History
In 1969, poet and artist José Montoya came to Sacramento as a fellowship recipient in the Mexican American Education Project at CSU Sacramento. He was there to undertake a Master's degree program. Along with the first-year art faculty member and Jose's compadre from art school, Esteban Villa, they joined with some of the talented Mexican American students to further the aims of the Chicano Movement. The Rebel Chicano Art Front (RCAF) was founded to foster support for César Chávez and the United Farm Workers in the heavily-agricultural Sacramento-Davis area. One day when someone asked if the RCAF meant the "Royal Canadian Air Force", one of the artists responded, "No, it means the Royal Chicano Air Force! From that point on, the artists used the "Air Force" motif in their artworks, programs, and activities.
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