Publications
Books, essays, and poetry spanning three decades of artistic research and cultural inquiry.
Globalocational Art
Art books, collaborative publications, and scholarly essays documenting the Artnauts Collective's international practice — from Palestine to Colombia to the global conversation about art and social change. Includes Globalocational Art: The Artnauts in Palestine (2017), Señalética por un Mundo Mejor (2016), and selected journal contributions.
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Children's Books
Six bilingual illustrated books for young readers, five following the beloved characters Cholo, Vato, and Pano through the Chicano and Mexican American experience — farm worker life, Día de los Muertos, family, memory, and patriotism. All illustrated by Denver artist Tony Ortega. The series spans nearly three decades, from A Migrant Child's Dream (1994) to PEACE/MIR (2023).
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Poetry Books
Five collections of poetry spanning intimate love, spiritual encounter, and geopolitical witness. From Valentine's Day verses written for his wife Aileen, to poems born of repeated visits to Palestine, to "empathy poems" giving voice to those living through the war in Ukraine — Rivera's poetry insists on connection across every kind of distance.
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A complete list of Dr. Rivera’s published books, essays, articles, and catalog contributions.
Art Books
- 2017 George Rivera with Beth Krensky, Globalocational Art: The Artnauts in Palestine. Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.
- 2016 DJLU and George Rivera, Señalética por un Mundo Mejor. Impresol Ediciones, Bogotá.
- 1990 George Rivera, HIV/AIDS: Images of Hispanic Youth. Mile High Chapter, American Red Cross, Denver, Colorado.
Art Articles
- 2020 George Rivera, “DJLU: Street Art,” International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, Volume 7, Issue 7, June 2020.
- 2017 George Rivera, “The Diaspora Speaks,” in Diaspora and Identity, Mitri Raheb (ed.). Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.
- 2016 George Rivera, Jorge Eduardo Canas Lopez, and members of The Semiotic Sound Art Collective (Spain) et al., “Border Noise: Physical Limits and Social Resonance,” L’Autre Musique Revue, LAM 4, Préambule.
Shamanism & Curanderismo Articles
- 1990 Rivera, George Jr. AIDS and Mexican folk medicine. Sociology and Social Research, 75, 3–7.
- 1988 Rivera, G., Lucero, A., & Regoli, R. M. Contemporary curanderismo: a study of mental health agency and home clientele in a practicing curandera. Journal of Radical Therapy, Vol. XIII, Nos. 1 & 2, 52–57.
- 1988 Rivera, G. Hispanic folk medicine utilization in urban Colorado. Sociology and Social Research, 72(4), 237–241.
- 1986 Rivera, G. Jr. Curanderismo and childhood illnesses. The Social Science Journal, 23(3), 361–372.
- 1986 Wanderer, J. J., & Rivera, G. Jr. Black magic beliefs and white magic practices: The common structure of intimacy, tradition, and power. The Social Science Journal, 23(4), 419–430.
- 1981 Rivera, George Jr., & Lucero, Aileen. Curanderos: a study of patients and non-patients in an urban Chicano barrio. Bueno Center of Multicultural Education Monograph Series, Vol. 2, No. 3. Boulder, Colorado.
- 1979 Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio — study of envidia and susto. In D. N. Majumdar Memorial Volume. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society Publications, Lucknow, India.
- 1978 Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio — study of envidia and susto. The Eastern Anthropologist, 31(4), 433–449.
Poetry
- 2025 If Peace Could Only Come. Meðunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
- 2022 Poet in Palestine. Modern Arab Press, Palestine.
- 2022 Valentine Poems. Meðunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
- 2019 The Bones of My Brother. Meðunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Children’s Books
- 2023 Peace/Mir Now & Forever / Sada i Zauvijek. Translated by Llana Kulina. International Peace Center, Sarajevo.
- 2012 Cinco de Mayo: Patriotic Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. Nuevo Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.
- 2009 Cholo in the Clouds with Sky — Memory Adventures with Cholo, Vato and Pano. New Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.
- 1994 A Migrant Child’s Dream: Farm Worker Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. University of Colorado, Outreach Council, Boulder, Colorado.
- 1998 Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado, Colorado Council on the Arts / President’s Fund for the Humanities, Boulder, Colorado.
- — Who Am I? Family Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado Office of Community Relations, Boulder, Colorado.