Richard "Cheech" Marin, of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, is not only renowned for stoner comedies — he's also an aficionado of Chicano art, which he started collecting around 1985. "It's an ...

LOS ANGELES >> Just months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million. It must be kismet. The money was rolled ...

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The Old Orange County Courthouse is the site of the Orange County History Center and government offices, as well as, for a limited time, a Chicano art exhibit. The Chicano Collection/La Colección ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — They met as teens, formed as young adults, and called their group “asco” — “nausea” or “disgust” in Spanish — after one of their early DIY exhibits. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

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 history.

Paintings by Chicano artists, from a personal collection, on display in a museum. That sounds familiar. But this isn’t The Cheech in Riverside. Rather, it’s the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. “Home in ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — At the end of a school day at Beaverton High, a group of students gather and begin shaking cans of spray paint. They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to ...