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Primarily known as an actor, director, and performer, Cheech Marin has developed the finest private collection of Chicano art in the United States. Much of it formed the core of his blockbuster exhibition “Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge,” which broke attendance records during its groundbreaking 12-city tour during 2001-2007 ...
The Cheech is home to the unparalleled Cheech Marin Collection of Chicano Art. It is a space for continued exhibition, scholarship, and dialogue, of Chicano art’s deep roots in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s to its contemporary and evolving response to current social conditions and global artistic movements.
Marin and local officials hope The Cheech will spark a cultural renaissance in Riverside. Museum collection. The initial collection, donated or promised by Cheech Marin, consists of over 700 paintings, drawings, prints, mixed media, sculptures and photography assembled over the past 30 years.
Jun 25, 2005 · The Chicano Collection/La Colección Chicana: Fine Art Prints by Modern Multiples features archival-quality digital prints (gicleés) of paintings by 26 prominent Chicano artists, including Frank Romero, John Valadez, Patssi Valdez, and Margaret Garcia.
Jun 21, 2022 · June 21, 2022 11:08 AM PT. Saturday was a red-letter day for the history of art in Southern California. On June 18, the Riverside Art Museum opened its Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art...
Jun 14, 2022 · Now, Marin’s collection has taken permanent residence at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture (known as “the Cheech”) in Riverside, Calif., a majority-Latino city of...
Jun 10, 2022 · The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, which will be part of the Riverside Art Museum, holds nearly 500 works of art in a renovated building that was formerly a library.
