artist spotlight

Author, Musician, Teacher, and Umbrella Board Member 

By Chandreyi Datta

By Aimee Khan

Imagine a far-off beautiful place only spoken about in stories from early childhood onward, somewhere your grandparents once called their home, a place they left behind. The concept of home is difficult to define, but we all know it as something that should be good. Lois Andersen heard stories about family she hadn’t met, their personalities, reputations, and what they were known for. Her father’s struggling family of 7 children on a farm halfway across the world had immigrated for a better life, leaving that home, never to return.

Umbrella faculty member, artist Nayda Aurora Cuevas, was featured in May/June Issue of