Royal Chicano Air Force
The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is an artistic collective based in Sacramento, California. Initially named the Rebel Chicano Art Front, the RCAF was founded in 1969 to express the goals of the Chicano civil rights and labor organizing movement of the United Farm Workers. Its mission was to make available to the Chicano community a bilingual/bicultural arts center where artists could come together, exchange ideas, provide mutual support, and make available to the public artistic, cultural, and educational programs and events.
Among the artists in the RCAF were Ricardo Favela, Armando Cid, Jose Montoya, Estaban Villa and others. They used poster art to promote Chicano issues and causes, particularly the United Farmworkers. Favela passed away on July 15, 2007. Montoya, Villa, and Favela each taught art at CSU-Sacramento.
See also. The Royal Chicano Air Force Archives, 1973-1988. California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives. Department of Special Collections. Donald C. Davidson Library.
University of California, Santa Barbara. CA.93106.
The picture was taken during a fundraiser at Jose Rizal Community Center. Jose Montoya and Rudy Carrillo (Trio Casindo) contributed their talent during the event. Lalo Guerrero was the key guest.
Trio Casindo and friends. Date unknown.
Jose Montoya