![]() ![]() ![]() In 1990, Childrens Book Press published a bilingual book which focused on Lomas Garza’s paintings and short stories. ![]() She is the recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited her work in galleries and museums across the United States, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She also practiced drawing every day and drew pictures of people she saw at school, at home, and in her neighborhood.Ĭarmen is a graduate of the Texas Arts & Industry University (now known as Texas A & M University-Kingsville), Juarez-Lincoln/Antioch Graduate School, and San Francisco State University where she earned her Master of Art in 1981. At the age of 13, she taught herself how to draw and learned about the basics of art by checking out books from her local library. At a very young age Carmen knew she wanted to be an artist and pursued every opportunity to improve her skills. Her paintings are based on her memories and experiences of growing up in South Texas. Carmen Lomas Garza was born in Kingsville, Texas in 1948. ![]() This object is a painting entitled “A Plaza in Texas in the 1930’s” by artist Carmen Lomas Garza, a Chicana narrative artist, inspired by the Chicano Movement, Carmen’s painting depicts every day events in the lives of Mexican-Americans. ![]()
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