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Thought Lost for 36 Years, Chicano Mural Resurfaces in Estate Sale
The discovery of panels from a mural by ASCO founding member Willie Herrón has added another chapter of intrigue to the art collective’s evolving legacy.
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Abel Alejandre’s Chicano Cosmologies
A narrative unfolds in Alejandre’s recent paintings whereby the Chicano moon landing led to the creation of “Xicanoland.”
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Preserving an Archive of Chicana and Lesbian History
In a new show, Nicole Marroquin's artworks are in dialogue with the documentary photographs of Mexican-born artist Diana Solís.
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Juan Fuentes’s Lexicon of Longing
Born in Mexico and raised in Denver, the artist has never been able to visit his family on the other side of the border.
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Cheech Marin’s Long-Awaited Museum for Chicano Art Opens in California
The newly opened Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture — also known as “The Cheech” — celebrates, spotlights, and complicates representations of Chicano art.
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L.A. Memo Paints a Dynamic Picture of Chicana/o Art
It’s not a “greatest hits” show, or a comprehensive survey; rather, it is a starting point to reconsider an expansive vision of Chicana/o art.
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Unearthing Austin's Overlooked Chicano Art History
A new exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum reveals the crucial but under-recognized role that the Chicano art movement played in Austin’s history and culture.
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In the Chicano Movement, Printmaking and Politics Converged
Printmaking, especially screen printing, has been a key tool for Chicanos to communicate who they are and what they care about since the 1960s.
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Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza Blends Mexican Food, Art, and Culture
The chef’s Barrio Café in Metro Phoenix is home to the bold and the beautiful.
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Chuck Ramirez, the Heartfelt Photographer of Trash and Banal Throwaways
Ramirez identified as a conceptual artist, but unlike his peers, his work is “filled with a deep and palpable humanity.”
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‘‘We Paid For This Town”: The Legacy of Chicanx Punk in LA
In the 1970s and ’80s, the Bags, Vaginal Davis, Nervous Gender, and Los Illegals used music and performance to express their dissent of racism and gender violence, imagining punk as a possible utopia.
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Preserving Crucial Moments of Mexican American Religious History
UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center will conserve over 14,000 photographs and 125 audio recordings that make up the community’s spiritual patrimony.