Chicano mural movement

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The Chicano mural movement was a U.S.-based artistic and social movement in which Mexican American communities created large public murals to assert cultural identity, document political struggles, and reclaim public space.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chicano mural movement canonical 4
Chicano Park murals 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (131)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano art ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aim assert Chicano cultural identity in public space ⓘ
challenge negative stereotypes of Mexican Americans ⓘ
create alternative public narratives ⓘ
document community history ⓘ
educate youth about heritage ⓘ
oppose gentrification and displacement ⓘ
support political organizing ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
field community arts practice ⓘ
political art ⓘ
public art ⓘ
genre muralism ⓘ
hasCause Chicano civil rights struggle ⓘ
Mexican American community activism ⓘ
lack of representation in mainstream art institutions ⓘ
racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ
urban renewal displacement ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-assimilationist themes ⓘ
bilingual messages ⓘ
bright saturated colors ⓘ
celebration of Mexican national symbols ⓘ
collaboration with youth ⓘ
collective authorship ⓘ
community participation ⓘ
critique of U.S. nationalism ⓘ
depictions of Aztec and Maya imagery ⓘ
didactic imagery ⓘ
educational workshops ⓘ
feminist interventions in later phases ⓘ
grassroots funding ⓘ
integration of local history ⓘ
large scale compositions ⓘ
political slogans ⓘ
representation of everyday people ⓘ
site-specific design ⓘ
use of Spanish and English text ⓘ
use of pre-Columbian symbols ⓘ
use of symbolic figures ⓘ
hasEffect assertion of Chicano cultural identity ⓘ
community empowerment ⓘ
influence on public art in the United States ⓘ
inspiration for later Latino/a public art movements ⓘ
reclamation of public space ⓘ
visual documentation of political struggles ⓘ
hasPart Balmy Alley murals ⓘ
Chicago Pilsen murals ⓘ
Chicano Park murals ⓘ
Denver Westside murals ⓘ
East Los Angeles murals ⓘ
Estrada Courts murals ⓘ
Houston Second Ward murals ⓘ
Mission District murals ⓘ
Plaza de la Raza murals ⓘ
San Antonio West Side murals ⓘ
San Diego Barrio Logan murals ⓘ
The Great Wall of Los Angeles ⓘ
heritage Chicano ⓘ
Mexican American ⓘ
influenced Latino muralism in the United States ⓘ
community-based public art programs ⓘ
multicultural arts education ⓘ
public art policy in U.S. cities ⓘ
influencedBy Black Power movement ⓘ
Catholic religious imagery ⓘ
David Alfaro Siqueiros ⓘ
Diego Rivera ⓘ
José Clemente Orozco ⓘ
Mexican Revolution imagery ⓘ
Mexican muralism ⓘ
U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
indigenous Mesoamerican iconography ⓘ
location Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kansas City metropolitan area ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
mainSubject Mexican American identity ⓘ
anti-war activism ⓘ
barrio life ⓘ
education equality ⓘ
farmworkers’ struggles ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
indigenous heritage ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
movement Chicano Movement ⓘ
linked to: Chicano movement

Latino civil rights movement ⓘ
notableArtist Armando Huerta ⓘ
Barbara Carrasco ⓘ
Carlos Almaraz ⓘ
Gilbert Luján ⓘ
Gronk ⓘ
Juanishi Orosco ⓘ
Judy Baca ⓘ
Leo Tanguma ⓘ
Los Four ⓘ
Luis Jiménez ⓘ
Malaquías Montoya ⓘ
Manuel Cruz ⓘ
Mario Torero ⓘ
Patssi Valdez ⓘ
Roberto Chavez ⓘ
Salvador Torres ⓘ
Willie Herrón ⓘ
Yolanda López ⓘ
notableOrganization Centro Cultural de la Raza ⓘ
Mechicano Art Center ⓘ
Royal Chicano Air Force ⓘ
SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center) ⓘ
Self Help Graphics & Art ⓘ
significantEvent Chicano Movement ⓘ
linked to: Chicano movement
startTime late 1960s ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
typicalMedium acrylic paint ⓘ
enamel paint ⓘ
latex paint ⓘ
usesMaterial community center walls ⓘ
concrete freeway pylons ⓘ
exterior wall surfaces ⓘ
housing project walls ⓘ
school walls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican muralism → influenced → Chicano mural movement ⓘ
Orozco murals → influenced → Chicano mural movement ⓘ
David Alfaro Siqueiros → influenced → Chicano mural movement ⓘ
Yolanda López → influencedBy → Chicano mural movement ⓘ
Chicano mural movement → hasPart → Chicano Park murals ⓘ
linked to: Chicano mural movement