The park, which features more than 80 murals, developed because residents wanted a public space that would celebrate the area’s Chicano roots stretching back to the Aztecs and Mayans.

Art opens a window to another life, Deborah says. In addition to his work at the academy, he also teaches drawing to inmates ...

The large mural on the side of the building is a window into the local culture. The mission-style Our Lady of Guadalupe Church is at the center of the painting, surrounded by children playing the ...

In 1997, the Archives of American Art received a donation of 20 linear feet of research material on the Chicano art movement in the United States and Latin America, compiled by Dr. Tomás ...

In addition to his paintings depicting the unseen parts of Mexican American and Chicano LA, Chavez also created several murals around the city, including one at the famed mural site the Estrada ...

The Chicano movement used the concept of Aztlán ... Mexican muralists Jose Clemente Orozco and Alfredo Ramos Martinez completed murals at the Claremont Colleges in the 1930s and 1940s.

Los Four and exhibited work at the first Chicano art show at a major art institution. Romero created more than 15 murals in Los Angeles. He contributed “Going to the Olympics,” to the 1984 ...