About
Alicia Rojas is a Colombian-born artist living in Orange County, CA. She participates in movements for immigrant rights, anti-gentrification, social-economic equity, and ecology. The artist is a California Arts Council, Established Artists Fellow grantee, and a Creative Corps Fellow. Rojas has held residencies at Grand Central Art Center, funded through a grant by The Andy Warhol Foundation and a Community Engagement Residency in Akumal, Mexico.
She is the Director and Co-founder of the Santa Ana Community Artist(a) Coalition, an organization founded to connect local artists to their communities collaboratively to create art that transforms public spaces, generates civic engagement, and promotes personal and social change. Rojas was a founding member of the City of Santa Ana arts steering committee and a participant in the Occupy movement.