Ricardo Favela (January 13, 1944 – July 15, 2007) was an American artist, professor, and civil rights activist based in

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. He was a founding member of the Chicano art collective group

Royal Chicano Air Force The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is a Sacramento, California-based art collective, founded in 1970 by Ricardo Favela, José Montoya and Esteban Villa. It was one of the "most important collective artist groups" in the Chicano art movement in C ...

Life and career

Favela was born in Kingsburg, California. He attended Sacramento State University where he received his B.A. in 1971 and M.A. in 1989. Favela began teaching art classes at

Sacramento State University California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...

in the 1980s and eventually became a full-time professor in the Art Department in 1997. Favela worked in screen printing and ceramic sculptures. His artworks are in the collections of the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

and the University Galleries of Sacramento State University.

Death

Favela died of a heart attack on July 15, 2007, in Visalia, California.

Legacy

Ricardo Favela Park in the McKinley Village neighborhood of Sacramento, California.

References

External links

Guide to the Ricardo Favela papers CEMA 72
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections.
Ricardo Favela at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
American artists of Mexican descent California State University, Sacramento alumni California State University, Sacramento faculty 1944 births 2007 deaths {{US-artist-stub