CALL for ARTISTS

CALL FOR ARTISTS Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is seeking applications…

Riverside Art Museum Announces the Departure of Maria Esther Fernández, Inaugural Artistic Director of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) announced the departure of María…

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced today that legendary comedian, actor, and art collector Cheech Marin will receive the 2025 Hispanic Heritage Award for Arts

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced today that…

Riverside Art Museum Announces Resignation of Executive Director After 13 Years of Leadership

Riverside, CA (June 24, 2025) – The Riverside Art Museum…

Riverside Art Museum proud to award first recipient of RAM/Cheech Scholarship to MVUSD Graduate

Riverside Art Museum Board of Trustees' debut inaugural scholarship via…

“The Cheech” Has Pumped More Than $29 Million Into Riverside Economy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Cheech Marin Center…

A TRIBUTE TO ART & COMMUNITY – Cheech Marin Statue Unveiled in Riverside

Riverside, CA November 19, 2024 –  This past Tuesday, nearly…

New Artwork Acquisitions Reinforce The Cheech’s National Focus and Community Support

Riverside, Calif – September 23, 2024 – Riverside Art Museum (RAM)…

BBBS of The Inland Empire Partners with RAM To Cultivate Creativity Through Mentorship

The partnership aims to foster youth development and strengthen mentor/mentee…

$100,000 Matching Gift from Wingate Foundation Boosts Funding to Build Collections of Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech

DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE Riverside Art Museum announces a $100,000 matching…

Riverside lights up with charm

Standing at the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Market…

From Citrus Groves To Warehouses: A Pop Up Art Exhibit Traces The Damaging Impacts Of The Inland Empire’s Industrial History

The San Bernardino and Riverside counties boast the densest concentration…

Cheech Marin’s Next Move

How apt that the new Cheech Marin Museum for Chicano Art…

The Cheech Celebrates One Year Anniversary

Art, Innovation, and Community: How The Cheech elevates local talent while joining the national conversation

Explore the transformative space where local masterpieces meet influential national…

Valley artwork among 500 pieces on display at Cheech Marin’s exhibit in California

This June as the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art…

El Cheech Center, un espacio de arte para aprender de la cultura chicana

El Cheech Marin Center es uno de los primeros espacios permanentes de…

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture Celebrates Its First Birthday

If first birthdays are a time to celebrate new beginnings,…

These Are Your Favorite Places to See Art in California

Readers recommended street art in Eureka, a new Chicano art…

“The Cheech” Center for Chicano Art is Brilliantly Inaugurated by the de la Torre Brothers’ “Collidoscope”

Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective, the first temporary exhibition…

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles

This show explores and challenges conceptions of Mexican, Mexican-American, Xicanx,…

Your Guide to Visiting the Riverside Art Museum and Cheech Marin Center

The renowned Riverside Art Museum and Cheech Marin Center feature…

Riverside Art Museum Awarded National Medal for Museum and Library Service by IMLS

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (May 23, 2023)—The Institute of Museum and Library…

Museums in Four States Win National Award

The Institute of Museum and Library Services bestowed its top…

May 18, 2023 Riverside, California offers so much eye-popping architecture…

The Afro-Surrealist Collages of Chelle Barbour

Chelle Barbour blends Afro-surrealism and afro-futurism to elevate the agency…

Gallery Rounds: Cheech & The Land of Milk & Honey

Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, Chicano Movement Leader, founder of the Crusade…

Review of “Land of Milk & Honey”

Riverside —  Gerald Clarke’s sculpture “Continuum Basket” lines up 668 crushed beer…

LA Times – 13 unmissable arts events we’re looking forward to this summer

13 unmissable arts events we’re looking forward to this summer…

Alice L. Walton Foundation, Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and Pilot House Philanthropy Announce Investments for More Diverse Leadership in Art Museums

(NEW YORK, NY - May 3, 2023) Today, four national…

Riverside Art Museum Named Finalist for 2023 IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today…

Seeing Ourselves at the Intersections: Interconnected Histories, Culture, and Art at the Cheech and Riverside Art Museum – East Wind ezine

“[The] Japanese Mexican experience…there is very little documentation, there is…

Land of Milk & Honey’ stakes a claim in The Cheech

The “Land of Milk & Honey” art exhibit curated by…

In Conversation: Cheech

In Conversation: Cheech Marin features actor and comedian Cheech Marin…

Dan Guerrero Happy Hour with Luis C. Garza, Photojournalist and Curator

Renown photojournalist and curator Luis C. Garza joins Dan Guerrero…

NPR – Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin was born in South Los Angeles to a…

Texas Chicanos Shine in New Cheech Marin Museum in Riverside, California

As you enter the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano…

CBS – SoCal Spotlight: The Cheech art museum in Riverside

Trustee Cathy Paredes shows Sheba Turk around The Cheech Marin…

SoCal Spotlight: The Cheech art museum in Riverside

Trustee Cathy Paredes shows Sheba Turk around The Cheech Marin…

Luis C. Garza – Photojournalist and Curator

Luis C. Garza - Photojournalist and Curator known for his…

Luis C. Garza: Riverside Art Museum

Luis Garza was a dedicated artist and visionary who helped advance…

All In The Family: Beliz Iristay and de la Torre Brothers Attack Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech

I’ve been planning this visit for a few months now,…

Life Logistics’ art exhibit at The Cheech explores themes of environmental justice and community organizing

A new exhibit Life Logistics, featuring the work of dozens of…

Op-Ed: Cheech

It would be easy to say that the opening of the…

Cheech Marin opens museum for Chicano art and culture

As part of the iconic duo, "Cheech and Chong," Cheech…

Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective

Visitors to the recently opened Cheech Marin Center at the…

June Edmonds – American painter, teaching artist, and public artist.

June Edmonds is a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship…

Cheech Shows Us The Goods

Did you know Cheech Marin has his own museum just…

Opening an Art Museum

Cheech Marin talks presenting at the 2022 MTV Video Music…

Where the Cheech is Matters

Much has been and will continue to be written about…

“Al Punto”

Cómo el actor Cheech Marín puso el arte chicano en…

Cheech Marin Takes Us Inside “The Cheech”, the First Museum in the US Devoted to Chicano Art and Culture

Emerging in the 1960s after decades of social and economic…

In the News: 2021-2022

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‘The Cheech,’ a Game Changer for Chicano Art, Opens in Riverside

As the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture…

What to Expect at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

After just five years, the Cheech officially opens to the…

Cheech Marin Collects Chicano Art

Not every collector wants to share their art with the…

Cheech Marin and Riverside Art Museum Celebrate Opening of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

RIVERSIDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It is time to welcome a glimmering jewel…

Cheech Marin and Riverside Elected Officials Celebrate Opening of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

Cheech Marin and Riverside Elected Officials Celebrate Opening of The…

Riverside Art Museum and Smithsonian Collaborate on Art Exhibition Featuring Three Decades of Work by de la Torre Brothers

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture is…

TRAVELMAG – 20 Exhibitions to Discover in California this Summer

Cheech Collects (Photo: Margaret Garcia, Down Figueroa St., Part of the…