Mariana de la Vega ART

🏆 Curator’s Pick Award | Best in Show

Congratulations to Maureen Brusa Zappellini on receiving Best in Show for Horizontal Days (Body as a Cage) in RISE: From Adversity to Light.

Through extraordinary honesty and emotional depth, Horizontal Days (Body as a Cage) offers a deeply personal reflection on living with chronic pain. Transforming vulnerability into strength, Maureen reminds us that even in moments of stillness, there is reflection, hope, imagination, and the courage to keep creating. Her work is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Thank you, Maureen, for sharing your extraordinary artistic voice with our community.

✨ Inspired by the artists of RISE?

EMERGENCE: A Living Studio Residency is now accepting applications.

Only 5 spots remain.

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🏆 Curator’s Pick Award | Runner-Up

Congratulations to Mariya Davis on being awarded Runner-Up for Instructions for Becoming in RISE: From Adversity to Light.

Through extraordinary craftsmanship and thoughtful references to history, fashion, and identity, Instructions for Becoming invites us to reflect on resilience, self-discovery, and the enduring strength of those who came before us. The work reminds us that hope is often woven through memory, culture, and transformation.

Thank you, Mariya, for sharing your remarkable artistic voice with our community.

✨ Inspired by the artists of RISE?

EMERGENCE: A Living Studio Residency is now accepting applications.

Only 5 spots remain.

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✨ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | Mariya Davis

Through textile works and wearable art, Tucson-based artist, fashion designer, and educator Mariya Davis Mariya ✧ Style Cosmology explores the powerful relationship between style, energy, and identity.

Her multidisciplinary practice transforms cloth into a language of memory, symbolism, and self-expression. Through quilts and garments, Mariya honors the stories we carry—exploring themes of lineage, navigation, and the histories woven into the materials around us.

Her work invites us to see textiles not only as objects, but as living archives of experience, connection, and transformation.

Featured in
RISE: From Adversity to Light
at De La Vega Art Gallery

Join us for the RISE Closing Celebration
Saturday, July 11
5:00–7:00 PM

Come celebrate the artists, their stories, and the final moments of this meaningful exhibition.

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