Skills Pay Bills TV #97 featuring Katie Ruiz, Founder of the PomPom Project @katieruizart @thepompomproject

Skills Pay Bills #97 - Katie Ruiz @katieruizart Founder of the PomPom Project @thepompomprojectorg

Katie Ruiz is a Chicana artist (1984-current), She is a interdisciplinary artist, making work in painting and fiber sculpture. She is most well known for her blanket series in which she portrays couples standing or lying under colorful Mexican blankets. Geometric patterns and bright colors are reiterated throughout her work. She is also known for her activism work with refugees, The Pompom Project, and children’s book Brian the Wildflower. Ruiz has a Bachelors Degree of Fine Art from Northern Arizona University and a Masters degree of Fine Art from The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture in NYC.