Chicano artists such as Xavier Viramontes and Carlos Cortez produced prints and posters amplifying calls for UFW boycotts ...

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 ...

The ASU Art Museum in Tempe opened a new exhibit in July. The exhibit features art from multiple Chicano artists dating back to the 1980s. The art highlights the Mexican-American experience. This ...

He wants his art to inspire young people in his Chicano community to vote. "Historically, my people haven't been represented, and if they are represented, it's not in the most positive light.

World-renowned Mexican-American artist, Mario Ybarra Jr. will lead the way through cultural art workshops. Ybarra lives in Wilmas, a barrio near Los Angeles where he was born and raised, rich in ...

The mural movement by Chicano painters was dominated by men ... The two shows feature paintings, political posters, ...

César A. Martínez says he does not have a natural ability as an artist. “I was never a prodigy or anything. I liked to paint and draw when I was a kid, but was I good at it? No,” said ...

San Jose was home to two legends in the arts: brothers Rudy and Sonny Madrid. Rudy was a trailblazing musician, and Sonny founded Lowrider magazine, a world-renowned publication. "Rudy, he was a ...

In 1997, the Archives of American Art received a donation of 20 linear feet of research material on the Chicano art movement in the United States and Latin America, compiled by Dr. Tomás ...

“There’s something about the American character that’s embodied in this group that’s made up of Salvadorans (Herbert Siguenza and Ric Salinas) and a Chicano (Montoya himself),” he said.

Photo credit: lajollaplayhouse.org When I first arrived in San Diego from Mexico City in the early 1980’s, I was a little surprised at how different Mexican culture and Chicano culture were.