Throngs turn out to celebrate opening of the Riverside museum. It’s a joyous experience and also emotional for some. Columnist David Allen was there.
I walked in after Jose Medina, the state assemblyman from Riverside who got a crucial $10 million in state funds for the museum in 2018, as well as donating personally along with his wife, Linda Fregosa.
The entry lobby, gift shop and Instagram-friendly logo for The Cheech are seen from the second floor shortly after the museum and cultural center’s 10 a.m. opening Saturday. Museum staffers wear orange. His next remark: “So how do you like ‘stoner art’ now?” — a reference to the failed candidate who had decried state funding forBut the museum is no joke. Said to be the first in the United States devoted to Chicano art, it’s made up of 500 paintings and other works donated by Marin,Media coverage that week, Marin said Thursday with some awe, had included “the front page of the Arts section of the New York Times” , “the arts section of the L.A.
Hitchcock drove up from San Diego on Friday and stayed over so he could arrive at the museum refreshed.