Acclaimed actor, director and social activist Cheech Marin has collected Chicano art for decades. Now his extensive collection has a home venue of its own, The Cheech, an art gallery specifically devoted to Chicano Art and Culture, an outgrowth of the Riverside Art Museum. The inauguration of the new art complex was held on June 17, 2022. Many of the Chicano artist whose works are in the collection attended.