Favela took two icons of high-end Mexican culture and turned them on their heads, asking us to consider the idea of great art through a filter of folk art. The work transformed the piñata into a ...

Ricardo Favela, a founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, a group of Mexican American artists who used poster art to support Chicano civil rights causes, has died. He was 62. Favela, who was on ...

He wants to create respect for the favela aesthetic. "Many people find my looks vulgar," he said. "All the more reason why I want people to understand that this aesthetic from the favelas is art.

Favela also donated collections of posters and other art to the University of California, Santa Barbara. A park is named after him in Sacramento. The project has grown, hosting “platicas ...

Chicanismo and the Art of Resistance: The Legacy of Ricardo Favela and the Royal Chicano Air Force celebrates the work of Sacramento-based artist, activist and professor Ricardo Favela and the ...

“Some favela dwellers even remark that they feel like they live in a museum or an art gallery.” Back the Favela Painting Project campaign on Kickstarter, now until October 31.

Because it's art..." Not only is the project helping young people to aspire to something else, but those at the heart of Favela Painting were employed for a month, have learned a trade and have ...

and play. Justin Favela: I don't follow a lot of art people. Mostly I follow my peers — people I’ve worked with before or am working with now. As far as people who influence me the most goes ...

This exhibit highlights the profound impact of Favela and the Royal Chicano Air Force (R.C.A.F.) on Chicano art and activism. Favela was a trailblazer in the use of calavera imagery to depict ...

Favela’s connection to cuisine inspired ¡Provecho!, a behemoth public art installation erected in the 800 Boylston St. entrance to the Prudential Center. Meaning a “good meal,” the piece is ...

It’s late afternoon in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Las Vegas artist Justin Favela is starting another birthday party for a passerby outside the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.