American Artists of Mexican Descent - Los Lobos, Judy Baca, Jhonen Vasquez, Jose Limon, Mark Vallen, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Richard Dominguez (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Los Lobos, Judy Baca, Jhonen Vasquez, Jose Limon, Mark Vallen, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Richard Dominguez, Harry Gamboa, Jr., Xavier Martinez, Manuel Neri, Laura Molina, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Lujan, Sam the Sham, Martin Ramirez, Salvador Torres, Thee Midniters, Gronk, Los Four, Los Cenzontles, Javier Hernandez, Los Illegals, Luis Jimenez, Asencio, Yolanda Lopez, Daniel Martin Diaz, Carlos Saldana, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, David Gonzales, James Luna, Mister Cartoon, Carlos Dorrien, John August Swanson, Esteban Villa, Malaquias Montoya, Alfonso Arana, El Chicano, Jose Montoya, Danny Flores, Roberto de la Rocha, Jerry De La Cruz, Miguel Angel Reyes, Diane Gamboa, Carlos Cortez, Rafael Vargas-Suarez, Emigdio Vasquez, Manuel Gregorio Acosta, Elsa Flores, Alberto Mijangos, Louis Verdad, Rafael Navarro, Tierra, Carmen Lomas Garza, Alfredo de Batuc, Tino Rodriguez, Cecilia Alvarez, Fortunato Arriola, Estevan Oriol. Excerpt: Judith Francisca Baca (born September 20, 1946) is an American artist, activist, and University of California, Los Angeles professor of fine arts. She is the founder and executive director of the Venice, California-based Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), a community arts center, and is best known as the director of the mural project that created one of the largest murals in the world, the Great Wall of Los Angeles. Baca was born in East Los Angeles, California on September 20, 1946 to Mexican American parents, her father Valentino Marcel, a musician, whom she never met, and her mother Ortencia, who worked at a tire factory. She was raised in Watts, Los Angeles (a predominately Mexican-American neighborhood), in an all-female home, with her mother, aunts Rita and Delia, and her grandmother Francisca. Her grandmother was a herbal healer and practiced curanderismo, which profoundly influenced her se...