The Chicano cultural center Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles has launched "DOLORES," a major group exhibition celebrating the 96th birthday and enduring legacy of labor leader Dolores Huerta. Featuring works by over 30 artists, including Barbara Carrasco and Vincent Valdez, the show utilizes portraiture, mixed media, and depictions of migrant labor to honor Huerta’s contributions to the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Chicano civil rights.
The exhibition arrives at a pivotal moment of historical reckoning following recent sexual abuse allegations against UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez. As civic spaces begin to remove Chavez’s likeness and name, "DOLORES" shifts the narrative focus of the farmworker movement toward Huerta and the collective dignity of the laborers themselves. By centering her defiant spirit and the daily lives of the Latinx community, the show asserts Huerta’s position as the movement’s primary moral and historical anchor.