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2004
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•I am at present writing a thesis on the Virgin Mary, through the eyes of contemporary Irish women poets. These poets as yourself are determined to create different stories about many Catholic and Celtic Icons in order to present these women in a more sexual, strong light. --Loretta Qwarnstrom, Professor of English, University College of Dalama, Sweden (02/06/04)

•Your art work is wonderful although Im quite hesitant to show it to some people I believe should see it. -- Thomas Contender (02/26/04)

•i was happy to find your site and to read about the responses to your digital image of La Guadalupe. i believe you have much courage and understanding of la cultura and your modern place within it to portray such an image. --kleya forte-escamilla, artist (03/01/04)

•I'm a student at Loyola University Chicago. I'm working on a group presentantio on activist latina artists for may Latina Writers class. I came accross with your work and I thought it was really interesting. -- Angeles Perez, student, Loyola University Chicago (03/21/04)

•pero que desmadre por un retrato, it amazes me. -- Ricardo Juan, San Francisco (03/26/04)

•I find it interesting that this photo enraged so many people. To me it says a great deal about the way the feminine form is sexualized by society. --Alicia Brito (04/07/04)

•I just wanted to say that I'm a Cathoic girl, and I absolutely LOVE your digital collage, "Our Lady." --Aubry Hopkins, Kansas City, Kansas (04/12/04)

•Although I am not happy about having toÊforward the attached, I thought that you needed to know: Art museum to refrain from exhibiting blasphemous image of "La Virgen de Guadalupe" -- John A. Felts, Los Angeles (08/03/04)

•Friends, here we go again. -- Alma Lopez (08/03/04)

•Dear Friends, Alma Lopez, well-known lesbian artist, will be exhibiting one of her art pieces at the Fullerton Museum Center (Orange County, CA). La Voz de Aztlan, an online Chicana/o "news service" is trying to censor/boycott Alma's work. -- Monica Taher, GLAAD's People of Color Media Director (08/03/04)

•I can't believe that Ernesto is still on the prowl for Queer Chican@ Activists. He went all over the campus to try and get one of my e-board members from La Familia into trouble but was brushed off by our Student Life Director. -- Carlos A. Garcia, Administrative Trainee Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs La Familia de Cal Poly Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (08/03/04)

•I am not familiar with Ms. Lopez's work, but I am familiar with incendiary commentaries about images of the Virgen de Guadalupe, such as the one you received from Mr. Ernesto Cienfuegos. -- Marta Donayre, Co-Founder Love Sees No Borders (08/03/04)

•Ernesto Cienfuegos hosts a hateful website, which no one with an education would subscribe to or believe in. When the Voz de Aztlan editors (two life-mates, I think) are confronted about the hateful bigotry they spew---they hide behind their website and will not come out face to face. -- Victoria Delgadillo, Artist (08/03/04)

•It is extremely disturbing that Mr. Cinfuegos has written such a hateful letter to you about such an honest, creative and powerful artist like Ms. Lopez who cares greatly for her Mexican culture. He does not speak for all Mexicanos and he certainly does not speak for me, a well respected Chicana lesbian writer/performer who continues to create work from my two cultures and for my two cultures. -- Monica Palacios, Performance Artist (08/03/04)

•Here was the letter sent to Cienfuegos yesterday. I don't need to tell you how deceptive his response is. I'll be meeting with our Attorney tonight on another matter and hope he can provide me with some advise. -- Joe Felz, Director, Fullerton Museum Center (08/03/04)

•I have known of Alma Lopez's work for quite some time now. I value not only its quality - but her creativity. I wish we, the Latina/o community, had more artists like Alma Lopez whose only "sin" is to challenge her own talent. -- Monica Taher, GLAAD's People of Color Media Director (08/03/04)

•Friends! Thanks for ALL your e-mails! Below you will find the letter that the museum's Director sent to La Voz de Aztlan's Editor, Mr. Cienfuegos. The museum will go ahead with Alma's piece. He did not let La Voz intimidate him. In fact, he is talking to the museum's attorneys. This is the power of "la unidad." -- Monica Taher, GLAAD's People of Color Media Director (08/03/04)

•I have read what I believe to be most, if not all of the current demands and highly inflammatory "ALLEGATIONS" made by Mr. Cienfuegos and regard most of the information simply erroneous and truly poisonous in nature. Additionally, I was able to read Ms. Lopez's response letter(s) to both you and Mr. Cienfuegos and find creditability, as well as pragmatic reason, in favor of Alma's recount and response related to the facts. -- John Felts (08/04/04)

•Because you are (according to gente who know you), muy inseguro and you use the pretexto of protecting the Virgen but do not walk the talk when it comes to protecting real live women. The content of your little web site shows that. You are another sad example of why women all over the world are repressed by little males como usted. -- Yolanda Vargas, (08/04/04)

•First of all, thank you for your effort to include cutting-edge Chicana artists like Alma Lopez in the continuing artistic dialogue in Orange County. It is truly unfortunate that right-wing zealots like Mr. Cienfuegos feel they can speak for millions of Chicanas/os and Mexicans. -- Alex Ortega (08/04/04)

•The letter written by Cienfuegos regarding the work of Alma Lopez is disturbing and hateful. I hope you and the museum do not take this man seriously. -- Louis Sanchez (08/05/04)

•This is the response that I will be sending shortly to all of the inquiries we have rec'd based on the inaccurate stories from the "La Voz" website. This has been reviewed and approved by our Attorneys as well as by other City and Museum officials. -- Joe Felz, Director, Fullerton Museum Center (08/05/04)

•The caca gets thick around completely confused full of hate homophobes soÊI am apoligizing to you for them because they do not know any better. -- Lea Arellano, Poet (08/05/04)

•I strongly urge you and your institution not to succumb to the pressure of a few but rather to continue the mission of museums and gallery spaces and to showcase creativity and educate your visitors on multiple perspectives in a ever-changing world. Culture, art and religion are not stagnant but rather change and adapt with the times. --Tey Marianna Nunn, Ph.D., Curator of Contemporary Hispano and Latino collections, Museum of International Folk Art (08/06/04)

•I am so sorry to hear about the censorship. I AM glad that you informed us, because we need to know which obstacles of ignorance exist out there (Cienfuegos)...in order to overcome them, move them, go around them, and educate others in order to be fair and maintain the integrity of our freedom in this country to express ourselves. -- Antonio Rael, Artist (08/06/04)

•Every dog has their day and I (for one) would like to see these perros put back in their pen. -- Victoria Delgadillo, Artist, (08/06/04)

•Efforts to silence women, artists, minorities, lesbians and anyone who dares to take a different point of view run counter to the civil liberties that are the very basis of American society. It is not controversy that we should be afraid of but the chilling effects of censorship. --Joyce Ice, Ph.D., Director, Museum of International Folk Art (08/06/04)

•We have never "censored" the selections of our guest curator, Lynn LaBate, nor have we censored the work of Alma Lopez. -- Joe Felz, Director, Fullerton Museum Center (08/20/04)

•I am writing a lecture about religious art and personal identity and would like to include a section on your painting "Our Lady." -- Karl F. Morrison, Professor of History Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (10/05/04)

•I was writing a paper/essay entitled, Guadalupe: Mother of Mexico or American Pop-Culture Goddess, and while researching I ran across your work. -- Sarah Carter, Student, San Diego (12/09/04)