Chapman University

In 2014, Chapman University partnered with the Orange Barrio Historical Society and local artist Higgy Vasquez to restore a 34-year-old mural, ElProletariado de Aztlán, on the exterior of a former apartment complex adjacent to the university. Themural was originally painted in 1979 by Higgy’s father, Emigdio Vasquez, a prolific artist who painted 22 public murals in Orange County between 1976 and 2006. Vasquez’ murals celebrated the Chicano cultural movement, depicting local people and places along side imagery from Mexican and Mexican- American history. For Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Chapm...