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Liz Scotta

Liz Scotta

Liz Scotta taught in Mexico for five years. She developed her art along the lines of Georgia O’Keefe, Wolf Khan, Romare Bearden, and Matisse. Click on the button to see her series of churches from Oaxaca that relates to the Diego mural as they are symbols of Spanish...

Michaela Gonzales’s Video

Michaela Gonzales’s Video

Ms. Michaela Gonzales created this video lecture with the support of Sophie Touzé, art historian at City College who is teaching a variety of courses such as Women through Art History and Latin American Art History among others. Together they leveraged an interactive...

Maria Fe Picar

Maria Fe Picar

Diego Rivera's Print, Open Air School, 1932 inspired Maria Fe Pica to write her poem, What We Know Now, But Didn't Know Then. For Maria, the print looked like a person telling a story around a campfire. She was reminded of how technology has erased the personalized...

Brian Elder’s Art

Brian Elder’s Art

Brian Elder worked briefly with Bernard Zakheim, Diego Rivera’s onetime assistant.  Zakheim was an activist through his art. Brian has spent years as a muralist, fine artist, and activist. Click on button to see  “Syria / Paris” or “Their Stories Must be Told,” two...

The Heartbeat of City College

The Heartbeat of City College

Fantastic videos about the importance of City College of San Francisco. CCSF is a great place to learn skills such as  creative writing, poetry, acting, art, digital design, filmmaking, broadcasting and many more. Based on Tehmina Khan's poem, The Hearbeat of City...