User:Ordinarilydivine/Irma Lerma Barbosa

Irma Lerma Barbosa is a Mexican American muralist known for having founded Co-Madres Artistas, as well as having formed part of the Royal Chicano Air Force.

Biography
Irma Lerma Barbosa was born in Roseville, California. Barbosa was one of the original members of the Brown Berets, and one of four women in the group. She attended California State University Sacramento, where she studied conventional fine arts under the mentorship of Tarmo Pasto. Barbosa joined the RCAF, where she was often criticized about her art by the other members. In 1992, she along with five other women over the age of 42, created an art collective called Co-Madres Artistas.

Art

 * Royal Chicano Air Force Guerrillas del Corazon III, 1990
 * Chile Energy, 1974
 * La Llegada de la Despedida (The Arrival of the Farewell), 1992