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Square Cylinder: Arleene Correa Valencia “Codice Del Perdedor / The Losing Man’s Codex”
Patricia Albers July 3, 2025 July 26, 2025'In 2022, Arleene Correa Valencia traveled to Mexico for the first time since her family’s immigration to the United States when she was three. During...Read more -
San Francisco Chronicle: "Immigrant stories take center stage in trio of San Francisco art exhibitions"
By Tony Bravo, Arts and Culture Columnist July 26, 2025'Amid nationwide raids of immigrant communities and the subsequent protests against the Trump administration’s policies, the work of Napa artist Arleene Correa Valencia has felt...Read more -
Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital
The president’s attacks on diversity and immigration have already affected many artists and will affect many more in the coming months. March 14, 2025One of the most pernicious effects of a bully’s intimidation is making victims afraid of being true to themselves, because it’s the essential and authentic...Read more -
Quilting is a medium for exploring political power at Saint Joseph's Arts Society's new exhibition.
Like a quilt, the United States is a patchwork of histories, identities, and communities sewn together into a single, complex work of art. February 14, 2025If the country were a true democracy, one stitch would equal one vote. Instead, gerrymandering—the distortion of geographical boundaries to favor one political party over...Read more -
An Artist Stitches Stories of Family Separation at the Bolinas Museum
July 2, 2024Max Blue Jul 2 Family separation comes in many forms. Some, more obvious than others. Separation caused by immigration policies is currently top of mind...Read more