May 21, 2025. I will speak about Miraflores and family history on May 25, 3-5 pm at the Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams as a part of ArtWeek Berkshires 2025. I am very excited to have the opportunity to tell the story of the marvelous, artistic garden created from 1921-1960 in San Antonio, Texas by my great grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, after he immigrated from Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. Read more »
November 2, 2024. From San Antonio, Texas to North Adams, Massachusetts, Día de los Muertos brings a remembrance of my father, Dr. Aureliano Adolfo Urrutia, and reminds me that Latinx culture lives… Read more »»
August 6, 2023. Dr. Aureliano Urrutia often took on surgeries that no other doctor would attempt. He considered this operation in 1917 to be his most challenging and his most inspired. It was an early success in several fields of surgery and solidified his reputation as a great surgeon; continuing a legacy begun in Mexico as that country’s top physician, and bringing pride to San Antonio as a budding medical city…. Read more >>>
All in Miraflores
March 22, 2017. I'm excited to announce my book about the garden at Miraflores. My great grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, created this unique and mysterious place almost 100 years ago. The book will portray the cultural landscape that Miraflores was when he was alive. Read more>>>
March 3, 2017. Elise Urrutia told the story of a magnificent garden that sat on what was the far-northern edge of San Antonio more than 100 years ago. Miraflores, located on Hildebrand Avenue adjacent to the University of the Incarnate Word, would have far more than 20 slides to fill if it could talk. Read more>>>
October 31, 2016. After my last article on Miraflores in the Rivard Report, Pat Jimenez contacted me. She and her husband had aquired a piece which originally resided in the garden, and they wanted to return it. Read more>>>
October 16, 2016. Some who remember Miraflores are current and former students of the University of Incarnate Word, who have been wondering for years what Miraflores held behind its mysterious gates. Some are old San Antonians, who remember very well Miraflores as it used to be, even as far back as the 1950s when it was already beginning to weather. Read more>>>
October 1, 2016. In 1921, Doctor Aureliano Urrutia, an accomplished physician, built a garden at the northern edge of San Antonio. Located at the corner of Hildebrand and Broadway, it was an expression of his connection to his native Mexico. After 1960, the garden suffered from neglect and active destruction. Read more>>>
September 24, 2016. Two years ago, May 23, 2014, marked the 100th anniversary of my great grandfather's arrival in the United States as a refugee from the Mexican Revolution. Although I had been exploring the family history with my father, and already had done a significant amount of research, I quickly came to the conclusion that I still didn't know enough. Read more>>>
