RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- The museum that now houses the largest collection of Chicano art in the world officially opened its doors, and in true legendary fashion - the grand opening was done in ...

Saturday was a red-letter day for the history of art in Southern California. On June 18, the Riverside Art Museum opened its Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in a handsomely renovated, ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – As a child, Cheech Marin loved collecting objects – baseball cards, stamps, marbles – and then organizing them obsessively. “I had a mania for codifying them and putting them in ...

LOS ANGELES – When filmmaker Travis Gutiérrez Senger reflects on ASCO’s legacy, he quickly notes they were more than an art group; they created a movement, one with remarkable influence on Chicano art ...

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Richard “Cheech” Marin–the iconic comedian and actor–had for 30 years established himself as a preeminent collector of Chicano art by the time officials from the City of Riverside, California and the ...

The California city of Riverside has approved plans and funding for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture, and Industry. Cheech Marin with a work from his collection of Chicano art. Photo ...

Dancers at one of Kansas City's previous Chicano Art Festivals. Taking place Oct. 7 in the West Bottoms, Kansas City's Chicano Art Festival includes live music, dancing and a lowrider hop competition.