San Francisco-based interdisciplinary artist Angela Zamora creates installations and sculptures influenced by their Mexican-American heritage. As a creator obsessed with cornhusks, they transform this familiar food item into a canvas that depicts the Mexican American experience, drawing on their auditory knowledge of living in Tijuana, San Diego, and San Francisco. Through weaving and transforming cornhusk with their family archive, Angela prioritizes ancestral heritage to foster a sense of belonging. Angela values community work, prompting them to create “Echarse Flores,” an art healing initiative offering free and accessible hands-on cornhusk flower workshops in Bay Area public spaces. Whether building with cornhusks or facilitating public art experiences, their goal is to create cornhusk narratives that explore the concept of where home belongs.
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