TOP 3 SONGS?

Strange Fruit (Abel Meeropol) interpreted either by Billie Holiday or Nina Simone, Strawberry Fields (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) interpreted by La Santa Cecilia. I was attracted by the music video.

TOP 3 DEAD ARTISTS?

Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Vincent Van-Gogh (1853-1890), Käte Kollwitz, (1867-1945), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974).

Photo courtesy of Charlie James Gallery.

GIVE US AN ART WORLD HORROR STORY?

A dictator destroys and or censors art, defunds art organizations and art institutions, eliminates art education,  and executes artists just to impose his or her own idea of what “good” art is to the masses.

MOST VALUABLE LESSON LEARNED IN ART SCHOOL?

I started doing art to save myself, but in art school I learned that art can give voice to the voiceless, therefore I now create art, not only for myself but also for my community.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I am here because this is my art home. I may have come to the U.S. seeking answers to my economic and cultural misery, and I found not only those answers, but also my purpose in life, that of highlighting the importance of farm workers’ contributions to the nation through my art.