During the 1960s and '70s, Chicano artists mobilized to imagine liberation through a new identity and visual language.
The oldest Chicano mural in Sacramento resides in the Washington Neighborhood Center and was painted by Esteban Villa, a cofounder of the Royal Chicano Air Force. Jocelin Hernandez Uniquely is a ...
"The 'cultura [culture]' has to be represented," stated Guillen. "Growing up as a Chicano not knowing what is Chicano it is kind of hard. Growing up in a world where you're not seeing yourself in ...
Chicano street art. “Here at Beaverton, I would say 90% of the CANS class is Mexican American,” said OC Note, an MC, singer-songwriter and graffiti artist from Orange County, California.
I asked. “I would say resilience,” said Valerie Jaimes, Executive Director of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center. Resilience in art, and in the movement. “You know, a lot of these ...
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 exhibit showcases work from California artists who were each asked to create an altar dedicated to an important ...
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 ...
Chicano Batman, the Los Angeles band that formed in 2008 and melted psych-rock with tropicália and indie-rock on their ensuing five studio albums, have announced they’re going on an ...
They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to create street art, but not just any street art - Chicano street art. Three weeks after a 2-year-old girl died of a suspected ...