• Comment: The sources are insufficient for establishing notability per WP:GNG. DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:59, 7 December 2023 (UTC)


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Rosy Cortez is a muralist and oil painter artist[1].

Rosy Cortez was born and raised in Riverside, California[2].  She studied Fine Art and Photography at Riverside Community College before transferring to California State University of Long Beach to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Figurative painting[3]. During the course of her education, Cortez interned at Watts Towers Art Center as a Getty Multicultural Intern and was a curatorial intern for Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site. Since graduating, Rosy has worked as a community artist[4]. She currently works with the Riverside Art Museum and The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture[5]. Additionally, Rosy is an Artist-In-Residence for the Latino and Latin American Research Studies Center at UC Riverside. She also works as a member of the community art studio, Eastside Arthouse[6], a studio that aims to empower artists in the Inland Empire[7].

Since joining the Eastside Arthouse, Cortez has begun creating murals around her community of Riverside and Moreno Valley[8].  She works with Juan Navarro as a part of the Eastside Revitalization project[9], funded by the Riverside Art Museum and Riverside Community Health Foundation, to assist in a community-based murals project[10].

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  • Dreamers (2022) - displayed at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture
  • El Trigo Mural - created to illustrate the outside of a restaurant named “wheat”, and incorporates elements of the name as well as traditional Mexican weaving.
  • Yolanda (2022) - Kristen Farrah Naeem, S. W. (2023, March 14). “hecho con ganas” exhibit at Munzón Gallery closes Saturday. Signal Tribune.
  • “Rebirth” (2023) Oil on canvas 48x48 inches by Rosy Cortez is included in the exhibit “Indigenous Futurism” at Altura Credit Union Community Gallery at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. (Curated by Riverside-based artist Denise Silva)

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  1. ^ "Rosy Cortez". Arts Council for Long Beach. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Rosy Cortez". Arts Council for Long Beach. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ "Rosy Cortez". Arts Council for Long Beach. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ "Artists aim to make murals, public art bloom in Moreno Valley". Press Enterprise. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. ^ "Artists aim to make murals, public art bloom in Moreno Valley". Press Enterprise. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. ^ "Not Made For Exposure". Eastside Arthouse. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. ^ "About". Eastside Arthouse. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. ^ "Moreno Valley artists creating new mural in town". Press Enterprise. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ^ "Storefront Revitalization Project". Riverside Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  10. ^ "Artists aim to make murals, public art bloom in Moreno Valley". Press Enterprise. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

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