It’s 1993, and the Mexican American artist, then 52 years old and on a day off from his job as a city maintenance worker, drives to San Antonio to see the largest exhibit of Chicano art ever ...
"The 'cultura [culture]' has to be represented," stated Guillen. "Growing up as a Chicano not knowing what is Chicano it is ...
By 1979, they had produced 15 murals in Sacramento. Their art coincided with the rise of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the Chicano movement’s push for political and social rights. In 2018 ...
SAN ANTONIO — An exhibit at the Contemporary at Blue Star highlights the past, present and future of Chicano and Chicana culture, right down to its modernized name: “Xicanx: Dreamers ...
The Frist Art Museum will present ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, an exhibition that explores how Chicano activist artists forged a remarkable and ...
Art has always been a saving grace for Chicano-American muralist Fabian “Spade” Debora, who proudly represents Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. “I always loved the arts and wanted to ...
During the 1960s and '70s, Chicano artists mobilized to imagine liberation through a new identity and visual language.
but not just any street art - Chicano street art. Three weeks after a 2-year-old girl died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in Northeast Portland, police report warrants out for the mother’s ...