{"id":402820,"date":"2026-04-09T16:27:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/our-empire-exhibit-at-the-cheech-highlights-the-inland-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:27:53","slug":"our-empire-exhibit-at-the-cheech-highlights-the-inland-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/our-empire-exhibit-at-the-cheech-highlights-the-inland-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Our Empire&#8217; exhibit at the Cheech highlights the Inland Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3aa402b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8192x4608+0+428\/resize\/1200x675!\/quality\/75\/?url=https:\/\/california-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com\/6d\/53\/1a85630441209b20df4d59b7d03f\/1549453-la-de-los-new-exhibit-cheech-museum-klb-422.jpg\" \/>\n<div>A new community exhibit at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art features 29 acrylic, mixed media paintings and drawings by James McClung and Marcus Mercado, from now until Oct. 23.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/delos\/story\/2026-04-09\/our-empire-exhibit-james-mcclung-marcus-mercado-cheech\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new community exhibit at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art features 29 acrylic, mixed media paintings and drawings by James McClung and Marcus Mercado, from now until Oct. 23. 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