Stirring the Pot

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Research Article| August 01 2021 Stirring the Pot: Calendario de Comida 1976, Chicano Art as Food Activism L. Stephen Velasquez L. Stephen Velasquez L. Stephen Velasquez is a curator for the Division of Cultural and Community Life, National Museum of American History. He was co-curator for Food: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000 and Many Voices, One Nation. His current projects include Entertaining America as well as a research project on Mexican vineyard workers. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2021) 21 (3): 56–72. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.3.56 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation L. Stephen Velasquez; Stirring the Pot: Calendario de Comida 1976, Chicano Art as Food Activism. Gastronomica 1 August 2021; 21 (3): 56–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.3.56 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search In the catalog for the exhibition Printing the Revolution: The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, curator E. Carmen Ramos identifies that the revolutionary moment of the Chicano movement “signified an individual and societal paradigm shift, as citizens, residents, and entire communities demanded equality and justice” (Ramos 2020: 23).1 The artists who participated in the Chicano Movement, or el Movimiento, rallied for broad-term social change for their community by creating “visually arresting works that catalyzed a Chicano public coming into awareness of itself” (24). It was in this moment, 1975, that the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) and La Galería de la Raza (Galería), artist collectives in northern California, created a graphic calendar series titled Calendario de Comida 1976. The calendar celebrated their collective Chicano identity through art and food that, in part, helped stage “critical debates about US history and... You do not currently have access to this content.