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Unidos Todos/Pueblo como Pueblo
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Serigraph on paper, 28 in. x 22 in. Malaquías Montoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1938, and he became one of the best-known artist-activists of the Chicano Movement (El Movimiento). He was raised by a single mother in a family of migrant workers who worked in the fields of central California. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps and later attended The University of California at Berkeley, through the G.I. Bill. Montoya has taught at a number of universities, and he held a professorship at The University of California, Davis since 1989. He teaches both in the Department of Art, and the Department of Chicanx Studies. A painter and prolific silk screen artist, Montoya is famous for making artworks that support the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the struggle for labor rights to protect migrant farm workers. In 1968, Montoya founded the Mexican American Liberation Art Front in Sacramento. Later, in 1970, he joined his brother José and other artists to form the Royal Chicano Air Force. Members painted murals addressing social justice, made banners and props for UFW marches, led poetry circles, and operated a bookstore. Montoya combined political protest with Chicano art, developing a program of cultural consciousness and political resistance in the Chicano pueblo. Through his art, activism, and teaching, Montoya calls for equal opportunity in education and employment for Chicanos, and he encourages them to embrace their unique ethnic identity.
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