Carmen Lomas Garza

Our April 2011 artist-in-residence is Carmen Lomas Garza, a local artist renowned for evocative depictions of her childhood in a South Texas Mexican-American community. Her pieces, filled with traditions, memories and anecdotes and reflective of daily life and a sense of communal identity and shared pride, are filled with a cultural joy and incredibly personal in their perspective. Viewers are able to engage with her art no matter his or her background and, as you become captivated by their warmth, the layered narratives, and the rich use of color, you will find yourself suddenly privy to a world of details that serve to educate and inform about the Mexican-American experience.  Her works are filled with traditions, memories, and anecdotes.