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The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum has named María Esther Fernández as its artistic director, the center’s top post and the person who will steer the curatorial and programming visions for the project under development in the former Riverside Public Library.
“The Cheech,” as it’s referred to, is scheduled to open May 8. It will feature Marin’s personal collection of about 700 items
along with works on loan from artists, collectors and other institutions. It will also present traveling exhibitions.
The center is a public-private partnership between the city of Riverside, the Riverside Art Museum and Marin, the third-generation Mexican American and film and TV actor who’s been collecting Chicanx art for four decades.
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The Cheech, A Chicano Art Center To Open This Fall In California
January 31, 2021 18:27
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Riverside Art Museum
Nicknamed The Cheech, a new center focused on Mexican-American art and culture is set to open this fall in Riverside, California.
A significant portion of actor and comedian Cheech Marin s 700-piece collection will always be exhibited at the center. Marin has developed the finest private collection of Chicano art in the United States. Much of it formed the core of his blockbuster exhibition,
Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge, which broke attendance records during its groundbreaking 12-city tour during 2001 – 2007 to major art museums across the U.S.