Mujeres de Maiz Fronterizas- San Diego
This Weekend myself, Claudia Mercado and Martha Gonzales decided to take a short road trip to support our new MdM Chapter in San Diego,...
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Margaret 'Quica' Alarcon
Mar 10, 20162 min read
ELEMENTARY ARTS ED w/ Ms Alarcón: Circle Murals w/ Kindergarten
One of my favorite ways to teach cooperation among Kindergarteners (5-6 year olds) is through a Circle 'Mural' Project. I was inspired by...
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Margaret 'Quica' Alarcon
Feb 14, 20161 min read
I <3 Crochet
So I'm part of a little Tuesday night crochet/knitting circle... With my mom, my tia and 3 other lovely ladies, and I really enjoy it....
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Quica
Feb 8, 20162 min read
Mujeres de Maiz Zine 2016 Project
This is my 11th community arts book project that i have volunteered to produce. It's always such a difficult task to comb through the...
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Margaret 'Quica' Alarcon
Jan 21, 20161 min read
ELEMENTARY ARTS ED w/ Ms Alarcón: Loom Weaving w/ 3rd Grade
In third grade (7- 9 year olds) I like to do loom weaving. Blick has these fancy awesome cardboard looms but you can just use cardboard...
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Quica
Dec 14, 20151 min read
Book Cover Illustration
Back in the 90's I did a tiny bit of illustration work for some big companies. Recently a friend asked if I could illustrate the cover...
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Margaret 'Quica' Alarcon
Dec 3, 20152 min read
Silkscreen workshop at Occidental College
Today, in honor of the famous author Gloria Anzaldua, I represented Mujeres de Maiz and did a silkscreen workshop for La Raza Coalition...
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Oct 30, 20152 min read
L.A. Habana /Cuba Printmaking Exchange
So I spent a week in Cuba with 4 other artists: Delilah Montoya, Miyo Stevens, Dalila Paola Mendez, & Rogelio Gutierrez and I am still...
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AVE 50 STUDIO
Mar 2, 20151 min read
Mujeres de Maiz- Madre/Mother Group Exhibition
The Mujeres de Maiz Collective presents Madre/Mother group exhibition featuring the artwork of: Margaret Alarcon, Ofelia Esparza,...
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MS. ALARCON
Mar 1, 20151 min read
Time: Present, Past, and Future. (WCA)
Time: Present, Past, and Future. National Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) 40th Anniversary. Website Exhibition. The Women's Caucus for Art...
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Dec 14, 20141 min read
Stairway to Heaven: Thoughts on the Story of the Virgen de Guadalupe
Stairway to Heaven is an exhibit featuring contemporary versions of the story of Don Diego and the Virgen de Guadalupe and/or Guadalupe’s...
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MS. ALARCON
Aug 21, 20142 min read
Tenth Annual CSULB GLAMFA Group Exhibition
For Immediate Release: August 20th, 2014 Tenth Annual CSULB GLAMFA Group Exhibition Works by CSULA MFA graduate students Margaret 'Quica'...
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For Immediate release
May 24, 20142 min read
Now Trending, Alpay Scholarship Juried University Student Exhibition
For Immediate Release May 23rd, 2014 Now Trending, Alpay Scholarship Juried University Student Exhibition, Featured work by CSULA MFA...
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For Immediate Release
Jan 19, 20142 min read
MFA Graduate Thesis
For Immediate Release January 18, 2014 CSULA Gallery Announcement Urban Release by Margaret Alarcón The Fine Arts Gallery presents Urban...
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Quica
Jan 10, 20141 min read
Drawing from Memory and Inspiration
Drawing the template is the most time consuming. Sometimes I sketch a plan and other times I just improvise and contemplate the subject...
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Quica
Jan 5, 20141 min read
Sewing the Objects
I decided to sew the sides and top of the objects to give it more stability, mobility and to reinforce the domestic elements of the work.
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Quica
Nov 7, 20131 min read
Studio Time= Play Day
Today I worked on preparing the surfaces of the oilcoth for silkscreening. I discovered that the KILN house primer is difficult to print...
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