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, ...

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 – ...

Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum is not going up in smoke, apparently. On Wednesday, the comedian’s longtime dream took a big step toward becoming a reality, as the state of California approved a ...

For decades, comedian Cheech Marin has been finding ways to bring attention to Chicano art. The avid art collector has produced several traveling exhibitions from his collection, served as an ...

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In the late 70s, the artist Joey Terrill told me, a favorite hangout spot for young queer people in Los Angeles was the “Gay Funky Dance,” a weekly party held by the Gay Community Services Center in ...

AUSTIN — Compared to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, or San Diego, Austin is not often considered an important hub for the Chicano Movement or Chicano artmaking. But a new exhibition at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beto de la Rocha, working on a painting of his sister Carola's two pups, Luna and Miel, last fall in Los Angeles. (Allen J.

(FOX40.COM) — Across Sacramento, colorful murals continue to tell stories of the city’s Chicano history. Painted by Juan ...

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 ...

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