In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. When Rafael Barrientos Martinez first discovered Ramsés Noriega’s art, he ...
55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day. An image from the 1971 film Chicano ...
Events in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles are set to mark the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. On Aug. 29, 1970, nearly 30,000 people marched through the streets of East Los Angeles in ...
A car cruise into Centennial Park kicked off the city of Santa Ana’s fourth annual Chicano Heritage Festival on Sunday, Aug. 24. The celebration of the city’s Latino community and its contributions ...
In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia's designs are turning heads, as usual. A pink ruffled dress with white lace and big bow; a high-school ...
HO CHI MINH CITY — When Nguyen Phuoc Loc first started dabbling in Chicano culture eight years ago, it was simply because he liked the way that the loose clothing offset his large head. Today, he ...
When filmmaker Travis Gutiérrez Senger reflects on Asco’s legacy, he quickly notes they were more than an art group; they created a movement, one with remarkable influence on Chicano art history.
Anti-deportation demonstrators protest the Trump administration's deportations near police officers blocking an entrance to the 101 freeway on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Thousands ...
The Chicano Squad was Houston's first all-Latin homicide unit. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – In the late 70s and 80s ...
Actor and Chicano art collector Cheech Marin stands with the recently unveiled "Meet Me At the Cheech" statue by Ignacio Gómez. (all photos by Carlos Puma, courtesy the Riverside Art Museum and the ...
The Chicano Squad, Houston’s first all-Hispanic task force, was formed after the 1978 Moody Park riot in the city’s East End. Created to bridge trust and overcome language barriers between the ...