Chicano Park was not a gift to Barrio Logan ... That’s a number with a special significance on the Aztec calendar, symbolizing the New Fire ceremony — which was an Aztec ceremony performed ...

Artist John Valadez stands amid Chicano ... Aztec pyramids for a less culturally bound language. He said he chose social realism because it allowed him to express the values of the Chicano art ...

They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to create street art ... derived from the Aztec word xolotl meaning “dog,” was reclaimed during the Chicano movement.

Much of the art is rooted in the spiritual and political sensibilities of the Chicano community, whose identity is derived from ancient Mexican tradition. Mayan and Aztec symbolic language informs ...

This past weekend, he cut the ribbon on a new museum: The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture ... He was greeted by a group of Aztec dancers, and all day there was a street party ...