June 4th, 2018
La Peña Cultural Center is saddened to learn of the death of artist-activist Rene Yañez who died on May 29 at the age of 75 from cancer. Rene was a co-founder of San Francisco’s Galeria de La Raza and helped bring Dia de Los Muertos to the Mission district neighborhood. He was a leader in the Chicano Arts Movement and was instrumental in shaping the arts scene in the S.F. Bay Area. His activist-artivist spirit lives on. Rene Yañez, PRESENTE!