After we (MECHA) had submitted our request to implement Chicano Studies to IVC, I began checking with the office of the Deputy Supt an average of once a week. I ...

The Chicano Art Movement represents a kaleidoscopic convergence of aesthetics and politics. When examined at a distance, it ...

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 ...

Guest: Zinga A. Fraser is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College and Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism. She is ...

Pioneering artist, who repurposed the Virgin of Guadalupe as a heroic figure, never got a retrospective during her lifetime, ...

“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.

Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez called an investigation into a complaint made against him "retaliation" and "systemic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.