Irma Lerma Barbosa (born 1949) is a Chicana American painter, printmaker, and performance artist. [1] [2]
Lerma Barbosa was born in Elko, Nevada and mostly raised in Northern California. [1] Her mother is Mexican, and father is Mexican-Yaqui. [3] She attended American River College in North Highlands, California, and eventually transferred to California State University Sacramento. [3] She was recruited for a fellowship at CSUS due to her involvement in the Sacramento Brown Berets and Mexican American Education Project. [1] She later joined the Royal Chicano Air Force, where she learned to make silkscreen prints. [1]
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Irma Lerma Barbosa (born 1949) is a Chicana American painter, printmaker, and performance artist. [1] [2]
Lerma Barbosa was born in Elko, Nevada and mostly raised in Northern California. [1] Her mother is Mexican, and father is Mexican-Yaqui. [3] She attended American River College in North Highlands, California, and eventually transferred to California State University Sacramento. [3] She was recruited for a fellowship at CSUS due to her involvement in the Sacramento Brown Berets and Mexican American Education Project. [1] She later joined the Royal Chicano Air Force, where she learned to make silkscreen prints. [1]
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