Actor Cheech Marin helps open permanent showcase of Chicano art and culture
Jeffrey Brown:
On a recent hot September evening in Riverside, California, a majority Latino city an hour east of Los Angeles, many families and individuals headed indoors.
And it was art, lots of it, that brought them. The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, known to one and all as simply The Cheech, is part of the Riverside Art Museum. Thanks to a partnership between the city, the museum and comedian and actor Cheech Marin, it's home to hundreds of works of art by dozens of Chicano artists.
And it began with Cheech's personal collection.
What do you see when you look around right now?
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