the Big Picture: Mel Casas and the Politics of the 1960s and 1970s. June 5, 2015
Bryan Rindfuss, “10 Things You Have to do This Weekend,” San Antonio Current, June 4, 2015.
http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2015/06/04/10-things-you-have-to-do-this-weekend?page=4
Marco Aquino, “Mel Casas Retrospective to open at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center,” Rivard Report, June 3, 2015. http://www.therivardreport.com/mel-casas-retrospective-to-open-at-guadalupe-cultural-arts-center/
Benjamin Zaragoza, "Creative of the Month: Mel Casas," City of San Antonio Department for Culture & Creative Development (DCCD), June 2, 2015.
“Getting the Big Picture: Mel Casas and the Politics of the 1960s and 1970s in San Antonio,” “Hecho en Aztlán, May 11, 2015. http://www.notesfromaztlan.com/2015/05/11/getting-the-big-picture-mel-casas-and-the-politics-of-the-1960s-and-1970s-in-san-antonio
Glen Warchol, "Exhibit: Latinos in America," Feb 4, 2015
http://saltlakemagazine.com/blog/2015/02/04/exhibit-latinos-in-america/
David S. Rubin, Visual Art Source, Latino Studies, Editors' Roundtable
http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=22&aID=2631
Remembering Mel Casas (1929-2014), January 7, 2015
http://eyelevel.si.edu/2015/01/remembering-mel-casas-1929-2014.html
Elda Silva, "Mel Casas, American artist," February 25, 2014 : Updated: February 26, 2014
http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/Mel-Casas-American-artist-5267131.php
Ansley Lewis, "Chicano arts pioneer Casas flouts tradition," The Ranger, February 21, 2014.
http://www.theranger.org/2014/02/21/chicano-arts-pioneer-casas-flouts-tradition/
Mel Casas, 1929-2014. December 2, 2014
https://glasstire.com/2014/12/02/mel-casas-1929-2014/
“Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Oct. 25
Released: 20-Aug-2013 11:50 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Smithsonian Institution.
Kristina Puga, A stunning spotlight on the Latino presence in American art, Oct. 30, 2013.
Nancy L. Kelker, Mel Casas: Artist as Cultural Adjuster Paperback, Sept. 4, 2013
Elda Silva, Smithsonian buys local works, Monday, July 23, 2012.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/life/article/Smithsonian-buys-local-works-3723736.php
Rebecca Cedillo, Chicano Artitst Mel Casas, Posted 6th October 2012.
http://d104.blogspot.com/2012/10/chicano-artst-mel-casas.html
Ruben C. Cordova, The Cinematic Genesis of the Mel Casas Humanscape, 1965-1967, Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, v36 n2 p51-87 Fall 2011.
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ962078
Sarah Fisch, "Art missions," San Antonio Current, Jan. 28, 2009.
http://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/art-missions/Content?oid=2285344
http://serieproject.org/airspotlight-gaspar-enriquez/
Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Mel Casas: Humanscapes, Oct. 22 – Nov. 23, 1976, organized by James Harithas
http://camh.org/exhibitions/mel-casas-humanscapes#.VQtD-OHp9pk
C.I.A., Chicano Image Achievement: Co-extension of the Barrio.
http://www.latinoartcommunity.org/community/ChicArt/ArtistDir/MelCas.html