While America’s prison system has always been cruel and ... these artists is how critical their work is and has been to Chicano art more broadly. It is an art form that informs artworks by ...
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 ...
At the end of a school day at Beaverton High, a group of students gather and begin shaking cans of spray paint. They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to create street art, but ...
but not just any street art. 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 ...
Perhaps it was the abundance of concrete, or the year-round painting season, or the city full of Mexican workers that made Los Angeles the place where murals began to be a predominant art form.
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 ...
Oriol hasn’t put his camera down since. During the George Floyd marches in 2020, Oriol was where he’s always been — in the ...
Allan Hancock College is set to host a fundraiser entitled “Moving Dreams Forward” at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery — celebrating the rich tapestry of Chicano art. Scheduled for Oct. 12 ...
By Holland Cotter Lisa Schiff acknowledges stealing millions from major collectors who trusted her to buy them fashionable art. By Sarah Maslin Nir His Brutalist buildings, praised during the ...