Arleene Correa Valencia: From rural Mexico to the Napa Valley and back, fulfilling a family dream

Podcast: The Conversation Art Podcast · Michael Shaw

Opublikowano: 2025-11-15

Napa, CA-based artist Arleene Correa Valencia talks about: Why she lives in Napa, CA, and the two distinct versions of the town, for the wealthy and for the poor ("you're either the owner of the vineyard, or you're working the vineyard," as she put it); how she's the first generation to not be working the vineyards, his dad having worked the vineyard for a period before transitioning to hand-painting etched wine bottles for a winery (which he had to ultimately leave for lack of being paid enough because he didn't have an MFA...