Esteban Villa (born on August 3rd 1930 in Tulare California and died on May 16th 2022 in Sacramento Califas - Aztlan), was an American muralist, artist, and Chicano activist. A

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at California State University, Sacramento, his teaching career began in 1962 at the

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level and includes assignments at

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, D–Q University,

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, and numerous lecture and slide presentations, art exhibits and mural projects at universities mainly in

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and surrounding states. He has served as an art consultant to schools and organizations including Centro de Artistas Chicanos, and has done art programs in the

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system. He is a founding member of the

Royal Chicano Air Force The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is a Sacramento, California-based art collective, founded in 1970 by Ricardo Favela, José Montoya and Esteban Villa. It was one of the "most important collective artist groups" in the Chicano art movement in C ...

, a collective of artists,

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s and students, which was formed amid the Chicano ''Movimiento'''s push for social and political rights. In addition, Villa has been involved in the production of the

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documentary ''Pilots of Aztlán'', a film about the Royal Chicano Air Force, which he co-founded. This film, in which he appears along with other RCAF members, was aired on KVIE in January, 1995. He exhibited a major survey of his paintings and related works at the Galeria Posada in February through March, 1995, titled ''The Art of Esteban Villa'', and was in a group art show at Encina Art Gallery during Feb/March, 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Villa, Esteban 1930 births Living people American artists of Mexican descent Artists from Sacramento, California