Preserving and activating the vision, art and pedagogy of malaquias montoya
for the next seven generations.
The Malaquias Montoya Foundation preserves and activates the art, pedagogy, and legacy of the iconic Chicano artist so that his art and his vision of human dignity continue to raise consciousness for generations to come.
OUR MISSION
Our work
01
Preserving + Activating the Legacy
Más allá que preservation: caring for the prints, paintings, and archive, and making them more accessible to museums, scholars, educators, and la comunidad.
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02
resources for talleres, artists + educators
Documenting la lúz de Malaquias and his liberatory approach to teaching, so any taller or classroom can understand how to carry it forward.
03
cultivating + Documenting the next generation
Silkscreen workshops, new print portfolios, and an archive of today's active community talleres.
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“what better function for art at this time? A voice for the voiceless.”
—Malaquias Montoya
the artist
Malaquias Montoya
Born in 1938 into a farmworker family, Malaquias became a pioneer of the Chicano poster tradition and one of the founders of the social serigraphy movement. For more than six decades, he has made art and taught younger generations to do the same, con conciencia.