Chicana Artist.... Ruth Olivar Millan

Education and biography
AB of Arts UCBerkeley
MA Multi-cultural/cross cultural..San Jose State University(lingustics/education/History)
standard Elementry k-9
High School / adult ed




SHOWS
"MI CASA es TU CASA"
PajaroValley Arts Council and Gallery
WatsonVille, California USA 2005 and 2006

SAN FELIPE ARTIST ASSOCIATION
San Felipe, Baja Cal.N. Mexico

ARTE del DESIERTO
San Felipe,Baja Ca. N. Mex

LUCY CROFT LANCE MUSEUM of BLACK HISTORY Best International Artist
Augusta,Georgia

VISUAL SOUL Best of show BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Agusta, Georgia

FIESTA DAYS FIRST PLACE
Soledad, Cal USA

DREAMS of RESISTANCE
MACLA
San Fransisco, Cal

"WHIMSEY and WONDER..ART FROM the HEART FEATURED IN SIMTHSONIAN PUBLICATION
Millard Sheets Gallery
Pamona, Cal.

"DIVERSITY"
Latin American Musuem
Claremont, Cal


Safeway Hispanic calendars West Coast



Future shows :
The National Hispanic University San Jose, Cal. Now till Nov. 2007


Galleria Enchanto
San Jose, California USA by intvitation Reception Oct. 13th 2007 4-7 o'clock Featuring Robledo Wines


San Felipe Artist Association Exhibition. Nov. 2007 Place to be announced
San Felipe, Baja California Mexico

Born and Raised in the agricultural fields of the San Joaquin Valley in Central Californai USA. Formally Educated at UC Berkeley with an MA in Multi-cultural/Cross Cultural Education ( Linguistics,history and education) specialist credentials in English as a Second Language and Spanish.
Unemployed.
Does volunteer work in Villages with the Flying Doctors/Doctores Voladores and does Breast Health education/nutrition Classes as a Certified Breast Health Facsilitator to homeless and uninsured women. Provides Bilingual/multi-lingual education in terms of Breast Self Examines.
Uses this same time to provide education to parents so they can facilitate their child's education. Provides families with books and comprehencion activities in First and Second Languages. Does one to one counsceling to breast cancer survivors...answering questions and providing information in the patients dominant language.

Lives in San Jose California USA and In the fishing village of San Felipe, Baja Cal. Norte, Mexico. Travels extensively to promote her interests and her art.
Creates original Art everyday to relieve stress, pray and make a little money.

Education and biography
AB of Arts UCBerkeley
MA Multi-cultural/cross cultural..San Jose State University(lingustics/education/History)
standard Elementry k-9
High School / adult ed

SHOWS
"MI CASA es TU CASA"
PajaroValley Arts Council and Gallery
WatsonVille, California USA
SAN FELIPE ARTIST ASSOCIATION
San Felipe, Baja Cal.N. Mexico

ARTE del DESIERTO
San Felipe,Baja Ca. N. Mex

LUCY CROFT LANCE MUSEUM of BLACK HISTORY
Augusta,Georgia

VISUAL SOUL Best of show
Agusta, Georgia

FIESTA DAYS
Soledad, Cal USA

DREAMS of RESISTANCE
MACLA
San Fransisco, Cal

"WHIMSEY and WONDER..ART FROM the HEART
Millard Sheets Gallery
Pamona, Cal.

"DIVERSITY"
Latin American Musuem
Claremont, Cal






Future shows
The National Hispanic University San Jose, Cal. Now till Nov. 2007
Mi Casa es Su Casa,"El Dia de Los Muertos",Oct-Nov. 2007 Watsonville, Cal.

San Felipe Artist Association Exhibition.
San Felipe, Baja California Mexico

By reading my biography you may understand alittle about my philosophy in life.
I sometimes burn out from trying to do too much for others and too much to try to improve the world we live in. I have been slapped in the face with death many times. Doing CPR in dead corpses and trying not to give up for them. In my voluteer work I have had young teenage women die of breast cancer. My own beautiful sister to breast and ovarian cancer. The difficult part is that we are helpless many times and are overwhelmed with enjustices that plague the world we live in. The hardest part is experiencing hunger...esspecially in the over industrialized world we live in...so many are still dying of hunger, lack of medicine,lack of love.

There is little that we need as we drive our luxuary cars around (I love my Mercedes..It's old but a goodie) and we haul our art work to galleries and shows and the guilt of that dry champagne lingers between the sinful perfume that makes us feel so good to be alive for that moment. And that Moment moment reminds us that it's Ok to spoil yourself because life is so short and precious..and the guilt mounts up as we make up excuses......and it's so much better then picking grapes in the San Joaquin Valley in 120 degree sun!!!

As I paint I pray and give thanks for giving me the strength to continue living and creating......and sometimes making our world better.

Art work is featured in the 2006 Safeway Hispanic Calendar and paid acknowledgement for Ruth Olivar Millan's volunteer work. Recognition of her art work is highlighted with historical dialogue of Hispanic History in the Americas.. The calendar is complementry and may be obtained by directly asking or
writing to Safeway Super Markets.

Article Honoring women at an PVCAC in Watsonvile California written by Tom Ragan on "Tears of a Mother" painting by Ruth Olivar Millan