MARA LEA BROWN

Homeless people often remain anonymous, invisible.

Take a moment to look inside one of the tents. 

Who are our neighbors?

Perry Foster passed away last year. He was homeless in San Francisco. He had been a football prodigy, and dreamed of being a journalist. He wrote abou...

Día de los Muertos 2019 at MCCLA

El Agua No Entiende de Fronteras

My installation titled "Water Doesn't Understand Borders," an altar dedicated to immigrant children, will be on display throughout October and into November at MCCLA. It is part of a group show titled "Cultivando Tiempo: Day of the Dead 2019." There are four main altar...

This Friday is the Opening Reception for SOMArts Day of the Dead 2019: City of Souls. You can find out more about the event and buy tickets here: https://www.somarts.org/events/cityofsoulsopening/

I have created an altar installation titled "Tent City of Souls" in honor...

I took down my artwork “El sueño americano”from Petaluma Arts Center, and the portrait of “Dountes” from O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. I appreciate all the positive feedback I received about these pieces! 

I am now preparing to set up two altars for Día de los Muertos.

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The opening reception for the Bay Area Women Artists Exhibition at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts was a wonderful event in a beautiful setting. It is an honor to be part of this show!

11th Annual
Bay Area Women Artists

Juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray

August 1 – 22...

How exciting! One of my most recent art pieces was selected to be part of the 11th Annual Bay Area Women Artists Exhibition at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, California. It is one of 40 selected from 475 individual pieces. What an honor!

"Dountes" was pain...

Today was the Opening Reception for the Petaluma Arts Center Exhibition titled: Walls.

I had a piece in this show titled "El Sueño Americano." I loved how they presented it with great lighting and nice spacing on the wall.

It was an honor to be part of a show with so man...