My name is Kimberly Gauna & this is my first year as an apprentice here at ALMA. I started off with drawing when I was younger but my freshman year, my painting teacher Vanessa, pushed me to keep working with my art. I really didn’t put too much thought into it...

Hello everyone, my name is Jilleen Salazar I am a 22-year-old Mexican/American artist in the city of Albuquerque. My passion for art grew when I was in my junior year of high school while I was in Margarita’s ceramic class and both Vanessa and Margarita’s after-school...

Being creative has always been an important part of my life. As an introvert, I’m the type of person that is not great at expressing their feelings through having conversations with others. After many years  I’ve discovered that creating is an emotional outlet...

My name is Jacquelyn Yepa, I am a Twenty-year-old Indigenous woman from the Navajo(Diné) and Jemez(Walatowa) tribes. I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I’m currently attending the Institute of American Indian Arts to get my BFA in Studio Arts as well as a...

Art and an Artist. I have always been an artist in some form, ever since I was little. It is only in the past 2-3 years that I have truly embraced calling myself an Artist. I recently had the pleasure of flying out of ABQ on a small week-long vacation (of sorts)....

For those of you who do not know me, I am Vanessa Alvarado. I would like to introduce myself so that you could better understand our organization. I am the first person to have gone from being an Apprentice to a Lead Artist and then to Co-founder & Outreach...

Greetings ALMA Family, Happy 2021!  It was around this time last year that the world slowed down.  As a high school art teacher and a parent of an elementary aged child, it was crazy to see the schools shut down as they did.  Here we are about a year...