Press
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2019
A Tale of Two Americas: A Review of Rafael Francisco Salas at Milwaukee’s Portrait Society Gallery, New City Art, July 23, 2019.
American Dream Just out of Reach in ‘For God and Country’, The Shepherd Express, July 2, 2019.
Art in the Age of Trump: Wisconsin Artists Respond to Political Tension, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 1, 2019.
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2018
Mexican-American Artist Brings Unique Perspective of Rural Experience, Wisconsin Life (Wisconsin Public Television), May 9, 2018.
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2017
A Roaring River in the Northwoods, Rachel Bruya, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, July 27, 2017.
Now Figuration at Portrait Society, Kate E. Schaffer (art blog), July 21, 2017.
ArtStart presents its summer exhibition, The Lakeland Times, June 12, 2017.
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Thanks for coverage, Opinions, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 12, 2017.
Salas finds tension in depictions of rural life, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 1, 2017.
2016
Wisconsin Native Rafael Salas on Art and Identity, Radio Interview with Bonnie North on Lake Effect, WUWM, December 20, 2016.
Rafael Francisco Salas: New Solo Exhibit, Superstition Review, November 27, 2016.
Then/Now Exhibit opens July 1, Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, June 30, 2016.
2015
Juror Explains Method, Action Advertiser, November 4, 2015.
Art City Asks: Rafael Francisco Salas, Karin Wolf, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 12, 2015.
Rafael Francisco Salas Interview, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Rachel Bruya, June 15, 2015.
On View: Fragments/Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Robyn Norton, The Wisconsin State Journal, May 10, 2015.
Shepherd Express Presents, ‘Look at This’, video interview of Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Kat Murrell, The Shepherd Express, April 25, 2015.
Francisco Salas at Portrait Society and Walker’s Point Center for the Arts: Family and formative art experiences in two-gallery exhibit, Kat Murrell, The Shepherd Express, April 22, 2015.
Gallery Night & Day: ‘Wasted Days’ among shows mixing mediums, themes, Mary Louise Schumacher, cover story, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 17, 2015.
All About Identity: Unusual joint exhibition at two Milwaukee galleries offers the nostalgic work of Rafael Francisco Salas, Richard Davis, Urban Milwaukee, April 10, 2015.
Art-A-Go-Go, Riverwest Radio, interview of Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Kat Murrell, April 2, 2015.
2014
Downtown Mural Dedicated, Ripon Commonwealth Press, October 9, 2014.
Column was inartfully conceived, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 10, 2014.
Artist: Downtown mural portrays idealism, sadness, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 3, 2014.
Column on mural was rude, disappointing, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 3, 2014.
Downtown mural helps provoke dialogue, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 3, 2014.
Don’t understand mural? You’re not listening, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 3, 2014.
Mural’s artist should be a point of pride, Ripon Commonwealth Press, September 3, 2014.
Critic Becker: Everyman art critic or aesthetic simpleton?, Ripon Commonwealth Press, August 28, 2014.
Professor painting mural downtown, Ripon Commonwealth Press, May 22, 2014.
2014 Whitney Biennial in New York features some Wisconsin artists, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 5, 2014. [Pic 1] [Pic 2]
2013
Review: Art Inspired by Martha Wilson Sourcebook, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 22, 2013.