Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge Mosaic Project- 2021
VDO East Butterfly North side
VDO West Butterfly, North side
VDO VDO West Butterfly, South side

Coming soon…..

Apprentice Artists

Kim Gauna

Tori Lucero

Tania Parra

Jilleen Salazar

Atom Vigil

 

Lead Apprentices

Jaqueline De La Cruz

Jacquelyn Yepa

 

Lead Artists

Vanessa Alvarado

Margarita Paz-Pedro

This Project Was Funded By

National  Endowment for the Arts

McCune Foundation

Albuquerque Community Foundation

US Fish & Wildlife

Youth Conservation Corps of NM

Heart Gallery of New Mexico

And lots of generous individuals

We would like to give a special thanks to:

 

ALMA Board Members

La Academia de Esperanza Charter High School

Abe Urbina

Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge Staff

New Mexico Clay

The communities of Pueblo of Isleta & Mountain View

2021 BUTTERFLY SCULPTURE DEDICATION

Vanessa and Margarita at vdo
group shot in front of 2021 mural
women astonished by 2021 mosaic mural
two artists posing with nosaic mural
women lookin closely at mosaic mural
Vanessa and Margarita with mural
Apprentice smiling at Dedication
two children standing next to vdo mascot
two apprentices posing at vdo
crowed looking at 2021 mural

And to all of our family and friends for supporting artists in a world where we are undervalued… Thank you!