For almost 25 years, South Texas businessman Joe A. Diaz has collected contemporary art created by American artists with roots in Hispanic culture. This exhibition brought together more than 70 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures that are primarily narrative in content and address a wide range of political, social, and autobiographical issues. Among the artists in the exhibition: Connie Arismendi, Alejandro Díaz, Ana Laura de la Garza, Ester Hernández, John Hernández, Benito Huerta, Luis Jiménez, Cesar Martínez, Chuck Ramirez, Alex Rubio, John Valadez, Vincent Valdez, and Kathy Vargas.

¡Arte Caliente! was organized by the South Texas Institute for the Arts.The San Jose Museum of Art would like to thank its sponsors for their support of this exhibition. Corporate Sponsor: Citibank. Media Sponsors: Telefutura, 66 Univision, The Mercury News, and LatinBayArea.com