A new public school in East Los Angeles was recently named for a famous Art alumna, artist and author. The Carmen Lomas Garza Primary Center is a 10-classroom school that serves about 200 pre-kindergarten through second grade students. The majority of the student population is comprised of first-, second- and third-generation Mexican Americans. Lomas Garza (M.A., Art, '81) has enjoyed a retrospective solo exhibition that traveled from the San Jose Museum of Art to venues throughout the southwestern and southern U.S. She has written and illustrated several bilingual children's books. Her paintings depict a Chicana's memories of small-town life in Texas, including making tamales and dancing in a patio to Tejano music.
