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This Neglected Mt. Washington Mural Hides A History Of Chicano And Indigenous Identity

By Philip Iglauer | Arts & Entertainment – LAist.com – Photo Courtesy Pola Lopez. Photo: Daniel Cervantes’ 2004 mural on Marmion Way, below the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, was defaced with graffiti and eventually whitewashed in 2013....

Why the Chicano Underdog Aesthetic ‘Rasquachismo’ Is Finally Having Its Day

By Haleema Shah | smithsonian.com – SmithsonianMag.com – Image: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material on Chicano art, 1965-2004, Archives of American Art. Image: Flyer for Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead | Ritchie Valens Memorial Much of the Chicano...

Remembering Las Vegas artist and scene champion Ed Fuentes

By Danielle Kelly – LasVegasWeekly.com – Photo: Sun File. Photo: Ed Fuentes takes a break from documenting the murals of Vegas’ Arts District, a role he also performed in LA. Ed Fuentes would have written the hell out of this essay. He wouldn’t have hemmed...

Muralist Frank Romero to leave his mark on a Highland Park parking lot

By Barry Lank – TheEastsiderLA.com – Photo: Courtesy of L.A. Cultural Affairs (DCA). Photo: Concept for ”Going to the Olympics, Again,” by Frank Romero Highland Park, California — It’s been 35 years since Chicano muralist Frank Romero painted “Going to...

Artist honors hip hop history and Hispanic heritage with new mural in Long Beach

By Asia Morris – LBPost.com – Photo: Asia Morris. Photo: Artist Erick Guadarrama’s almost 2-year-old daughter, Theresa, helps with the portrait of Long Beach native, philanthropist and music producer Tito Rodriguez at i-nhale Smoke Shop. Saturday,...

Glow-in-the-dark, nature-inspired murals tell of secret legends

By Kimberley Mok – TreeHugger.com – Photo: Reskate. Spanish artistic duo María López and Javier de Riba of Reskate Studio take the mural to another level: not only are their huge works seen during the day, but at night, they reveal yet another hidden,...