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Celia Alvarez Muñoz (born 1937) is a Chicana artist. Her art is very concerned with women's rights.[1]

Biography

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Muñoz was born in El Paso. Her mother was a "strong Catholic," while her father was much more lenient.[1] She became an activist at an early age.[1]

She had a BA from UTEP in 1964.

MFA from North Texas State University in 1982.

Art

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Muñoz's work deals with uniting differences: rich and poor, Catholicism and Protestantism, Spanish and English, Mexico and the United States.[1]

She feels that "everything has an apposing force, and thus becomes a matter of choice."[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Henkes, Robert (1999). Latin American Women Artists of the United States: The Works of 33 Twentieth-Century Women. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 143–154. ISBN 0786405198.
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