Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian,actor,musician,and activist. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech &Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong,and as Don Johnson's partner,Insp. Joe Dominguez,on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney films,including Oliver &Company,The Lion King,The Lion King 1½,the Cars franchise,Coco, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Harry Gamboa Jr. is an American Chicano essayist,photographer,director,illustrator,and performance artist. He was a founding member of the influential Chicano performance art collective Asco.
Carlos D. Almaraz was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. He was one of the founder of the Centro de Arte Público (1977–1979),a Chicano/Chicana arts organization in Highland Park,Los Angeles.
Gronk,born Glugio Nicandro,is a Chicano painter,printmaker,and performance artist. His work is collected by museums around the country including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Diane Gamboa has been producing,exhibiting and curating visual art in Southern California since the 1980s. She has also been involved art education,ranging from after-school programs to college and university teaching. Gamboa has been "one of the most active cultural producers in the Chicana art movement in Los Angeles." She actively developed the Chicano School of Painting.
César Augusto Martínez is an artist,prominent in the field of Chicano art. While studying at what was then called Texas A&I College,he became involved in the Chicano movement for civil rights. He subsequently befriended several of its leaders.
Paul Joseph Cook is an American politician serving as a San Bernardino County Supervisor since 2020,previously serving as the U.S. representative for California's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Cook also served on the Yucca Valley Town Council from 1998 to 2006 and represented the 65th district in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012.
Riverside Art Museum is an art museum in the historic Mission Inn District of Riverside,California. The museum is a non-profit organization which focuses on addressing social issues and offers art classes as well as other events in order to inspire and build community.
Patssi Valdez is an American Chicana artist. She is a founding member of the art collective Asco. Valdez's work represents some of the finest Chicana avant-garde expressionism,working with an array of mediums,such as painting,sculpture,and fashion design. She lives and works in Los Angeles,California.
Eduardo Garcia is an American politician who represented the 36th district in the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2024,which includes cities and unincorporated communities in eastern Riverside County and Imperial County,including Blythe,Brawley,Bermuda Dunes,Calexico,Calipatria,Cathedral City,Coachella,Desert Hot Springs,El Centro,Heber,Holtville,Imperial,Indio,Mecca,Oasis,North Shore,Salton City,Thermal,Thousand Palms,and Westmorland.
RenéYañez was a Mexican-American painter,assemblage artist,performance artist,curator and community activist located in San Francisco,California. He was a well-known contributor to the arts of San Francisco and is a co-founder of Galería de la Raza,a non-profit community focused gallery that features Latino and Chicano artists and their allies. In the early 1970s,he was one of the first curators in the United States to introduce Mexico's Día de Muertos as a contemporary focus and an important cultural celebration.
Celia Álvarez Muñoz is a Chicana mixed-media conceptual Chicana artist and photographer based in Arlington,Texas.
The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election,as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5,2018.
Sabrina Cervantes is an American politician who has served a member of the California State Senate since 2024,representing the 31st district. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024,representing the 58th Assembly district,which encompasses the northwestern Riverside County city of Jurupa Valley and portions of the cities of Corona,Eastvale,and Riverside,as well as the San Bernardino County city of Grand Terrace.
Gaspar Enriquez is an American artist known for creating photorealist portraits,primarily of people of Chicano heritage. He uses the airbrush technique in his paintings. Enriquez is also a sculptor and a jewelry maker who works in metal.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art &Culture,known as The Cheech,is a museum in Riverside,California. It is part of the larger Riverside Art Museum. The center is focused on the exhibition and study of Chicano art from across the United States. This is a collaborative effort between Cheech Marin,the City of Riverside and Riverside Art Museum. Cheech Marin is a stand-up comedian,actor,writer,and collector. He has donated or promised his collection of more than 700 pieces of Chicano art. Riverside provides the old Riverside public library to house the collection and the Riverside Art Museum manages the center. The Cheech strives to be a world-class institution for the research and study of "all things [related to] Chicano art". It is the first North American museum facility dedicated exclusively to Mexican-American and Chicano art.
Frank Edward Romero is an American artist considered to be a pioneer in the Chicano art movement. Romero's paintings and mural works explore Chicano and Los Angeles iconography,often featuring palm trees and bright colors.
Margaret Garcia is a Chicana muralist,educator,and arts-advocate based in Los Angeles.
Stephanie Godoy is a Mexican American first generation oil paint artist.
Einar and Jamex de la Torre,also known as the de la Torre Brothers are a sibling team of glass artists. The brothers were born in Guadalajara,Mexico;Jamex in 1960,and Einar in 1963. They live and work between the Guadalupe Valley of Baja California,Mexico and San Diego,California.
