Artist
Melanie Cervantes
born Harbor City, CA 1977
- Born
- Harbor City, California, United States
- Active in
- San Francisco, California, United States
Exhibitions
November 20, 2020–August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.
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Claudia Zapata
Former Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art
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Anne Showalter
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