Recent Events
The collective continues to operate presenting group and individual art exhibits while Villa and Montoya have added recordings to their repertoire. Recently, Esteban Villa released his second CD of original music entitled Habañero Honey. After 40 years, the members continue to live under the principle, "Aquí estamos y no nos vamos" ("Here we are and we're not leaving").
In May, 2011, José Montoya was honored at a Sacramento concert at César Chávez Plaza as one of the "Fathers" of the Chicano Art Movement. In the late summer, 2011, the RCAF members began to restore their murals located in Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego. Jose Montoya, Esteban Villa, Juanishi Orosco and Celia Hernandez were contracted as lead artists and were responsible for the work. Teams of artists including Sam Quinones, Danny Orosco, Domingo Orosco, Juan Manuel Carrillo, Carlos Lopez, Tomas Montoya, Maceo Montoya and Irma Lerma-Barbosa participated in the work.
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