The Asco art collective emerged at the height of the Chicano civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. When filmmaker ...
Earlier this month, Spreckels Elementary School unveiled a mural, “Paws for Peace Pillars,” that was inspired by the colorful art that ... graffiti artist David Mena at Chicano Park ...
His artwork challenged the perception that Orange County was made up of wealthy coastal communities, his art instead showcasing the rich Chicano culture found throughout the county. Stein called ...
A Guided Tour of Chicano Graffiti" (1975). The Night of Libraries at the Martha Cooper Library offers insights into the fascinating world of urban art and the opportunity to experience one of the most ...
In the 1970s, a group of Chicano teenagers got together in East Los Angeles to make art. They staged a Christmas parade in outrageous homemade costumes. They tagged the L.A. County Museum of Art.
The film chronicles the beginnings of Asco, gives background on its most famous works and highlights its influence on the contemporary Chicano art world. The storytelling format is a mixture of ...
The decades-spanning art and activism of the Chicano collective ASCO — named after the Spanish word for “disgust” — gets a generously researched and superbly edited portrait in filmmaker Travis ...
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San ... Cesaretti spent his time off in East LA, photographing graffiti writers, lowrider clubs, and Latinx families, portraying ...