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It's the very first one in the world, and you should be very proud.ĭEL BARCO: With that, he invited the public inside to see the original artworks of artists such as Gronk, Patssi Valdez, Wayne Healy, Frank Romero and the late Carlos Almaraz. This is a dream that I never dared dream, having a museum dedicated to Chicano art. To welcome his guests, Cheech arrived in a 1962 Chevy Impala convertible in a caravan of lowriders - souped-up classic cars riding low to the ground, made famous in East LA, where Cheech was born.ĭEL BARCO: He was greeted by a group of Aztec dancers, and all day there was a street party to celebrate.ĬHEECH MARIN: My heart is swelling at this point, man. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: I'm standing outside The Cheech, which is filled with two floors of contemporary Chicano artworks. NPR's Mandalit del Barco attended the opening of the country's first major museum dedicated to Chicano art. He's also an art collector and just opened his own museum in Riverside, Calif. Cheech Marin is part of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong.

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