![]() ![]() They had 12 children together, seven of whom lived to adulthood: one boy and six girls. She accepted Juárez's proposal and was married to him on Octoin the church of San Felipe Neri in Oaxaca city (the church is named after the patron saint of Rome, Italy). He had entered the educated professional class in the city.ĭuring these years, Margarita Maza was being educated and approaching womanhood. He got his law degree, practiced several years as a lawyer to get established, and in 1841 was appointed as a judge. He was elected to the city council of Oaxaca. Not feeling called to the priesthood, he decided to study law in college, where he also began to be politically active. Today the former Maza family house is known as Casa de Juarez and operated as a museum in his honor.Īided by a lay Franciscan who recognized his intelligence and desire for learning, Juárez entered a seminary. Josefa helped him get a position with the Maza family, and he developed a close relationship with them. Benito Juárez, one of her younger brothers, left their home town of San Pablo Guelatao in 1818 and came to the city of Oaxaca at the age of 12, to work and get an education. She and her siblings were orphaned after the deaths of their parents and grandparents. Years before Margarita's birth, Josefa Juárez García had worked for some time as a maid and cook in the upper-class Maza-Parada household. They tended to come from small, rural villages. They were a successful, socially prominent family in the city, and she received a refined education.Īs was common in those years, her family had hired young Zapotecs to work in the household as domestic servants. She was adopted by the Genovese agriculturist Antonio Maza and his Mexican wife Petra Parada Sigüenza. Margarita Eustaquia Maza Parada was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca in 1826. An earlier iteration of this exhibition was organized by University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum in 2014.Margarita Eustaquia Maza Parada (Ma– January 2, 1871), later known as Margarita Maza de Juárez, was the wife of Benito Juárez and First Lady of Mexico from 1858 to 1871. Funding is also provided through contributions from the Quan Law Group, Patti and Richard Everett, Cora Chin, Sylvia and Edgard Kuri Slim, Kit Shum and Ying Zhu, and the Friends of Exhibitions, a premier group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing exceptional visual art to Asia Society Texas Center. Lead funding also provided by Leslie and Brad Bucher, Holland and Jereann Chaney, The Favrot Fund, and Dorothy Carsey Sumner. Carney, The Clayton Fund, Reinnette and Stan Marek, and anonymous friends of Asia Society. Major support provided by Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, Mary Lawrence Porter, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, Nancy C. The exhibition is co-curated by Chip Tom and Bridget Bray. Lin is a Professor in the Painting and Drawing Program at the University of Washington, Seattle. In 1987, Lin attended the Slade School of Fine Art at University College, London where he later completed his MFA. Zhi Lin was born in Nanjing, China, and graduated from the China National Academy of Fine Art. She currently lives and works in El Paso, Texas.īorn and raised in Los Angeles, Tony de los Reyes received his BFA from California State University, Northridge, and his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. Margarita Cabrera was born in Monterrey, Mexico and received her BFA in Sculpture and MFA in Combined Media from Hunter College of the City University of New York. ![]() OC Weekly: 'Border Theory Shows the Line That Blurs' Each artist will discuss his or her practice in a panel moderated by the exhibition co-curators, Chip Tom and Bridget Bray. Join renowned artists Margarita Cabrera, Tony de los Reyes, and Zhi Lin as they discuss the personal impact of immigration and borders in their artwork featured in The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America.
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