The Cheech

Open since June 17, 2022, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture aka “The Cheech” (3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501) resides in a renovated mid-century building that originally opened as the City of Riverside, California’s public library in 1964. Dedicated to showcasing Chicana/o/x art, honoring and exploring its continued social, cultural, and political impact, it’s the first cultural center of its kind.

The Cheech is home to the unparalleled Cheech Marin Collection of Chicano art. It is a space for continued exhibition, scholarship, and dialogue of Chicano art’s deep roots in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s to its contemporary and evolving response to current social conditions and global artistic movements.

The 61,420-square-foot center houses hundreds of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by artists including Patssi Valdez, Sandy Rodriguez, Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, and Gilbert “Magú” Luján.

Altura Credit Union Community Gallery at The Cheech

The Altura Credit Union Community Gallery is committed to exhibiting work from artists and curators from the Inland Empire community, ensuring the stories of the region are reflected at The Cheech.

This gallery was chosen by Altura Credit Union to bear their name, reflecting Altura’s sixty plus years in Riverside County and their commitment to community and cultural enrichment through the

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: Desde los Cielos, October 9, 2024 – March 16, 2025