Lesley Estrada is a Chicana artist, born in Washington DC and raised between Mexico City, Mexico and the DC area. She is the owner of a small business, “Piper’s Pintadas”, an online art shop soon to include party and workshop bookings. Born into a family that was surrounded by art and living in an epicenter of such diverse cultures and artists in the DC area, she was exposed to art at an early age. Her mother operated one of the first Female Latina owned International PR firms, A.B.L. Associates, in the late 70’s in Washington, DC.
Pipers Pintadas at COAC
various workshops completed at COAC
Year: 2022-2023
Genie is an expatriate artist born in Seoul, South Korea, and is a first-generation American. She attended the Corcoran School of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Genie holds a (BA) East Asian Studies from the University of Maryland and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Studio Art from American University in Washington, D.C. where she received the Ruth Meixner-Bird Scholarship, the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Grants, and the Stanley G. Wolpoff Award. She is an awardee of the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) Artists & Scholars Project Grant FY25.