The Conversation Art Podcast
Episode 381- Arleene Correa Valencia: From rural Mexico to the Napa Valley and back, fulfilling a family dream
November 15, 202553 min · 8,993 words
Show notes
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 ultima…
Highlighted moments
value was put on the grapes and not our community there was more value on the wine than there was on the people actually harvesting it
“he was very talented and they loved him and didn't want him to leave but they wouldn't give him better pay because he didn't have an mfa”
“i made myself as diverse or tokenized as possible and i received a diversity scholarship”
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