Mexican American Art and Literary Festival (Nov. 1974)
Roberto Gonzalez joined Con Safo by April 1974 and stayed until the group dissolved in 1976. As an abstract painter and performance artist, his work lacked the explicit political content prevalent in the artwork of other Con Safo members. Gonzalez still maintained his Chicano identity, even though his art did not fit into the limited definition of Chicano art at that time.
The Mexican American Art and Literary Festival took place from December 5 to December 7, 1974 at the Assumption Seminary Chapel in San Antonio, Texas. Members of Con Safo showed their artwork and the event was sponsored by the Mexican American Cultural Center, the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Trinity University.
Trinity University also hosted a seminar in the Multi Purpose room of the Coates Center the day the Mexican American Art and Literary Festival opened. The topic of the seminar was Chicano Art and Literature as seen in this On Trinity Hill newsbrief from December 5, 1974.
The last newspaper listing for a Con Safo exhibition was in March 1976 and by the end of the year, Con Safo was mostly disbanded. Con Safo facilitated the space for Chicano and Chicana artists in San Antonio to create community and exhibit their work at a time when Chicano issues and peoples were largely disregarded. Trinity University provided the physical spaces for these exhibits and the arts education that would inform these artists' practices throughout the rest of their lives. In the following decades many of the artists of Con Safo continued to exhibit with one another and continue to work towards creating spaces for Chicanx and Latinx artists to feel like they belong.