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East Los Streetscapers grew out of the Chicano Mural Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, [1] a strand of muralism that "began as an arm of struggle of claiming urban space" [2] for Chicanos. It was founded by Wayne Alaniz Healy and David Rivas Botello in 1975.
Willie F. Herrón III (born 1951, Los Angeles, California) is an American Chicano muralist, performance artist and commercial artist. Herrón was also one of the founding members of ASCO, the East Los Angeles based Chicano artists collective (1972 to 1987).
Chicano mural in Clarion Alley Street art in San Francisco, California. A Chicano mural is an artistic expression done, most commonly, on walls or ceilings by Chicanos or Mexican-American artists. Chicano murals rose during the Chicano art movement, that began in the 1960, with the influence of Mexican muralism and the Mexican Revolution. [1]
Asco was an East Los Angeles based Chicano artist collective, active from 1972 to 1987. Asco adopted its name as a collective in 1973, making a direct reference to the word's significance in Spanish ("asco"), which is disgust or repulsion.
Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community arts center in East Los Angeles, California, United States.Established in 1970, Self Help Graphics served as a critical locus of activity during the Chicano art movement and is a center for Chicano and Latino artistic production.
In 1968, Margarita Mita" Cuaron was a fifteen-year-old sophomore at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. [3] Cuaron helped organize nearly 22,000 students, mostly of Mexican-American background, who participated in the 1968 East Los Angeles, Chicanx Student Walkout demanding better teachers, smaller classes, and equal opportunity in higher education. [4]
The murals at Chicano Park act as a way to transmit the history and culture of Mexican-Americans and Chicanos. [11] Murals have many themes including addressing immigration, feminist concerns and featuring historical and civil rights leaders. [11] In 1978, there was a "Mural Marathon" which took place from April 1 through April 22. [11]
La raza murals of California, 1963-1970 : a period of social change and protest (MA). University of California, Berkeley. Schrank, Sarah (2011). Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812221534. Young, Stanley (1988). The Big Picture: Murals of Los Angeles. Thames ...