Mujeres de Maiz

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Interview with the artists as well as a photos are available.
For more information on the event, please call Felicia Montes at
(323) 359-6288 or email mujrmyz@yahoo.com and visit

COMMUNITY EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS

Felicia Montes
mujrmyz@yahoo.com

Felicia "Fe" Montes is a Xicana Indigena artist, activist, academic, community & event organizer, and poet & performer. She is the cofounder and coordinating member of two groundbreaking creative wombyn collectives, Mujeres de Maiz and In Lak Ech and as a mujer en ceremonia, connects & crosses borders representing this generation's Xicanistas.

She is on the front lines of activism and organizing on a daily basis, not only writing and singing about the struggle but organizing it and making change in her community and the world for over 12 years. Graduating from UCLA with a B.A in World Arts & Cultures, and Chican@ Studies... she has put her knowledge & skills to work for the community having organized hundreds of cultural events, marches, protests; from the streets to campuses, ranchos, and both concrete & real jungles for many artists and social justice causes. Her current goal is to focus on her own creativity and finish her Master's thesis in Chican@ Studies, documenting the collective "Mujeres de Maiz" and to begin teaching at local colleges and to continue to empower young Raza wombyn. www.myspace.com/fe8 & www.inlakech.net

ZINE PUBLICATIONS

Margaret “Quica” Alarcon
mujer.maiz@yahoo.com

Margaret is a Xicana artist from East Los Angeles. She is an MdM co-founder and is currently our webmaster, finance officer and publication coordinator. www.margaretalarcon.com

DOCUMENTATION & ARCHIVING

Gina Aparicio
coatluchxic@yahoo.com

Co-founder of MdM and Queer Xicana artist & photographer from Los Angeles.

FILM DOCUMENTATION & ARCHIVING

Claudia Mercado
coatluchxic@yahoo.com

Claudia is a cultural art activist, teacher and co-founder of MdM. she is also a poet and performer in In Lak Ech and a filmmaker in Womyn Image Makers.

FILM, MULTI-MEDIA EVENTS

Alvarez , Maritza

fstop1333@yahoo.com

An urban Xicana Indigena photographer, cinematographer born across the imaginary border and raised in Boyle Heights. 13VISIONS

ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS

Lilia Ramirez
liliflorkozmicaevents@yahoo.com

Lilia Ramirez is an artist from Los Angeles. She currently teaches art and manages First Street Studios in Los Angeles, an art gallery and gift store.

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