Flyer for Carmen Lomas Garza: Picturing the Familiar: October 3, 2026–February 14, 2027 at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

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Carmen Lomas Garza: Picturing the Familiar

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The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

Downtown Riverside, Inland Empire

Museum admission: adults $15.95; seniors, educators and college students $10.95; ages 13–17 $10.95; members free

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See Carmen Lomas Garza: Picturing the Familiar on view this weekend.

Opening weekend is the one time a long exhibition is genuinely new, and The Cheech is the only museum in the country built specifically around Chicano art. Lomas Garza's paintings are small and dense with incident — a cakewalk, a curandera, a backyard — and reward standing close to them, which is easier before a show settles into its crowds.

What to expect

A survey exhibition of narrative paintings and prints at The Cheech, inside the same museum campus on Mission Inn Avenue, on general museum admission.

Good to know

  • The exhibition opens Saturday, October 3, 2026 and runs to February 14, 2027.
  • It is at The Cheech, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, which is a separate building from Riverside Art Museum at 3425.
  • Museum admission is $15.95 for adults and $10.95 for seniors, educators, college students and ages 13 to 17.
  • Members enter free.
  • The museum runs a Museum for All discount of $1 per person for up to four people with an EBT, SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

Common questions

When does it open?

October 3, 2026.

Which building is it in?

The Cheech at 3581 Mission Inn Ave, not the Riverside Art Museum building.

How long does it run?

Through February 14, 2027.