Shundiin Nakai 4th Year Apprentice
Art has been a consistent passion in my life for as long as I can remember. My first encounter with creating art was drawing Disney characters pictured on the back of the VHS covers for the films. From that point on, creating art in whatever form has always been on my...
Tomas Lopez Second Year Apprentice
My name is Tomas Lopez this is now my second summer as an apprentice for ALMA. Since I began working for ALMA I have gained insight into how a working artist can make a career in the arts. Working with the ALMA summer program has helped me to build social skills and...
Atom Vigil- 2nd Year Apprentice
I first started doing ceramics back in first grade. I didn’t think much of it then, it didn’t quite spark the same fascination and interest as it does now. I fell in love with clay my sophomore year of high school, the feeling of the clay in my hands made...
Jilleen Salazar – 1.5 Year Apprentice
This new year at ALMA is fascinating, and for this past month I got the opportunity not only to learn and discover new skills from myself, but I got to learn the skills that my partners have, and slowly I have used them for myself. I learned a little bit from first...