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 ...

Josh Kun is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and cultural critic whose last story for the magazine was about the music and art scene in Tijuana. On the roof of a single-story house, a man is ...

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 ...

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture (photo Matt Stromberg/Hyperallergic) RIVERSIDE, CA — “This is the nuclear weapon we have always needed,” said artist Judithe Hernández on June 17 at ...

An influential and rare permanent space dedicated to prolific Chicano art and culture –possibly the nation’s first and largest permanent collection of Mexican American Art, museum officials say – ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

“My goal is to bring Chicano art to the forefront of the art world,” said comedian Cheech Marin in 2012, when he was named Arts Patron of the Year at the ArtHamptons fair. Measuring about 60,000 ...

In Your Face: Chicano Art After CARA (Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation), the groundbreaking international traveling exhibition, is coming to North America to make its final stop on the tour in ...

In 1975, Chicano artist Amado M. Peña depicted police brutality by showing the bloodied head of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez, whom Dallas police had shot for allegedly stealing $8 from a vending ...