Carmen Lomas Garza's guest appearances

Carmen Lomas Garza

Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

Frank Romero

Teresita Fernández

Juan Sanchez

Thomas Carr

Sophie Rivera

Ruben Salazar

Dennis Oppenheim

Carmen Herrera

Walker Hancock

Stanton L. Catlin

Joan Snyder

Otto Wittmann

George Leslie Stout

Willie Herrón

Gilbert Luján

OwlTail

This audio podcast series discusses artworks and themes in the exhibition "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In this episode, Museum Director Elizabeth Broun discusses "Camas para Suenos" by Carmen Lomas Garza.

"Camas para Suenos" by Carmen Lomas Garza

In an interview with Paul Karlstrom, Carmen Lomas Garza discusses how she made two major life altering decisions at the age of thirteen. Watching her mother paint loteria tablas and monito still-life drawings in her Kingsville, Texas home, Lomas Garza decided to sacrifice the prospects of a family life in order to commit herself to the arts.

Carmen Lomas Garza interview excerpt