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{{Short description|American visual artist (born 1932)}}

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'''Anita Valencia''' (born 1932)''' is a visual and mixed media artist known for her work with recycled materials.▼

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▲'''Anita Valencia (born 1932)''' is a visual and mixed media artist known for her work with recycled materials.

=== Biography ===

Anita Valencia was born in 1932 in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]] to Mexican immigrant parents who owned a grocery store.<ref name=UND>{{cite web|url=http://news.nd.edu/news/65372-in-memoriam-rev-virgilio-p-elizondo-notre-dame-professor-of-pastoral-and-hispanic-theology/|work=University of Notre Dame|title=In Memoriam: Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo, Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology|first=Michael O.|last=Garvey|date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> In 1951, her family moved to a house, where Valencia raised her five children and still lived as of 2017, in the Woodlawn Lake neighborhood of San Antonio to stay close to her younger brother, priest and activist [[Virgilio Elizondo]].<ref name="sa_artist">{{Cite web |title=Artist finds inspiration — and art materials — at Woodlawn Lake |last=Bennett |first=Steve |work=San Antonio Express-News |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=29 November 2022 |url= https://www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/home-garden/article/Artists-at-Home-Recycle-bins-provide-raw-10963047.php }}</ref> She was a student at the San Antonio Art Institute. She also received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Citecite book |urllast1=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/967518195Almeida |first1=Arturo Infante |title=Veinticinco : 25 originalOriginal printPrint editionsEditions by Latino & Latina artistsArtists printedPrinted at the University of Texas at San Antonio |date=2015 |otherspublisher=Ricardo Romo, Arturo Infante Almeida, Kent Rush, UTSA Downtown Art Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio |isbn=978-0-9831130-9-6 |locationoclc=[San967518195 Antonio]|url=https://lib.utsa.edu/artcollection/sites/artcollection/files/exhibits/Veinticinco.pdf |oclcpage=96751819554 }}</ref> While at these schools, she specialized in printmaking and started making lithographs.<ref name="mcnay">{{Cite web |title=Anita Valencia (American, b.1933) |url=https://collection.mcnayart.org/persons/4293/anita-valencia-american-b1933 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=McNay Art Museum |language=en}}</ref> Anita was even one of 250 students to be selected to go to Japan to study paper making.<ref name=":0" /> She has since begun creating public art, sculptures, and other mixed media art pieces.<ref>{{Citecite webnews |id={{ProQuest|2011213024}} |last1=Romo |first1=Ricardo |title=Confluence of Culture: the art of the Henry B. -Convention ProQuestCenter |urlnewspaper=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2011213024/CEDB7C56485840AEPQ/19La Prensa |access-date=2022-11-2918 |website=www.proquest.comFebruary 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

=== SelectedNotable WorksArt ===

Valencia's work is held in the permanent collections of the [[McNay Art Museum]]<ref name="mcnay" /> and The [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] Libraries Art Collection.<ref name="UTSA">{{cite web |title=Anita Valencia, Artist Works |url=https://lib.utsa.edu/artcollection/collection/artists/anita-valencia |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=University of Texas at San Antonio |publisher=Libraries Art Collection}}</ref>''Perinolas'' is 2010 of public art sculpture in the San Antonio Grand Hyatt Hotel where she converted more than 4,000 aluminum cans into 2,500 "colorful whirligigs".<ref name="sa_artist" /><ref name="glasstire">{{Cite web |title=Transformative Recycling {{!}} Glasstire |last=Goddard |first=Dan R. |work=Glasstire |date=16 March 2010 |access-date=29 November 2022 |url= https://glasstire.com/2010/03/16/transformative-recycling/ }}</ref>

Other notable works of art include the following:

* ''Butterflies'' is a bench that Anita did in 2013. It is located in San Antonio, Texas. Using various recycled materials, she created a bench with many different butterflies scattered around it. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Butterflies – San Antonio River Foundation |url=https://sariverfound.org/portfolio/butterflies-anita-valencia/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

* ''Remembering Memi'' is a mixed media piece featuring CDs, coffee filters, and acrylics. Created in 2018, it honors her late mother, Ana Maria Peimbert. It was featured in an exhibition called “A Voice from the Art of the Sacred Texas Springs.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the Artists |url=https://www.headwaters-iw.org/exhibition/meet-the-artists |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Headwaters at Incarnate Word |language=en-US}}</ref>▼

* ''Sun She Rise Sun She Set and You Ain't Seen Texas Yet'' is an installation piece that uses recycled cans, caps, and wire hangers to create a scene of aluminum can butterflies, wire hanger tumbleweeds, and bottle cap cacti. This piece was on display at the Southwest school of Art. <ref>{{Cite book |title=Spring 2013 class catalog |publisher=Southwest School of Art |year=2012 |location=San Antonio, Texas}}</ref>▼

* ''Butterfly WaystationButterflies'' is ana installationbench piece featuring many recycled aluminum cans molded to becreated in the shape2013 of butterflies. It is a three-dimensionalrecycled piece in that the butterflies hang above and on the wall. This piece was featured at Plaza de Armasmaterials in San Antonio, in an exhibit called “Compositions in Space: Architectural InterventionsTexas.” <ref>{{Cite web |title=LocalButterflies artists|website=San transformAntonio Plaza de Armas with -River ProQuestFoundation |url=https://wwwsariverfound.proquest.comorg/docviewportfolio/1786237287/946C70E4458B4D99PQbutterflies-anita-valencia/15 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

▲* ''Remembering Memi'' is a mixed media piece featuring CDs, coffee filters, and acrylics. Created in 2018, it honors herthe lateartist's mother, Ana Maria Peimbert. It was featured in an exhibition called “A Voice from the Art of the Sacred Texas Springs.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the Artists |url=https://www.headwaters-iw.org/exhibition/meet-the-artists |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Headwaters at Incarnate Word |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== References ===▼

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▲* ''Sun She Rise Sun She Set and You Ain't Seen Texas Yet'' is an installation piecemade that usesof recycled cans, caps, and wire hangers to create a scene of aluminum can butterflies, wire hanger tumbleweeds, and bottle cap cacti. This piece was on display at the Southwest school of Art. <ref>{{Cite book |title=Spring 2013 class catalog |publisher=Southwest School of Art |year=2012 |location=San Antonio, Texas |url=https://www.swschool.org/document.doc?id=96 }}</ref>

''Butterfly Waystation'' is an installation featuring recycled aluminum cans molded to be in the shape of butterflies. This three-dimensional work features hanging butterflies. This work was featured at Plaza de Armas in San Antonio in an exhibit called “Compositions in Space: Architectural Interventions.”<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1786237287}} |title=Local artists transform Plaza de Armas with 'Compositions in Space: Architectural Interventions' |newspaper=La Prensa |date=17 April 2016 }}</ref>

▲=== References ===

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==Further reading==

* {{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Steve |title=Valencia makes art out of other people's trash |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/home-garden/article/Valencia-makes-art-out-of-other-people-s-trash-10963328.php |work=mySA |date=27 February 2017 }}

* {{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Steve |title=UTSA project a Latino art milestone |url=https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/UTSA-project-a-Latino-art-milestone-6427124.php |work=San Antonio Express-News |date=6 August 2015 }}

* {{cite news |last1=Silva |first1=Elda |title=$1 million public artwork unveiled at Convention Center |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/1-million-public-artwork-unveiled-at-Convention-6785509.php |work=mySA |date=26 January 2016 }}

* {{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Alejandra Lopez |title=Public Art San Antonio to Host 'Compositions in Space' Opening Reception Tonight |url=https://www.sacurrent.com/arts/public-art-san-antonio-to-host-compositions-in-space-opening-reception-tonight-2520072 |work=San Antonio Current |date=14 April 2016 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Sylvia |title=No Bluebonnets, No Yellow Roses: Essays on Texas Women in the Arts |date=1988 |publisher=Midmarch Arts |isbn=978-0-9602476-8-4 |page=138 }}

* {{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Melanie |title=Guadalupe Cultural Arts Lighting up the Westside |url=https://sanantonioreport.org/guadalupe-cultural-arts-lighting-up-the-westside/ |work=San Antonio Report |date=29 October 2013 }}

* {{cite magazine |title=Art for Heart's Sake |pages=80–83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ui4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80 |magazine=Texas Monthly |volume=17 |issue=2 |date=February 1989 }}

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