Dear Barbara,
I recently came across a couple of your art pieces in my
Chicano studies class, and I am writing to tell you how amazing you are. Your pieces
really stood out to me for the choice of colors you use in them. I love color
and how you implement them is fantastic. In your piece of Delores Huerta I
loved the meaning behind your color choices of rose, yellow, and mint. Huerta
is just as important as Chavez and your piece demonstrates how powerful she is
and also how feminine. I also got to see your piece where you paint your face
brown with words that you were called growing up. This piece strikes home for
me because I am a lighter Latina and growing up I was always called things like
“white girl” or “gringa”. So your piece just really resonated with me. I feel
too Latina for white America but at the same time I am too light to fit in with
Latinos. I have a question for you
because I find your life so fascinating. I would like to know how it was
getting to work with such historical people like Huerta and Chavez? I could not
imagine how amazing it must have been to be there first hand. Thanks so much
for taking your time to read this I truly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Ashley Uvina
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