In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators ...

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture opened its doors to the public on Saturday, June 18, 2022 in Riverside, California. An influential and rare permanent space dedicated to prolific ...

Día de los Muertos is an important holiday for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. While the holiday is celebrated around Latin ...

Influenced by post-Mexican Revolution ideology, pre-Columbian art, European painting techniques and social issues facing Mexican-Americans, the Chicano art movement has represented both the struggle ...

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 ...

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.

A celebration of Chicano art, culture and music was on display on Saturday, Sept. 10, as dozens gathered for the opening of the dA Center for the Arts’ newest exhibition. The exhibit, Chicano Park ...

For the past three decades, Vincente “Chente” Rodriguez has labored on a dusty screen printing press in his weathered Windsor Park garage for 10, 12 or 16 hours a day to create branded attire for ...

Allan Hancock College’s Ann Foxworthy Gallery invites the community to celebrate art, culture and creativity through its upcoming Nuestra Vida en Arte Chicano art exhibit and accompanying Community ...

Macario “Tosh” Carrillo is not a name you often hear associated with Chicano art. An actor, props designer and photographer, he appeared in New York avant-garde theater during the mid-1960s and ...

Actor and comedian Cheech Marin, who for decades has been a noted collector of Chicano art, is teaming up with the city of Riverside and the Riverside Art Museum to create a Chicano art center. The ...

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 – ...