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Cheech Marin tours Houston’s Latino art scene

By Molly Glentzer – HoustonChronicle.com – Photo: Melissa Richardson Banks. Photo: Cheech Marin, left, with art dealer Nicole Longnecker and Bryan Scrivner at Nicole Longnecker Gallery. Cheech Marin got a few laughs in Houston, Texas, earlier this month,...

New Faces and a Chicano Art Exhibit at Anaheim’s Muzeo

By Richard Chang – VoiceOfOC.org – Image Courtesy Of Muzeo. Image: “If La Virgen Returned,” a 2009 spray paint and acrylic on paper by Pablo Andrés Cristi. “Papel Chicano Dos” represents the second time Cheech Marin’s Chicano art collection —...

Culture, artistry take center stage during Barrio Logan Art Crawl

By Mark Saunders – www.10News.com – Video Capture Not Credited. San Diego, California (KGTV) — The Barrio Logan Art Crawl hits the historic neighborhood with a free art crawl that takes place every second Saturday of the month throughout the year....

Latino Arts Project exhibit shines a light on little-known Mexican artists

By Juan Jaramillo | Al Día – DallasNews.com – Photo: Jeffrey McWhorter | Special Contributor. Carlos Gonzalez-Jaime, executive director of the Latino Arts Project, marvels at how much Dallas has changed in the short time he’s been a resident. He...

Latino Arts Project, a New Museum in the Design District, Opens on Sunday

By Natalie Gempel | Published In Arts and Entertainment – DMagazine.com – Photo: Visual Arts. A new permanent pop-up museum called the Latino Arts Project opens in the Design District. The latest venture from entrepreneur and civic leader Jorge Baldor is a...

Lawmakers renew push to create American Latino Smithsonian museum

By John Bowden – TheHill.com – Photo: Greg Nash. A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday reintroduced legislation to establish a national Latino museum in Washington, D.C., after a previous effort stalled in a previous legislative session. Sens. Bob...