Alma R. Gomez

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Alma R. Gómez (1957) is a painter and art professor at Boise State University.[1]

Biography[edit]

Gómez was born in Seagraves, Texas.[1] In 1983, she earned an Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas and in 1989 began graduate school at Boise State University in Idaho where she earned a Master of Arts in art education in 1991 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing in 2001.[1] She teaches art at Boise State University.

Art[edit]

Her 2000 acrylic on canvas painting titled El Sagrado Corazon (The Sacred Heart) was featured on page 92 in Chicano Art for Our Millennium edited by Gary D. Keller, Mary Erickson and Pat Villeneuve, published by Bilingual Press in 2004.[2]

Gómez's art has been featured on the cover of two books by Richard Baker tiled Los Dos Mundos, Another America[3] in 1995 and Mexican American Students[4] in 1999.

In 2001, Gómez published two essays on Chicano art.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Contemporary Chicana and Chicano art. 1. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press. 2002. ISBN 978-1-931010-12-2.
  2. ^ Keller, Gary D.; Erickson, Mary Louise; Villeneuve, Pat; Arizona State University, eds. (2004). Chicano art for our millennium: collected works from the Arizona State University community. Tempe, Ariz: Bilingual Press. ISBN 978-1-931010-25-2.
  3. ^ Baker, Richard (1995). Los dos mundos: rural Mexican Americans, another America. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87421-184-9.
  4. ^ Baker, Richard (1999). Mexican American Students. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
  5. ^ Gomez, Alma (2001). Chicano Art: Living in Nepantla. McGraw-Hill Primis.
  6. ^ Gomez, Alma "Chicano Artists Exhibit Work ABout Living in Nepatla" The Idaho Statesman 3/8/01

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