Carmen Baca Barnard

NEW INSTRUCTOR! Carmen Baca Barnard was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and has lived in both the United States and Mexico since infancy in a bicultural and bilingual family. Carmen has taught art to children and young adults through UCSD’s Rec Department, has volunteered in local North County schools, and has taught privately in her hometown of Morelia. There, she trained for over 17 years under the tutelage of Alfredo Zalce and for 2 years under Gilberto Ramírez—both second-and- third-generation Mexican School artists—focusing on mixed technique easel painting and printmaking.