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Whitewashed without Notice, Judy Baca’s Iconic Freeway Mural Is Being Fully Restored

By Molly Lambert – LAMag.com – Photo Not Credited. Artist Judy Baca’s murals have defined the landscape of Los Angeles, California, since the 1970s, when she first installed her large-scale works in some of L.A.’s most public places. A lifelong Chicana...

Giant of Chicano culture, Santa Paula’s Xavier Montes dies

By Stacie N. Galang | Ventura County Star – VCStar.com – Photo: Joseph A. Garcia | Star File Photo. Photo: Xavier Montes pauses at a mural in downtown Santa Paula, California, in 2015. A giant of Chicano culture whose love of music and art...

Rethinking ‘Rasquachismo’ in the Orange County Arts Community

By Sarah Rafael García – VoiceOfOC.org – Photo: Julie Leopo | Voice of OC. Photo: An attendee looks at “Mexican American Paisa Nation” by William Camargo at the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Towards the end of the main gallery in the Irvine Fine...

“Piecing It Together” Gives Credit to Austin’s First Graffiti Artists

By Rachel Koper – AustinChronicle.com – Image: ATX Mural, mid-Nineties. “Piecing It Together: Austin Graffiti Art 1984-2004” opens Jan. 24 at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. In stark contrast to the venue, the artists...

New Mexico Will Tear Down a Historic Chicano Mural to Build an Art Museum

By Sabrina Imbler – AtlasObscura.com – Photo: Beatrice Murch | CC By 2.0. Photo: The left side of “Multi-Cultural,” a collaborative mural painted in 1980. State officials approved a plan that would destroy the painting. A 40 year old mural...

A Modern History Of Latinos In Los Angeles: Vista LA 25 Years

By Jovana Lara, Anabel Munoz and Jose Mayorquin, Jessica Dominguez – ABC7.com – Video Capture: ABC7 Eyewitness News | KABC. Video Capture: Vista LA Celebrates 25 Years When Vista LA debuted on ABC7 in 1994, it broke ground as the first English-language...